I know there are challenges, but I just got my other Ret to 62, and it’s a lot of fun. I had not played it in a long time. I guess at 70 in PVP, it needs work, but I love the feeling of it.
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I made this paladin and leveled him to max. I have played paladin alts (I have like 6 at lvl 60+) since TBC but only played Ret in Cata, been exclusively holy since then, even while soloing. But playing this Ret in BGs and world pvp has been a BLAST.
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You’ll do fine until you hit the upper echelons of rated PvP.
Yeah, I realise there are challenges with Ret, but I don’t do arena at all, so that will not really bother me. I’m using it where it’s fun only. 
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Ret is really fun in Mythic+ because all your utility spells feel very impactful, it feels like how playing a Paladin should.
The only down side is that there isn’t a lot of options in terms of talent builds, so after the 10th-20th Dungeon Run it begins to get a bit boring. 
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Neat! You’ll have lots of fun then! We’re great at being a one-man army in randoms.
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There will be frustrations, I’m sure. I try and not focus too much on when I lose because sometimes the opponent’s comp is too strong or up against premades that focus you down in the blink of an eye.
Solo queue RBGs should be rated shortly and If you enjoy it like I do it might be most of your wow time in the future. Ret has buffs coming for damage that might prove noticable and a 30% nerf to all plate specs armor unfortunatly. It is a really fun spec unless your divine shield, BoP or BoS is removed early by a Shattering Throw or Mass Dispell, or you cast Steed then catch a slow, and use Blessing of Freedom and a mage steals it with Spellsteal or you catch a stun, or you use Blessing of Spellwarding but all the fears in the game still fear you. Being feared while using steed is worse because now you are fleeing faster and in the wrong direction. Make a note, if you use Blessing of Spellwarding or Blessing of Protection on anyone, you cant use the other on anyone for 4 or 5 min depending on if you spent a talent point to reduce the cooldown. Having both put on CD for using one is not pleasing. Dying with Forbearance applied while you additionally used Divine Protection and Shield of Vengeance and you had 3 more large cooldowns ready to go but cant cast them on yourself because Forbearance exists feels bad every time. But other than that Retribution is the bees knees.
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As Diselia eluded too, sometimes it is frustrating, other times you feel like a God just steamrolling folks. Both can certainly happen.
Thanks for the insight. For sure, Pally’s have their negative side, and I can hear myself getting frustrated already, lol. I believe every class has. I love playing Monk, but it’s not easy in regular BGs because of lack of LOS and being squishy in big grp fights, one on one it’s amazing.
I’ll keep you posted, lol
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The big takeaways I’ve learned is try your best. That means be in range of the healer, you dont get to be one in pvp due to tuning, use Divine Protection at high health when they look at you, use Blessing of Protection on targets taking any physical damage while at high health, remove your healers cc asap with Sanctuary pvp talent and clear thier slows with Freedom, Searing glare(pvp talent) is a bit more powerful than it suggests, use it on stacked enemies when possible, even better on healers if another enemy is low health, spend a talent so you get freedom when you give it to your healer or anyone in dire need to move and you both move a tad faster. And above all keep trying, not the same day if you need a break but dont give up on the spec too fast. It has enough utility to stay interesting and useful with practice.
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