Post by Zendalar
I ran into a bit of a problem recently when researching pre-heroic/kara gear. Mainly on what boots i can get, and what was suggested was
Flesh Beast's Metal Greaves. But sadly I completed that quest before I switched to protection and merched them with out knowing their value.
Currently I have
Uther's Ceremonial Warboots, which suck. What pre-heroic/kara boots should I use?
My Armory page if needed.
Post by Blightman
Well you might try these:
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32866 the quest is soloable by a prot pally
or <cringe> the pvp boots.
If you are a blacksmith you could buy an epic boot pattern and makke some better boots.
Sadly, there is a dearth of good tank boots until you get badges or drops from kara/za, etc.
Post by OscarDivine
Believe it or not, I did actually use the Flesh Beast's Metal Greaves through until I got the Sabatons from badges. But that's not your question...
So Blightman definitely linked a great item for you, but if that's still difficult you may want to consider using an AH green (yes, I said AH GREEN) item, just for now. A nice lvl 69 or 70 "of the Champion" might do you well with a +12 stam chant on it. At lvl 70 even green items get like almost 50 stam on them. It certainly may tide you over until you can get enough badges for the sabatons, which are IMO one of the best purchases you can make for boots. If people are off-ed by your green gear, then go get those.
The dilemma is common, though. There really aren't a lot of tanking boots out there.
You may want to see if you can get a few friends together from time to time and kill the first boss in Heroic MT. The trash isn't that difficult and the boss does all shadow damage, which is non-mitigated without resistance anyway. If you guys can down him,
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27813 might be your reward! Yes yes yes, it is still heroic, but I have confidence in you! you can do it!
As an aside, believe it or not, the boots out of Ramparts regular aren't TOOOO terrible...
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=24064 socketted up nicely with 12 stam gems and a 12 stam enchant, you'll have more stam than a champion item but slightly less armor than the heroic MT boots. Make yer choice.
Post by blademeld
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29239Is also an alternative, the 21 agi is basically ~18 dodge rating in terms of what it gives you.
or
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29254, SH is pretty easy as a prot paladin, even in heroic.