Tankading!
The Paladin is now 80 finally which means the process of gearing up has begun in earnest.
I had a few pieces crafted, including some top level boots, and 3 days after hitting 80 I now am ready to tank Naxx and Ulduar 25 man! Skill notwithstanding of course!
So I have run through a few heroic 5 man dungeons, and begun gathering my Emblems of Frost. I've also purchased a couple of pieces of level 245 gear via Triumph emblems.
Far faster than the mage, because everyone wants and needs a tank, DPS is dime a dozen and readily available.
So I have a few pieces of level 200 gear left to upgrade, and I'm picking up 1 piece of gear per day on average, with 232 gloves being the most recent gear I picked up last night.
So next week should see me ready to start taking in ICC. Tanking against higher geared players is hard, but it's fun. Trying to keep aggro on bosses whilst DPS are putting out between 7k and 10k (seriously, in a heroic 5 man?) is quite the challenge, but an enjoyable one at that.
So far I can hold aggro against DPS pulling 6k or so. Just about. So in about a week I should be good to go for ICC10 tanking at the least.
I've also started soloing 5 man dungeons. Last night kicked off with Burning Crusade's Hellfire Ramparts on normal. Piece of piss, and didn't even break a sweat.
Might go for the classic raids solo as well :p