Hey everyone, especially those who play retribution. Just wanted to exchange notes on how you sequence your seals, judgements and etc. in both PVP and PVE. What sequence has worked best for you and allowed the most DPS. While you're at it, what blessings and auras do you use?
In PVP, I usually keep my Sanctity Aura on unless I'm in transit (then it's Crusader, obviously). I self-buff BOK instead of BOM because I like the tad more survivability from the 10% STA increase, and the 1% crit chance increase from 10% AGI. I have Improved Seal of the Crusader up before the fight, judge it, go to SoComm and start CS'ing, timing in some Hammer of Justice/Repentence with my Judgement of Command cooldowns and my opponents' spellcasting. I also make sure all my trinkets are going. My plain Jane white damage is usually around 800, but once all the trinkets and talents kick in, I'm hitting over 1000 regular white damage, 1500-2500 white or holy damage crits. Additionally, when I'm going after clothies like Warlocks, I wait till I'm feared and then bubble Divine Shield and continue chasing them around, hitting with CS and Judgement of Command. It usually takes them by surprise and they miss a few critical casts while they try to escape. They are usually dead by the time bubble wears out - if not I hit them with a stun and finish the job.
PVE: I use Sanctity aura and BOK as well unless I'm in raids then I switch them up to match other pallies if they're present. Judgements change too depending on what others are judging. I like dropping Judgement of Wisdom during boss fights to prevent the unexpected low mana situations. SoComm and CS are staples - I keep using those all fight long. I usually keep only SoComm up for the first 5 to 10 seconds to be sure aggro sticks to the MT before ratcheting up the DPS to it's full scale. I usually watch healer and MT health too and stop for a quick emergency heal or drop a BOP on the healer if they take unexpected spike damage.
EDIT: forgot to add a few more details to the PVP part
Edited, Mar 13th 2008 8:57am by TooRetForYou
Edited, Mar 13th 2008 8:59am by TooRetForYou