ICC Resto Loot

[Solanis]

Basically documenting my basic thoughts on gearing in ICC. With the 4 pc set bonus finally confirmed the basic premise is going to be pick up the 4 pc tier gear, and reach haste cap. Ideally I'd like to get to 856 haste rating to be able to drop Celestial Focus which frees up 7 points from the Balance tree which enable this spec (http://www.wowhead.com/?talent#0VG0zZZf0IubuxiuVIsio).

Basically anything with spirit and haste are awesome. The offset piece should be either shoulders or chest as those are the only spots where an offset piece is correctly itemized. Shoulders are probably the better bet since the chest piece is cloth so will likely have a lot of people interested in it.

The real trouble slots are bracers and boots. There is no leather spirit/haste available in these slots. As it's looking right now Bindings of the Autumn Willow (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47438) from ToGC are the best bracers available. For boots our best option is looking to be the crafted boots (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=49894). Another option is the cloth boots (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50699) from Putricide, but I suspect there are plenty of people who will be interested in those.

I'm considering Trauma (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50685) to be the best available weapon for us, and because of that we're pretty locked into needing to have a haste item in every other possible slot.

I'm interested to hear if anyone has any additional thoughts about this. Personally I'm really annoyed that most of our gearing choice has been removed with the change to the haste cap, and that Blizz didn't compensate by changing how the itemization works at all.

[Kibs]

I dont main raid anymore (but im looking to) but from what ive seen, chest will remain best off piece with helm/shoulders/gloves/legs being the tier pieces of choice.

From what I pulled up on Wowhead, and it being 4am and me in desperate need of sleep, i compiled what I think to be BiS across the board for resto druids, i didnt take into account professions like JC and Ench, but Im sure i did something wrong as i wanted to finish this now and not later.

Anyways, here is what I made, with Reckless Ametrine and Runed Cardinal Ruby being our gems of choice

http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=20672354

[Solanis]

I dont main raid anymore (but im looking to) but from what ive seen, chest will remain best off piece with helm/shoulders/gloves/legs being the tier pieces of choice.

From what I pulled up on Wowhead, and it being 4am and me in desperate need of sleep, i compiled what I think to be BiS across the board for resto druids, i didnt take into account professions like JC and Ench, but Im sure i did something wrong as i wanted to finish this now and not later.

Anyways, here is what I made, with Reckless Ametrine and Runed Cardinal Ruby being our gems of choice

http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=20672354

You're assuming ilvl 264 gear which if you aren't doing hardmodes then you're absolutely right that's the best setup, but there isn't an ilvl 277 version of that chestpiece. When I was saying that Chestpiece and shoulders were the best offspec pieces available I was referring to Sanguine Silk Robes (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50717) and Shoulders of Frost-Tipped Thorns (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50715). While using the robes is actually a bigger upgrade than the shoulders, there is going to be a lot of competition for those since they are cloth so instead I'd prefer going with the shoulders since those are leather and are basically only desirable to druids.

Edit: Sorry I actually didn't look that you were using 277 in most slots, but I still don't think the badge chestpiece is the best way to go for offspec piece

[Solanis]

As I said in my first post, anything with spirit and haste is exactly what we're looking for, but going through the actual items here's the theoretical BiS in my opinion. Keep in mind that this is entirely unrealistic as getting 277 in most slots is at best going to take a really long time, and realistically probably never happen. http://www.wowhead.com/?profile=20674219

I think the part that's most interesting to me is that even with all 277 gear it's not possible to reach 856 haste without gemming for it (or giving up Trauma or 4pc T10)

[Kibs]

i think its more or less become, no more blanket gemming SP and now we have to use those yellow sockets for SP/Haste, but crit has gone back to being pretty useless on gear

[Solanis]

I'm revising my previous comment on which piece to use for offtier. I would now say it's better to use Vestments of Spruce and Fir (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50973) than to have even the 277 version of Shoulders of Frost-Tipped Thorns (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50715). Ideally eventually the BiS chest piece is Sanguine Silk Robes (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=50717) but plan on waiting a long while to actually be able to pick those up.