Just hit 70 and am now working on upgrading my gear. I greatly appreciate the advice in this forum - exactly what I'm looking for to get to the next level.
I believe I'm on the right track in understanding the value of certain attributes of gear but would appreciate confirmation. As an example, I've got two leg pieces to compare. The first is
Nether Leggings. The second I just picked up from a quest and is
Shattrath Leggings.
Nether Leggings are mail with 488 Armor rating versus the leather Shattrath Leggings with an armor rating of 263. But the statistics (meausred by EP) on the Shattrath Leggings seem to be superior for dungeons and DPS. My assumption is that despite a significantly lower armor rating I should be wearing the Shattrath Leggings (until I upgrade even further) while doing instances since if I'm with a good tank I shouldn't be taking too many hits anyway. But perhaps I hold on to the Nether Leggings while solo grinding quests.
Is it generally accepted that Armor rating can be ignored for the purpose of pure-DPS gear and therefore leather may often be superior to mail depending upon the stats?
Thanks