World of Warcraft BC 2.4.3 - Feral Druid Gear Lists

This site lists four different gear lists for Feral Druids in the game of World of Warcraft:

• Bear High-Gear Mitigation

This list is not gospel! It has several sources of inaccuracy that you must take into account when actually selecting gear for your character:

• The list values are calculated using a mathematical model (i.e. _not_ a simulation) of the Feral combat. This model tries to do as good a job as it can, but it always has limitations compared to real-game situations. Cat DPS values use the best sustained DPS cycle (Mangle, Shreds to 5 combo points, then Rip). Bear DPS calculations assume quite unlimited Rage. Mitigation values use the in-game formulas for calculation of mitigation and avoidance.
• As of May 2008, the lists are using two-roll resolution to determine the outcome of special attacks and finishers.
• The values from the model are dependent on the used base attributes, and the further away your character is from them, the larger is the potential error. However, experiments in changing the base attributes have shown that the effects are quite small and the relative order of the items is quite unchanged, except in the extremes. The used base attributes are shown in the "Info" page for each list.
• Both Bear and Cat mitigation lists assume that no healing is available. This emphasizes the value of Stamina as it makes you last longer. However, there is no meaningful way of representing healing, so it is better to have a clear understandable model (that you can then easily compare against) than a complicated one. However, until you have enough Stamina, the value is appropriate as it represents the buffer Health gives you against damage spikes.
• The lists assume that you have most of the key DPS or tanking talents. Blessing of Kings is assumed only on high-gear lists.
• The high-gear mitigation list assumes that you are crit immune. There are also other caps (either hard or soft) that affect gear selection. You have to take those into account.
• Set bonuses are not included in any of the items. Some set bonuses (like the Malorne [Tier 4] 2-piece bonus) are very good and make those items significantly more valuable in practice than in the lists. However, there is no meaningful way to represent the value on individual items, so it's up to you to factor them in.

Yours Sincerely,

Emmerald restored and edited by dervesp, original site: Emmerald.net