I thought I would do a write up on my thoughts for the best armor for our class. I will discuss 3-5 pieces for each slot and why "I think" from experience or from looking at it on why I think its a must have. Excuse the spelling and the naming if I screw it up.
Please add your thoughts because I may forget about pieces, and I may do a jewelry write up later.
Head
1)
Praedatorian Hood (Pumpkin Headed Horseman) - Not going to get much better, uber stats, uber h/p, melee crit and dps mod.
2)
Arcane Enchanted Coif (Three Princes) - Good stats, good h/p, nice damage proc
3)
Coif of the Wayward (Treah Greenroot, confirmed) - This is a tie I think with #4 but it has nice stats, h/p
4)
Nemesis Hood (Vyemms Lab) / Fearlling-Tot Bulbone (HOS) - Both decent stats, h/p, and either have +slash or + pierce depending on what you use as weapons
5)
Crown of Cyonsure (FTH) - Some might be surprised for it to be this low, and at first I was a huge fan of this helmet but we no longer have the aggro issues we had in KOS, its still a nice helm, good stats h/p, aggro reduc proc, but not as good as the above
Chest
1)
Resplendant Robe of Battle(Avatar of Flames) - Tell those brawlers to fuck off, who cares if its leather. Ridiculous stats, h/p, and a 100% melee crit proc, with tenure lasts an extra .75 seconds, thats a whole ca
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2)
Static Coat of Aura(CMF) - Easy to get, nice stats, h/p, and the melee crit 4tw
3)
Breastplate of the Undaunted(kos relic) - Decent stats, h/p, +360 dmg every 30 secs
4)
Wayward Breastplate(Mayong) - Awesome stats, h/p, better than relic but the focus sucks. I'd only wear to make a set of 3/5/7 over the above.
Shoulders
1)
Mantle of Secrets (Avatar of ? ) - Uber stats h/p
2)
Wayward Mantle (MMIS, Tender) - Awesome stats, h/p, best class specific piece we have
3) There are others to chose from, just depneds what stats you need these are all decent tied for third shoulders which are better than relic: Nemesis shoulders, Hardshell Shoulderpads, Armguards of Dread
Forearms
1)
Star Darkened Bracers (contested mayong) - Uber stats, h/p, 5% to double attack
2)
Bracers of the Codex(Cheldrak) - Good stats, h/p, +pierce
3)
Wayward Bracers (EH?)- great stats, h/p
4) Tie between cruor and matron arms forget both names but both have good h/p, and really good stats
Gloves
1)
Wayward Gloves (Tacticians armor, eh?)- Uber stats, h//p
2)
Reinforced Bloodsoaked Gloves (HOS) - Great stats, h/p
3)
Hurricane Forged Gloves (Hurricanus)- Tied for 2nd for same reason
4) There are others but these are really the only 2 that stand out to me, and the HOS ones are really easy to get.
Legs
1)
Leggings of the Master(Matron) - Leather, but great stats, h/p, and damage proc
2)
Hardshell Leggings - Great stats, h/p, nice attack speed debuff
3)
Wayward Legs (Wuoshi) - Ok stats, great h/p, reduc on restrain, focus sucks but its a faster ca = more dps
4)
Undaunted or Nemesis Legs (KOS)- Great stats h/p, the relic have a slight reduc in devitalize which is nice a lil more dps
Boots
Tie for first here!
1)
Clawed Basilisk Boots(DT) - Nice stats, h/p, real nice damage proc
1)
Shadow Strider Boots(FTH) - Good stats, h/p, dps mod
2)
Wayward Boots(Sariah, maybe Gardener) - Great stats, h/p better than the above but no proc or mod
Cloak
1)
Mistmoore's Cloak(Mayong) - Uber haste and melee crit, I would only wear over zek if had uber proc wrists to wear over dt reward
2)
Rallos Zek(Zek Quest Line) - Uber proc, free
2)
Cloak of the Kindred warrior(MMIS) - Melee crit
I wrote this quick and will edit it if I forgot something, but all and all I think I remembered most pieces.
Also I wanted to add that class specific wasn't supposed to be the be all, end all, of our equipment. It wasn't designed to be the best we could get. Thats why there are other pieces better out there. If anything class specific should be an upgrade over relic, they just made it a lot harder to get because thats what us raiders asked for, heh.
Unfortunately right now the focus on the chest is no where close to good as the relic, nor is the legs imo. I know we will get more dps out of the legs than relic but I wish the focus was on a raid worthy CA not one that can't be used on epics.