Holy
Skills

• Exorcism can now be used on all targets, but is now a guaranteed critical strike vs Undead and Demon type mobs.
• Judgement of Light now procs off spells as well. (Previously only “attacks” would trigger this)

Talents

• Purifying Power (Tier 6) now reduces the cooldown of your Exorcism and Holy Wrath spells by 17/33%. (Previously increased the critical strike chance of those spells by 10/20%)
• Pure of Heart (Tier 5) now reduces Curse, Poison, and Disease effects by 15/30%. (Previously was 25/50% but did not include poisons)
• Blessed Hands has been moved from Tier 5 to Tier 4 and now reduces the mana cost of Hand of Freedom, Hand of Sacrifice and Hand of Salvation by 15/30% and cooldowns by 10/20%.
• Improved Concentration Aura’s (Tier 4) reduced silence/interrupt effect now works while any aura is active.

Protection
Skills

• Shield of Righteousness now deals 130% of block value + 520 at the highest rank. It no longer causes a high amount of threat. (Previously increased damage by a set amount)
• Blessing of Kings is now a baseline ability. Trainable at level 20.

Talents

• Shield of the Templar (Tier 10) no longer increases the damage of your Holy Shield, Avenger’s Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells. Instead it gives your Avenger’s Shield a 33/66/100% chance to silence targets hit by it for 3 sec.
• Judgements of the Just (Tier 10) now reduces the cooldown of your Hammer of Justice by 10 sec, increases the duration of your Seal of Justice effect by 0.5 sec, in addition to its previous effect.
• Avenger’s Shield’s (Tier 9) damage has been increased across all ranks.
• Guarded by the Light (Tier 9) now reduces spell damage taken by 3% and gives a 50% chance to refresh the duration of your Divine Plea when you hit an enemy. (Previously reduced the mana cost of your Holy Shield, Avenger’s Shield and Shield of Righteousness spells by 15%.)
• Holy Shield’s (Tier 7) damage slightly increased across all ranks.
• Ardent Defender (Tier 7) is now a 3 point talent, reducing damage taken by 10/20/30%. (Previously was a 5 point talent)
• Sacred Duty (Tier 6) increases stamina by 4% now. (Previously was 3%)
• One-Handed Weapon Specialization is now a 3 point talent, increasing damage done with 1 handers by 4/7/10%. (Previously was a 5 point talent)
• Blessing of Sanctuary (Tier 5) now only grants 2% of maximum displayed mana when the target blocks, parries, or dodges a melee attack. (Previously granted 10 rage or 20 runic power or 2% max mana)
• Divine Guardian (Tier 4) now has been changed to redirect damage “(up to a maximum of 150/300% of the Paladin’s health).” (Previously had no limit)
• Improved Devotion Aura (Tier 4) now increases the amount healed on any target affected by any of your Auras by 2%. (Previously only worked with Devotion Aura active)
• Improved Hammer of Justice (Tier 4) is now a 2 point talent, reducing the cooldown of Hammer of Justice by 10/20 sec. (Previously had a 3rd rank that reduced cooldown by 30 secs)

Retribution
Talents

• Righteous Vengeance (Tier 10) is now a 3 point talent. When your Judgement and Divine Storm spells deal a critical strike, your target will take 10/20/30% additional damage over 8 sec. (Previously a 5 point talent)
• Fanaticism (Tier 8 ) is now a 3 point talent and now increases the critical strike chance of all Judgements capable of a critical hit by 6/12/18% and reduces threat caused by all actions by 10/20/30% except when under the effects of Righteous Fury. (Previously a 5 point talent)
• Improved Retribution Aura has been removed from the game.
• Improved Retribution Aura’s effect has been merged into Sanctified Retribution (Tier 5).
• Divine Purpose has been moved from Tier 5 to Tier 6.

Sorry for the slow update, haven’t been able to play due to school and work. Unable to raid 25-man instances isn’t helping either, disconnecting on every fight isn’t fun at all. And Blizzard doesn’t seem to be working on the problem…

I have taken a more relaxed playstyle to WoW. Considering the new changes has completely changed the game again. PvP/ Arena is somewhat unbalanced. It is nice that Retribution Paladins are now a viable class in PvP though.
Note I’m talking mostly on 2v2 and 3v3 arena.

BC Arena relied heavily on Resilence and Control mechanics such as stuns and slows. That’s where you got the Warlock DoTing you until you’re full of polka dots, Hunters/Mages kiting like you never learned how to walk and Rogues having their swords/maces deep in your arse they’re playing you like a puppet. BC Arena was a game of outlasting, outthinking and of course, outgearing.

WotLK Arena however, is a totally different story. In BC Arena you had a chance if you think right and things went your way. CC the DPS, DPS the Heal or DPS the DPS, CC the Heal that sort of thing.

WotLK arena, it’s down to who’s the most burst potential.

Arena Doors open.

Team 1 (A and B) sees Team 2(X and Y)

*SMASH!*
*SMACK!*
*BOOM!*

Either Team 1 picks off the remaining X(or Y) or Team 2 does the picking off. All over in less than half a minute.

I’m not whining bout losing alot or winning alot. In fact I stopped Arena after the first week I started Arena. I’m not a 3000 rated Gladiator ranting about how easy Arena is.

I’m emphasizing how PvP got completely overhauled in one night. Warlocks went from deadly PvP class to obsolete(Not that I’m crying over it), Druids went down the pecking order(F**KING HURRAY!).

I missed how I outthinked and outplay oppositions in Battlegrounds(1v1 scenarios), I missed how I thrashed players who thought Retribution paladins were easy kills, I missed how forming unconventional arena teams and still doing decently. PvP was a game of strategy, thinking fast in combat.

Now, it’s like d*ckslapping one another and the biggest one wins…

At least I’m bloody knocking down Healers in PvP now, not that bad, right?
Right?