retri pallies can be really useful in arenas because the have a large amount of burst damage, but once our cooldowns are going the dps is more steady and SoCommand procs aren't that reliable, so our dps can be outhealed.

this topic was posted in raiding part of forum so i answered whats best for raid.... and btw my mage can pwn retri palas EZ kite and fireblast

this person speaks the truth.  ret pallies can put out some very nice burst damage but they cant do it often enough.  also everyone knows spikey damage = you pulling aggro and pallies have no threat wipe so you kinda have to take the beating when you do pull hate.

supposedly being looked into for 2.3 though so maybe we'll see more ret pallies around.  but as of now, you'll only ever see a pally tanking or healing in real guilds.

lol kite how? if the ret pally knows what he's doing, mages are easily squished, blessing of freedom, and the bubble of course, judgement of justice kills blazing speed if ur fire spec