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Porcell
Really? I found the opposite to be true. Generally the Crafted or starter tanking pieces have a ton of Defense rating (and little else) and upgrading from them normally drops your defense rating/skill.
please let me laugh. AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
No, it's quite true.
Chest: The top two blue chests have 60 and 76 defense. The first few epics you'd get have 47 (tier 7) and 52 (Sapphiron normal).
Boots: The main starter tank boots are from Wyrmrest with 58. There are no other boots with that much raw defense on them.
Gloves: The Daunting Handgrips from blacksmithing are the main starter gloves and have 71 defense on them. The blue ones from heroic VH have 57. The epic Tier 7.5 have 43 and the Kirin'Tor exalted epic have 48.
Helms: My first two blue helms were the ones from Oculus (68) and then heroic Gundrak (61). The first group of epics (4H, crafted, and Tier 7) have between 40 and 49 defense.
And so on, and so on, and so on. The crafted and instance blues are stacked with a lot of defense (and not much else), and the first level of epic items shows a marked decrease in the amount of defense.
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Lorkin
Really? I found the opposite to be true. Generally the Crafted or starter tanking pieces have a ton of Defense rating (and little else) and upgrading from them normally drops your defense rating/skill.
please let me laugh. AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
AH AH AH AH AH
ok.
I take it you're new to tanking? Come back in a few weeks and re-read that post.
If you need further proof, check out this list:
Crafted Tanking Gear
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