Defense Squeeze In the Transition between Heroic and T7 gear.
I have 5 blue pieces left – A tanking sword I got somewhere and the Dark Iron Shoulders from Boss1 in H.HoL. My rings are Blue, but with good defense – WTB the Earthguard one. My trinkets are weak – I have the 1st War ‘Dodge’ trinket from badges and then nothing. I got something that increases my health, I still have the Def Trinket from the Overlord quest, I have random greens that will add +Hit for threat.
Everything that would need Defense enchants has them. (Working on the exalted Sons of H. I have the Lesser one currently) But I have the Back, Shoulders, chest, etc…
It seems like there is a real narrowing in the amount of Defense on some gear drops.
I had blue BS gloves that had like 70 Def. My Nax Purples have nearly ½ the DEF?
I had the BS shield – Picked up the Crest of Lorderon (From H.CoS) – Less DEF
Same with my T7 Chest piece. I had the Silver something or other – Got my T7 --- Again – way less Defense.
My bank is filled with old tanking gear in the case that I might need to drop down to an old piece in order to keep 540/535 depending on Raid/Heroic.
Is it just me? I guy in my guild is in the same boat – He has better pieces that he can’t wear – because equipping the better gear would drop him into crit range.