5 box paladin team, 1 as a healer, how long am I looking to get to 20ish and start mass AoEing?

[wolpak]

going with one prot is good as only one will be dodging, parrying, and blocking. seal of wisdom+blessing of the sanctuary = no mana loss.
however, for the others, you should go ret. or at least, shockadins (if those still exist).

dont worry about holding aggro. you will have so many skills that you will not know what to do with all the aggro. plus there's a spell that will increase your threat per damage done, so use that!

if you grab with avenger's shield, you'll usually keep aggro. if you run around to grab mobs, make sure you consecrate the ground first before the others consecrate. hammer of the righteous, holy shield, ret aura, and you're golden. plus you get auras from the five pallys. that means you can have devotion, retribution, and any resistance aura plus crusader aura always on. sounds good doesnt it?

when you first start, just do mass pulls consecrate then heal. then work in the attacks as you get bored. im aware you get consecrate at 20. also dont be afraid to 5man an instance. that's awesome exp too, especially with raf.

also, remember your pally's roles. the tank - dress him in mail and then plate at 40+. 1hander+shield.
for the dps'ers, give them anything that will increase their dps, 2handers, etc. they are not supposed to take damage, so dont worry too much if you have leather gear. that stuff rocks too.
as for the healer, give him cloth. geez, give him whatever he needs to get a large mana pool and powerful heals. he's not supposed to get hit. and if he does, that means everyone is dead already, so you'll wipe anyway. better to give him good dealing gear and forget about looking at the "its not mail/plate/whatever" criteria.

I know this is old, but how about all builds getting Holy Shock to quick heal themselves? Is investing too much into the Holy Tree?

[Starbuck_Jones]

With seal of light and judgment of light, you wont run into anything that will be able to take you down, outside of an instance.