So I just dinged 70 this past weekend (Me), and I'm looking at every possible avenue for upgrades, one of these being PvP rewards. I'm interested in whether anyone has any thoughts on what the best bang per honor buck is in this regard, in terms of upgrade magnitude and longevity. The two pieces I'm currently working toward are Veteran's Silk Cuffs and Merciless Gladiator's Silk Amice; tonight after the honor update I'll have the wrist, but the shoulders are a month away at least. I also plan to get the epic spell damage and spell damage/spell crit gems somewhere down the line (maybe go for the orange one next and put it in the wrist, I don't know). The boots also look very tasty, maybe the best pre-Kara from what I have seen.
What other PvP pieces are worth working toward for PvE? Head, legs, waist, gloves, and chest are all out, since I'm working my *** off on the tailored pieces for each. I considered the back and blue shoulders, but I think I'd rather have the back from Sethekk and the shoulders from the Cipher of Damnation line in both of those slots, and both of those are readily attainable at me and my friends' progression level (3 of them also dinged 70 this weekend and one is still 69). The GM spellblade would be replaced by Greatsword of Horrid Dreams. The jewelry isn't that nice really.
So, all I can see are the arena shoulders and the Veteran's wrist and boots. Anyone else see any slots for which PvP would be my best avenue of upgrade? I appreciate any thoughts on this.