outland gearFollow

So this question while it may seem like a total noob question, let me clarify a little. My question about gear is really focused on hellfire and then probably Zanga where I'll head next on my hunter. I've done like 95% of the quests in hellfire, just have overlord and the rock flayer matriarch quest that I'll probably just hold off on for a lvl or two.

From what I've gotten as far as quest rewards has really been pitiful, at least in hellfire. For the most part the mail rewards are more geared toward shamans with the increase in spell damage. Leather looks a little better at least stat wise but the armor numbers are painful. Even in ramps and furnace the couple of times that I've run them the few pieces of mail that actually drop are geared again toward shamans.

So the true question is, am I going to find better mail hunter gear in the other areas like zanga and terrokar or any instances? OR has blizzard decided that hunters that want to do anything in outland should be wearing leather for the stats even though that causes some problems when it comes to soloing and our pets lose aggro for whatever reason; the mail gives us a little more wiggle room to get the aggro off us and back onto our pets.

Any thoughts?

Loved your gear by the way. So I don't have a huge problem with running instances with the gear that I have and the few pieces that I've gotten as quest rewards in hellfire. For anything before lvl 70 heroics should I look more towards leather simply for the stats?

Hmmm, maybe I am just gearing up wrong? I've seen tons of mail so far from Outland quests with +agility, stam, and AP. I figured that's good for hunters so I've equipped it.

Here's my armory link:

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Kargath&n=Aguirre

Am I gearing up hopelessly wrong?

What about my one socketed item? Did I socket it like a moron?

Edit: I don't know why Carrot on a Stick is showing up, I have that hunter trinket from the ST quest equipped in that slot, Eye of something or other. I sold my Carrot on a Stick as I respecced to get that mount speed increasing talent until I at least get to 69 and can equip a Riding Crop.

Edited, Nov 13th 2007 1:29am by Lorimath

Yeah, the ring of the Whale is my priority in replacing. Good thing I have a replacement lined up:

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25499

Quest reward for a quest I'm gonna do tonight.

As for my build, I read a bunch of threads on speccing, looked at a bunch of Beastmaster builds, and chose my build based on what I wanted out of them. I could have made some dubious choices, but I'm pretty happy with what I have. I used to have the improved revive pet ability which I've already come to miss severely, but I can live with more downtime.

the leather shoulders from the last boss in blood furnace are pretty good too.

And there's a blue chestpiece from a quest in HFP and ofcourse bladefist's breadth from the overlord questline.

I love how this post went from me essentially ranting about lack of hunter gear quest rewards in hellfire, to a semi rate my build thread.

Unless you are 100% PvE, Armor does mean something. Wearing leather for stats is all okay unless you go all out, but it will make you a far more squishy target in PvP and on encounters with alot of mobs or random threat resets.

This isnt 100% complete but its still pretty useful.

http://www.wow-loot.com/hunter.htm


And don't rule out rogue gear, I would much rather have agi/crit/hit than int/mp5.