" I got accomplished what I wanted but it also took away the challenge and the ability for me to learn how to play my pally in a 5 man in outlands properly. "
on each of my hybrid classes I ALWAYS carry two sets of armor.
want to learn how to play a pally? step one...you are a hybrid class, YOU could have been the tank.
I have done heroics as a tank, and as a healer..people so often forget that this is a GEAR based game; get the best, swap it out, and **poof** you can play another way.
will you have it as easy as someone spec'd? no...but you do almost as well by moving forward just a bit slower, adding a bit more CC, and thinking about the next move.
I am amazed you spent sooo much time doing nothing when you could have been in there playing the game.
Just out of curiosity...what do you think that plate armor your pally wears was for?
You have provided a perfect example of what I posted about...the "if I cannot have it perfect I am not going" attitude.
look at your group "myself (holy pally) a bm hunter, enhance shammy, 68 rogue"
pally can tank, shaman DPS and heals, rogue handles sap right off so thats CC and lots of DPS after, BM hunter means his pet CAN off tank for while and traps make for even more CC.
I would say you had a fine group started and could have taken ANY other class and gotten the job done without much trouble.