Paladin talent choices

[Artega]

I agree with you about stamina. Unfortunately Tribade has zero resillience and not much stamina. Of her pieces only her sword and shield are worth enchanting. I guess I will play with the talent calculator a bit more. I still would love to hear someone's experience with Eye for an Eye.

I've never gotten a kill from Eye from an Eye, but I've seen Mages eat upwards of 500-700 damage for a Fireball or Frostbolt crit. I don't know if Sanctity Aura affects it or not; if it does, it's probably why there's the HP clause in the talent.

Resilience and Stamina need to be the focal points for your pally if you're going to be doing extensive PvP, particularly Arenas. If you have less than 9000 HP, that needs to be fixed before you work on anything else; it doesn't matter if you have 1500 Healing and 300 MP5, because a well-geared Warrior or Rogue will clobber a Pally with 8000 HP and 65 Resilience in seconds. Prepare to do a lot of dying and crying to get the gear you need to get.

I'd shoot for about 9500-11000 base HP, 250-450 Resilience, and 1000-1300 Healpower if you're going Holy/Prot. If you go Holy/Ret, you're going to want the same HP and Resilience values, and either 750-1000 Spellpower in Spellpower gear or the same amount of Healpower in Healing gear.

It's up to you whether or not you mix and match Ornamented and Lamellar sets for the extra 70 Resilience; if you're Holy/Prot with Improved Hammer of Justice, it might not be a bad idea, since it'll give you a little bit of extra spellpower to defend yourself with. If you're Holy/Ret, I'd probably prefer the 50 second HoJ to an extra 35 Resilience.

You're probably going to want to use Steady Talasite (4 Resilience and 6 Stamina) and Solid Star of Elune to help reach your HP and Resilience goals, and then Runed or Teardrop Living Rubies for your Spellpower or Healpower goals.

And referencing toons in the third person is always confusing and slightly awkward;)