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Topic: Where can i get some tanking gear?!

Hornet_MT Posts: 2,484 Registered: Aug 16, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,475 User ID: 706,839	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	I levelled as Fury and hit 85 last night... I don't want to start tanking on a regular basis, but wouldn't mind trying my hand at it (on my Pally i levelled as Ret and ended up enjoying tanking more). The problem is, I have an acceptable of DPS gear but 2-3 pieces of tanking gear (bad luck with the groups I had in that the tanks always needed the tanking gear). Is there anyplace I can pick up a starter set? I couldn't see a set on wowhead... -----signature----- Why use Ambush? Your foe is in cloth and you want to give them a nice surprise! - Sprawl
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The_Korrigan Title: Scrub Buster Posts: 21,660 Registered: Jul 17, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,292 User ID: 255,861	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	If you hit 85, you have several cataclysm factions high enough to grab some gear. Visit those first. Have a look here for help: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/784509-Cataclysm-Reputation-Reward-Guide Remember also that you can reforge DPS gear into decent tank gear now, since there's no more need for defense or similar specific stat. So you can grab DPS plate gear from the factions mentioned previously for your missing slots and tinker them into decent tank gear with high stamina. Then you have crafted gear, there you may just want to look on Wowhead and ask in your guild if some blacksmiths have spare chaos orbs for you. For instance, the crafted tank shield is quite good and only costs one chaos orbs (and a few other expensive, but "soloable" components). -----signature----- SWTOR: 50 Jedi Shadow (Tank), 50 Sith Marauder (Annihilation). LOTRO: Lifetime account, playing very casually. WoW: Both accounts canceled for now. GW2: Future Warrior.
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Ursa_Major Title: The Key Masher! Posts: 2,403 Registered: May 12, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,394 User ID: 678,275	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/781302-Cataclysm-starting-gear-for-Heroics-and-Raids-Protection-Warrior More stuff to look for while you grinding rep. You could also throw in a few pvp pieces if you don't mind BGs and the like. -----signature----- "There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, that provides the difficulties." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The_Korrigan Title: Scrub Buster Posts: 21,660 Registered: Jul 17, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,292 User ID: 255,861	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	BG gear can be reforged, but not resilience, which is nowadays totally useless for PvE as it only affects PvP combat. So BG gear can be a (poor) placeholder, but only if you really don't have anything better. -----signature----- SWTOR: 50 Jedi Shadow (Tank), 50 Sith Marauder (Annihilation). LOTRO: Lifetime account, playing very casually. WoW: Both accounts canceled for now. GW2: Future Warrior.
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Hornet_MT Posts: 2,484 Registered: Aug 16, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,475 User ID: 706,839	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	Thanks for the advice... Must admit, i am not in as good a standing as I expected with most factions... I think partly because i leveled on rested XP most of the time, I am only revered with Hyjal. The rest I am honored - hence, I need to either run the dungeons with the tabard or go back to the zones and see if there are any Q's i missed (none in Hyjal or Deepholm as I completed them all). I will have a look at what I can reforge - all my gear is pre85, hence it is all likely to get replaced in a few dungeon runs... just not sure whether I can step into some of the 85 dungeons wearing what I have (even reforged) to tank. Ill give it a shot and see how painful it is for the healer... he's gonna have to be good (and patient) since I haven't tanked as a war before! -----signature----- Why use Ambush? Your foe is in cloth and you want to give them a nice surprise! - Sprawl
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Rill_of_WE Title: WoW Vault Site Manager Posts: 6,074 Registered: Aug 6, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,001 User ID: 703,880	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	This is a great tank gear list: http://maintankadin.failsafedesign.com/forum/index.php?f=3&t=30230&rb_v=viewtopic Used it myself when I started gearing up my paladin. -----signature----- ~Rill Food and fun! http://afkdinner.blogspot.com/ http://www.rillsmenu.com/
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The_Korrigan Title: Scrub Buster Posts: 21,660 Registered: Jul 17, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 21,292 User ID: 255,861	Subject: Where can i get some tanking gear?!
	Hornet_MT posted: Must admit, i am not in as good a standing as I expected with most factions... I suppose you didn't finish all the quests of the level 80-85 areas then. You can do that casually too while doing normal dungeons to gear up. Look at the list of reputation rewards, see which one would be nice, and just go back to that area if you didn't finish it yet. Not to mention doing quests at max level brings in a substantial amount of gold -----signature----- SWTOR: 50 Jedi Shadow (Tank), 50 Sith Marauder (Annihilation). LOTRO: Lifetime account, playing very casually. WoW: Both accounts canceled for now. GW2: Future Warrior.
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