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I am lvl 70 mainly protection spec and i prefer dual wield to 2 hand i have not done mainy instances but i have been building up a set of the gladiator set from PVP if i pick as weapons the Merciless Gladiator 1.5 sec axe and the MG 1.6 sec mace would they do ok to start learning instances till i get better dropped items, any advice is greatly apreciated------ The Bad

Thanks for that but i still dont understand why what u have suggested is better as looking at the pvp weapons the stats look better could u explain why your suggestion are a better weapon than the pvp as then i would understand as i have been building up the pvp armour as well so i take it that is not that great either out side pvp. I have a shield. I came up through the lvl as a solo so have not done much with groups thats why i have poor gear but i am finding it a pain now anyway an explantion as to the diff between the pvp and normal gear would be greatly appreciated--- The Bad

since you said you were prot spec'd, people are assuming you want to tank. if that's the case, you need to do a LOT of research about tanking - read stickies, etc. there is a big difference between dealing damage and dealing threat (and surviving).

i think you might want to start out as a DPS warrior until you get quite a few instances under your belt. spec DW fury and those weapons will do fine for you.

Ok, everything everyone has said here about tanking stats on weapons and gear is 100%. But I can't help myself questioning your reasoning behind going for the weapons you were mentioning.

I'm going to assume that, as Prot spec, you would like to weapons to dual-wield in order to run instances as non-prot (sounds very wierd to me, but hey, I'll have to run with it, as it's the only reason I can see you want to dual wield as prot)

Bare in mind that any PvP weapon below 2 speed is an off hand weapon ... you can't have 2 of them and dual wield them. On the off chance you did indeed realise this, could you please elaborate on what you mean by "MG 1.6 sec mace" .. I'm having difficulty figuring out what you mean there. If you meant the Merciless Gladiator mace .. again, it's off hand only, and secondly, it's 1.5, not 1.6 (minor detail, I know, but quite relevant ito identifying what weapon you're talking about)

If, however, you're talking about the 2.6 mace (as opposed to the 1.6 mace), then fine, those 2 will do you ok for dual wielding (2x2.6 weapons will be even better though, but it is a lot more expensive), although as mentioned before, you're probably better off speccing fury if that's the style of play you're after ... some people can do decent DPS as prot spec ... but that's because they've got very good dps gear.

There, I'm sure I've covered all possibilties regarding answers to your question, I hope it helps. And yeah - if you want to tank, please don't go into an instance expecting to tank while dual-wielding ... that would be tragic, especially seeing as though your 41 point talent in the prot tree requires a shield.

if you post your armory, they would be able to help a lot more. I say they, b/c I am still a newb. I don't even have plate yet.