More noob gear questions - this is getting complicated :)Follow

Okay, so I'm lvl 62, about to hit 63 tonite, so I doubt that my gear matters a WHOLE lot in the grand scheme of things, since I'm going through it so fast (god, I do hope I get new pants, soon, these are so hootchie mama!). Anyway, I am running into conflicts a lot, because I'll have a piece I really like, then I'll get another piece which may be just as good or better, but I'm not sure. First, my armory (please don't yell at me for spending all those points on pvp gear, I really wanted it, so I got it, knowing full well I probably won't use it for too terribly long, and I'll be ready to get a lot when I hit 70, I promise! :)):

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

I've been choosing gear with the advice I got from the other thread I made in mind (didn't want to rez it), and have gotten as much spell damage as possible. Is that the course I should continue to take to 70? I didn't have hit rating at all until I got those boots, though, and haven't run across any other gear that has it. I've noticed a lot of talk about hit cap in other threads, and I realize that those are threads about 70s, but I wonder if I should start really keeping an eye on that yet.

Anyway, I run into situations like this. A friend of mine bought me a bunch of stuff when I hit 60, because I "can't hang out in OL wearing THAT!" but her main is not a mage, so...I've returned most of it as I've gotten gear that is better than the stuff she got me, before I could even level into it. But here's a situation that's going to happen tonite. She gave me this: http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=31192
Are the boost in those stats worth trading in my +20 spell damage for? I don't think so, but I don't know if I should work on getting more HP/MP or keep pushing for spell damage.


Another topic I'd like to read about is gems. I got these: http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=24393

Looks like they are for healers, but I have no idea what kind of gems I'll be able to get for them, so I don't know if I should nuke them or work with them. As they are now, without gems, they are inferior to what I have, I think, but...and then there's the chance that I might pick something up that's even better, and soon, so I don't know if I should spend money on gems (not that I would know what kind to get, yet, and is that vendor in Thrall the only place to get them, besides the daily hfp quest? BTW, should I keep doing that daily quest to get more of the gems, even though I got the ring/gem I already got?)


Whew. :) Anyway, if anyone has links they can point me to to read about this stuff more, that'd be appreciated, and, as always, I value your opinions and input, and consider the mages here to be the smartest and best on the internets. :)

TIA,
Trill

P.S. If anyone would like to look at my specs, that'd be cool, too. I was thinking about putting the next 3 points into emp fb and ice shards, but maybe I should work on arcane a bit? Nothing there interests me until deeper in, though, like POM and imp blink. I know I'll probably go fire when I get to 70, because it seems like the Thing To Do, but I honestly hope that the expansion pack comes out before then, and somehow, magically enables me to remain frost. lol.

lol They ARE awful. However, I love the way most of the gear looks in the game, but if I have to wear hootchie mama pants for a little while longer, I'd rather do that than spend money on pants that have lower stats. Tonite is SP, though. I dunno what gear drops there, but if I were religious, I might be praying for pants. :)

EDIT: Actually, I'd rather spend time learning things about my class/stats than leveling by myself right now and getting new cuffs (besides, I'm broke after leveling enchant heh). I absolutely detest HFP by myself. So I'll wait till my guild runs SP tonite, and see what happens. :) After that, I may be able to talk one of them into running around and helping me quest a little. I may hit zangarmarsh after that, and get away from all that fire and lonely feelings that HFP has. blech! + rested xp ftw. :)

Edited, Jul 19th 2008 8:26pm by Trilliandent

There's a pair of hideous looking pants(neon green) that you can get from a quest in Blood Furnace. I wore those from 61 til almost 70.

Errr, wait.


I just logged back to that screen and, well, hey, is this better than the ones before? Do we become whores when we hit level 60 or what?

omglol!@#


http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7200/pantsdx4.png

EDIT: How many levels do I have to wear these? :)

Edited, Jul 20th 2008 7:47am by Trilliandent

I kind of miss being a space hooker:

My lock is a little snobby ***** who'd never wear anything like that. She and the pally she hangs out with are like Britney and Paris, only, they kick ***. :)

Thanks, Tv.

I know what you mean about healing gear, because someone asked me why I had "all thta healing gear," and I pointed out there was spell damage in there. So, yeah, if it's an upgrade, I'm takin it, unless a healer's in the party and needs it. I dunno about the gloves, tho. For whatever reason, I was allowed to need them (I guess the healer had something better, or, wait, did we have a healer for that run? lol)

Do you know where I can find more info about gems? I am assuming that an AH search for "gems" wouldn't help?

Thanks for the advice about specs. That makes me happy. And I am in a very laid back guild, so I think I could go w/ frost as long as I am determined to, but, at the same time, if I can benefit our raids by going fire, so be it. I've got a few levels to think that over.

Leveling tailor now, up to 283. I should have no probs making my gear by the time I'm 70. What I'm thinking is that it would be good to have both sets of gear, since fire is so desirable in pve, and frost so desirable in pvp.

Anyway, thanks again. I hope my server's up soon. I found about the joys of fishing + tailor, so I'm eager to train up in tailor, then fish again. :)

Trill

So is frost gear a waste of time? There is, after all, pvp gear I can get w/ honor, etc points. (This is way beyond where I am, I know, just asking)

thanks,
Trill