As the title says, just how useful is Divine Sacrifice really? I am asking this from a Protection/main tank's point of view.
I know it can be very useful in certain hard modes and such, from either a Holy or Ret Paladin, but what about for a casual guild who isn't really interested in getting into hard modes and the like? And from a MT, how many times would 'I' get to use this ability in a raid?
I've been going through some builds for this patch to respec my Paladin. The first doesn't take D.Sac under the premise that I wouldn't use it, and instead goes for some additional threat:
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?paladin=040000000000000000000000000500503502311231133331232150230200200000000000000000&glyph=071724050401&version=10116
The second one takes D.Sac assuming it would get used:
http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?paladin=000000000000000000000000000502513522310231133331232150230200200000000000000000&glyph=071724050401&version=10116
Also, I'm assuming this would most often be used in conjunction with Divine Protection not Divine Shield (keep in mind, MT). How does the damage the Paladin would take compare while under this spell combo to the damage they take without Divine Protection up? I know it would vary from fight to fight, but on average?