Ret paladin as ONLY RET?

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I played warrior since vanilla, went rank 14. I ve been on and off wow ever since. I leveled a ret paladin in MoP that I really enjoyed. During these 2 MoP months I leveled my orc warrior (the vanilla one) and my DK both to 90. I only want to PvP, explore the WoD world and just enjoy the game by exploring it, running old dungeons 'n' stuff like that.

I don't like any other pala specs, I only like ret. Whereas I like all warrior specs (but less than ret) and all DK specs (still less than ret).

My question is this: How do you guys do it? Do you all play (the ones who do) Ret only? Will it get boring? What would you suggest?

[Deleted]

Ret is the only spec I play.

I went Prot for ICC during Wrath because my guild needed a Tank, but otherwise I'll always play Ret.

I do it because I enjoy it!

[Deleted]

I play ret only. I find tanking as dull as ditchwater and healing is fun during progress but then increasingly tepid as you settle into farm. Only dps allows me interest throughout a tier.

[Rawrzillasor]

i find ret just fun to play. never seems boring to me. i tried to play frost mage and is was hysterical how simple and 3 button the dps was.

[Hey There Guys its Metro]

Classic ret is a buff only spec. They pretty much do 0 damage. You'll need a Nightfall to be considered for raids unless you are only looking to fill a spot in MC or something.

[marinos]

Classic ret is a buff only spec. They pretty much do 0 damage. You'll need a Nightfall to be considered for raids unless you are only looking to fill a spot in MC or something.

I think that you need to re-read the thread cause what you wrote makes 0 sense.

[Drithien]

I think that you need to re-read the thread cause what you wrote makes 0 sense.

Mate, it's an obvious joke. Just read the post. Nightfall? Buff-bot? It's all in there!

[ipoststuff]

PvP - Ret
PvE - Ret & Prot

I dont play prot just to get into groups quicker altough that is one perk, i like tanking.

[OreoLover]

A Prot spec for soloing certain rares & old content more easily.

[WillFeral]

I have found all 3 specs very boring and only continue to level my alt pally out of boredom when there is nothing else to do towards the end of an expansion. Nothing against people that do like it and glad they find the fun in doing so. I just dont like the gimmiky playstyle of any of the specs.

[Nir]

I went into MoP as Ret only, and managed to clear SoO HC on 10M.
that said, I realized half-way through on progress that I would've been more helpful if I had a Prot offspec, but it was too late for me to learn/gear for a new spec.

If you want to have a raid spot 99% of the times, have a decent off-spec, I know i'm going to do that for sure on WoD

[Serani]

I've mained as ret for the entirety of MoP. I very rarely had to tank during T14, used prot as a gimmick on H Stone Guards to cheese the tiles. Never tanked during ToT or during SoO for progression.

[Vintersol]

Ret is great but i switch to protection in WoD. It looks fun. The only spec i really hate is holy. It's so retarded, boring and dull, i can't find the right words to describe this abomination of a spec.

[Guyviroth]

Ret is great but i switch to protection in WoD. It looks fun. The only spec i really hate is holy. It's so retarded, boring and dull, i can't find the right words to describe this abomination of a spec.

Those are the right words. =D

But I almost exclusively main ret. Don't need to tank spec for legacy raids now that we have the buff, and being a tank in current content is almost asking for verbal raping from scrub / scumbag raiders.

[Regen]

Other than ICC progression ret is all I've ever played. Just be good and dedicated and you'll be fine.

Also for PvP it's perfectly fine and even more so in WOD if I'm not mistaken

[Faesroll]

I've played Ret exclusively since I started this game. All the way from WotLK to now.

[DrMcNinja]

Ret since shortly before the Black Temple patch.

[Deathquoi]

Classic ret is a buff only spec. They pretty much do 0 damage. You'll need a Nightfall to be considered for raids unless you are only looking to fill a spot in MC or something.

I luled, 10/10

[Gloriandus]

I was a holy paladin from WoW's launch until Ret started to become viable toward the end of BC. I've been Ret ever since. I like the idea of the holy avenger, landing blows on enemies with a big hammer while also supporting my allies.

So many Ret-only players I know try and act like they're pure DPS, never throwing a heal to anyone but themselves. Ret is a DPS-focused spec, but one cannot neglect the other useful abilities a paladin has. As long as you employ them regularly and when needed/most useful and don't try to "OMG METERS" all the time, I don't think anyone has a problem with a Ret-only player.

[Curulan]

Ret has been my primary spec since Wrath, but I am also maintaining Prot as an off-spec for soloing old content. Not completely comfortable tanking current content yet, but that's an eventual goal.