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Thanks a lot for your corrections and explanations. I'll use that build, but probably just switching around 4/5 and 5/5 points in reckoning and one-hand-spec. Cheers also for pointing out the posts from Saned. I had read them roughly before, but not in detail. The picture is much clearer now. For the record, I am running Mining/Engi now. Just got to 100 for the goggles. At least they give some stamina, so somewhat useful. Engi is easy to level if you focus on making blasting powder. The investment is minimal. Fill the gaps with other things that are not too expensive to make. Dont buy all the recipes, most of it is useless. Thanks again for your help JCarill0 and Jank! Cya

Hey, thanks for the reply! I had this in mind (way to 60): http://db.vanillagaming.org/?talent#sxVuoxZVhtIxzmo perhaps 4-5 points into reckoning instead of 1h-specialization. That means tanking 5mans is fine, even with something like 11/9/31? (I don't know if this is an actual build). When do Blessing of Sanc. and Holy Shield become important? According to your 30/21/0 Holy build, you basically don't need Holy Shield at all?! I'm not really the person looking for WPvP fights, but say I'd have to hold my own against the Horde. That sounds like 11/0/0 into ret. with engineering is mandatory? The thing is, I am not really looking to level the other ones at the same time. So your way of splitting it up, even though that's quite nice, cannot apply to me. I'll just be playing on one Char with two main-profs. I was considering Alchemy/Herbalism because it seems like a good compromise between money-making and usefullness during leveling. However, if I die multiple times due to ganks the potions are not really worth it. They work much better in a PvE environment. Mining/BS like you initially did could be the solution as the gear is useful regardless.

Hey guys, after quite extensively looking through older posts I am still a bit undecided when it comes to which talents and professions to choose for my new paladin. I lvl'ed up two other classes to mid 20's (druid and warrior), but I'm still in the process of learning how the classes work and play out. My emphasis with the paladin during leveling would be to see all dungeons during leveling, preferably as tank but also as healer if needed. I was impressed by how good the class is at tanking low lvl dungeons and I guess 5-10mans in general (ty killerduki), so I definitely want to try that out. I don't mind being a healer for raids, but as a casual that is still a questionmark anyway. I heard paladins are the best single-target healers in the game. In any case, in my mind it is probably still easier to be a casual raid healer than a casual tank (see my other classes)? Correct me if I'm wrong. Hence for leveling talents, I was looking to rush 11/0/0 in order to be able to start tanking right away, as consecration is a must!? Afterwards I really dont know. 20/31/0 seems to be a nice mix between tanking and healing, but slow for leveling? Protection is good/required for soloing instances I heard, e.g. Stoackades and DM-E? Would you recommend rather going Ret after 11/0/0 to make leveling easier and respecc to Prot once soloing dungeons becomes doable? I assume as long as you have consecration and gear sets, tanking/healing low-lvl dungeons is not an issue(?) I have the impression that for pvp the talents are not that crucial during leveling. BG are team and position driven and you anyway fill more of a support role. WPvP is rarely a fair fight and until Gnomish Death Ray is really important (which you dont get until later?)? Again please share you view. As for professions. I was thinking of trying out engi+mining, as many people advocate it. Howver, it looks really gimmicky for the most part. It also just costs gold instead of generating it(?). I fear that I end up starved for money. I guess my problem is that I don't know how to make money early on, other then from herbs/mining. Upside is that I don't have to worry about a mount, but I would still like to able to update gear. Perhaps give me some insights on choosing this path. What do you think about going Alchemy/Herbs? It seems like a good compromise as buffs are nice and it generates some revenue. Or going Mining/BS into Mining/Engi later? Thanks a lot in advance for your answers.