Retribution paladin DPS broken after realm restarts [Updated]
by Chase Christian 
Feb 2nd 2012 at 10:01AM
The bug appears to be related to Seal of Truth, as it's dealing over 60% of the affected ret paladins' damage, vastly dwarfing all other sources. The bug seems to be affecting PvP and PvE, as there are many reports of retribution paladins being nigh unstoppable in Battlegrounds tonight. One group of retribution paladins toppled Lord Rhyolith in under 15 seconds.
There has been no official word from Blizzard just yet on these developments, although we can be sure that there will be a change deployed to fix this bug as early as possible.
Reminder from the editors: Do keep in mind that abusing things like this is considered exploitation. Blizzard does have the right to ban you for abusing this if you're using it to bypass content à la our old friend Karatechop. Don't make Blizzard's job harder, and don't risk your account.
Update 10:00 a.m. EST Blizzard is aware of the problem and is looking for a way to solve it. They also issue the same warning we did -- don't exploit this.
Zarhym -- Ret Paladin DPS Bug
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Just as a reminder from the Terms of Use:
C. Rules Related to Game Play.
(i) Using or exploiting errors in design, features which have not been documented, and/or "program bugs" to gain access that is otherwise not available, or to obtain a competitive advantage over other players.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Anne Stickney Feb 2nd 2012 3:55AM
Somebody gave the ret pallies...the Seal of a Thousand Truths
Chase Christian Feb 2nd 2012 3:56AM
How do you kill that which cleaves you down before you can respond?
Pyromelter Feb 2nd 2012 4:11AM
Someone gave a paladin nnamed Tutet on saurfang a seal of 280,000 truths (that was his dps on ultraxion 10man normal). 280k! Lol
Skyrei Feb 2nd 2012 4:27AM
He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Arrohon Feb 2nd 2012 5:49AM
@Chase Oh the irony. That coming from a rogue...
Andalvar Feb 2nd 2012 3:55AM
I haven't played my paladin in over a year and now I really wanna just pop on him for a quick BG. :)
boil.san Feb 2nd 2012 3:55AM
LFM - DS10 - Need 9 Ret Pallies w/assorted tanking & heals offspecs to 'one-shot' our way thru 8/8…!
;^p
(Daddy needs some Shadowy Gems)
thawedtheorc Feb 2nd 2012 8:18AM
LMAO thank you for starting my day off with a laugh so loud, it made my sleeping dog scramble and slip when I scared the hell out of him.
histguild Feb 2nd 2012 3:57AM
I reckon it's a conspiracy. The next time they nerf pallies, they'll say, "Hey, we made you gods for a day. Suck it up!"
Bril Feb 2nd 2012 7:19AM
They did that already, at the end of BC. Blizz saw pallies doing well in arena, flipped out like they always do at the rare times that happens, and insta-nerfed ret to the ground.
SamLowry Feb 2nd 2012 10:47PM
Don't see why that got downvoted. Weren't pallies the first victims of the phrase "to the ground"?
Horrendous nerfs seemed to start with pallies, got worse, and it looks like I'm not the only one here who hasn't touched his retadin since, ohhh, the quest to get the cape from Thrall.
TL, DR: It just seems like a waste of time to play a retadin anymore.
Saeadame Feb 2nd 2012 4:01AM
Yeah I got a guy on my realm spamming trade for 10 ret paladins for heroic Madness.
THE INSANITY.
sandslice Feb 2nd 2012 12:23PM
Yeah. That'd be an example of someone looking to get himself and nine other ret pallies banned. :)
Pyromelter Feb 2nd 2012 4:02AM
I don't play a ret pally at max level, but is it okay that I cackled maniacally at that 15 second Lord Rhyolith kill?
ladeezluvlarry71 Feb 2nd 2012 4:03AM
In our LFR tonight, a ret pally pulled well over a million dps on yor's trash. DCed several people and lagged everyone quite a bit
ladeezluvlarry71 Feb 2nd 2012 4:08AM
However it doesn't seem to be affecting everyone... Our ret pally did perfectly normal dps tonight:
http://worldoflogs.com/reports/rt-ktfv5isobiya8jqu/details/10/?s=5156&e=5530
Pyromelter Feb 2nd 2012 4:15AM
The forum post mentioned that the seal was proccing like crazy, 3500 times in one encounter... maybe 10 times per second? And if it was proccing multiple times on every trash mob, yeah, your combat logs are going to get destroyed.
Duerma Feb 2nd 2012 9:52AM
Here's mine on Yor'sahj's trash:
http://i41.tinypic.com/2dadjlt.jpg
"Only" 516K because hey, I still have some blue gear. >.>
Ilmyrn Feb 2nd 2012 11:43AM
Man, why dot he cool bugs never hit me? I ran an LFR raid last night and my DPS was right where it always is.
Bummer. :(
MrJak Feb 2nd 2012 4:05AM
Our light will block out the sun!