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Ok, the spec... drop points from conviction and put them in Judgements of the just, also 2%kings is as good as useless; its an all or nothing dump.
Next as others have said you need 540 defence, get the wyrmrest chest, cloak and even boots (they are great for making up defence). Put a 22 defence enchant on the chest a 16 defence on the wyrmrest cloak and a 16 (i think it is) on bracers if needed. Also change the meta to the defence block value till you are over the defence cap.
From that point aim for the weapon from H UK, the bolstered legs in H VH, the trinket from H AN, Badge trinket and trinket from HoL (normal) also raise your AC rep asap.
After doing all that you should be ready for entry raiding (more or less), my standards for entry raiding tanks is 24k ub (its very simple to acheive), around 80 something % mitigation (with holy shield up), the defence "cap" (min) and an understanding of the basic mechanics to the boss fights
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Kyvou
My paladin tank, between Mongoose on the Red Sword of Courage, and Reckoning hits fast enough for my taste. P
If you want my advice...
-Lose the greens. Expertise is nice, but between Reckoning, Mongoose on your weapon if you ever get it, and the massive ammout of threat your Consc drags in... you're doing your job.
-Run Halls of Lightning on normal to pick up the def-rating trinket
-Try to get Lavanthor's Talisman from H-VH
-Lose the mace--pick up the Red Sword of Courage from H-UP
-Try to get the Unsmashable Heavy Band from ... I think it's Normal UK
-Get the Argent Crusade helm enchantment to increase stam and defense rating. You have a really nice helm.
-Get rep with Sons of Hodir for the shoulder enchant... and put them on the Pauldrons of the Colossus from H-Gundrak
Picking up those two trinkets in itself should help you plenty as well.
... but don't try tanking heroics until you get yourself 540 defense capped... or you have a guild that doesn't mind powering you through heroics and pick up your teir gear from badges... so work on your rep by doing a bunch of quests and picking up the tanking blues.
Oh yeah. Enchants on that gear as well. ^^
Now as for the glyphs... I entirely disagree. Seal of Blood for the extra mana rake in has been incredibly useful for me as a paladin tank, Vengeance runs a far shot second. Pick up the Spiritual Attunement one. The Righteous Defense glyph is stupid. You should be baking in enough threat from your Avenger Shield, Consc, Holy shield, judgement, SoR, HotR rotation. The judgement one though is a keeper. For your minors, sure... Kings, Sense Undead for %1 more damage to undead, and maybe... *shrugs* maybe get the new LoH one that will come out in 3.1.
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zeleni
U can get better tanking weapon from 1st boss in HC UK, also a better tanking ring from Ingvar.
Even better tanking weapon from last boss in HC UP, but that after u have increased your def to 540.
Very nice shoulders from bronzebeard quest in normal HOL.
You deffo need enchants from argent crusade + sons of hodir.
Take a look at my pally tank for a nice pre-raid gear.
http://armory.wow-europe.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Bronze+Dragonflight&n=zaaz
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Mileron
Keep in mind you won't be getting most heroic drops right off the bat, and exalted with reps takes time.
If you start with something small (as seen in my own paladin's
armory
) by contracting a guildmate for a full set of Tempered Saronite and Daunting items, and if you chose the +defense rewards here and there when questing, you could easily be equipped by 80.
I switched to Prot on Friday the 6th, from Ret, because my guild needed tanks.
I tanked my first heroic Monday night with great success (h-Azjol, which is where I got the Essence) (the only problems were over-zealous DPS with no concept of threat management, oh yeah and I missed the casting bar for the first Pound. ouch) (and I bought the Signet with cash from dailies) so I figure the heroic gear will come with time.
And as the gear comes, I'll swap and re-enchant :)
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...you WILL be laughed at by
everyone
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Better. Once again, for more effect.
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and i thought i was a post farmer... Thats just not right.
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