What do you plan to do against casters? What if they try to run a short distance and cast again? What do you plan to do with the 2 years of your life it will take to get lvl 40 since pally DPS is like hitting with a wet newspaper? If you really do want to try, aim for tiger gear or just strength even if it is leather (<40) or mail (>40). You won't need the stam unless it is on your main from rogue ganking and you can 4 hammer him. I would have an alt pick up first aid. I always hated it when a pally would bubble and heal him self costing no mana. So if your main has to bubble, you can have an alt heal him and not cost any mana. Think of a plan for AOE. You will be completely in melee range 1000% of the time, so if mages, bosses, magma totems, etc, want to AOE, think of what to do against it.

Don't let people discourage you. Just do what makes you happy, just saying there are things to think about with each combination. Good luck.