My Three Sets

Once I obtain my holy Conqueror's chestpiece, I'm done running heroic dungeons again and again for the Emblems of Conquest. I have a few pieces which will come from Trial of the Champion (both normal and heroic versions) and a pair of wrist-bracers which need to be crafted. Also, my head and shoulders will be rewarded from Emblems of Triumph.

My current tanking set puts me at about 27,000 hit-points, which is not fantastic but is adequate for heroic dungeons. Frankly, I don't do much (read: any) tanking, anyway, but it's my second specialty and I may as well have the set on standby in case the guild ever calls on me to tank or off-tank.

I revisited the retribution-armor wishlist I placed in a spreadsheet today and updated it with faction rewards and some craftables. Of all the three paladin specializations, I like retribution least and always have. I find it pointless. (If you want to be a melee-damaging plate-wearer, become a warrior.) Because I'm not geared for it and because I've never devoted the points toward it in my talent tree, I'm not sure why I bother to put a retribution set together. I think it's because I ended The Burning Crusade with a poor holy set and mixed in some poor tanking and retribution pieces to my "holy" set. I like the idea of ending my Lich King career with three respectable sets of armor and weaponry.