I'm even more curious after seeing the rest of the talents released why they wanted to put the Str bonus in the first tier of the Prot Tree. My best guess is to the benefit Ret Paladins moving into the tree to get the talents like Precision. I suppose it "could" help out on the 51pt talent as well.
Well, they're currently panicking about not being needed in raids because of the loss of Tranquil Air totem, so that should work out nicely.
On a more relevant note regarding the possible mana issues- since they're bringing spellpower back to Ret in some form or other, and we know that healing gear is going to have Int and Crit on it, I could certainly see a situation where Ret paladins end up with what otherwise would have been Holy plate. Doesn't do much for Prot (I don't think, but maybe we want Int and Crit now too), but we'll just find a way to take more damage or something.
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You can put Hand of Sacrifice on the tank/person taking a lot of damage sir.