With the limited availability of Paladin healing weapons in 3.3, the best right now being
http://db.mmo-champion.com/i/50028/trauma/, Val'anyr remains a top choice for Paladins, with the crit/haste/int/proc being worth more than the extra SP for an Intellect stacking Paladin.
My question is, are we going to be running Ulduar as a guild anymore? Am I free to try and set up a weekly pug to get some shards?