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05-21-2009, 01:51 PM
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A while back I wrote a short post pointing out to the community that now is a pretty ripe time to see how Retribution can be improved (http://www.wow.com/2009/04/28/an-opportunity-to-change-retribution/). Ghostcrawler and the devs have taken an interesting direction with the Retribution tree, and although they've recently mentioned that there will no longer be big changes throughout Wrath of the Lich King, it's still a good time to examine the spec. It's come a long way since the launch of the game and 'lolret' is arguably a term now only used in spite and no longer with genuine ridicule. Ridicule and some fear and loathing, maybe, but no longer just ridicule.
Despite the statement that there'll be fewer changes to classes in the foreseeable future (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/03/we-wont-see-many-more-class-changes-in-wrath-of-the-lich-king/), Ghostcrawler did say "there will be some (changes)" in addition to "tweak(ing) numbers up and down as needed". So don't despair, Fury Warriors (http://www.wow.com/category/warrior/), you'll be swinging those two-handers once again in glory one of these days. I'm also dead certain that Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/) tweaks aren't quite done. For one thing, we know that Crusader Strike (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=35395) is in line for some coolification (http://www.wow.com/2009/03/23/new-crusader-strike-is-in-the-works/). Another is that Exorcism was quickly hotfixed not to work on player targets as precursor to what Ghostcrawler calls "a little more tweaking" to the class. So while I asked the community to share their thoughts on how to improve Retribution, it's taken me much, much longer to ruminate. Humor me for today as I go share my own thoughts on the matter.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: The Retribution solution (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/21/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-retribution-solution/)
Filed under: Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Classes (http://www.wow.com/category/classes/), (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/)
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A while back I wrote a short post pointing out to the community that now is a pretty ripe time to see how Retribution can be improved (http://www.wow.com/2009/04/28/an-opportunity-to-change-retribution/). Ghostcrawler and the devs have taken an interesting direction with the Retribution tree, and although they've recently mentioned that there will no longer be big changes throughout Wrath of the Lich King, it's still a good time to examine the spec. It's come a long way since the launch of the game and 'lolret' is arguably a term now only used in spite and no longer with genuine ridicule. Ridicule and some fear and loathing, maybe, but no longer just ridicule.
Despite the statement that there'll be fewer changes to classes in the foreseeable future (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/03/we-wont-see-many-more-class-changes-in-wrath-of-the-lich-king/), Ghostcrawler did say "there will be some (changes)" in addition to "tweak(ing) numbers up and down as needed". So don't despair, Fury Warriors (http://www.wow.com/category/warrior/), you'll be swinging those two-handers once again in glory one of these days. I'm also dead certain that Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/) tweaks aren't quite done. For one thing, we know that Crusader Strike (http://www.wowhead.com/?spell=35395) is in line for some coolification (http://www.wow.com/2009/03/23/new-crusader-strike-is-in-the-works/). Another is that Exorcism was quickly hotfixed not to work on player targets as precursor to what Ghostcrawler calls "a little more tweaking" to the class. So while I asked the community to share their thoughts on how to improve Retribution, it's taken me much, much longer to ruminate. Humor me for today as I go share my own thoughts on the matter.Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: The Retribution solution (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/21/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-retribution-solution/)
Filed under: Paladin (http://www.wow.com/category/paladin/), Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Classes (http://www.wow.com/category/classes/), (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It (http://www.wow.com/category/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it/)
The Light and How to Swing It: The Retribution solution (http://www.wow.com/2009/05/21/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-the-retribution-solution/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Thu, 21 May 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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