Are Ret Paladins as bad as people say?

[Theloras-llane (Theloras)]

@Nazalite-illidan

I leveled a paladin 1-70 in BC, mained for the entire expansion. I also leveled a warrior 1-70 in TBC, and ended up maining him Wrath-WoD, before swapping to DH in Legion.

In original vanilla I played a Rogue, but was terrible and didn’t even hit level cap before TBC came out. I didn’t really learn to play until mid-TBC.

I am trying to decide between maining Ret or 2h Fury/Arms, I love both. I have never played on a private server, and so I don’t really know if Ret is as bad as people say. If they are bad, I’m not exactly sure why they’re bad.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

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