(Retribution) Paladins in PvP

So I rolled up a paladin considering to mostly be PvEing. Wanted to try a tanking as a pally for the first time. As I levelled as ret and got into world PvP I forgot how much fun I had PvPing back in the day, and find myself being drawn more towards that. Thing is, if I remember correctly, Ret Paladins were kind of "meh" in TBC. My question(s) are:

Is Ret Paladin at least semi competitive in PvP? Mostly interested in BGs, not looking to get super into arenas, just doing what I need to for points, not competing on the ladder. I know this answer largely depends on personal skill, but I just mean in an overall sense and compared to other classes.

I guess I mostly want to know if Ill be wasting my time and getting frustrated trying to gear and compete in BGs with a ret paladin. Should I stick to PvE and roll another class for PvP? (In retail TBC I PvPed as a feral druid, frost mage and warrior)

Thanks for your time, sorry I know the question is a bit broad but I would like to get some other opinions on this before I go all in on gearing this character up.

this isnt Wotlk , Ret paladin suck ball In TBC.

ye sadly the only time retri was good in tbc was wotlk prepatch XD

Not comptetive on top of the ladder, but they work. Play what you want :)

Yeah, they are quite good, not comparable to some other classes perhaps, but they're still very viable in PvP nonetheless.

I totally agree with you. I play ret paladin on this server and it s really nerfed,almost unplayable... I used to enjoy playing BG,but with ret,i m thinking i ll just reroll to some much better class that can do dmg or at least kill something! Here are some proofs about my very bad experiance :

https://imgur.com/a/vwfLy
https://imgur.com/a/HgarZ
https://imgur.com/a/WFCWR
https://imgur.com/a/o5Nza
https://imgur.com/a/b9n9l

BTW: If someone selling warrior or hunter,please contact me in game i would like to play class that i can really enjoy and not getting camped every BG. Thanks :)

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Originally Posted by donque8642

Yeah, they are quite good, not comparable to some other classes perhaps, but they're still very viable in PvP nonetheless.

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Name me a class thats worse

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Name me a class thats worse

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Enh/ele sham, feral/bala druid, surv/mm hunt, arc/fire mage, assass/cb rog, dest/demo lock

And you can beat frost mages, arms warrs, rogues in most cases as ret.

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Enh/ele sham, feral/bala druid, surv/mm hunt, arc/fire mage, assass/cb rog, dest/demo lock

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Originally Posted by donque8642

And you can beat frost mages, arms warrs, rogues in most cases as ret.

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lmfaoooooo

Actually I do remember this quite vividly hahaha. Doing arena and running into double ret in 2s, triple ret in 3s, 5 rets in 5v5s. It was insane. Seemed like all of a sudden all the rets came swarming out of the woodwork