I'm a Holy Paladin by heart, 1st of all. But in my server I've noticed a lack of tank, much more then the lack of healers. For my raiding guild, I'm gonna keep going as healer, for so many reasons that's not even worth mentioning in a tank post, but still today I tried to gear up as tank to see if I could do some instancing, heroic and normal. The result was so disturbing that I didn't even try to tank. I simply logged off and decided to hear from people who actually do have tanking and regearing experience.
Btw I didn't even change talents yet to protection, so the stats here don't have whatever boost or reduction they would get from the talents.
Also it may be worth mention, before I list the stats, that I did not toss any enchant or gems yet, and that some of the gear are from my Holy set, because I did not find at AH anything better then them (like some BG, Heroic Badges and Kara stuff).
STA: 445
Armor: 12593
DEF (I think it's DEF rating): 382
Dodge: 9.38%
Parry: 6.28%
Block: 6.28%
Health: 7647
Now honestly, I think most of these stats, even after getting a couple of tanking stuff from AH and crafting Tank goggles from engineering, are not very different then what it was several levels ago. Adding to that, as Holy with similar health and armor, I can get 2 shot by normal mobs in heroics. Bosses can prob drop me dead on sight.
So seriously... How do I raise that so much?! I mean, I've seen paladins in greens and just a couple of blues with decent stats. Those seem to be a bit embarrassing to me, and I can't figure out how the hell I can raise that pre-heroic.