| Ret is a safe bet. Prot shines if you can AE farm by pulling decent amount of non-caster mobs. It's less relevant with the exp bonus for 1-60 quests than it used to be, but you'll do "get 20 bear asses" quests much faster with it than with Ret. So it comes down to how well can you organize your leveling.
Also, if you're dead set on running instances while leveling Prot would be better. Tanks are currently the most sought after class for 5 mans and the "lol pala tank" syndrome is gone by now as most have seen the mutitanking awesomeness that is paladin. |