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do what ever gets you the drops you need to reach the min requirments for kara. i would have waited on the respec till you had a decent set to start out with in the first place. can pick up ok **** from quest and instances.

Here is what needs to be upgraded.

1. Pick up The Breastplate of Many Graces from Shadow Labs. It will serve you well until you pick up the chest plate from Illhoof.

2. Replace the Libram for the Blessed Book of Nagrand which can be picked up from a Nesingwary's Camp Quest Chain in Nagrand. The Libram out of Botanica is also acceptable.

3. Replace the Belt with the one off the 2nd Boss in Heroic Slave Pens.

4. The trinkets are just plain awful. Start doing Heroics and try to at least pick up an Essence of the Martyr. Xiri's Gift will replace one of them if you are revered with the Sha'Tar

5. Accumulate Sha'Tar Rep and pick up the Mace you get at Exalted. Its much better than the Essence Focuser.

6. Cassock of the Loyal off the 1st Boss in Heroic Underbog are also much better than what you currently have.

7. The Healing Ring from the dreaded Fire Lady in Mechanar will replace one of your ring slots.

8. Neckpiece and Backpiece look fine for the time being but should be replaced with the Necklace of Eternal Hope and Bishop's Cloak which can be bought with Badges.


Start running those instances and gaining that rep. You should be prepared for Kara rather quickly. Remember that this is no longer PvP and you should always try to find something that boosts your stats more than worrying about it being plate.

Rate up for GavilrainOfGaruda, excellent information, i was going to make him a list also, but you beat me to it:P

On the healing Heroics part you literally have no chance yet:(


Edit: I am going to do a list anyways:D

1. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23006 off of Noth the Plaguebringer in Naxx.

2. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28190 off of Aeonus inside of BM.(non heroic)

3. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30841 which requires Revered with Lower City.

4. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29168 (Thrallmar- Revered)

5. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=29814 from quest Hitting the Motherlode.

I'll add on tommorow, ready to pass out>.<



Edited, Apr 20th 2008 3:47am by Killerheals

No, it's not possible. That's part of the reason for punkspider's comment: if you had stayed ret, you'd probably be DPSing 5-mans competently and would be able to accumulate some off-spec gear over time.

The Vindicator Ornamented Boots, Belt, and Bracers and the Neck/Rings of Salvation will be nice complements to your raiding gear. It will be a while before you get serious upgrades to these. The important part for you right now is that they don't require BoJ or faction rep.

If you opt to grind for the S1 gear, you should treat these pieces as placeholders for "real" raid gear, which will include cloth, leather, and mail with better stats. The S1 pieces will boost your +heal and your crit, but leave you fairly gimped for mp5. On the bright side, if you're decked out in S1 at a minimum, you're going to have an easier time healing non-heroic SLab, SV, and Shattered Halls while aiming for that "real" pre-Kara gear.

My guild would take a new holy pally in the gear I've just described because we put a ridiculously low priority on mp5. I almost always have a shadow priest and boomkin in my group, so mana regen is never a problem, and after last weekend's big ZG extravaganze, we now slobber free brilliant mana oil over everyone. Talk with your guildies to see what they expect from you.

Good luck.

To the OP - it doesn't matter if you grind rep or PvP. Get gear that will give you roughly the following stats:

Heroics: +1300 Healing, as much crit as possible.

Kara (off heal): +1200 healing, 15% Crit, 60 MP5
Kara (main heal): +1500 healing, 18% crit, 70 MP5

These stats are not super defined, so you can go higher on some, and lower on others. Those are just approximations. With the proper consumables (and tank), you will be just fine.

NOTE: Heroics are very "burst-intensive". If your tank isn't very well geared, then you will be casting a lot of Holy Lights. Keep that in mind. Also, keep BoP hotkeyed. Squishies will get 1-2 shotted faster than you can cast.

Finally, you can find a nice balance of PvP and PvE gear. You don't have to focus on only the items listed in Dil's sticky. Those are great, but there are plenty others out there. For example - don't kill yourself trying to get the Breastplate on Many Graces. I've seen people who ran SLab 25x to try and get it. A phenomenal waste of time. If you get it in a few runs - great. 25 runs - you're obsessed. There are plenty of other good chest pieces.

EDIT - If you have any questions as to what gear to look for - try using the "item search" function. It'll tell you what options you have, and where to get them. And don't limit yourself to plate armor. There are plenty good mail, leather, and cloth pieces that you can use to get started. In the end, you will end up fully decked in plate. But to get there, you may need some alternatives.


Edited, Apr 21st 2008 12:11pm by YJMark