Patch 3.3 is coming, and with another soft gear reset, it will be easier than ever to get ready for icecrown. I, for one, am thankful because it means I won’t have to go through every raid on the way to the last one with my Paladin.

AAAAAAAnywho… for those of you who are in the “WTFdoIdonow” mode, I have compiled some of the gear you can get from your friendly neighborhood Emblem Of Triumph vendor, since that is what will be dropping in heroics and lower level raids with 3.3. Afterwards, I’ll detail some of the gear from Emblems of Frost, since you can get those from daily heroics and weekly raids.

[Helm of the Brooding Dragon] and [Epaulets of the Devourer] are both kickass pieces of gear. It’s important to note that the shoulder piece is currently BiS… however, take my warning… PLEASE take your set bonuses into account when choosing gear. A minor upgrade is not worth breaking a kickass set bonus over… and the two piece T8 and two piece T9 bonuses work REALLY well together… I mean, like Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith working well together…

In addition, you can get the entire 10 man version of Tier 9 from the emblems, from prices of 30 to 50 a piece.

As for trinkets, there’s really not much I like here. There’s [Mark of Supremacy] and [Shard of the Crystal Heart] … and let’s be honest. If you’re in ToC level gear, you are over hit cap. Those two items are friggin stupid.

[Dexterous Brightstone Ring] is friggin sweet…. nuff said.

Now, as for the frost emblem stuff, I’ll refer you to the page where you can see the gear, then list some of the better pieces I see.

MMO-Champion Post : Emblem of Frost rewards…

Clicky the linky… anyways, here’s some highlights. All the hunter (and enhance shammy, I guess) mail is real good. The Trinket is an upgraded FotFF, it seems… stacking AP buff. Nice stuff. 340 AP if you keep it up.

I’m particularly excited about the emblem changes, because my paladin is now 80, defense capped, and ready to raid. I also want to send him the exalted version of the Sons of Hodir chant without having to grind out the rep. W00t for that.

What are your thoughts on the gear reset? Catering to casuals too much, or making it easier to gear alts? I am leaning towards the latter.

In other news, I tanked regular ToC a shitload today and yesterday, and I am still waiting on [The Black Heart] to drop… Check out my gear though, on the sidebar down at the bottom. Not bad for 2 days at 80.

Cheers!