Vindication Hotfixed, Finally
June 9th, 2009
We are in the process of completing a hotfix that could go live as early as this afternoon that will make the Paladin talent Vindication no longer reduce Intelligence or Stamina from the target it is applied to. The talent will continue to reduce Agility, Spirit, and Strength as it currently does. We felt this change will help balance the ability out, especially in the lower arena brackets where they are very prominent, while not being a negative impact on a Retribution Paladin’s PvE dps.
Once this hotfix is live, the tooltip will be incorrect until we can update it in the next content patch.
Fantastic change, people on AJ (and pretty much everywhere else I guess) have long been calling for this as a simple first step to balancing ret paladins without breaking them in PvE. That’s around 4500 more health I’ll have in an average HoJ, could easily be the difference between life and death.
It was always a ridiculous idea for a talent really. Sanity finally prevails!