Transmogrification: Bold Armor as Bandin's New Protection Set

Armor sets continue to be something that are getting talked about an awful lot around the World of Warcraft forum and blog environment. Everyone is rushing to collect the very best looking sets they can before patch 4.3 hits, and I am no exception. While most players seem to be gravitating towards older tier sets for their transmogrification needs, I've been spending lots of time in Outland farming dungeon sets that I think look just as awesome.

After a lot more farming than it took to gather Bandin's new healing set I have finally got all the pieces for his tanking gear:

This armor set is officially known as the Bold Armor and can be found in normal and heroic versions of Outland dungeons. Each piece has a drop rate of about 15-20%, so it takes a bit of luck to get them all quickly, especially the pieces that come from heroics where you only have one shot per day.

Once again, I found the set from the extremely helpful WoW Roleplay Gear website. It was much easier to know where to look for each piece using their already very well done research. All of the pieces of the main armor can be found in Outland dungeons, but the shield is a drop from a Northrend heroic, which took me the longest of anything to actually get to drop. The sword is one I found on the auction house. I wanted a simple weapon that looked like something a tank would use to "get the job done" so to speak. I think the dark steel appearance of the sword fits that idea perfectly.

Here is an item by item breakdown of each piece:

• Warhelm of the Bold
• Shoulderguards of the Bold
• Breastplate of the Bold
• Gauntlets of the Bold
• Legplates of the Bold
• Lion's Heart Girdle
• Eaglecrest Warboots
• Devilshark Cape
• Scorpion Sting
• Royal Crest of Lordaeron

There is one disappointment with this gear set. The helm looks awesome, but currently for whatever reason it is in the game entirely mis-colored. I submitted a help ticket about the issue and was told that the developers are aware of the issue. That's as much as I could find out. So, for now I have to operate without the helmet visible, but someday it will probably get fixed and I can use it then. 

I'm still not sure what mount I will use with this gear, but I may stick with the Argent Charger I'm planning to use with my healing gear set. I might still find something better though. Possibly even the normal paladin Charger which fits the color scheme a little better, but admittedly doesn't look quite as cool. 

Also still looking for a good tabard, but haven't found anything yet, so for now I'm going to stick with the Storm Sons guild tabard. Up next in the Transmogrification series will be the gear I currently have picked out for my Retribution spec.

Transmogrification: Righteous Armor as Bandin's New Look in Holy Spec

With the advent of patch 4.3 nearing in the next few weeks I've been spending a lot of time running old content to try and gather up some nice looking, matching gear for Bandin to wear depending on what role he is playing at the moment. I set my sights on finding something to wear while acting as a dungeon healer and I think I've hit it right on the money with this look:

This armor set is officially known as the Righteous Armor and I think it looks amazing, especially when worn by a healer. I think it embodies everything about the idea of a plate-wearing healer using holy light to get his group through the trenches.

Luckily for me, The Visual Roleplay Gear List exists to help players like me out in finding good looking sets for this new transmogrification feature coming soon. I had to grind out many, many runs through several normal and heroic version Outland dungeons to gather all the pieces (especially the shield and shoulders), but it was well worth the end result. The weapon is the only thing you can't find in an Outland dungeon as it drops from Molten Core instead, although there is also a main-hand only heirloom version as well. Below is a list of each specific item:

• Helm of the Righteous
• Spaulders of the Righteous
• Breastplate of the Righteous
• Gauntlets of the Righteous
• Legplates of the Righteous
• Girdle of Valorous Deeds
• Boots of the Righteous Path
• Thoriumweave Cloak
• Shield of the Void
• Aurastone Hammer

I don't have the helm on display in the pictures, but you should be able to find a screenshot located in the appropriate link above. I like to see my beard, and this particular helm is not one of the more updated ones that allows the beard to flow out the bottom; instead it cuts it off, which just looks odd on the dwarf model.

There are two things I'm missing to go with this gear set however; the tabard that matches perfectly from The Silver Covenant, and the Argent Charger mount from the Argent Tournament in Northrend. I need to spend a few days doing dailies at the tournament again to gather the appropriate number of champion seals for the purchases. As soon as I obtain those I will post some pictures for everyone to see. 

Thankfully, I'm not limited to just one set of gear for transmogrification in patch 4.3, and I have been working hard at gathering a couple other sets to go with my Protection and Retribution talent specs as well as some alternatives for whenever I feel like a change of pace. Check back to see posts about those individual sets in the near future.

Swift White Hawkstrider

Bandin on his new Swift White Hawkstrider

Yesterday during my daily run through Heroic Sethekk Halls and Heroic Magister's Terrace I finally managed to get the Swift White Hawkstrider mount to drop for Bandin. It took about 20 runs or so to finally get it to drop, and I'm still waiting on my Raven Lord mount from Anzu in Sethekk Halls. 

I've always wanted this mount because it is one of the few non-Alliance look-a-likes available. 

Riding it around is a bit jarring to the eyes though as it seems like it's bouncing along the road on some kind of Azerothian crack, but maybe that's just me. This one is Bandin's 61st mount, and will likely not see a lot of riding time due to my preference for others and a lack of need for ground-only mounts nowadays, but it's a nice addition to the collection.