Originally Posted by hip
I think the purpose of picking up reckoning as ret would be to add in a "risk factor" to hitting you, much like warriors have with enrage and defensive rage generation. IMO if you managed to get people to assist you as a paladin with that talent, you could probably put out some pretty unholy damage, but overall you are right; dropping CS seems to be too much loss for the reward.
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I tried out a Reckoning/Retadin dual spec in arena and didn't really care for it. When using a slow weapon (3.5 speed or slower) to compliment retribution and seal of command, this means that at most reckoning is giving 2 free attacks every 8 seconds that it's up.
Crusader strike will give an extra attack every 10 seconds irregardless if the paladin is being attacked or not. Also crusader strike is not just an auto-attack, it gets the spell damage bonus applied to it as well.