So, I have succeeded a little bit in my quest for getting geared up. When I was bored today I did a little bit of searching around and found
this website. If your not in the mood for clicking the site basically gives you a good idea on some good Pre-Naxx gear you can obtain without wasting endless hours doing a single instance over and over.
Seeing as my defense was horrendously low I went around looking for the items recommended. Unfortunately, I MUCH better gear than some of the things. On the other hand, there were a few pieces of gear that I could use. Still, upgrading comes at a cost. While I've been upgrading for my primary tanking spec, I've been losing tons of valuable DPS gear for my offspec. It is just an offspec so it's not as important but, seeing as how I've been dpsing lately (and doing quite poorly at it) to get away from tanking this is a big bummer.
At the end of the day I ended up buying the two Wyrmrest accord items --
Cloak of Peaceful Resolutions which was a significant upgrade from my last cape/cloak, some level 60 something green quest reward. That leaves me with only two greens left. Both (ranged and a ring) of which I plan on getting rid of. I also got
Breastplate of the Solemn Council which some consider to be one of the best blues in the game. Sadly it reduced my dps capacity, oh well.
Normally I would have made a video but I have to get in the habit of using this blog. Also I didn't record anything. However, I do plan on putting out an Instructor Razuvious video soon. More details on that in the video to come.
P.S. Just found out my guild is running Patchwerk as I'm writing this, it's also 25 man, I swear that shield better not drop lol.