Originally Posted by
MerinPally
Yes because you don't get vengeance in BG's and no tank will hit for any good amount without vengeance. Sometimes you may be able to use a tank spec for a flag carrier or something like that but paladins don't do that as well as some of the other tanks. Learn this - if you want to pvp as a paladin to a decent level, go holy. Ret is nice and can get you to a mid level but you won't get high as it unless you're in an extremely tiny minority.
That's how it used to be anyway, I can imagine it hasn't changed much.