If I append /startattack to the beginning of each attack in my rotation via a macro, does that reset my swing timer?

Nope. Startattack's code is something like start autoswing only if attack is not ongoing, otherwise do nothing.

Good evening, I'm a mage so pardon my lack of knowledge about pally mechanics, I have a question about Divine Sacrifice on Vezax HM.

I know the damage from the Animus goes straight through immunities such as Ice Block and Divine Shield, but is damage somehow recalculated when popping Divine Sac, in such a way that the damage from Divine Sac would be immuned off even though the direct damage from the Animus is not? Thank you.

Hello retri paladins. My simple question to properly implement it into my addon is, do you have tools (spreadsheets, simulators) that come up with scaling factors of each stat, including the weapon dps (something like this: 1 weapon dps = 4.321 player dps.)?

The damage from Divine Sacrifice is immuned.

With some people saying that a viable 3.2 spec will be 21/17/0 +3 I'm left wondering why 3 points are in Improved Righteous Fury. Are these people considering healing with Righteous Fury up or are they just filler points that could be spent elsewhere?

And would it be worth putting the +3 in Improved Devo Aura if there is no tree present?

What frmorrison said. You do heal with RF up and it gives some mitigation and in the odd case where an add comes loose, the add comes to you instead of squishier healers, and you're more likely to survive until the tank picks it up.

I do however cancel my RF on some fights (algalon, mimiron hm p3, ...) and even do hand of salvation on myself so the druid healer gets the aoe aggro and kite the "big balls of algalon"

imp devo is only worth going for if a prot paladin in raids is a rare thing for your raids. coupled with aura mastery, it gives a good mitigation as well as the passive 6% increased healing when there's no tree or the tree is dead.

3 simple questions about ret in 3.2:

a) Has there been an agreed upon rotation (AKA priority list) for PvE dps?
b) If so, is it worth altering it before 5 stacks of vengeance are up?
c) Now that SoB/SoM recoil damage is gone, is it worth it for ret paladins to cast SS on themselves?

a) Debate presently whether previously agreed set (CS>J>DS>Cons>Exo) or slightly altered (J>CS>DS>Cons>Exo) currently occurring.
b) No. Stick with what winds up superior, regardless of stacks.
c) Maybe. Only one SS per target. If you have a Holy in the raid putting it on the MT, do not overwrite theirs. If there's regular raid damage and you have a GCD (that's the hard part, the free GCD) then there is little downside to self-shield. With 4 second CS there are far fewer free GCD - do not delay a DPS ability just to self-shield (unless it's a situation where you somehow know the shield is difference between life and death).

I'd like the opinion of the experienced theorycrafters as to the overall effect of Ret PvE DPS in 3.2. If I get through with an Ulduar run and I'm at around 5.8k dps total in 3.1 and I simply change the seal I'm using to SoV in 3.2 what do you predict the overall loss/gain will be in dps?

Does BoL transfer the healing the target receives from the FoL hot?

Should I bother switching to all the MP5 plate I've picked up in Ulduar or stick with the near BiS (for 3.1 anyway) that I currently have?

If I have 11 expertise, would the expertise boost from the seal of vengeance glyph do more for me than the glyph of exorcism?

Yes. From the first post in the 3.2 Ret thread:

A quick question, after I noticed the effect in a heroic run today: As Seal of Righteousness can't crit, and Seal of Command can, Art of War will take longer to proc if one is using the former. Has anyone modelled this to see what the difference is likely to be, and does it improve SoC vs SoR to any noticeable degree?

It should have close to zero impact in PvE, where you need no more than one AoW proc every 15-20 secs for Exorcism. However, from a PvP perspective it's a good point (which I hadn't considered) when choosing between the two Seals - the instant FoL through AoW will see more use in PvP, and it will also help you have AoW up more reliably for Exorcism if you choose to use some of the procs to FoL.

What ended up being the final implementation og argent defender. Does activating the lifesaver-effect shut down the whole talent, or just the lifesaving aspect, for the two-minute cooldown?

Patch Notes:
Ardent Defender: In addition, once every 2 minutes an attack that would have killed the paladin will fail to kill, and instead heal the paladin for up to 10/20/30% of maximum health depending on the paladin's defense rating (example: a paladin with defense equal to only 5 times his or her level will receive no healing from the talent, while a paladin who is immune to critical strikes from boss creatures through defense will receive the maximum amount)

Quick Question:
For arena I am Prot/Holy, if I put one +def gem (Enduring Eye of Zul 15 Stam 10 Def) does that mean I will "resurrect" at 10% health? If you have 400 defense does the resurrect function work at all?

Unlikely. If I recall correctly (my tank is a DK, so normal assumptions go out the window), you need 690 defense rating to become uncrittable. If that provides the max health "resurrect" of 30% and it is linear (always possible it is not), then every 23 rating should be 1%.

10 rating from one gem should be less than half a percent. In example, if you had 25000 health and 10 defense rating you would "resurrect" with 125 health.

I want to ask about glyphs for a prot paladin:

Before 3.2 patch I was using "Glyph of Seal of Vengeance" for the 10 expertise (82 expertise rating).
I considered it the optimal choice in terms of stats.

Now comes the change to "Glyph of Righteous Defense" which now affects 'Hand of Reckoning' ability and increases theirs chance to apply by 8%.

Now I am interested to learn which 1 is better?

The pros about Glyph of SoV is that is always grants the stat and is not affected by conditions like Glyph of RD (When taunting isn't necessary).
Also It does not Improve the hit rating of other talents you may want to be capped like Avenger's shield.

I want to hear your opinions. Thanks.

Does anyone have a link to the holy/prot hybrid healing spec?

Most prot paladins will be using SoV, Divine plea, and RD or HoSalv for their gylphs. RD and HoSalv are both situational and you might want to change back and forth depending on the situation.