I am grinding a rogue to 60. Wondering what the best pre 20 man raiding gear would be. I read about the clown suite, http://www.wowwiki.com/Rogue:Clown_Suit and was wondering if those items could be replaced now with even better preraiding gear? Darkmantle excluded. I was thinking the Eye of Rend http://www.thottbot.com/?i=16552 is better then Shadowcraft Cap. And I bought Pristine Hide of the Beast for 75gold, and have 5 Arcanite Bars as well. I am level 45, so it will be a while before I get the other mats to make Breastplate of Bloodthirst, http://www.thottbot.com/?qu=5068 ; I was wondering if this was better then Cadaverous Armor http://www.wowwiki.com/Cadaverous_Armor ; So any thoughts on the gear I should get, pre 20 man raiding? And would it be better to go max AP, or get max AP/crit combo?
Also, what are the new conversions for rogue stats? agility = stamina = AP Rating = Crit Rating = Hit Rating - Dodge Rating = Parry Rating = Etc. Aka: AEP: Agility Equivalence Points.

Does anyone have any recommendations for what weapons I should use on patchwerk http://www.thottbot.com/?n=1016134 ?

Field Marshal Set
GM Weapons
Don Julio's band
etc.

Blizzard threw away any idea of level 60 gear acquiring balance, since the expansion is so close, and they don't care.

Which brings us to another point...


BTW, second alt rogue musings post deemed worthy of its own post in a couple days, awesome!

Can you guys possibly suggestion an exceptional patchwerk healing strategy for level 70 druid?

Find a server to play on or you'll be grinding to 60 without a functional EJ forums account.