Harpper

Yeah, thats the same choice I made. I didn't take the anticipation talent in the prot tree as getting crit is key to other procs and being crit in 5 mans while leveling rarely matters. I'll probably respec at 60 and take it over reckoning.

I went for consecration first. This will be the key part of your tanking rotation. I used 2 handers for questing up until I got the SM quest sword around lvl 36. I've only used 1h since then (I have nothing to back that up as the correct choice!). As for advice, I'm no expert but what worked for me: 1. Get mining/engineering. You are going to want to pull with grenades. 2. Mix a bit of int into your gear early on until you get seal of wisdom 3. Get a fast 1h. The SM quest sword lasted me a long time. 4. Give people Salv if they can't control agro. They may bitch and moan, but it'll make run faster and they'll probably do more dps.

I'm currently leveling as prot. I'm lvl 53 with just over 6 days of play time so you won't be breaking any speed records as prot but it is great fun and finding 5 man groups is easy. Not to mention tanking 5 mans as a prot pally is pretty easy. You'll probably pleasantly suprise a few group members along the way.