border said:
Can someone give me some general advice for gearing up a 70 warrior for PVP and solo DPS roles? For being the most "overpowered" class in the game, I still find myself getting smoked by most other classes in 1v1 battleground fights (even swinging a Thunder around).
I know the BG/PVP gear is there, but what in the way of craftables and drops should I be looking for? What should I be looking to pick up for PVE content (non-tank gear)?
really if your gear sucks, you're not going to do well in BGs, i mean what do you expect if you are running around with >10k hp, 0 resilience, with crap ap and crit
when you get around 11k unbuffed HP, 300 resilience, 1.5k ap, and 30% crit, with a tier 2 weapon equivalent things will change
edit: just noticed you have a thunder, but all this still holds true
honestly craft a tier 2 bs weapon, i'd go mace, some ppl will say not to go mace because it is getting nurfed in 2.3, but i disagree whole heartedly
the thunder mace line is the most popular because of its raw stats (huge str,agi, and stam), speed (it's the slowest), and the best top end damage, the stun was just icing on the cake
if you have a lot of gold, i recommend going ENG/BS, that way you can craft those bad ass goggles at 350 eng, they are still among the best helms for pvp/dps
honestly i got all my gear from bgs and arena
1st off i would grind for these items in order
2min pvp trinket
veteran's boots, belt, bracers, neck, and ring (in any order)
cloak
then save all your bg honor points for 2.3 and start buying season 1 arena gear for all your other slots
you can also do halaa token turn ins for some decent pvp gear
but your best bet is just to farm honor points, might not be the sexy answer you were looking for, but its your best bet