03-01-2005, 08:50 PM
Actually, I'm going to go ahead and say that at least some Protection (namely improved shield block and maybe improved revenge and/or concussion blow) will do wonders for your tanking abilities.
However, it's widely accepted that throwing ANY points into Protection will neuter your damage output, and that will place a major crimp on your PvP performance. If PvP isn't a concern (e.g., you're on a carebear server or one of those RP servers that apparently refuse to make sense by being PvP), then you can probably get away with Protection. You'll most definitely be able to find raid groups more easily as Protection, since there's never a shortage of Arms/Fury or Fury/Arms Warriors.
Frankly, I'd suggest that you tell the Paladin to go spec Holy while you spec Protection. Those are the two rarest specs for the respective classes (as far as I've seen), which means neither of you will have issues getting into groups.
Then again, raid groups will always want Pallies for that cheesy insta-Cleanse they have :P
However, it's widely accepted that throwing ANY points into Protection will neuter your damage output, and that will place a major crimp on your PvP performance. If PvP isn't a concern (e.g., you're on a carebear server or one of those RP servers that apparently refuse to make sense by being PvP), then you can probably get away with Protection. You'll most definitely be able to find raid groups more easily as Protection, since there's never a shortage of Arms/Fury or Fury/Arms Warriors.
Frankly, I'd suggest that you tell the Paladin to go spec Holy while you spec Protection. Those are the two rarest specs for the respective classes (as far as I've seen), which means neither of you will have issues getting into groups.
Then again, raid groups will always want Pallies for that cheesy insta-Cleanse they have :P
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