Question About Spec Viability

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@Droodboy-area-52

This is what I posted in a similar thread:

@Droodboy-area-52

It’s funny seeing the same bs repeated here that you see on Reddit from people who have NEVER set foot in Vanilla. These people read the posts and comments made by the private server community with their min/max mentality and then proceed to tell you how they’re correct.

People chose a CLASS to play, not a single Specialization. A Paladin player was a PALADIN first.

There were a lot of Paladin players who played as Retribution back in the day and they were fine in raids. Guilds did not bring Ret Pallies for their damage. First and foremost, Paladin is a support class and as such, they are not meant to top DPS charts. Their utility spells can save raids from wipes. They were brought for their blessings and auras. Yes, Holy Paladins were able to provide the same buffs but not every Paladin was Holy in Vanilla. This is a fact. Ret Pallies started to shine once you got to undead Raids and dungeons, Scholomance or Naxx for example.

Most good guilds had several Ret Pallies in the guild who swapped between Holy and Ret depending on their raid composition and raid fights.

The spec is “ridiculed” by the private server crowd who believe only Warriors can tank and only Priests can heal. Any sane player should avoid this toxic group of neck beards if they want to play the game for what it is.

I have a feeling this time around we’ll be seeing a lot of Paladins and Druids in different roles.

Same thing applies to Druids and Shamans. Hybrid classes are fine.

Read your post. Times will not change.

Regardless of specs, guilds will want to ensure to streamline a run that’s safe and easy. Making other people’s jobs harder just to play a spec will not happen.

Maybe when MC goes on farm guilds will be more flexible, but for progression guilds will ask players to play a specific role - which doesn’t include Hybrid DPS