Paladins!

So, my paladin may be neither a draenei, nor ret specced, but isn't that a sweet picture?

I spent the morning today reading all about prot paladins. My paladin is just a wee, young paladinlet, but he is currently specced prot, and so far I am really enjoying it. He is only level 25, so he does not have a lot of abilities that allow him to kill multiple mobs at once, but I definitely get a kick out of taking him to a zone a couple levels behind him and killing large groups of lower level mobs.

The reason I was reading about Paladins, and specifically prot paladins, this morning is due entirely to WoW Insider. This morning they had a couple of articles pertaining to Prot Pallies. The first of which, was the first "Pimp My Profile" article in which they made a list of dungeon blues that a prot pally could acquire to tank well. Being an extremely casual player who never raids, this was exactly the kind of post that grabs my interest. And while the list is a lot of work, it is something that I could complete without sitting down for more than a couple hours at a time.

I have found in the past that I don't like tanking as a warrior, but that is mostly because of the trouble tanking multiple mobs in a pug. Most players in a pug have no idea how to control their dps, and rarely even try to focus on the same mob as the tank. Pally tanks do not have such trouble with aggroing multiple mobs, so I am hoping that will fix my current aversion to tanking.

The second post that drew me in was really just a WoW Insider link to the forums, where Eyonix [a dev, in case you are unaware], was talking about his level 70 characters, and more specifically, his prot paladin. There was a lot of griping from other prot paladins about itemization and other changes they want, but it was nice to see a blue posting about what he likes in the game. And it is nice to know that they are playing these characters endgame and getting a firsthand feel for what class changes they need.

Well, it is midterm season around here, so I had better get back to my studies.