Originally Posted by axid
I leveled my pally from 60 - 70 as holy spec, just using whatever spelldmg plate i was able to get my hands on. It wasn't terribly difficult as healers were in so high demand for instances and a huge bulk of my xp came from instancing.
I'm kinda stuck with the 41/20 arena build as my arena team is doing relatively well in our battlegroup. And with the 2.10 patch, my pally has found a whole new need to grind/quest all over again.
Not having the experience to lvl as ret, I've been curious as to whether for just grinding, what kind of gear are you pallies using to kill stuff? I've collected 5/5 righteousness and just enchanted spelldmg on the it and used that with a Greatsword of Horrid Dreams + Dragonheart FlameShield and just SOR + Consecrate(Rank 1) all this while.
I've been wondering whether it would be better to use the ret gear with spelldmg (Ruby Helm of the Just, Breastplate of Righteous Fury, Ornate Boots of the Sanctified etc - the re-coloured red colored tier1 items) for grinding mobs. I also managed to pick up the Despair 2hander from Opera in Karazhan on my pally.
Basically I'm very confused whats better for me to use for grinding mobs with the choices that I currently have available, keeping in mind that I can't really spec my pally out of 41/20 and also what kinda Spelldmg > AP ratio would be if I was to grind with Retgear (a la red-colored tier1 / PVP "Scaled" Armor) or should i just stick with stacking spelldmg and spellcrit (Righteous / PVP "Lamellar" armor)?
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I use straight spelldamage gear and don't even look at attack power or strength or agility, to be honest, and I am specced 41/20 on my pally as well (for arenas). In fact, your gear setup for grinding is the same as mine except I use that shield from the netherwing quest line and sometimes wield an oathkeeper I had drop.
It is all way, way too slow for my tastes, especially after spending so much time on my mage, so the best grinding gear I have found is the prot specced warriors in my guild who are in the same pickle and do not want to respec in between raids. I usually just make myself availble for them, and with two of us, things go much smoother. Not to mention, there really is not much in the game as far as quests that can kill a prot warrior and a holy pally.
I usually just judge crusader, consecrate, and have righteousness up and ret aura, and holy shock every chance.