Hey, Im not sure how ret is exactly fairing as I have stopped playing for around 1 month but I intend to return to the game after im done with my exams. Ive heard mixed reviews really but I think from seeing the changes in the patch notes ret will be a little better than it was before the patch but i do think it needs a little more..
Looking at the holy tree and the purifying poewr talent more specifically I see it is attractive not only for ret but also prot paladins seeing that it reduces mana cost of consecration and lowers cd of exorcism by 33% (which would mean it has a 10 sec cd?)
For ret now there is basically a need only for 61 points and you cant really get any dps increase with the remaining 10 points which means from 70-80 a ret will have exactly same things only thing affecting their dps being gear choice pretty much.
What I am proposing is a switch with purifying power with unyeilding faith that way rets (and prot paladins) can get a 10 second exorcism instead of 15 seconds at the cost of 7 talent points along with a 10% decrease in consecration (which would also be good for mana issues which some people are afraid of but i guess we dont know yet if there will be mana probs but it doesnt hurt does it?)
It doesnt seem too OP at all for a change and atleast pve oriented ret paladins will have something to go for to increase their dps.
PS: before people moan that this isnt the place to post this wow forums are that way etc... as i said my account isnt being played atm due to exams and i made my bro change my pass so i dont mess around playing stupidly, so bear with me and gief thoughts. Also sorry if this has been suggested before