When I originally rerolled on my recent server my initial intention at 70 was to be Holy for BG's and Instances. So I started out as Ret in my pursuit to 70 and when I reached 61 I am came to the sad realization or a bad 2 weeks of not getting into parties that Ret Paladins are not wanted as dps the majority of cases (come 70 things might be different just speaking from what I saw). So I ran into a choice, respec Prot or Holy. I decided to go Prot which was the best choice I have made but I am now running into two issues.
1. How do I increase my Health/Armor without loosing +Spell Dmg?
I know that at 70 you have a larger pool of areas to obtain gear from but getting to 70 you are more at the mercey of instance/quest drops or the AH which we all know can be hit-or-miss.
2. How do I effectively reserve mana while tanking and fighting to control aggro?
Example: 5-man running Mana Tombs (Prot Pld, DPS Shaman, Ret Pld, Lock, Restro Druid)
I noticed and this might all come down to getting more +spell dmg or something I am missing, that when we were fighting multi mob pulls the shaman was still in some cases able to peel a mob off of me but not on a boss fight. Now in the beginning while learning how to tank I was always spamming ineffectively my spells which we all know drains mana quickly. As time has progressed I still notice on some pulls and boss fights my mana is gone before the end of the fight even when I don't loose aggro. So I am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong or maybe this is just normal (then comes down to consumables). If I have a 3-4 targeted mob group I have the following textbook setup.
Seal of Righteousness (Judgment of Righteousness on cooldown)
Holy Shield (On every cooldown)
Blessing of Sanctuary
Consecration (On every cooldown)
Retribution Aura
Judgment of the Crusader (On primary kill mob/switched when needed)
Righteous Defense
...but even so I sometimes feel that isn't enough to hold aggro. So does this come down to a learning curve, gear and/or both?
Character: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Hakkar&n=Draig
Edited, Jan 8th 2008 12:36pm by Wales