I agree, cheeseme1 you are clueless. Sadly, your opinion seems to be shared by a vast number of players, so I will try to explain it:
Utility a ret paladin brings to a raid:
-First, another blessing. Anyone that has done Sunwell knows the current state of the holy pala class. It's terrible (and I play a holly pala in SW :S). Bringing a third blessing in the form of a ret pala is surely a nice idea.
- Improved Judgment of the Crusader, which is a +3% crit for all dps, melee and caster alike. That alone accounts for more dps than the expose armor buff of the survival hunt.
- +2% damage increase for his party, in the form of Improved sanctity aura. Ever seen a dual Warglaive rogue with this??
- The ability to refresh ALL of the judgments. Just ask the hollys or prot to judge at the start of the fight, and bang, you have JoW and JoL for the entire fight, provided the pala refreshes the judgments with Crusader Strike.
- Wipe recovery in the form of Divine Intervention. Not terribly useful, but it has utility.
All of this, added to decent dps. Move on retards, ret pallys are viable now, and they rock.
And on topic, yes this is the best ret pala weapon bar the sword from KJ. It is also the best polearm for hunts. However benefits the most from the drop, or DKPs and gratz.
Just my 2 cents
Utility a ret paladin brings to a raid:
-First, another blessing. Anyone that has done Sunwell knows the current state of the holy pala class. It's terrible (and I play a holly pala in SW :S). Bringing a third blessing in the form of a ret pala is surely a nice idea.
- Improved Judgment of the Crusader, which is a +3% crit for all dps, melee and caster alike. That alone accounts for more dps than the expose armor buff of the survival hunt.
- +2% damage increase for his party, in the form of Improved sanctity aura. Ever seen a dual Warglaive rogue with this??
- The ability to refresh ALL of the judgments. Just ask the hollys or prot to judge at the start of the fight, and bang, you have JoW and JoL for the entire fight, provided the pala refreshes the judgments with Crusader Strike.
- Wipe recovery in the form of Divine Intervention. Not terribly useful, but it has utility.
All of this, added to decent dps. Move on retards, ret pallys are viable now, and they rock.
And on topic, yes this is the best ret pala weapon bar the sword from KJ. It is also the best polearm for hunts. However benefits the most from the drop, or DKPs and gratz.
Just my 2 cents