[Terenas] Identification of KEY Kara upgrades

[Sinomin]

I think these three have very good arguments. Panzar'Thar is itemized very well for pallies due to block rating allowing flexibility on other mitigation / Stam elsewhere and I haven't looked at pally T4, but it's likely better than T4.

I'm not as up on healing stuff, but I imagine the libram is freaking huge for MT healing due to giving blessing of light getting such a large boost.

We have managed to develop 2 MTs in Tiga and Geld. I think for progression it behooves us to think about them as MTs. I think we always try to have another tank, be it warrior or pally in a raid when these guys have gear so that other tanks can gear up. However, I think we have had pretty shoddy luck on tank gear.

We've done pretty well on boots and gloves, but the other stuff has been pretty rare. 3 greathelms, 1 Wrynn, 2 KDs, 1 Abrahamis, 0 Panzar, etc... All this when we've seen things like *9* Garona Signet Rings (that people actually took, I dunno if we have any disenchanted), and a combination of 9 healing cloaks between Prince and Opera. I think tanking gear will come, we just haven't been too lucky with it.

As far as pure tanking, only the T4 shoulders are better than Kara drops.

I understand that Tiga and Geld are "the" MT's and I have no intention of filling that role. Hence why I have always passed loot to them. What I was getting at, but failed to express it properly, there are fights that are designed to work well with all three of the tank classes(IE Prince). But if you dont have properly geared Paladins or Druids then you cant take advantage of the strengths of that class. Also, two properly geared MT's isnt a very large pool to draw from, especially considering that folks sometimes change their playing preferences or leave the game altogether.

I will always be bottom feeding tank gear, so I still consider the Crimson Girdle, the Wrynn Greaves and the Barbed Choker key upgrades in order to fill a tanking role. Those 3 items provide a much need Stamina boost, which is one of the Paladins weak points. Because of the low drop rates we have had I may never see those items, but that doesnt mean I want to stop trying.

Oh on a related tanking note, Bliz is working on a few improvements to Paladin tanking. One is a Seal that when active will increase the Paladins HP's by up to 30% and when Judged will reduce the damage output of the mob by 10%. Its on a 4 min cooldown, so will be somewhat of a Paladins last stand. This is just what I have read and should be taken with a grain of salt at this point in time.