A friend of mine is a level 60 druid that is feral specced and likes the bear form. He wanted me to help him on an attainable gear list(via AH, quests) and one where it is done from only BoP items.

This is what he has currently(his email to me):

Head: wanderer's hat of the monkey ac:120, +16agil,+16stam

Neck: Granite necklace of the bear, +10stam, +9 str
Shoulders: Fleshhide Ac:95, +5str, +agil, +15stam
Back: Palemoon Cloak AC:44, +8str, +12stam, +10 shad res
Chest: Warbear harness Ac:158 +11str, +27stam
Wrist: Pridelord Bands AC:61 +5 str, +10 agil, +3 stam
Hands: Devilsaur Gauntlets Ac:103, +9Stam, +28 AP, +1% crit
Waist: Girdle of Bestial Fury Ac:89, +8Str, +10Stam, +30AP
Legs: Warbear Harness, AC:142, +28Str, +12 stam
Feet: Pads of Dreadwolf: Ac:116. +14 stam, +40AP
Rings: Blood of martyr (+15stam, +10int), band of tortoise (+120 AC, adds +650 in bear form)

Wpn: Blanchard Stout (dps doesnt add in shapeshifting) +20 str, +15 stam, +5 fire resist
Enchants/Boosts: +50AC cloak, +7str bracers, +160 ac kits

My Current Stats (no motw)
str: (62 +101)=163 (+12% in bear form)=182 (motw:200)
agi: (65+ 32)=97
stam: (69+ 158)=227
int: (100+ 10)=110
spi: (110 +0)=110
AC: (1274+210)=1484 +motw +bear= 6123
hp: 3473 + bear 1240= 4673 +motw = 4973
AP: (302 +98)= 400 +bear (180) +motw= 658 (+47 dps)
bear +motw dps= 97.6

my current goals are to acquire mark of tyranny, ring of protection (quest) warden staff (drop), and cloak of warding (tailoring). with the 360% AC boost from bear form this should put me at over 8.5K AC.

For head: Ghostshroud looks the best.

other than than that suggestions welcome for other armor items. especially for improving dps.

Is he heading in the right direction, what should he get?

I really like this thread's format. I don't think everything is there, and you'll see some good comments through the thread on other items.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-druid&t=271361&p=1&tmp=1#post271361

Myself, I consider myself a casual player compared to most, I have reached 9400 armor 5180 hp with MoW. My only real goals left for my armor is I beleive I would like to replace my ghostshroud with the Bone Ring Helm, and I would like to add the slaghide gloves. I would also like to finish the darrowshire line (almost done) and get my armor ring.

GL, building the feral/tanking gearset has been alot of fun for me.

Thanks for the link. This will go a long way for him. Much appreciated!

In my feral gear I have 10K+ AC in bear with MotW only for buffs. The key is trinkets with AC, I could only get about 8K without my trinkets and rings.

Here's a quick rundown of my feral gear set (built strictly for AC), btw, it's ugly as sin :P:

Volcanic Breastplate (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=15053)
Volcanic Leggings (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=15054)
Volcanic Shoulders (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=15055)
Bone Ring Helm (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=14539)
Archivist Cape of the Owl (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=13386)
Cinderhide Armsplints of Stamina (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=11764)
Slaghide Gauntlets of the Monkey (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=13258)
Cloudrunner Girdle (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=13252)
Boots of the Shrieker (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=13398)
Band of the Great Tortoise (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=9642)
Ring of Protection (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=15855)
Mark of Tyranny (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=13966)
Unyeilding Maul (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=18531)

All this = 9926 AC in bear form without MotW.


Now none of this gear is overly rare or very difficult to get, and there's certainly areas I'd upgrade, note that only 1 trinket is listed, and no neck, and that I'm still wearing my caster cloak...

So here's my "shopping list", again, keeping things realistic and not going for anything impossible (or nearly so) to grab:

Atal'ai Spaulders (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=10783) (ugh... Sunken Temple)
Lava Belt (http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=19149) (Just need to find someone with the pattern)
Blackmist Armguards (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=12966)
Smoking Heart of the Mountain (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=11811) (Ok, i'll be honest, this one isn't likely any time soon)
Cloak of Warding (http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=18413)