Since patch 2.2 went live, tons of information about patch 2.3 have been added in the forums by blues. Patch 2.3 is going to be BIG, arena season 3, new 10-man raid Zul’ Aman, engineering flying mounts and of course, class changes will be implemented. To see known changes for patch 2.3, click here.

Now let’s take a look at Paladin changes,

• Exorcism’s mana cost has been lowered.
• Holy Wrath’s mana cost has been lowered.
• Hammer of Wrath’s mana cost has been lowered.
• Vengeance has been increased to 30 seconds.
• Improved Seal of the Crusader effect added to base abilitiy.
• Improved Seal of the Crusader now gives the effects of Sanctified Crusader.
• New Talent - Sanctified Seals: Increases your chance to critically hit with all spells and melee by 1/2/3%, and reduces the chance your Seals can be dispelled by 33/66/100%.
• Crusader Strike cooldown is being reduced to 6 seconds

UPDATE

• Pursuit of Justice (Retribution) is now 3 ranks and increases movement speed by 5/10/15% and also reduces the chance you’ll be hit by spells by 1/2/3%.
• Vindication (Retribution) frequency and duration increased and now reduces all attributes by 5/10/15%, not just Strength and Agility.

Somehow this is as much information that can be mined, little compared to other class changes. Overall it looks good but it still does not solve the problems Retribution Paladins are facing. Paladins all over the forums are crying for Thread Reduction, which is a major issue, as well as Raid Utility. For PvP though, the improved Vindication looks more threatening, can’t say the same for Pursuit of Justice. More is needed to be done to push the Paladin to the frontline of the raid.

Hopefully upcoming updates on patch 2.3 we will see better changes to make the Retribution paladin a viable raider.

On a sidenote, hope to see changes to other talent tree such as Protection, or new itemizations.