Hpals are already getting that. It’s not exclusive to rets.
Ah yes, all the other rets and DPS smite priests you won’t bring to the raid.
It’s an incap and it’s completely worthless in a raiding environment where 90% of the mobs are immune to CCs (and you’re not going to use Repentance on those that aren’t).
Actually guilds will still give 2hs to warriors because whenever there is multiple targets, their cleave/whirlwind is better with a 2h (good example is core hound packs, or the suppression room). You however will spend your life swinging a nightfall. If you don’t have one, then there’s very little reason to even have you in the raid. No one is going to slot a ret paladin just so they can have a judgement debuff. They may as well just slot another healer.
Another best reason: the logistics of getting a 40 man raid together is a nightmare, so having someone reliably show up is more important than that warrior who only shows up every other week.
Maybe but consecration doesn’t use your weapon. Having a bigger 2h won’t increase its damage. You would need SP for this, which is not the kind of weapon warriors care about.
Warriors are going to want it for PvP, and Hunters will want it if they know what melee weaving is. Both will utilize it far more than Ret… who don’t even want to build AP unless they’re useless.
Depends, if they want to keep their Warriors happy. Plus Ret is also going to be offspec in 99% of cases as most guilds won’t want a Retadin (Spelladin is really the only way it’s “viable”). AP Ret does really bad damage. Like really bad.
Hunters will absolutely use it if they melee weave as I said. Which means running in and using a Raptor Strike, which is a noticeable DPS increase.