I have to make 3-4 sets?! Follow

I is just me or is it really hard to gather the items for 3-4 sets for differant rolls? I'm behind par on my current set as it is with some stuff being 10-15 lvls old but I can seem to find any thing better much less make 2 more sets. This SHOULD be a link to my profile *cross fingers*...sloniah

Does any1 have any ideas/suggestions for where a 49+ Druid can get some good armor for tanking and healing primaraly. I'm prolly gunna look up WoW loot here in a bit, but I'm looking for notable items that all of you have used for longer-than-average time frames.

Whoa, no, slow down. :P
You're still 49 so no need to carry a bunch of set. Well, it depends.

At most, a Druid will carry 4 sets of gear. Some will also carry random pieces on top of that but I call that madness. Sets are: Nuke, Heal, Kitty, Bear. However, at lower levels, you can just ignore some of those.

In your case, being Feral: Obviously you carry gear with Feral stats. However, some Druids like to carry a more Cat-oriented set for soloing and a more Bear-oriented set for tanking. In the early levels, it is not required but in end-game Bear and Cat cannot really use the same gear. (i.e. Bear set will have more Stam, AR, +Def, etc while Cat will have more Str, Agi and Crit.)

For your healing set, I would suggest the following (worked for me so far): When offered quest rewards, if there is nothing to benefit your Feral set and there is something that could be nice for your healing set, take it. May sound simple, but I usually just pick whatever will vendor for the most cash when I don't need any of the rewards. Other than that, random greens you find along with won Greed rolls over caster items in instances will make up the rest of your gear. I wouldn't suggest buying stuff in the AH for your healing set, especially since you can get by with sub-par gear at lower levels.

Then, if you feel like it, you may want to carry a more offensive caster-oriented set if you ever wanna... nuke... without Balance talents... *shrugs*



As for your current gear, I would suggest not bothering *too much* with that. Focus on leveling and check the AH once in a while. The time lost in instances to get some good blues will be greater than the time it would have taken you to level and thus out-level those items.

You helm is fine.
Your shoulders are fine (why Nature resist though? O_o).
Your cloak is fine (again, Nat resist O_o).
Your chest is fine.
Your bracers are outdated but the enchant makes up for it.
Your gloves are fine.
Your belt is outdated so get a new one from the AH.
Your pants are fine, but could use an upgrade.
Your boots are fine, but could use an upgrade.
Your rings could use upgrades. If you have a JC friend try to get this and that.
Your necklace is fine, but could use an upgrade.
Your staff is okay for an hybrid build but you'd be better off with some green from the AH like this.

Still, don't bother too much and just level up. Once you hit Outland you won't really have to worry about AH anymore with all those tasty quest rewards.

Edited, May 7th 2007 10:43am by Selverein

Slow computer, double post...sorry

Edited, May 9th 2007 10:32am by Ottilio

My Guild runs MC and Onixya on a pretty regular basis, and I'm going to try to get into mara and sunkin temple here pretty soon too.

you dont "need" 3-4 sets, at least not at your level.

hell, you dont "need" 3-4 sets ever. unless you want to be seen as a good, prepared druid (and if youre on this board then thats the kind of thing we want to encourage).

having said that, at 49, a "caster" set consists primarily of int/spr or int/stam stuff (depending on pve or pvp). even then you can just go int/stam for pve and manage just fine in the vast majority of situations.

your feral set likewise will consist of str/stam gear mostly with some agi tossed in on the side. the best you can do for tanking is to pickup a warden staff, which will then become your "tanking set". find a str/agi 2h mace or something similar to DPS with, and if you get aggro or find you need to tank, pop into bear and equip the warden staff. voila; instant tank gear.

in other words, dont worry about getting "3-4" sets until, at the earliest, 65. most of the time a tank set and a casting set will suffice, as tank stats for a druid can often pull double duty in a dps roll (with the exception of armor...stam is still nice for dps just for aoe).

To tag onto the AGI thing since I have ImpLotP then I should be helping the healers with some minor self-healing.

Edited, May 9th 2007 10:07am by Sloniah

Personally, I don't think you should be worrying about gear at all. Get the gear that comes from quests/drops while you are questing/grinding. You're only level 49!! You should be worrying about getting your next level and continue worrying about your next level until you are 70. THEN you can worry about gear.

Along the way, you'll just find stuff that's good for tanking, or good for healing, or good for dps. If you run an instance, often times a leather peice will drop that NOONE WANTS because if it's for healing, healers wear cloth... if it's for tanking, tanks wear plate. The only thing you have to compete with is DPS gear.

Anyways, this is just my personal opinion. I'm still a newbie, been playing for 9 weeks, but I have a level 61 druid with a decent tank set and healing set. I'm full feral and DPS like there's no tomorrow.

Have fun.