In TBC, I'd have said Prot Warrior was a "better" tank, meaning you could tank more boss encounters, and Prot Paladin was a better trash/5-man tank (and needed for certain boss fights too).
Blizzard has stated that they want all 4 tanks (Warrior, Paladin, DK, Druid) to be able to main tank all encounters in the expansion. Which class do you prefer?
Orlykin wrote:
I have a 70 epicced ret paladin that i plan on getting to 80.
Orlykin wrote:
Either i join the other 75% of paladins and go holy, or go tanking in prot.
You don't sound terribly enthusiastic about respeccing from Ret. Why not try out Ret @ 80? Even with Blizzard adjusting Ret's dmg down, you should still be able to deal nice damage, give out a replenishment buff, and generally be a Holy Freight Train.
Even if you want to go healer/tank, Blizzard has talked about dual speccing characters ... you may be able to do both on your paladin.