Fixing the Ret Paladin post 4.0

[lightstriker]

Here's my Ret sequences. This is ONLY if you have Divine Purpose talent. Other wise you have to add in a CS for 3 Holy Powers. Consecration is done manually once per pull.

AoE
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat/ctrl Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Divine Storm, Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Divine Storm
/use 13
/use 14

Single same as AoE but with TV in place of DS
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat/ctrl Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Templar's Verdict
/use 13
/use 14

The last CS and Judgment will still be about 1 sec CD when they come up, depending on your haste. The Sanctity of Battle talent change haste from items for CS. The first CS and Judgment will also have some CD when it loops back for the second rotation. Its the best i can figure out after 2 days of testing. ITs like a jigsaw puzzle filling in the gaps between CDs.

Boss or Single With Zealotry
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat Crusader Strike, Judgement, Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Crusader Strike, Zealotry, Avenging Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath
/use 13
/use 14



The spelll id of Hand of Light for Jamba proc is 90174. I might write a Zealotry macro for this later. Its 2/3 of the above macro.

[Oatboat]

Still having low dps on my rets using the dps macro. Anyone else stuck around 1800?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Still having low dps on my rets using the dps macro. Anyone else stuck around 1800?

I'm up to about 1900-2000ish but still pretty low according to Recount. Interestingly enough, my heroics are actually going faster than pre-4.0. /boggle. I'm sure something changed (like mob health or something) but I'm too lazy to go figure out why for the moment.

[Oatboat]

Here's my Ret sequences. This is ONLY if you have Divine Purpose talent. Other wise you have to add in a CS for 3 Holy Powers. Consecration is done manually once per pull.

AoE
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat/ctrl Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Divine Storm, Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Divine Storm
/use 13
/use 14

Single same as AoE but with TV in place of DS
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat/ctrl Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Templar's Verdict
/use 13
/use 14

The last CS and Judgment will still be about 1 sec CD when they come up, depending on your haste. The Sanctity of Battle talent change haste from items for CS. The first CS and Judgment will also have some CD when it loops back for the second rotation. Its the best i can figure out after 2 days of testing. ITs like a jigsaw puzzle filling in the gaps between CDs.

Boss or Single With Zealotry
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat Crusader Strike, Judgement, Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Crusader Strike, Zealotry, Avenging Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Hammer of Wrath
/use 13
/use 14



The spelll id of Hand of Light for Jamba proc is 90174. I might write a Zealotry macro for this later. Its 2/3 of the above macro.

Did alot better with these macros than the other one. about 2800 dps compared to 1500-1800

[boxblizzard]

i think our problems with the white dmg issue would be binding jump during the dps spam, this should sort things out? look silly yes but what else is there?

[Fuzes]

i've done the jump trick (hkn user) .. the problem is u have to wait with dps spam until the rets stand still after a interact with target ... jumping through the target sucks sometimes ;D i use 3 macros now .. one cleave (divine storm) and one single target (tv) with jumping and fall through exorcism and a single target macro with hardcoded exorcisms after each tv for movement encounters. rebuke(triggers your seal)/the ae stun with 2k dmg is fallthrough in every makro.

dunno with isboxer id use short strafe left/right commands instead i guess.. this should be much less problematic with cleaving bosses .

[halabar]

Here's my Ret sequences. This is ONLY if you have Divine Purpose talent. Other wise you have to add in a CS for 3 Holy Powers. Consecration is done manually once per pull.
Single same as AoE but with TV in place of DS
#showtooltips
/castsequence reset=combat/ctrl Holy Wrath, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Templar's Verdict, Judgement, Crusader Strike, Exorcism, Crusader Strike, Judgement, Templar's Verdict
/use 13
/use 14

Tried this out on my pally with a mix of 264-251 ret and tank gear gemmed for strength with blue and epic gems, and got 3600 dps on the boss dummy.

Gemmed and enchanted correctly, I imagine this would work pretty well. Haven't tried to see if things are popping at the correct time yet, but there is certainly at least a good start here.

Thanks for the macro!!

[boxblizzard]

i think best answer to this if you dont want to manually fire off verdict.storm etc is to get him on the dummy and follow the rotation without storm o verdict and estimate over time the most likley/often time 3 power is up, and do a average this way you will probably get good results and sometimes average.

ive done this with my enhancement shaman with MW, i need 5 stacks but i have been on the dummy working out the best time mw is usually ready so put lb in the rotation where its more likley to be able to fire off. i have tried with and without stop casting and both results are very much the same.

p.s if you change gear the proc times will change so you will have to start all over again, so gear up and spend good half hour getting a good accurate estimation.

i got a mix class group and handling ds,mw, and others from my team is tough to keep tabs on, it would work with i set them off manually with jamba proc but tbh i cant always keep tabs on wtf going on at times its better for me to do above.

maybe you guys can try it, so far i have got very good results.

[Prega]

im using these macros, managed by one button( its a single button spam).
note: my clicks are for Macaroon Buttons addon

/click MacaroonButton48
/click MacaroonButton45
/click MacaroonButton51
/click MacaroonButton49

Button 48 Macro:
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=combat/target Crusader Strike,Judgement,Holy Wrath,Crusader Strike,Templar's Verdict,Crusader Strike,Judgement,Crusader Strike,Templar's Verdict

Button 45 Macro:
/stopcasting
/castsequence exorcism
/stopcasting

Button 51 Macro:
/use Hammer of Wrath

Button 49 Macro:
/cast Avenging Wrath

It works decently for me. +4.5k DPS on HC Dummy, selfbuffed, gear=average level 248.
Zealotry management is a nightmare, same for Hand of Light Procs: atm no way to manage it.

PS: noticed i have issue with HW CD, my solution could be moving HW in another clicked button, and removing from main castsequence (button48)

[Maxion]

PS: noticed i have issue with HW CD, my solution could be moving HW in another clicked button, and removing from main castsequence (button48)

Try changing your reset conditions to just be a timer of not hitting the button, like 10 seconds. Since your current setup is bound to reset it at a bad time and get stuck on a cooldown.