The more I think about it, the more I like all these nerfs. OP Ret was fun while it lasted, but honestly, everyone knows its OP. WAAYY OP. I miss the challenge of a gimped class (Hunters in arena....) beating a traditionally OP class (rogues/locks anyone?). Besides, patches are never permanent and this nerf will help weed out the ******** rets I've come across that don't cleanse, don't DI, don't HoJ heals, and don't offheal if our healer goes down for some reason.
All I ask is that I can still do dailies faster than I did prot spec pre-3.0. Cause THAT was lame...
P.S. I am hoping they eventually find a happy medium to JotW. 33% to 15% base is more than a 50% reduction. How the hell is that surgical?