Ret was always a popular spec even when it was bad.
Us doing great damage was just the icing on the cake.
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Wish someone told me that when I started playing them 18+ years ago.
They have a great class fantasy, the problem is, they’ve been missing that fantasy for about a decade or more. I finally don’t feel like another warrior with some flashy stuff. My off heals are impactful and my utility is game changing for allies.
First time in a long time I didn’t dust off the paladin to be a healer as there were simply better healers for the past few expansions outside of certain seasons.
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Players fotm rerolling is a core part of WoW culture.
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That is the stupidest reasoning that I have ever heard! Why not make Arcane Mages better?? Bringing down one class/spec does Nothing for us.
You got something personal against ret paladins??
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Huh. I had no idea aff locks were so low. I find them crazy fun. But then again I play casually and don’t raid or PvP or anything. I’m sure that’s what this chart is based off of.
But for solo play, they’re amazing. I can pull half the mobs in an entire area and burn them all down. The VW pet is a beast. 
to be fair, A hunk of loose concrete is more interesting than a prot warrior.
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No, it’s because they were very OP, just saying. Before you reply, this character is always in Vengeance spec.
Good! Let the ret paladins enjoy having a powerful spec for once, at least before the nerfs come. It’s not like ret is regularly topping the pack and needs to have a scene made about this. Jeez people. Let them/us have some fun too.
Everyone knows nerfs are coming, so relax. It will even out. Crying about it is just unnecessary.
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They will be ok after Tuesday. It was funny seeing Pally’s suddenly all willing to do WPvP after the patch hit. I didn’t even know they got reworked till I ran into a Pally who wouldn’t die the day of the patch. Then I knew something changed .
These numbers will be short lived. They always are.
Too bad it was the Golden Corral buffet. 
He really shouldn’t since Paladins are . . .The Greatest of All Living Things ™
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Top tier damage while being the easiest dps spec to play in the game.
Really wish they added more depth in the rework.
To be fair, a hunk of loose concrete also wouldn’t suffer the indignity of its class color being PINK.
And when you look at raiding, they had a spike, but are still behind BM hunters by a decent margin
Because it actually is fun to play instead of a clunky mess.
Imagine if they did that for every spec instead of “fixing” specs and making them trash to play.
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We’re still under that old fashioned stereotype? 
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I saw this article:
And thought “Brotherhood of Knights of Chantilly Cream Whippers” would make an outstanding all-paladin guild name.
is dragonflight season one the first WoW season that you played?
there is always a meta… there are always flavor of the month classes…
the meta classes always changes. the only thing that doesn’t change is that there will always be a new, different class/spec as meta.
so ret paladin is meta now? ok… destruction lock was meta in season 3 of shadowlands.
prot paladin is meta now? ok… prot warrior was meta early season one DF and blood dk was meta season 3 and season 4 of shadowlands.
what’s your point?
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They got a really fun overhaul. Even dusted off mine and leveled it after the updates. I’m sure their damage being OP added to the numbers.
Wouldn’t mind a smack of the nerf bat, as long as they leave the new playstyles alone.