Best in Slot Repository

Not sure if there is an alliance counterpart,
for horde the Krom'gar pieces sold by https://www.wowhead.com/npc=42028/kromgar-quartermaster are best in slot possilby for many classes, I can only comment for hunter
Helm - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131889/kromgar-generals-chain-mask ilvl30 if you don't have access to engineering
Shoulders - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131887 ilvl30 better than ilvl24 heirloom
Bracers - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131885 ilvl27 or https://www.wowhead.com/item=131884
Feet - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131882/kromgar-sergeants-mesh-boots ivl26, goblin rocketboots have ilvl45 but no stats for hunters

I was able to do the whole questchain with lvl20 and am able to buy this unscaled items from the vendor as of right now.

after questrewards and dungeon drops got the scaling nerf bat there are only bop greens left
Gloves - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9813/fortified-gauntlets ilvl25
Chest - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9818/fortified-chain ilvl25
Legs - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9815/fortified-leggings ilvl25
Belt - https://www.wowhead.com/item=132495/chain-belt ilvl25 with LW or https://www.wowhead.com/item=15515/spiked-chain-belt
Ring 1 - https://www.wowhead.com/item=12007/prairie-ring ilvl25 4AGI worth more than 4crit 8versa from www.wowhead.com/item=6463/deep-fathom-ring&bonus=4068 ?

Weapon - possibly https://www.wowhead.com/item=3021/ranger-bow ? or just heirloom for ilvl24

 
Not sure if there is an alliance counterpart,
for horde the Krom'gar pieces sold by https://www.wowhead.com/npc=42028/kromgar-quartermaster are best in slot possilby for many classes, I can only comment for hunter
Helm - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131889/kromgar-generals-chain-mask ilvl30 if you don't have access to engineering
Shoulders - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131887 ilvl30 better than ilvl24 heirloom
Bracers - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131885 ilvl27 or https://www.wowhead.com/item=131884
Feet - https://www.wowhead.com/item=131882/kromgar-sergeants-mesh-boots ivl26, goblin rocketboots have ilvl45 but no stats for hunters

I was able to do the whole questchain with lvl20 and am able to buy this unscaled items from the vendor as of right now.

after questrewards and dungeon drops got the scaling nerf bat there are only bop greens left
Gloves - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9813/fortified-gauntlets ilvl25
Chest - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9818/fortified-chain ilvl25
Legs - https://www.wowhead.com/item=9815/fortified-leggings ilvl25
Belt - https://www.wowhead.com/item=132495/chain-belt ilvl25 with LW or https://www.wowhead.com/item=15515/spiked-chain-belt
Ring 1 - https://www.wowhead.com/item=12007/prairie-ring ilvl25 4AGI worth more than 4crit 8versa from www.wowhead.com/item=6463/deep-fathom-ring&bonus=4068 ?

Weapon - possibly https://www.wowhead.com/item=3021/ranger-bow ? or just heirloom for ilvl24

His items are better for veterans. On pure f2p the shoulders, head and weapons among others things would need to be replaced indeed.
 
Northrend Engineering for belt? I don't get it. you can't learn Northrend engi at 20-29. Adding tinkers to a belt makes it persinal.
When pre-patch first hit you were able to, but now given that your engi is over 250, you can do the trade window glitch for the frag belt.
 
Just check the shaman one. Change gloves to brawlers and legs to scouting. Everything else is pretty much the same except leather bg crates instead of mail and offhand instead of shield, that kinda stuff.

OK, here goes. I've tried Flag Carrying, done OK at times, and would like to gear better for this expansion, so have tried to turn the recommendation above into a guide, which is below.

I've made use of plenty of guides on this site and so am happy to create this one as others can't spare the time to do the whole thing.

It's not created based on anything I know myself - only received wisdom, so no doubt I will have made mistakes and misunderstood something. It needs peer review.

It's therefore an altruistic gesture and meant to be a group effort, so please do comment and please be nice - I'll update as I get time. Hopefully what will evolve will be a good beginner set to aim for.

Share and enjoy.

Restoration Druid (Including Flag Carrying)

Stamina (to at least 2k) > Intellect > Versatility/Haste

Healing Gear

Head: Green Lens of the Aurora Any that has 18 stats
Neck: Eternal Amulet of the Redeemed
Shoulders: Exceptional Stormshroud Shoulders
Cloak: Cape of the Brotherhood
Chest: Armor of the Fang
Bracer: Rookie's Bindings of the Aurora
Gloves: Gloves of the Fang
Belt: Belt of the Fang
Legs: Leggings of the Fang
Boots: Footpads of the Fang
Rings: Advisor's Ring or Lorekeeper's Ring
Recruit's Band of the Aurora
Trinkets: Defending Champion * or Returning Champion
Discerning Eye of the Beast or Inherited Mark of Tyranny
* If you don't have Grandafthered Arena Grand Master
Weapon: Recruit's Hammer of the Aurora
Off-Hand: Recruit's Endgame of the Aurora

Healing Enchants

Neck: Enchant Neck - Mark of the Hidden Satyr
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Intellect
Chest: Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Bracer: Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force
Off-Hand: Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect
Gloves: Glove Reinforcements
Legs: Heavy Armor Kit
Boots: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality
Rings: Enchant Ring - Binding of Versatility * or Enchant Ring - Binding of Haste
* If your Green Lens has too much versatility you can switch one or two ring enchants.

Flag Carrying Gear

Armour Vs Versatility:
  • If the enemy team is primarily physical damage than you should go for armour > versa.
  • If you face a team almost full of casters, etc.. then armour has little to no use and you'd want versa > armour.
Head: Master Engineer's Goggles
Neck: Eternal Amulet of the Redeemed or Sweet Perfume Brooch
Shoulders: Prospector's Pads or Forest Leather Mantle
Cloak: Sylvan Cloak or Amy's Blanket
Chest: Starsight Tunic
Bracer: Rookie's Bindings of the Adaptable
Gloves: Brawler Gloves
Belt: Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt
Legs: Scouting Trousers
Boots: Rookie's Boots of the Adaptable
Rings: Deep Fathom Ring
The Queen's Jewel or Band of Purification
Trinkets: Arena Grand Master * or Defending Champion
Returning Champion or Inherited Mark of Tyranny
Weapon: Recruit's Hammer of the Adaptable
Off-Hand: Recruit's Endgame of the Adaptable

Flag Carrying Enchants

Neck: Enchant Neck - Gift of Versatility
Shoulders: Heavy Knothide Armor Kit
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Mighty Stamina
Chest: Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Bracer: Enchant Bracer - Major Stamina
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force (if you're solo) or (for a group setting) Enchant Weapon - Healing Power
Off-Hand: Enchant Shield - Vitality
Gloves: Glove Reinforcements
Legs: Ironscale Leg Armor
Boots: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality or (for when stacks hit 6) Enchant Boots - Fortitude
Rings: Enchant Ring - Binding of Versatility
 
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OK, here goes. I've tried Flag Carrying, done OK at times, and would like to gear better for this expansion, so have tried to turn the recommendation above into a guide, which is below.

I've made use of plenty of guides on this site and so am happy to create this one as other's can't spare the time to do the whole thing.

It's not created based on anything I know myself - only received wisdom, so no doubt I will have made mistakes and misunderstood something. It needs peer review.

It's therefore an altruistic gesture and meant to be a group effort, so please do comment and please be nice - I'll update as I get time. Hopefully what will evolve will be a good beginner set to aim for.

If I get abuse I'll just delete it. If someone creates a better one, I'll also happily delete it, but for now it's filling a gap.

Share and enjoy.

Restoration Druid (Including Flag Carrying)

Stamina (to at least 2k) > Intellect > Versatility/Haste

Healing Gear

Head: Green Lens of the Aurora Any that has 18 stats
Neck: Eternal Amulet of the Redeemed
Shoulders: Exceptional Stormshroud Shoulders
Cloak: Cape of the Brotherhood
Chest: Armor of the Fang
Bracer: Rookie's Bindings of the Aurora
Gloves: Gloves of the Fang
Belt: Belt of the Fang
Legs: Leggings of the Fang
Boots: Footpads of the Fang
Rings: Advisor's Ring or Lorekeeper's Ring
Recruit's Band of the Aurora
Trinkets: Defending Champion * or Returning Champion
Discerning Eye of the Beast or Inherited Mark of Tyranny
* If you don't have Grandafthered Arena Grand Master
Weapon: Recruit's Hammer of the Aurora
Off-Hand: Recruit's Endgame of the Aurora

Healing Enchants

Neck: Enchant Neck - Mark of the Hidden Satyr
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Intellect
Chest: Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Bracer: Enchant Bracer - Mighty Intellect
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force
Off-Hand: Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect
Gloves: Glove Reinforcements
Legs: Heavy Armor Kit
Boots: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality
Rings: Enchant Ring - Binding of Versatility * or Enchant Ring - Binding of Haste
* If your Green Lens has too much versatility you can switch one or two ring enchants.

Flag Carrying Gear

Head: Master Engineer's Goggles
Neck: Eternal Amulet of the Redeemed or Winking Eye of Love or Shard of Pirouetting Happiness
Shoulders: Prospector's Pads or Forest Leather Mantle
Cloak: Sylvan Cloak or Amy's Blanket
Chest: Starsight Tunic
Bracer: Rookie's Bindings of the Adaptable
Gloves: Brawler Gloves
Belt: Gnomish Harm Prevention Belt
Legs: Scouting Trousers
Boots: Rookie's Boots of the Adapatable
Rings: Deep Fathom Ring
The Queen's Jewel or Band of Purification
Trinkets: Arena Grand Master * or Defending Champion
Returning Champion or Inherited Mark of Tyranny
Weapon: Recruit's Hammer of the Adaptable
Off-Hand: Recruit's Endgame of the Adaptable

Flag Carrying Enchants

Neck: Enchant Neck - Gift of Versatility
Shoulders: Heavy Knothide Armor Kit
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Mighty Stamina
Chest: Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Bracer: Enchant Bracer - Major Stamina
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force (if you're solo) or (for a group setting) Enchant Weapon - Healing Power
Off-Hand: Enchant Shield - Vitality
Gloves: Glove Reinforcements
Legs: Ironscale Leg Armor
Boots: Enchant Boots - Earthen Vitality or (for when stacks hit 6) Enchant Boots - Fortitude
Rings: Enchant Ring - Binding of Versatility

Thats about it. Had a quick glance, might look closer later but main thing I saw now is. The neck you want for FCing is neither of the love necklaces you linked but https://www.wowhead.com/item=143909/sweet-perfume-brooch&bonus=5134 because it has more versatility.
 
MM/BM Hunter
His items are better for veterans. On pure f2p the shoulders, head and weapons among others things would need to be replaced indeed.
I have totally overseen that the shoulders can only be enchanted by another character
for legs Fortified Leggins of the Quickblade are better than heirloom
for feet Krom'gar Sergeant's Mesh boots are better than Greenhorn's Footguards, the now obtainable version only gives 5agi 8 sta, depending on your stat wighting, 2AGI > 3-5versa
for hands Fortifield Gauntlets of the Quickblade could be better than Thorbia, but you need a near perfect 5/4 pair to beat the 3 AGI difference
 
MM/BM Hunter

I have totally overseen that the shoulders can only be enchanted by another character
for legs Fortified Leggins of the Quickblade are better than heirloom
for feet Krom'gar Sergeant's Mesh boots are better than Greenhorn's Footguards, the now obtainable version only gives 5agi 8 sta, depending on your stat wighting, 2AGI > 3-5versa
for hands Fortifield Gauntlets of the Quickblade could be better than Thorbia, but you need a near perfect 5/4 pair to beat the 3 AGI difference

If that enchant works on those legs, you're right. The boots are horde only so I'm guessing that he is Alliance and wrote from that perspective. Fortified gloves are 4/4 or 5/3 never 5/4.
 
Provisionally done subject to comment.

yeah that was roughly the set I was thinking, but was curious because I have yet to see a perfectly scaled scouting trousers. So do u think the loss of armor would be worth the stam/vers gain from a 6/3 pagan britches same thing with gloves. Wouldn't magefist scaled be better?

Everything else I agree on, maybe argue for aurora belt instead tho /shrug.
 
yeah that was roughly the set I was thinking, but was curious because I have yet to see a perfectly scaled scouting trousers. So do u think the loss of armor would be worth the stam/vers gain from a 6/3 pagan britches same thing with gloves. Wouldn't magefist scaled be better?

Everything else I agree on, maybe argue for aurora belt instead tho /shrug.

Thanks for this.

I have a pair of Level 24 Scouting Trousers of the Aurora with the following stats:

Int - 6
Sta - 9
Has - 5
Ver - 4

Over to the experts for comment - I'll add these options unless I hear advice to the contrary.
 
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yeah that was roughly the set I was thinking, but was curious because I have yet to see a perfectly scaled scouting trousers. So do u think the loss of armor would be worth the stam/vers gain from a 6/3 pagan britches same thing with gloves. Wouldn't magefist scaled be better?

Everything else I agree on, maybe argue for aurora belt instead tho /shrug.

https://www.wowhead.com/item=720/brawler-gloves&bonus=3901
https://www.wowhead.com/item=12977/magefist-gloves&bonus=3901
These are the scaled versions fyi

From what I gather armor is quite important as a druid which is why leather is chosen über alles. If it is better than versa I dont know, maybe magefist is better than brawlers but pagan not better than scouting. Superior belt is probably better than gnomish when stacks start getting higher and you dont have the on use available anymore.

As for armor or versa value on a druid ask someone like @Chainz
 
yeah that was roughly the set I was thinking, but was curious because I have yet to see a perfectly scaled scouting trousers. So do u think the loss of armor would be worth the stam/vers gain from a 6/3 pagan britches same thing with gloves. Wouldn't magefist scaled be better?

Everything else I agree on, maybe argue for aurora belt instead tho /shrug.
Taking armor / versa all depends on if you face physical dmg dealers or non physical. If the enemy team is primarily physical dmg than you should go for armor > versa. Now if you face a team almost full of casters, etc.. then armor has little to no use and you'd want versa > armor.

I have 4 sets before 6+ stacks and 2 sets after 6+ stacks (just for fcing) all depending on what type of team I'm facing. It all depends how seriously u wanna gear up in the end.
 
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"of the Adaptable" still drops! :O
just dropped 18sept
 

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