Zeynothix wrote:
At low levels, ret sucks. I did a short test on the yetis outside tarren mill, and Seal of command did LESS damage than seal of Righteousness. It worked out to the same difference on a 2h weapon or a 1h weapon. The gap is even bigger if you spec into improved righteousness (Holy tree). Of course, I have yet to go back to SoC since lvl 35, but the fact Command was such a let-down left a bad taste in my mouth. I might respec back to ret at 60, since weapons are significantly better so the added damage should be more.
Edited, Aug 27th 2008 11:47am by Zeynothix
Ret Sucks until you get a BIG SLOW 2-h weapon. The proc rate of SoCasino is 7 ppm on AVERAGE. The faster the weapon, the fewer procs PER SWING you are going to get. Optimal speed for SoCasino is 3.6 or SLOWER... that way you get a proc on average of at least 45% of the time. That is why they put Verigan's Fist in the game to be obtained at level 21-22. Being Ret until you have that blows, but being prot or holy from 1-20 blows too, so it really doesn't matter. If you are using a 1-h and shield to tank pre-bc instances as a Ret, then you certainly want to go with SoR for that... SoCasino is WAY too unreliable with a 1-h weapon. Once you get Verigan's Fist (which should last you until you get the Ravager out of SM or Rockpounder out of Uldaman), Ret pretty much rocks. Sure, you can still have a 2-minute fight with only like 5 or 6 SoC procs total, but then the next 2-minute fight, it procs almost every swing! That's why they call it a 7 ppm average....