I wonder why, maybe because they are OP? 
source:
Icy Veins
https://twitter.com/Portal_Ingress/status/1645185251189329921?s=20
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Who cares its popular! You jealous??? Go cry more bro.
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It only gained its popularity due to being OP and FOTM.
Ret is currently playable.
Now, who do you want to play as?
-Paladin, the knight in shining armor wielding light to smite and heal, with easily, EASILY the best transmogs in the game
-lightless paladin
-dirty skulls paladin
-lanky geckos
-totem vegans
-pet parent
-vegan hippie
-dirty hippie
-dirtier hippie with wings
-dirty thief
-knightless paladin
-dirty demon mage
-scared popsicle
BRO… I WONDER WHY EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY PALLY IT’S A MYSTERY
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What’s the number on the right side that’s labeled “success rate” mean?
Because that graphic shows 25 specs, and Retribution is 11th out of 25, just barely above the exact middle of the pack.
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They’ve always competed with hunter for the most popular spec, but they’ve been dumpster for 18 years. They’re finally good so a lot of “alts” are getting dusted off.
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What’s your point?
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You’re trying to use logic with him, when he’s clearly here just to troll.
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bro its as if they reworked them. that is crazy.
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There shouldn’t be a meta shift in season 1 due to a talent/button bloat rework. It was an error by the Dev team that they are starting to fix.
it wasn’t a “button bloat rework.” It was a total rehaul of the entire spec, and people are enjoying it.
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It was, hence the abilities that got axed. It wasn’t a rework to make them top S tier in all forms of content hence the nerfs now.
IF Blizzards intentions for the rework was to make them OP in all forms of content then they wouldn’t be nerfing them right now based on the +28 keys from not needing a healer in tanking, or top of the DMG charts as Ret in PvP that ruined the end seasons for Solo Shuffle or 8 out of 10 top Mythic+ runs that use Protection Paladins over Protection Warriors that the community got nerfed a handful of times this beginning expansion pack. If you really believe the rework was to make them S tier and 6x more popular as Tanks and 3x more popular than DPS for Ret over other classes and roles, then you are a someone who is just chasing FOTM due to Blizzard errors that they are currently fixing and are now a clown who is upset that your OP class just got exposed. Get over it, the power gap between classes shouldn’t be this wide for DMG/mitigation/healing and you know it.
Maybe if you didn’t chase the FOTM due to FOMO and spent the last month gearing up your Paladin without realizing that their DMG meters and survivability after the rework wasn’t intentional, you wouldn’t be so upset that they are now being balanced by Blizzard who are fixing the mistakes. You are really upset due to your sunk cost fallacy, Just some food for thought. 
/Last reply for me
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bro you really came on here to cry and vent.
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byyyyeeeeee
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I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m using Ret Paladin again thanks to the rework they implemented a few days ago.
The last time I played Ret Paladin was in MoP.
And the last time I played Holy Paladin was in Legion (in that expansion the spec didn’t have HoPo).
The class was not fun with the amount of buttons it had.
It’s a problem they recognized in Shadow Priest as well.
The amount of buttons and the stack of cds.
What I find curious is that Arcane Mage suffers from the same thing and there wasn’t a single word.
To me the most important thing is that a class has to be fun. Damage comes and goes.
But if I need a PhD to play a class then I don’t consider it worth using.
I’m the kind of player who believes that characters should be easy to use and the content should fit the skill level of the player.
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This is a hilarious take from a DEATH KNIGHT lmao kick rocks.
Yall are always FotM constantly 
honestly so fake with ur outrage. Cant wait for the “This isnt my main” an some nonsense excuse.
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It’s not often a person runs from their own thread when discussion happens.
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Great point
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Because they just got reworked
It’d be concerning NOT to see a spike in popularity you weirdo 
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