This is just a shout out to all the ret ragers out there. Divine Hammer has added a new level of complexity to the ret rotation. We have to dump as much holy power as possible to keep the hammers spinning. With 16.2% haste, the longest I’ve been able to keep them spinning has been 44 seconds. It’s not an optional talent unless you believe doing 6% more AoE dmg is optional. CDs have to be aligned and executed in a timely fashion to keep the plates spinning.
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Also known as any complexity at all
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Every spec in the game has a basic rotation and some CDs. Ret has 5 rotational abilities and 4 CDs that have to be lined up, not including an one-use trinket. I guarantee you I do a lot more dmg than Little Billy who thinks Ret is super easy and anyone can do it.
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Finally getting to the Huggies Pull-Ups of rotations. Congrats, you’re a big kid now!
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Boo.
I picked Ret so I didn’t need to think.
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I got this!
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I’ll still be there, mashing whatever button lights up.
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The ret set bonus in season 2 will make it very easy to juggle the Divine hammer buff.
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“You get rewarded for doing your rotation just as you always have” is not added complexity -_-
< Ret Main
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most of the specs in game are simply, some “hard” specs are just more annoying to track CDs and windows, thats all
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ok so you have one buff to look at and manage.
also managing this buff just means you press your buttons as fast as you can as soon as they light up.
ret is still a wack-a-mole spec with no skill cap whatsoever.
let me ask you this: before divine hammers did you hesitate to press any button as soon as it came off cd or hold holy power for any reason? no, you spammed all your builders and spenders as much as you could - that’s what divine hammers makes you do: spend as fast as you can and build as fast as you can.
divine hammers does not change the way you build or spend - it’s a maintenance buff at best.
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You have to use your CDS at the right time to do more damage? What an insane concept! How hard!
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so you got one more keybind after the patch and felt the need to tell everyone how difficult ret has become?
is that correct?
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Since Divine Hammer auto replaces Wake when it procs, not even that XD
How will they manage?
That’s a lot for the average Retribution Paladin.
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Did OP really post this expecting sympathy for the plight of ret? You just have to spend holy power to do more aoe damage. That is literally nothing new.
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I picked every passive just to make sure I didn’t have to deal with any of that thinking stuff y’all talk about. Tbh, I don’t even know the ability you speak of 
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so is it back to like tbc?
the fact that this thread was even created shows how challenging ret paladin players find their rotation to be
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