Comments on: Druid tank starter gear at 70

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:31:37 +0000

With survival of the fittest being bumped to a 6% crit resisitance how important is defense still? Since we get more dodge from agility til you hit 50% dodge chance. shouldn’t we stack Agility, and Stamina gems and enchants?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:56:27 +0000

I think the engineering headpiece should be added to the list (for those who choose to do engineering). It is a T4 equivalent headpiece that you can get at level 62, complete with a Meta Gem slot and a colored gem slot. You can also make a separate one for Resto and Balance should you decide to respec.

Also, with the Sunwell content added there is an engineering recipe drop from the trash that will upgrade each headpiece to be T5 or T6 equivalent

By: Dontee

Dontee — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:44:45 +0000

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(2.6-(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*.04+GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_CRIT_TAKEN_MELEE)),1,0.5,0)

By: Dontee

Dontee — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:44:17 +0000

Put this in chat and if the number is NEGATIVE you are uncritable

/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(2.6-(GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_DEFENSE_SKILL)*.04+GetCombatRatingBonus(CR_CRIT_TAKEN_MELEE)),1,0.5,0)

By: BA Shared Topic: Preparing for Wrath of the Lich King | WoW on the Mind

BA Shared Topic: Preparing for Wrath of the Lich King | WoW on the Mind — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:02:38 +0000

[...] put a lot of work into finding gear for Tasmyn. I found BBB’s guide to starter feral tanking gear, and I’ve got most of it. So, after a few weeks of being 70, I had about 20,000 armor, 12,500 [...]

By: darin

darin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:58:38 +0000

Damn ur weapons are wrong

We need agility not more defense after 415…..
Get the kara staff…

By: …And Two More Make 70 | World of Warcraft Musings

…And Two More Make 70 | World of Warcraft Musings — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:52:13 +0000

[...] went straight to the acution house and purchased my Heavy Clefthoof set. I’ve been following BBB’s excellent list of starter feral druid tanking gear, and those three are a given. I gemmed them out with tons of [...]

By: Nightshifter

Nightshifter — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:40:03 +0000

Hey love this list – would love to see one for cat form

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:01:07 +0000

In terms of cloaks from instance drops, Kael'thas in Magister's Terrace (normal mode) drops the Cloak of Blade Turning, which is an excellent bear tank cloak. The resilience, armor, and stamina are all great. Magister's Terrace isn't the easiest instance for a bear tank just gearing up, but speaking as someone who ran mech 10 times without Thoriumweave dropping (and then it dropped the next run after I got the Cloak of Blade Turning) if you're outgearing regular mech it might be worth it just going straight to Magister's Terrace.

By: Qzz

Qzz — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:09:32 +0000

This list helped me a great deal when I hit the big 70. THANKS.

The only change that needs to be made (because of patch 2.4), is the inclusion of the Dragonhide PVP set that is now available at the Rep vendors. I added the gloves and helmet to the kit you put together in the post above and hit the ground running at 70 with 23K armor and 13K health.

Next step is the Earthwarden and all the badges I can get ahold of.