Protection paladins have been one of the most complained about aspects of PvP since 3.2 went live. But it seems Blizzard are listening, as they hinted at a patch to change the spec, rather than a hotfix. "You can be thinking about your teams for season 7 with this change in mind," said Ghostcrawler.

Exactly what those changes are remains to be seen but protection healers are definitely in the firing line. "We are going to fix the specific scenario where a PvP paladin with a Prot build but spell power gear can heal for more than a Holy build in the same gear," was the answer in the same thread.

The Blizzard poster then got a little bit more specific about the problem, saying "It (Touched by Light) is not balanced for a Prot paladin who decides to wear spell power gear. At that point you're double-dipping." However, he was also quick to outline that Blizzard had no problem with protection specs per se. "We have no problem with Prot paladins in PvP, but they need to be there because their survivability is an asset, not because they can out-heal an entire tree dedicated to healing," explained Ghostcrawler.

Source: MMO-Champion