Originally Posted by coredumperror
With 2.4 around the corner (yay for background downloader!), I'm starting to seriously weigh various uses of badges for the new loot. I've got 215 saved up, and the first 260 are absolutely going to the new tanking chest, pants, and ring, as they are gigantic upgrades over my s3 chest, t4 legs, and old badge ring (never got Mag's head, and I'm replacing the lost resil from s3 chest with s3 helm).
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I am not convinced that the tanking chest is a gigantic upgrade over the s3 chest, in fact, I would consider it a bit of a downgrade. The badge chest is ilvl 141 and has 5 stats + 1 socket, while the s3 chest is ilvl 146 has 8! stats + 3 sockets. More stats, more sockets and a higher ilvl just means you get more useful stuff out of the s3 chest, not to mention the fact that s3 chest + s3 hat can nearly make you crit immune (maybe 1 other item with def or res necessary to reach immunity).
You can always use rawr to look at various gear options, but the new feral staff drop is deeper in Sunwell than you expect to reach initially, so the badge staff represents an upgrade that won't be replaced soon while some of the other pieces could be replaced rather quickly.