CapJack of the Seven Seas wrote:
Maulgak meant at 70 Holy is the most popular spec. He doesn't contest ret's viability as a leveling spec and he is not anti-ret in any way that I've seen him. However, at 70, most rets who want to raid or want to do PvP will spec as Holy because
1) More guilds will accept a Holy Paladin over a Ret for raiding.
2) In arenas, unless you are already having very good gear, Holy is much better than Ret.
Thank you for backing me up before I could get back on, hehe :)
Exactly right. The OP did specifically state
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do the best end-game
and so my response was tailored accordingly. Leveling is a completely different story, particularly because you can fill any role as any spec pretty much from Deadmines to Sunken Temple, maybe a little further (depending on gear/skill). When it comes to end-game though, and you NEED to be a certain spec for a certain task, Ret although viable is still the least commonly sought for spec of Paladin: sad, but fact.
Oh, and the respeccing thing: I agree. Truer words never spoken ;)