Losie wrote:
As Main Tank I think I agree with the Protection build... There really are lots of talents that I *wish* there were enough points for now -- before the Protection tree was so bloated that there was only enough left for the token Ret points after getting the must-haves.
Most Paladin tanks at the moment are resigned to AoE/Trash/Heroic tanking though.. and for that role I can't see how they could justify taking Judgements of the Just. It would likely be replaced by either Divine Guardian, Stoicism, Spell Warding, Improved Judgements or Seals of the Pure. Heart of the Crusader might be excluded for a trash tank as well, depends on raid composition.
With the cooldown reduction on Holy Shield, it might not be neccessary to max out Imp. HS either. Hell, facing a possible redesign of tanking mechanics altogether -- it might be a detriment to take that talent. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
In our current setup, we have one warrior, one druid, and one prot pally for tanks. I think judgement of the just would be perfect. Every warrior MT would love for someone else to take care of imp. thunderclap. With the changes to the judgement system, it is even easier to keep it up.
For those that don't know or havent heard, judging doesn't consume your current seal. Also, the spell Judgement has been replaced with 3 other spells. Judgement of Light, wis, and Justice. When you cast any of these three, it gives the standard debuff but also judges the current seal.
For example: I cast Seal of Blood. I follow this by Judging Wisdom. The mob gains the standard Judgement of wisdom debuff but also takes the normal damage of Judgement of blood. Seal of blood is still active.
I think this change and the new spells will open doors unheard of for pally tanks. I feel that we will even be able to do more Main tanking and even some offtanking.
I think Heart of the crusader will be put on the back burner for Improved Judgements. Although, that really depends on our threat. Right now, AP is adding damage to SoR. SoR is also gaining more damage from spell power. Our threat should be as effective on single targets as most other tanks.