Tank Gear in 3.0

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I've generated a spreadsheet that shows the new values on 40+ common tank gears. Then I've ranked them from best to worst in the slot. Please note, this does not include all gear but a decent cross section of what's available to most people.

If there is a specific piece of gear you'd like to see added I can do that.

You can see the spreadsheet in it's entirety: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pxRKUgjn9TRr-KY-8OzuQRQ

Comments

ComputerSherpa said…
I don't see any shields in there. Add them? Especially the Force Reactive Disk--be interesting to see what happens to that, if anything.

BTW, the "contact me" link in your sidebar isn't working for me. I'm using IE7.
September 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Honors Code said…
Shields! Of course!!

The "Contact Me" link appears to be working in IE7, at least on my computer. If you need to email me, honorshammer at gmail dot com will work great.
September 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Argent said…
Hmm, you've got an odd mix of gear in here (IMO).

I'm not sure how much time you want to put into this, but a couple helpful things:

1) Source. If I see something is an upgrade, I'd like to know where I can get it. (might not be a big deal).

2) Helms? I know a lot of folks use the engineering helms, but as a blacksmith, I'd like to see options there. Not sure if you want to include the BoP eng helms or BoP blacksmith boots...

3) Ordering? I don't see any rhyme or reason to the current ordering; even high iLvL to low iLvL might be handy. Getting the summary numbers close to the right-hand column would be nice, too, just so that you can get an overview as you're looking through the list.
September 15, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Anonymous said…
Hey Ted...was just wondering where you're finding the new gear stats? I'm just curious because I'm thinking a lot of my druid gear will be changing soon, too.
September 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Honors Code said…
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/
September 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
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