Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat, bear, restoration and balance druids. This Tuesday, we turn our attention to intellect leather.

As a quick note, I’m going to revisit our bear gearing guide over the next few weeks in order to add PVP gear and to split normal/heroic versions as per the request of our commenters; I agree that the present version probably isn’t as convenient as intended. I’ll drop another note in the column once I’ve finished with that.

There’s lots of new gear for restoration druids to look for in patch 4.2, so — as with the bears — it’s high time to update our gear lists. Once again, I’ve split the guide, and the ring, weapon, offhand, relic, and trinket column will run next week, as they require more discussion.

As this guide addresses gear that’s been added to the game from the Zandalari heroic level through Firelands, it’s probably most helpful to people who are already sitting on a few epics (or at least heroic blues). If you’re a fresh level 85 restoration druid or still leveling, you’ll probably find our previous series on gearing a resto druid more immediately helpful, but please keep in mind that stat priorities have shifted more toward mastery these days:

Helm, neck, shoulders, and cloak

Chest, bracers, gloves, belt, legs, boots, and rings

Trinkets, weapons, offhands, and relics
Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a restoration druid in patch 4.2Filed under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting PerspectivesShifting Perspectives: Gearing a restoration druid in patch 4.2 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Shifting Perspectives for cat, bear, restoration and balance druids. This Tuesday, we turn our attention to intellect leather.

As a quick note, I’m going to revisit our bear gearing guide over the next few weeks in order to add PVP gear and to split normal/heroic versions as per the request of our commenters; I agree that the present version probably isn’t as convenient as intended. I’ll drop another note in the column once I’ve finished with that.

There’s lots of new gear for restoration druids to look for in patch 4.2, so — as with the bears — it’s high time to update our gear lists. Once again, I’ve split the guide, and the ring, weapon, offhand, relic, and trinket column will run next week, as they require more discussion.

As this guide addresses gear that’s been added to the game from the Zandalari heroic level through Firelands, it’s probably most helpful to people who are already sitting on a few epics (or at least heroic blues). If you’re a fresh level 85 restoration druid or still leveling, you’ll probably find our previous series on gearing a resto druid more immediately helpful, but please keep in mind that stat priorities have shifted more toward mastery these days:

Helm, neck, shoulders, and cloak

Chest, bracers, gloves, belt, legs, boots, and rings

Trinkets, weapons, offhands, and relics
Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a restoration druid in patch 4.2Filed under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting PerspectivesShifting Perspectives: Gearing a restoration druid in patch 4.2 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments