Noob question about gearing

Post by Neubie

Ok this is probably going to be a very noob question, but I can't find the answer anywhere.

I've been trying to findout if I would be able to tank Heroic Magisters Terrace at lvl 72.....What I've found is a bunch of posts on peoples success or failure and they all say they have T5 or T6 or whatever gear.

What does this mean? How do i get tier gear? is it just a term ive not come acrossed?

Could someone plz explain? also if anyone could also let me know if I could tank it or any heroic for that matter?

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Ty and sorry for the noob question.

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Post by Neubie

so whats your suggestion for me to do to get better gear other than quests (because i've been doing that and havent really gotten that great of gear) trying to come up with more than 10 players for anything also seems to be difficult.

Ty for your response

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Post by Neubie

Ive been doing the nexus, utgarde keep, and azjol-nerub. my big issue is our guild is wanting to start raiding and none of us really have raiding experience. I know I need better gear and I was thinking heroics were easier than raids. We tried Zul'Gurub and got to hakkar but then we died i know we didnt do things right.

Any suggestions as far as first raids for guilds? maybe that would help. also which instances drop the best gear for pro pallies in NR...ty for all the help!

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Post by Daedelus

I know I need better gear and I was thinking heroics were easier than raids.

In some ways 5-man heroics are harder than 10 or 25 man raids - you only have 1 tank and 1 healer so if anything happens to them it's trouble!

You should do quests and normal dungeons until you hit level 80. You will get upgrades all along the way.

It sounds like you and your guild mates lack raid experience - we all did at one point. My suggestion would be to do as many heroics as possible when you hit 80 - this will get you badges which you can use to upgrade your gear and will help you to learn your class properly. You can actually buy T7 chest and gloves from a badge vendor, along with a belt, bracers and trinket suitable for your class.

For a raid experience, a nice easy and short one is Vault of Archeron which is just one boss. It will give you an idea of what working in a group of 10 is like.
After that you want to try to go to Naxxramas. There are many guides and websites available which will tell you the tactics you need to use.

Also check the class forums here and other places for tips and advice for the best way to play your class.

Looking at your gear right now, you have a mix of tanking and dps gear and to be honest at level 72 that's fine - it's only when you hit 80 that you need to decide one way or the other to be full dps or full tank (you can have both sets of gear but you need to only use one at a time)

I wouldn't bother spending money on enchants on gear you get whilst levelling - it usually gets replaced fairly quickly. You're better off saving it for enchants at level 80.

You have Blacksmithing which means you'll be able to craft yourself some nice tanking gear at level 80 (although you'll need to level it a bit first)

Good luck and most of all have fun!

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Post by Daedelus

I don't know for sure if it's the same for Paladins , but for a Warrior you'd want a minimum of 370 Defense Rating from gear to run Heroics at L72. (384 for Raids) This goal for Defense Rating increases each level, but the way to check is to hover your mouse over your Defense Skill, the pop-up needs to say, "Decreases chance to be hit and critically hit by 5.4%" to be good for Heroics, and 5.6% to be good for Raids.

Check out this Tankspot page: Tank Plate List - Easy To Get Items

Edit: Oh yeah, Just so you know, Tier gear Here
In looking at the tier gear it seems that Paladins get their un-critableness from Resilience rather than Defense Rating. I play Warriors so that's all I know about. I don't know the formulas for Resilience but the point above is the same, you still need to decrease your chance to be critically hit by 5.4% / 5.6%

He doesn't need to worry about any of this until he hits level 80 and starts tanking heroics and raids. It's pointless. Gear is replaced so quickly that you can't plan, you just go with what you have.

Noob question about gearing

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