Ready for Kara?Follow

S2 will work fine for a hunter. Kara won't be run in WotLK, unless it is a "legacy" raid like some people do now, except with pre-bc raids. If your guild is telling you to get specific gear pieces, and you're good enough to start, tell them to **** off. Maybe link your armory and I can help more. Its really hard trying to say whether or not you're ready without seeing your gear and stats.

The gear itself will probably be replaced rather quickly, but if you have all of the gear that you can get from honour, why not get Kara drops? It will help leveling a bit, and give you raid experience. If anything, its part of the game, and if you want to experience it, go right ahead.

Edit: I am going to say that you are not even close to ready for Kara. The hit cap is 142, and is the most important stat, and the one which you should gem/gear for. On the gem note, make sure that all of your gear has hit gems, and after that agility gems. Get the ap to bracers and agility to gloves enchant, and if you are having mana issues spec for efficiency instead of imp. mark. Don't ever gem specifically for the socket bonuses in your gear.

Edited, Sep 29th 2008 6:14pm by Yuppley

How do you suggest I get Kara ready other than with respect to gems? Is there armor I can be getting that would help me get a better hit rating? I am on a PvE server if that makes a difference. The only reason I am even doing BG for the merciless PvP set is because that is what everyone else I know has done. All my hunter friends, who are off running GL, Mag, and ZA, ran PvP to "bridge the gap" between what you get up to lvl 70 and what you will get when you start raiding. If there is a better way tell me. My primary concern at this point is being ready equipment wise to start lvling when the expansion comes out. If the PvP gear will do that, fine. If not, what can I do to get ready? I would love to run Kara for better PvE equipment but I am not wanting to run it with a wishlist of items I have to get before November 13.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edited, Sep 29th 2008 8:15pm by MaxFischer

Edited, Sep 29th 2008 8:25pm by MaxFischer

thanks for the advice. I was actually trying to avoid having to run the instances to get the gear that would let me be 100% Kara ready but if that is what I need then I will suck it up and start running these instances. My guild runs these all the time now so I should be able to get a group together pretty easy. Thanks for the help.

not only does running 5 mans help you gear, but also gives you practice learning your class in a pve environment something running around in BGs does not

At this point, it's entirely up to you whether you want to raid Kara or not. Many people are in near shut-down mode waiting for WotLK, but there are still people doing things. If you want to continue to progress and/or see content until xpac release, then go for it.

Just echoing what other have said...

You are definitely under-geared for Kara. Unless you guild is well-geared and willing to carry you along, you just aren't ready. If your guild can and is willing to carry you, then it won't really matter too much how you're geared. But, general rule of thumb would be to get rid of all/most of your greens and then you're ready. There are always exceptions, but the level 70 dungeon blues are there for a reason. So, go run some 5-man instances...check the pre-raid sticky and see which drops will benefit you most and focus on them.

Also, look out for crafted gear. Two examples...the Felstalker bracers and belt would be big improvements for you and give you more gem slots (for much needed +hit). There are also a couple quest reward upgrades you could get without too much trouble...check the pre-raid sticky.

Something general to keep in mind: PvP gear is one way to go, but don't get too wedded to it if you want to raid. There are some pieces that are certainly passable. But, the problem with PvP gear in the long run is that, in general, it gives you Resilience and Stamina at the expense of Attack Power, Hit Rating, and other stats that are more useful in PvE setting.

Good luck and enjoy Kara while you still can.

I would have run 5-Mans if I had known that would benefit me more. I just had nobody telling me that I didn't need to run BG to get the PvP gear (or at least spend a month getting all the PvP gear and instead just get a few pieces). Thankfully my guild is going to run some 5-mans (and eventually Heroics) to help me gear up before the release of WOtLK. Steamvaults first so I can get the glyph of ferocity and then on to the others I need. After that I think I will work on some pieces in BG but focus more on making some money (and picking up rep) with the dailies. It can't hurt to have some deep pockets when the expansion comes out.

Edit: I realized as I was looking at suggestions from above and in the sticky that I think I replaced the Green Poncho and the Terrokar Tablet of ..... before I ever hit 70. I did both of the quests and (yeah I am an idiot) vendored both pieces when I got "better" items because I had no clue what +Hit Rating had to do with anything. I feel like a moron but that's what happens when you are one of the only Hunters in your guild. Thankfully now there are more, better, hunters in the guild.

Edited, Sep 30th 2008 9:24pm by MaxFischer