Last night in Ulduar my guild was killing Vezax and when the fight ended i asked our Ret Pally's (we had two) this question. Please keep in mind that i play a feral druid and while i have played most other classes in WoW (i have a lot of rl friends that play) I've NEVER played a paladin.
Since SoV does the most damage when stacked five times, i asked our ret pallys why they didnt throw on a fast hitting 1 handed weapon and sheild and get 5 stacks much quicker. The only response was a laugh from them, and no one mentioned it again.
Before you say that dps will dip - this is a given, however, if 5 stacks of SoV are up faster, doesnt that leave more time for DPS? Also, with a 1handed you could simply use SoR while stacking the debuff.
Basically what i want to know is, why dont ret pallys use a faster weapon while stacking SoV, and then switch the 2h once there is a 5 stack?
Flame me if you want, just post an answer to pls