two sets of gear while leveling, seriously?Follow

Long absence from WoW. I leveled a couple rogues to 70 in TBC.

I am tempted to reroll a warrior so that instances are more fun.


I really need two sets of gear? One for tanking, one for dps? Cause that idea makes just want to level rogue again and pound through it.

But war would be more fun.

thanks man I appreciate it.


I assume you mean dual-wield (fury) for questing, and sword and shield for instances. That I can do.

edit: <cough> I meant arms <cough>

edit edit: no i think i meant fury.

at least there were no arguments with rogue leveling theory. combat swords or get made fun of.

Edited, Aug 4th 2009 11:43am by Dishmayhem

Edited, Aug 4th 2009 12:26pm by Dishmayhem

I've been playing my Druid so much that more than two free bag slots is a luxury. PvP gear, melee DPS gear, tank gear, healing gear and ranged DPS gear. Gotta love it.

You only really need a tanking set at level 70ish when you enter Northrend, but even so, if you have 1,000 gold to blow on dual-spec, getting a Protection talent build for tanking makes everything a lot easier and you won't necessarily require a tanking set.

I've run The Nexus with a Fury tank and I've got to admit, it was hell. Not so much the damage, but he couldn't keep aggro on group pulls to save his life (or ours). Protection gives you a lot of AOE aggro and control abilities, like increased Thunder Clap damage and Shockwave.

Plus, and this is hear-say only since my own Warrior is level 51, I've heard you can level as Protection.

Edit: Northrend, not Outland

Edited, Aug 13th 2009 10:20am by Mazra

I wouldn't plan on grouping for instances on the way to 70+ too much. There is a lot less traffic at lower levels now than there used to be. That being said, you will find groups, or be able to make them, especially if you impress people.

Quest grinding up to 80 isn't too bad now with the lower level mounts. As a practical matter, carrying two sets of gear isn't difficult anyway and you only have to swap them when you change settings and roles, which isn't going to be happening all that much.

I've been Prot on my Warrior since Scarlet Monastery, and leveling was never too slow or tedious--having pretty much 0 downtime between mobs is fun, as is being able to take on four or five mobs and win. Add a healer into the mix? I'm unstoppable, it's awesome.

Man, I need to go work on my Warrior some now. <.<

I leveled Hierax as prot from 70 - 80 right when WotLK hit and it was no thing at all. I could solo group quests easier than any other class I've leveled (including Paladin and Druid) and any "kill x amount of mobs" quest was insanely easy due to me picking up as many as I could. I usually did 8 - 10 mobs at once if they were close enough together. Never any downtime. Prot is actually the best warrior leveling spec, or was from my experiences.

Then again, I leveled as prot using the dps sword from Zul'Aman, the shield from Zul'Aman, and the rest as full pvp gear, all the Guardians off-set pieces and 4 / 5 Season 4 with Season 2 shoulders because I'm a scrub.