These people are not to be listened to when making balance changes.
First of all, obviously the class runs into mana management issues, especially while leveling. It always has, even before SOD handed it a bunch of ridiculous use abilities.
Not only are the complaints plain stupid because this will even out later with a bit of gear, no, they also come from zombies who use Blessing of Might and probably even waste talent points on it too.
Classic Ret Paladin rule #1: Wisdom only, always.
And i just learned that theres a Guarded by the Light rune which reads: [Each time you hit a target with your melee weapon, you gain 5% of your maximum mana per 3 sec for 15 sec, but the amount healed by your Flash of Light, Holy Light, and Holy Shock spells is reduced by 50% during this mana regeneration.]
The problems you cry about were not only entirely predictable, no, the game already gives you a crazy good solution for it. 5% of your maximum mana per 3 sec for 15 sec on hit is insane.
This class is already incredibly powerful and will be even more so on 60. I can already see the threads of other classes calling for nerfs then.
But hey, i guess Retail players are never satisfied. Handed everything and still asking for more. Broken people.
You don’t play SoD yourself, and berate those who do, so you are not to be listened to either.
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How has this troll not been banned from the forums yet?
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Use reckoning. No mana issues ever again
This guy posts in every Ret paladin thread, calling people “false paladins that can’t be helped.”
He then posts some video montage from 4 years ago of him winning the RNG casino and one-shotting people in full Naxx BiS during the two-week TBC prepatch as evidence that Ret doesn’t need any changes in a seasonal version of the game that’s literally designed to make changes
Oh, and he openly admits he doesn’t play SoD. Not worth engaging with this person imo
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I am 99% sure the dev teams know what to do. The only one with a problem is you trying to regulate what feedback is given to fit your own personal desires/agenda.
Don’t like it then go back to a non-sod server.
I’m primarily Ret, and I don’t have giant mana issues, Crusader Strike literally prints mana; 5% is no joke.
The rune the OP mentions does indeed help, but I’m not really fan of the heal nerfs, especially while playing solo. Besides, any seasoned Classic Pally will have a manaless heal too, it called “The Bubble Bandage”. The best part about the manaless heal, is your regen kicks in while its happening.
For me mana expenditure should be done in bursts, you spend the mana all at once, then allow regen to kick in between major uses. I have no issues this way unless its against endlessly respawning mobs like the accursed Worgen in Duskwood; 8+ respawns starts to get to be too much to handle, and all I wanted was a chest!