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Arideni
...I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on waiting for drops or buying the badge items, for the most part some of the badge items are superior to the Kara drops.
It is only logical to replace your blues with epic badge items which even you recognize to be superior to some items from Karazhan.
Also, what are they key badge items that I should buy? I'm having trouble deciding between a few items - Necklace of the Juggernaut vs. Brooch of Deftness vs. Maiden's drop.
By the time you find another necklace through raids that can rival Brooch of Deftness, you'll look back & realize how silly this question really was. (read: take the brooch, it's incredible.)
again it kind of comes down to wait or buy now.
If you're trying your best to aid progression, you'll never "wait" except for the most extreme scenario. You shouldn't even be using anything below +12 stamina gems entering Karazhan.
(There's always someone who brags they did it as an underdog; spare me.)
And does the Autoblocker 600 really make a noticeable difference?
In short, yes. Use it as soon as possible after entering combat & on every cooldown for maximum benefit. It really does come available so often, superliciousā¢. Most people will say to get this first, but if your gear is so incredibly lacking that you can't even do Heroics (then you need to go back to normal content maybe?), you may want to upgrade something else first (such as any high budget item, like a breastplate).
Consider the bracers from Attumen & the Badge reward pair ('Phalanx'). Obviously, you want the epic Badge reward, but it may be better to just use the Attumen bracers temporarily while you upgrade other, more important items first (such as breastplate, belt, etc.). In the end, this may hinder some progression for other plate tanks, so discuss it with your guild leaders or hope no one else needs the bracers & it will work out great for you (in relation to obtaining more upgrades in a shorter period of time).
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Arideni
Just looked you up on Armory; half the things I mentioned won't even apply to you.
You're stressin' =P but there are a couple things you can do for progression. The first is realizing why everyone says Devilshark Cape is "zomG incredably gud!" & then replacing it with
Farstrider Defender's Cloak
(Badge reward) or something else from Karazhan or wherever if you get the chance.
Other things you can do to set yourself apart from the typical warrior & aid progression include getting the Badge reward trinket (you're at the right point in time to get the
Auto-blocker
), bracers ('
Phalanx
'), & necklace ('
Brooch
'). You may even wish to consider the '
Stoic
' breastplate reward from the Badge vendor instead of waiting on Nightbane.
Try to replace your remaining +def gems when you can, misc. little things like that (such as getting everything you have enchanted, usually with stamina or
glyphs
) - you'll be fine. Keep an eye on
Ciderhelm's Fortifications
reference, he updates it from time to time & it's always good to remind yourself of certain things.
Post by
119446
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Post by
Arideni
Ah thanks for the response, dude.
You're welcome.
I tend to worry a lot and it's mostly because I'm a perfectionist and just want to keep getting better and better...
I'm the exact same.
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