go to youtube and search for ret pallies.. u will see many videos going on to show how much buff they received. apparently with wotlk talents, even at lvl 70 with decent amount of pvp gear on, you can solo onyxia. the dps they dish out is also pretty insane, and they are known as the 'anti-melee' class. apparently only class that pallies are having trouble against are mages, which is not surprising because of kiting and able to spellsteal off the hand of freedom and blinking out thru stuns as well as iceblocking/trinket out of repentance. and when the pally is low and has to heal, 1 counterspell and its over.