Being a Retribution Pally Isn’t Easy

I completely lucked into this in a guild 25 Toc

Well to start lets just say that being a Retribution Pally isn’t easy. Pallys are hybrid characters which means we do a lot of things well but nothing really great. (Except fighting Undead; Pallys excel at that.) So as a Ret Pally DPS (damage per second) is the stat you and all other melee DPSers are measured by and against including classes who were designed for dps such as Warriors, Death Knights and Rogues.  Of course AOE (area of effect) ranged DPS like Mages, Warlocks and Hunters rack up some serious DPS too.  But Ret Pallys melee are measured against the other melee.

In a raid or heroic you’ll never be at the top of the DPS chart; unless you’re in a really weak group. So the first thing that you need to learn as a Ret Pally is to deal with it. That’s the way it is. That doesn’t mean you don’t have lots to offer to the raid (after all you did get invited didn’t you?) but while they appreciate your DPS you may not be invited for DPS alone.

Don’t suffer the horde!