arthoriuss wrote:
Problem is I cant seem to find any readily available trinkets or a good cloak.
The best PvP trinkets still come from PvE. There is a PvP trinket available to benefit every spec type, but's the single most expensive thing you can buy with honor, I believe, and most of the time there are easily comparable or better ones to pick up through instancing. Do a little research on your own time to find the stats you're looking for and then run the required content 'til you get the drop.
The best PvP cloaks are bought with Badges of Justice which you get from running heroics or raids from Kara on. If you really want it you're going to have to build yourself a non-crap PvE set and do some of the harder content in the game.
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I hear S1 gear is easily attainable. Should I be going for this instead of the above?
S1 gear is "easy" enough to acquire in that it's not a random drop so you're guaranteed to get it as long as you put forth the required effort, but it'll still take a considerable grind. Also, S1-2 gear is pretty crappy for Retadins, whereas your S3 is excellent. I would keep the blue bought set since the S1 gear is only a marginal upgrade over it, grind out all the Vindicator gear to compliment it, and then start working on the S3 pieces in the arena, through mercy points if necessary.
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How easy is it to acquire?
I'm a very casual player and I can grind out an honor piece in two or three nights.
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Are there rings/trinkets available through S1 gear?
There are trinkets and rings, and the rings at least are very good, though they lack hit so make sure you can get it elsewhere.
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How long will it take me to fulfill a dps role in a 5man?
Quite a while if all you have on is mostly PvP gear since most of it is garbage for PvE
except for the S3 pieces. Until you get those you're going to have to go out of your way to acquire PvE-oriented gear through all the rep vendors around Outland and good, old fashioned instance runs.
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I've checked out the ToJ's Ret Guide but I guess I'm leaning rowards some quick filler type gear for now since (sheepish look) I stil have some defense gear equipped.
Ret is highly discriminated against because it's naturally inclined to do much poorer DPS than most of the other DPS specs available to other classes. You can't afford to have "filler-type gear" on and expect to be anything more than a filler party member or run any significant PvE content.
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I have the sword equipped because frankly I like the look of it over the axe. How much am I gimping myself by doing this?
See above. You really don't have the luxery of being picky right now. Solo with the sword if you want, but throw the axe on any time you're in a party.
Edited, May 3rd 2008 11:34am by Gaudion