Level 52 warrior - gearing advice going forward?

[Soothsayer]

Originally Posted by Troxx [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

AC is important. Thankfully in this era, making the smart gear choice is rarely difficult. Good gear generally has both solid AC and meaningful stats/hp.

For the OP: You have nothing to worry about. You’re actually over geared for the content you’ll be facing for the foreseeable future and at level 56-60 could slide right into any high end group or medium tier raid without problems. Several of the pieces you have (thurgadin hat/arms/legs) are items on my next to do list.

Questions:
-do you have a magelo? If not I’d make one. The Ac calculation is buggy and doesn’t reflect Ac shown in game but the rest is pretty accurate.
-what is your unbuffed dex?

Recommendations you can realistically buy without breaking the bank:

-2x silver Chitin wristbands. Decent Ac, good dex, good hp. Can sell later when you upgrade.
-get a wrapped entropy serpent spine until infestation. Lose sarnak hammer.
-get haste off your hands and get real gloves. Eventually you will want 34-41% haste. That’s expensive and will come with time, but even in the short term a sidestep to dragonborn sash is worth it.

NoDrop stuff to consider next:

-infestation
-Kael arena gloves (nodrop war only)
-WW dragon +6 neck

I don't have a magelo (Edit: I just made one), and I have 123 dex unbuffed. As for SCWB, I'll definitely look into getting at least one, although an additional 6k for two is a bit pricey for a negligible upgrade from Ice Forged Shackles. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Infestation does seem nice, and so do those gloves and necklace.

WESS is something I've been on the fence about, however. I'll often be the puller in my groups, and I sometimes like to hit targets for a few seconds to build up preliminary aggro before going back to my group -- and this often results in a weapon proc. With WESS, I wouldn't be able to do that. The aggro its proc produces almost feels like overkill, too -- after all, I've had virtually no issues holding aggro throughout a fight with just one proc from either my warhammer or my axe.

Not to mention not being able to move once I do get a proc without risking a fleeing mob... I'll often move to intercept and taunt a mob that suddenly decides to run for the back line in my parties (for instance, if a mob prematurely breaks mez), and doing that with WESS seems exceptionally risky.