The Reckoning: Cataclypinion - Ret-tractable

The Reckoning: Cataclypinion - Ret-tractable

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Aha! Yes I'm alive!

By the way, that was me a season and two race changes ago.

I've been attempting to write pages for the last couple of days, but the submission widget kept eating my articles. Do you know what it's like to write three completely seperate articles and have them all dined apon by a hungry, unpredictable force-refresh? Devistating. I cried like a little girl for hours. Ehem... (Good news mate, should be fixed now, Cyb :D)



Hah! To the article. I can't really go on about every exact detail about the retribution spec. Why? Well, because there's not one fact about Retribution that's set in stone. Every talent out there right now on the beta servers probably won't last more than one or two builds unchanged. Take Divine Purpose, for instance.

"40% chance on Divine Storm, Templar's Verdict and Inquisition to grant you 1 holy power"

So, we use 3, have a chance to gain one. My thoughts on the reasoning of this, is well, that there is very little. You see, it would just make our DPS either unreliable or overpowered, if they balance it around having it refresh every attack, and getting 1 point into the next attack, or balancing without, meaning some of the time, we'll be doing a string of burst damage.

Now, they say it's going to be on almost all specials, but no word on if they're going to increase or decrease the proc chance. See how I mean? It's a changing world and they don't tell us what's going on because I think they have no ide what's going on.

But I will say on a definate note that they will absolutely positively never comment on the Retribution's mobility, it's like subject is smothered in garlic, and Ghostcrawler is the vampiric crab sucking all the HOPES AND DREAMS of ever having a reliable way to close a distance from the Paladins. Yes, I just went there. Vampires.



n terms of mobility, the Paladin has the short end of the stick awaiting him in the bowels. No, to say the short end of the stick would be wrong. Because the stick would have to RIP the FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME, so that the stick would somehow reach a SHORTNESS that would be LESS than NOTHINGNESS.  Not to beat a dead pony here. (Har Har) Back before Cataclysm we have Hand of Freedom, a decent ability that removes all snares, roots, and even stuns(Talented) with the added bonus of being able to cleanse snares and roots. if said ability is on cooldown. But we're losing cleanse and there's no word of Hand of Freedom becoming immune to purge, or at least some level of resistance. As it stands, Hand of Freedom gets a priority getting purged, and can be removed if a Shaman across the zone sneezes and hits the purge key by ACCIDENT. But I digress, I trust Ghostcrawler's judgement here. He wouldn't leave us in the dark (Haha, a PUN.)



Moving along, we have PvE DPS. Our rotation seems to become more static, with our rotation being Crusader Strike, Crusader Strike, Crusader strike, Templar's Verdict. Throw in judgement and holy wrath now and again, and we have our rotation. They're trying to do something with Exorcism and it being a sort of slam proc... thing, but I wouldn't hold my breath in it being a pivotal part of the rotation. I can see it more becoming a ranged attack against mobs and players in the distance. Consecration, and Divine Storm are being removed completely from our rotation and unless you're planning on DPSing a LOT of adds, I wouldn't even put a point into it at all. No use against bosses, and no use against players. Just saying. Ghostcrawler said it himself he'd like to see less encounters like the onyxia whelps and more on 3 or 4 targets. If that turns out to be false, I'd put a point in there just to be safe.



All in all, I'd say we're heading for a massive paradigm shift. We had our time as having no set purpose, no real playstyle, and that's ending with full military honors. I'm happy to have a rotation, a secondary resource, and just some skill being put into our playstle, rather than "PALLY SMASH" FCFS. I'm sorry if you don't like this article, it's written it 3 times before, and it has lost a lot of pzazz, I think. But the next one will be better, where I talk more about... Protection!

Part Two soon: Protability!

If you have any questions or comments... hell, even hate mail, direct it toward Drakai Contact Page, I'd love to hear from you!

Last Updated on Friday, 06 August 2010 23:05 Written by Drekai Friday, 06 August 2010 22:29