Ok, retribution palladins, how do you deal with all the specism out there? I found this wasn't a problem much at all while leveling, but now that i'm at lvl 70 and running the high level instances and some heroics, I get electronically spit upon with annoying frequency. Specific incidents include someone who'd been looking for DPS for a while ignoring me when I asked to join, eventually telling me "oh, i don't group with retribution palladins because some of them are terrible." The other day, my guild grabbed a PUG warlock DPS to round out a heroic run, who joined, said "is that a retribution paladin?" and left immediately after being answered in the affirmative by the party leader. I've been interrogated by people about my DPS before a run, who **** and moan about terrible ret pallys.
And, I think to myself, after all these incidents, like i've never ever met a terrible rogue/shammy/hunter/etc. I do good DPS...and true, ret pallys won't ever match a rogue for pure melee dps (at similar gear/compitence levels), but are the ret haters unaware of everything else pallys do, like buffs, off heals, ad DI wipe insurance? Why the knee-jerk loathing of retribution?