Pally and Warrior still vie for my main toon

Frankly I'm having way too much fun with each to even consider dusting off my [previous main toon] warlock anytime soon. And it's the Prot tree of each I <3.

Despite this my Paladin finally went Ret for a Northrend stretch. Instances [at least at the time] were scarce, gathering up mobs while Northrend questing was proving sub-optimal.

The spike I can deliver with even the Northrend green gear (and now finally a blue axe) is immense. Frankly I wish Blizzard had made named mobs in Northrend Elite or at least a little juicier - there's not much accomplishment when they last only as long as any other mob. Some RNG spikes and I hardly read the name before it was down

Close to 75, it's almost time to go back - Blizzard saw fit to make us wait 5 levels for another button to push, I've collected some blue instance equipment to go back to Prot. Since dual-spec is earliest 3.1, it's just about that time to go back to my talent true love.

In truth though my Pally would be knocking on the 80 door if an upstart wasn't messing with his game time. My Prot Warr finally has surpassed the 'DK fresh out of a can' mark. The biggest challenge for my Warrior hasn't been the soloing - survivabity or damage - all Prot he remains brutal and fun with the changes in place. It's going through the same content again

It was a close call, I wondered if my Warrior desire would be DoA due to a much higher level Pally, and another shiny new tank/dps class that warps 55->58 in rockin blues.

But frankly my DKs (ally pve, horde pvp) dropped off right after the (great) starting area. Sure I'm jealous that the DK starts with effectively 120% speed as Unholy, while my Warrior will limp along at 60% boost until 60, and have to come up with a big chunk of change to boot. Pally at 120%, Warlock @100% plus the regular flyer remains a bit daunting for this S&B guy.

However the fun factor is just too much - the tools, the flavor, the mobility, and not only will he mitigate the damage, he'll Rev-HS-SS spike indivual targets TO THE GROUND, BABY too. I'm sure Arms / Overpower might in fact overpower what I'm doing right now, but I just don't die, Warbringer is just so much fun, and with the rage pouring in as I get tickled, I light it up.

Now it's pretty clear we'll need dual-spec to help when we're not the target of mobs affection to DPS, but right now its just a whole lotta love. I have a 2h blue from BRD, I skipped the classic Ice Barbed Spear... it's all S&B baby. @59 I'll probably get into some BG pvp and do some zipping around, but for now I'm just crushing all my PvE opposition. I sometimes wish he was world pvp (that's where my pally is) but certainly there are other options to get your 'pvp on'.

So that's it... I wouldnt have minded if Blizzard made things a little nicer for those of us not jumping on the DK meat wagon [seemed more appropriate than bandwagon] with cheaper epic land mount training and maybe some quests aimed at xp'in/equipin the core classes for a boost, but even w/o it the Prot Warr spec has had such a boost of power utility and fun in it, it's tough to let go. So my warrior would argue if it wasn't for my Pally, he'd be well into Outlands, if not on his way to Northrend