Well naturally armory is not showing my character data so I'll try and post what I remember of it. Name is Elothyn on Blackhand if it starts working for anyone.

Anyhow, so I'm going through the maintankadin guides (also down atm) and trying to get geared up but still fairly frightened at my squishiness. From what I recall last night I've got something about like the following

10,000 HP
494 def
11% dodge
16% parry
16% block
just north of 12,000 armor

and the first 2 mobs in Sethek just tear me apart, seriously little pally giblets all over the place. I've gotten a good percentage of the stuff from the maintankadin site but am just not real confident that it'll turn this tide. For one I think I /may/ be able to make it to 11k hp with all the echants and gems I can get, but anything beyond that I just don't see getting to pre-kara gear. Am I at least close to a turning point with my gear? My perspective is admittedly a bit off because I've never seriously tanked and my pally actually has the opposite problem in normal mode (doesn't get hurt, doesn't need heals, therefore no mana). Am I going to have to be carried through a few kara runs to get the base gear I'll need to do the 'roics? I've got to think there's a way to get ready for kara without going to kara because at somepoint no one had been, amirite?

Thanks for any thoughts, or if someone can point me to their armory page that shows a good pre-raid gear set.