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If on the crazy off-chance I was to roll a new DPS class such as a Retri Pally and get him to 70 before WLK came out, which race and profession is best suited to them? I'm assuming human with mining and blacksmithing.

I'm seeing nice things about Paladin talents for WLK, are they all good?

Any help would be appreciated :)

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I'm Slashy, Slashy not Stabby, Stabby

Mining doesnt really help your character (except for getting ore for blacksmithing, but that "can" be done on an alt).

Enchanting/Jewelcrafting/Alchemy/Engineering all offer BoP stuff that can be quite nice at least at 70 (not sure about inscription yet) although 2 crafting professions can be quite time consuming and/or expensive to level up.

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For those wondering why the above image sometimes states NatureDamage,

its automatically generated from multiple armoury profiles for different armour sets and sometimes decides my nature damage is a good stat :p

concentrate of that shammie of yours, he'll lokking promissing

as for the pala idea, dont do it. i done one in the open beta and i think i had more fun watching paint dry

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My dragons:

BS is very nice   get the new thing  Inscription  or alchemy  :D

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Did i ever mention i can make some nice plate shoulders?

What new talents?

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Did i ever mention i can make some nice plate shoulders?

Freedan:

What new talents?

Nothing concrete yet of course as the WLK talent updates have not been posted. What did catch my eye was this http://www.wowblues.com/eu/ret-pallys-in-wotlk-3616231665.html and related links.

What struck me specifically was that there is a commitment to increase retri paladin's DPS efficiency. This I take as far more positive than the continual nerfing of Rogue DPS (see this list if you think I'm kidding: http://shadowpanther.net/roguechanges.htm ) and the general meh-ness of the Rogue WLK talents.

I do feel a bit frustrated that to do decent DPS and damage, my rogue needs to absorb a ton of buffs from you guys and be in a specific party make up and without them I'm decidedly average. On top of this I provide no group utility at all. Drums of Battle is the one exception - and so would Hemo if they hadn't nerfed it.

Having played my shaman to 70 and done a few instances, I did enjoy the ability to don some healing gear while elemental spec and take a healing role - or even just to pop off a few emergency heals on the main healer. Situational totem fiddling was also great fun!

So doing less damage than a rogue while providing lots of group utility (plus finally wielding a big FO 2-hand sword) appeals to me greatly at the moment :)

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I'm Slashy, Slashy not Stabby, Stabby

Retri is even more dependant on group then a rogue :)    especially  Shamans go hand in hand :D

And Oh yeah  2 handers are Fun :D

oh and get a Drenai paladin :D


But uh paladin leveling is slow :p

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Did i ever mention i can make some nice plate shoulders?

Freedan:

But uh paladin leveling is slow :p

Very. You can always level "pala dps", to save about 5 mintes a day ;-),  then switch to tanky/healy at the end, but ofc it means a bit less experience of using that set of skills in groups.

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