Waist
Shifting Sash of Midnight
Legs
Leggings of Unending Assault
The upgrade to Heavy Clefthoof Leggings was in the mailbox as I first composed this.
Boots
Heavy Clefthoof Boots - AH
Rings
These are really embarrassing. I haven't been searching for ugprades in any sort of serious fashion.
Band of the Great Tortoise
Band of the Victor
Trinkets
Charm of Alacrity
Bladefist's Breadth
Weapon
Braxxis' Staff of Slumber with +35 agility enchant
Idol
Idol of the Wild
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Must... be... crit... immune...
Green gems just weren't enough to make me crit-immune. So I dropped 300g on the AH to get some thick dawnstone and some enduring talasite. And NOW I am crit-immune.
Also, it has really sunk in what the difference is between defense, the stat showing on your character sheet, and defense rating, provided by gems. I spent quite a bit of time switching between my banker and my character before I actually had enough defense.
And 450g further from getting that epic flying training. Now I'm really not buying anything else from the AH.
Later... I realize that I didn't have my bear trinkets equipped when I was gemming up, and now I have quite a bit of EXTRA defense because I didn't count the defense I was getting from my Regal Protectorate. That was an expensive mistake. At least now I'm crit-immune when I've got my solo trinkets equipped. And really not that much further from my epic mount, especially once I get my gear to where I want it and can concentrate a bit more on dailies.
Also, it has really sunk in what the difference is between defense, the stat showing on your character sheet, and defense rating, provided by gems. I spent quite a bit of time switching between my banker and my character before I actually had enough defense.
And 450g further from getting that epic flying training. Now I'm really not buying anything else from the AH.
Later... I realize that I didn't have my bear trinkets equipped when I was gemming up, and now I have quite a bit of EXTRA defense because I didn't count the defense I was getting from my Regal Protectorate. That was an expensive mistake. At least now I'm crit-immune when I've got my solo trinkets equipped. And really not that much further from my epic mount, especially once I get my gear to where I want it and can concentrate a bit more on dailies.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The rest of the gear - part 1
Some more about the current gear, and where/how I got it.
Chest
Heavy Clefthoof Vest. Found this one on the auction house, and equipped as soon as I hit 70. Upgrades - Vestments of Hibernation (75 badges). Would need to find more defense elsewhere, of course.
Wrists
Bracers of Finesse. These drop in Hellfire Ramparts. I just haven't got around to replacing them yet. I'm currently working on the chain which will eventually get me Umberhowl's Collar. After that, I could replace with Forestheart Bracers or purchase the Swiftstrike Bracers or the Band of the Swift Paw for 35 badges.
Hands
I overlevelled these quite a bit. Don't remember where they dropped -- they may have been passed to my by a guild member. Ranger Gloves of the Beast
Upgrades - I am working on the quest chain which will give me Verdant Gloves. After that, possibly Trickster's Stickyfingers for 60 badges, Wastewalker Gloves in Shattered Halls, or the PvP gloves, Gladiator's Dragonhide
There is more to come...
Chest
Heavy Clefthoof Vest. Found this one on the auction house, and equipped as soon as I hit 70. Upgrades - Vestments of Hibernation (75 badges). Would need to find more defense elsewhere, of course.
Wrists
Bracers of Finesse. These drop in Hellfire Ramparts. I just haven't got around to replacing them yet. I'm currently working on the chain which will eventually get me Umberhowl's Collar. After that, I could replace with Forestheart Bracers or purchase the Swiftstrike Bracers or the Band of the Swift Paw for 35 badges.
Hands
I overlevelled these quite a bit. Don't remember where they dropped -- they may have been passed to my by a guild member. Ranger Gloves of the Beast
Upgrades - I am working on the quest chain which will give me Verdant Gloves. After that, possibly Trickster's Stickyfingers for 60 badges, Wastewalker Gloves in Shattered Halls, or the PvP gloves, Gladiator's Dragonhide
There is more to come...
Who is Mosshoof?
Mosshoof is my main character on the Baelgun server. Mosshoof only recently hit 70, and is still concentrating on improving her gear.
I am in an itty-bitty guild composed of some gaming friends of mine. Our guild goals at the moment are to see all of the Outlands 5-man instances, run some heroics, have fun on the battlegrounds from time to time, and maybe even get a peek into Karazhan before the next expansion comes out.
Here's a stats snapshot (in tank gear -- see below), self-buffed with Mark of the Wild plus an Earthen Elixir and an Elixir of Greater Agility.
It's already out of date, since I managed to grab new pants for her when I was logged into my bank/auction house alt earlier today. The new pants should get her over 415 defense, the magic number -- for druids with 3/3 Survival of the Fittest -- to be uncrittable. I'll also be able to re-gem some of the other gear, so my health should also go up.
My armory is here, but since there's no guarantee I'll log out in tanking gear (it's much more likely to be my mismatched cat gear, with my solo trinkets), I thought I'd give a rundown of what I have, and what my goals are. I don't expect to end up with Kara gear, though I'd like to be ready to jump in to a Kara PUG someday even if my guild as a whole doesn't make it there.
Head
Stylin' Purple Hat - I bought this on the Auction House. The only likely replacements are a 50-badge helm, Cowl of Beastly Rage, and the arena season 1 helm, Gladiator's Dragonhide. Since I currently have zero badges and zero AV marks of honor, a replacement is months out.
Neck
Necklace of the Deep - I bought the Shadow Pearl off the AH, and farmed/fished the Motes of water on the Elemental Plateau, and a guild jewelcrafter made this for me, just in time to tank Sethekk halls. Likely upgrades -- a 25 badge reward, Necklace of the Juggernaut.
Shoulders
Shoulderpads of Assassination - I was lucky enough to get this drop on my second run of Sethekk halls. Currently socketed with defense gems; those will be replaced with stamina/agility once I get my new leggings, I expect.
My first run was kind of frustrating -- ran with a guild group and PUG'd a fifth man; a rouge who was very much in a hurry. I was actually glad the shoulders didn't drop that run -- he really pushed the pace. As soon as the leader marked the sap target, off he went. Luckily we didn't run into mana problems, but we did wipe once.
Second run went much more smoothly (though I'm more sure than ever I need to rebind my tanking hotkeys). The only other leather-wearer was a balance-specced druid, so there was no question these were mine. Our fifth-man was a DPS-specced (retribution, I guess) Paladin. He was a little damage-meter happy, and stole aggro a bit (partly my fault; I am a very new tank), but as he was wearing plate, I didn't worry about it too much. No wipes this time, and the boomkin was able to save the day on the final boss by battle-rezzing the priest. We need to concentrate more on all running behind the SAME pillar during the boss AoEs...
Upgrades: Once we're running heroics, I can look for Mantle of Shadowy Embrace; or run AB and AV for marks and honor and get Gladiator's Dragonhide Spaulders, the season 1 arena shoulders.
Cloak
Bogstrok Scale Cloak - Farmed this with a mage and a healer from my guild. Only took about four runs where I had priority. (A guild prot warrior happened to be along the first time it dropped). The most fun run was the one where the mage misinformed us that if we jumped off the bridge into the water, we'd break the paths of everyone we ran by on the bridge, and could shorten the run. This is NOT the case; and we ended up pulling about 12 mobs at once. This did not work well.
Upgrades - Resolute Cape if it ever shows up on the AH, or if I can beg enough for it in the Trade channel... but epic flying mount training comes first; or Thoriumweave Cloak once my guild gets to that instance; or Slikk's Cloak of Placation for 35 badges.
Other slots
Guess those will be future posts. It's demon-killing time.
I am in an itty-bitty guild composed of some gaming friends of mine. Our guild goals at the moment are to see all of the Outlands 5-man instances, run some heroics, have fun on the battlegrounds from time to time, and maybe even get a peek into Karazhan before the next expansion comes out.
Here's a stats snapshot (in tank gear -- see below), self-buffed with Mark of the Wild plus an Earthen Elixir and an Elixir of Greater Agility.
It's already out of date, since I managed to grab new pants for her when I was logged into my bank/auction house alt earlier today. The new pants should get her over 415 defense, the magic number -- for druids with 3/3 Survival of the Fittest -- to be uncrittable. I'll also be able to re-gem some of the other gear, so my health should also go up.
My armory is here, but since there's no guarantee I'll log out in tanking gear (it's much more likely to be my mismatched cat gear, with my solo trinkets), I thought I'd give a rundown of what I have, and what my goals are. I don't expect to end up with Kara gear, though I'd like to be ready to jump in to a Kara PUG someday even if my guild as a whole doesn't make it there.
Head
Stylin' Purple Hat - I bought this on the Auction House. The only likely replacements are a 50-badge helm, Cowl of Beastly Rage, and the arena season 1 helm, Gladiator's Dragonhide. Since I currently have zero badges and zero AV marks of honor, a replacement is months out.
Neck
Necklace of the Deep - I bought the Shadow Pearl off the AH, and farmed/fished the Motes of water on the Elemental Plateau, and a guild jewelcrafter made this for me, just in time to tank Sethekk halls. Likely upgrades -- a 25 badge reward, Necklace of the Juggernaut.
Shoulders
Shoulderpads of Assassination - I was lucky enough to get this drop on my second run of Sethekk halls. Currently socketed with defense gems; those will be replaced with stamina/agility once I get my new leggings, I expect.
My first run was kind of frustrating -- ran with a guild group and PUG'd a fifth man; a rouge who was very much in a hurry. I was actually glad the shoulders didn't drop that run -- he really pushed the pace. As soon as the leader marked the sap target, off he went. Luckily we didn't run into mana problems, but we did wipe once.
Second run went much more smoothly (though I'm more sure than ever I need to rebind my tanking hotkeys). The only other leather-wearer was a balance-specced druid, so there was no question these were mine. Our fifth-man was a DPS-specced (retribution, I guess) Paladin. He was a little damage-meter happy, and stole aggro a bit (partly my fault; I am a very new tank), but as he was wearing plate, I didn't worry about it too much. No wipes this time, and the boomkin was able to save the day on the final boss by battle-rezzing the priest. We need to concentrate more on all running behind the SAME pillar during the boss AoEs...
Upgrades: Once we're running heroics, I can look for Mantle of Shadowy Embrace; or run AB and AV for marks and honor and get Gladiator's Dragonhide Spaulders, the season 1 arena shoulders.
Cloak
Bogstrok Scale Cloak - Farmed this with a mage and a healer from my guild. Only took about four runs where I had priority. (A guild prot warrior happened to be along the first time it dropped). The most fun run was the one where the mage misinformed us that if we jumped off the bridge into the water, we'd break the paths of everyone we ran by on the bridge, and could shorten the run. This is NOT the case; and we ended up pulling about 12 mobs at once. This did not work well.
Upgrades - Resolute Cape if it ever shows up on the AH, or if I can beg enough for it in the Trade channel... but epic flying mount training comes first; or Thoriumweave Cloak once my guild gets to that instance; or Slikk's Cloak of Placation for 35 badges.
Other slots
Guess those will be future posts. It's demon-killing time.
An introduction
I'm a former computer programmer (and current stay-at-home Mom) who's had a fondness for computer games since back when Ultima III was released on the Atari 800.
I have a special fondness for fantasy RPG type games and strategy games, with no special claim to being very good at either. This is my place to write about all the electronic paper dolls I love to play with.
My current obsession (and yes, it is an obession, just ask my family), is WoW, which I started up at the end of February 2007. Some other games I've immersed myself in the recent past include Neverwinter Nights, Oblivion, and Alpha Centauri.
I have a special fondness for fantasy RPG type games and strategy games, with no special claim to being very good at either. This is my place to write about all the electronic paper dolls I love to play with.
My current obsession (and yes, it is an obession, just ask my family), is WoW, which I started up at the end of February 2007. Some other games I've immersed myself in the recent past include Neverwinter Nights, Oblivion, and Alpha Centauri.
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