I am level 33 so far. I am Judging crusader and keeping seal of command up. If command is going to run out I will Hoj+Judge for the xtra damage.
It takes twice as long to kill things as it did on the warrior which means twice as many bandages and eating/drinking.
I have the RFK blue axe at the moment and upgrade to the next best blue. I have the gold to twink level I guess you could say but I still feel like I am doing something wrong. Is leveling ret just the worse experience in wow?
I have leveled every class to 60 and Ret is the only class that makes me want to buy my first boost from a mage.
Someone tell me if I am doing it wrong?
Seal of crusade judging, keeping seal of command up.
Gear is mostly Strength/stam or strength/agility. Several blues. Fiery weapon enchant but i could swap to crusader enchant.
i wouldn’t even do crusade, unnecessary unless its an elite or something that’ll be up for a good while. but no, you’re doing it right. you just sometimes get more lucky with command procs
I level as prot. I use a seal of choice when I want to/mama to burn, I never judgement unless something needs to die now, I consecrate when 2+, and I Heal mid fight if I need to but mostly mana is for healing up after. I use my pally as an auto attack machine.
My gear is not optimal in mana so I have to conserve all the mana I can. Gets better later but for leveling you play the cards you have and not the ones you wish you had.
Edit: I wish all my gear was “of the eagle” for leveling. The damage is almost all about the weapon and the str is adding very little.
Just my opinion: Don’t until you have points to get to holy shield. Holy shield makes blocking worthwhile.
My block chance right now is 5%. Holy shield adds 30% and then a 10% chance on block to add another 30% block chance. With all that … now blocking works. You need 40-42 to make it really feel like it works.
Leveling a ret pally is really good for when you just want to zone out and need a lot of time to think. You know when Forest Gump just had to get out and run, and he ran from one side of the country to the other and back? He might have leveled a ret pally instead if given the option. You shouldn’t stare directly at your ret pally while leveling though as you may start to experience symptoms similar to highway hypnosis.
girlfriend and I are pulling 4-9 mobs or more depending on mob level (green yellow etc) and have done 2x as much killing for loot pickup quests since eversong, sitting at about lvl 37 I think rn started the day after patch
Tried prot aoe leveling. I went and got the Gnomer shield “Therma plug’s Central core”.
Its terrible unless you’re grinding green mobs. Probably more doable at 40 with holy shield.
However what I found out was that Prot spec with a 2 hander using Righteous is literally killing as fast as RET spec with a 2 hander. And you get blessing of sanct to go with it… Im sure ret spec is better the bottom tier talents and get Crusader but right now this is just silly.
Sanct reduces dmg + Righteous fury reduce dmg
Reckoning with 2 hander lol
Righteous Seal
Prot with 2 hander at 35 is literally better than RET spec at 35
at level 28 best strategy for me was to level in zones 2 levels below, cast Seal of Right and then alt tab until mob dies. Bandage every 2 mobs, big heal between bandages every 3 mobs. Panic mode lay on hands with 3 mob accidental pull after pushing all buttons
I haven’t really had any issues so far up to 29. I’m just using green gear but killing stuff pretty fast. I do judge seal of crusader and I even have the talent for it increasing my crit, so I seem to crit a fair amount which helps. I also use blessing of wisdom over might just to keep my mana in a better place.
I realize I’m still low but my overall impression has been that it’s been great, very smooth and not a huge amount of downtime.
Like someone else said, find a mage. Just round up as many mobs as possible, drop cons, tell your mage to count to 2 after seeing it and spam blizzard. If you get low health they just nova and you jump back a couple feet to heal up. Bonus points when you get blessing of sanct and holy shield with a shield spike coupled with ret aura. It’s madness on how many damage numbers flash on your screen.
It’s been one of the most enjoyable leveling experiences (got several 60s) and it’s happened on the most boring solo class.
If you insist on solo’ing then play to never have downtime as that’s what slows you down the most. Wisdom and auto attack while occasionally practicing seal twisting to burn surplus mana.