Ok since I've specced Prot the most frusterating thing I have come into contact with is trying to lead people in instances. While I go on and on about harder games and such, in past experiences EQ/EQ2/DAoC/ect as tank you had at least some input on how you would like the group to go.
As Prot pally this is definatly true -- you know your limits, you know how much agro you'll be able to keep (for the most part) and quite frankly if you're pulling anyways it just makes it that much easier to keep control. So why is it that everyone I've been grouping with as of late completely disregaurds my requests?
Dung 38, decided it was definatly Cath time. I can tank litterally 8 of em even with SPriest as healer. The Lock is SB Spamming a single target, the Mage is off fighting some random monster with Pyro and trying to Kite, and the Ret pally has RF up attacking 1 monster. What the hell!?! The Pally even had Ravager -- I was totally excited how fast we would tear through and I was totally dismayed by people's understanding of how this could be done.
How do you, as Protection Paladins, convey what you want without sounding like a d!ck? Seriously? In my past experiences, it wasn't like I was boss but my suggestions were usually taken and it generally helped (as were other people's suggestions heard.) Even on my DPS characters I respect the tank's style and requests.
Maybe I should just stop PUGs and stick with friends...