if or not aoe tanking dont bother with conse. and even with aoe tanking, unless you really needed the threat boost (which i doubt at noob levels) you can just SoR/judge multi mobs after the first consecrate.

and as far as paladin tanking go, pre bc it'll be pretty f***ing shit as theres barely any spell dmg plates with decent mana pool level to support paladin tanks.

correct. and at lowbie level, dont even expect spell dmg plates coming your way

ret all the way imo cuz 2hander = real men
shield are fer sissies.

i just stack str + agi or int and just crit 2-3 shotting mobs. my retardin is lvl 30, havent logged her on for 2+ months and during the time i was playing they havent buffed 1-60 yet IINM or just the first phase buff. and still it was EZ mode to lvl considering mobs die 2-3 shots. and i AM aoe'ing 2hander lulz. only drawback is the extra dmg taken, but i kill mobs faster so i med faster anyways.

also, my 2hander is 2.9 speed, only 0.4 slower than my glad sword on the rogue. so its really not bad, + i get to judge too, on avg 1 mob only need 1 judge, so the CD/slowness of the 2hander is barely and issue.

it really depends on how good you are at playing a style eg: single killin or aoe killin. Obviously after playing the same rogue since closed beta would make me better at dealing with single target and/or small scale multiple mobs. which i ultilize in my ret. (seal of crusader as many guys as i can while consecrating and focus SoC judge 1 target at a time) and as mentioned, during the SoC "phase" my 2hander atks faster than an avg 1 hander
with more AP too (although reduced dmg) so i am still doing almost the same dmg (without SoC proc though) while setting up my "aoe"

have to QFT this.