I have spent the last 15 hours of game time and I am now lv 70 1/2.
It seem this is rather slow for leveling, but that is the way it has been so far in Questing with a 5 box. So I am wondering about it and I have a couple questions:

1. So far I only see +spell power plate or +str and +crit/atk power plate. I have not found any good tanking gear. So should I keep my protection pally as a protection tank or make him into a Retribution Pally for the leveling? I know 3.0 made some differences in the tank abilities, but do I still need any defense?

2. Would it be faster for me to grind through Botanica normal / heroic or should I keep doing the quests - it seems the quests are a bit slow.