So I am about 500 points away from one of these.... What is the better belt for a feral tank???

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=33891
or
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=33879

I get all corn-fused with the added crit strike/attack power/resilience stuff...

I am thinking http://www.wowhead.com/?item=33879

33891 is slightly better for Bear Tank Mitigation and 33879 is slightly better for Kitty DPS.

They're REALLY close though.... I had to look em up.

You're well over the defense cap as it is, so don't worry too much about resilience differences when looking at these. Keep in mind the bear armor bonus when comparing armor of items. Looks like you're at about 22k right now. You can -always- use more armor.

Vindicator's Leather Belt is slightly better due to the additional agi and stam (dodge and hit points) at the cost of some armor. For Kara (which you should be ready for, BTW) your armor is good enough. At this point in the game, don't worry about the attack power as much. That will come (attack power for bears is for generating threat).

A couple other suggestions (hey, you opened the door :) ) -- You still have a few +def gems. Replace those with +stam gems. You'll be wearing your clefthoof for a while, so it's worth the investment. Also, get rid of the critical strike gems. Stack +agi gems. Get a Necklace of the Deep and drop either two +stam or two +agi gems in there. Don't be afraid to skip on a socket bonus. They're not always worth it.

If you do all that, and get one of the belts, you should still be uncrittable, but you'll have more dodge and more hit points. Check out Rawr (http://www.codeplex.com/Rawr/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx) to help you make sure that you can swap all this out and still be uncrittable.

GOOD STUFF!
Thanks Fox that makes sense.
Beem Thanks! I have not played around with Rawr but hopefully it will take some guess work out of the gear questions I have. I will be ready for Kara in my mind after I get my Earthwarden and 2 BM runs to get my helm enchant. Hopefully I can try to bust out the BM runs this week. I have the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32508 I have been unsure how to gem it. Again Rawr will help out I hope!
Thanks!

For what it's worth, I ran with two +stam gems in Necklace of the Deep. Rawr will help you compare and see what your stats would be. It's good stuff and helped me out a lot.

And re: Earthwarden. Definitely keep trying for it. But you don't -need- it for Kara. Don't let that keep you out. You will not be tanking the big bosses on your first try. I've (much to my chagrin) proven that you can tank Kara just fine without it, standing in front of every boss that Kara has to offer. I've even tanked HKM and off-tanked Gruul. Get in there, get all the upgrades that await you -while- working towards Earthwarden. (Not starting another Earthwarden argument here, just pointing out that lack of it shouldn't keep you out of Kara. Keep after it.)

Also, keep in mind that Druids make -awesome- offtanks. We generate rage by hitting things, not just from being hit. Not only that, we put out good DPS when not tanking. As you get started in there, you'll be on offtank duty. Bring a set of kitty gear and kick out the damage!

Well, I guess I will hang out and wait for another N00b night in Kara. I would like to see the content. but yea, i will try to keep working on the EW.

Don't wait for a n00b night. :) Talk to the raid leader of the next one you see come up. I can't speak for them, but there's a good chance you can go. It's not as scary as you might think. As long as everyone knows the deal, it can be dealt with.

Beam's right.


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