Call To Arms and Selling Tanking Gear

Tanks, But No Tanks

Call To Arms

With the Call To Arms feature being added in the coming Patch 4.1, we should see an increase in demand for level 85 tanking gear.  The Call To Arms feature will only apply to Heroic Dungeons upon first release with Patch 4.1.  There will be previously experienced tanks looking to up their average item level to qualify for the Heroic Dungeons.  Others experienced tanks will be looking to increase their average item level to qualify for the new 5 man Heroic Dungeons, Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub.  The biggest push should be from DPS players with no tanknig gear, looking to build a tanking set to take advantage of the Call to Arms dungeon feature and try for the Satchel of Exotic Mysteries.

All types of BOE tanking gear should see increased sales.  Even some of the level 80-84 tanking gear could sell better as leveling characters make the switch to tanking while they level up.  Well, we can hope that the new wave of tanks will be smart enough to try it out ahead of running Heroics.

What Gear To Sell

Some of the items that should be more profitable after the patch and the increased demand for tank gear are listed below.  Start thinking in crafting or flipping tank gear as the Call to Arms should increase the need for these items.

• Elementium Moebius Band - Jewelcrafter Crafted
• Elementium Guardian - Jewelcrafter Crafted
• Gems For Tanking (+Dodge, +Stamina, +Parry, +Mastery) - Jewelcrafter Crafted
• Tanking Enchants - Enchanter Crafted
• Tanking Flasks and Elixirs - Alchemist Crafted
• Hardened Elementium Girdle - Blacksmith Crafted
• Hardened Elementium Hauberk - Blacksmith Crafted
• Elementium Earthguard - Blacksmith Crafted
• Weapon Chains & Shield Spikes - Blacksmith Crafted
• Rock Furrow Boots - (BOE) Valor Points
• Darkmoon Card: Earthquake & Darkmoon Earthquake Deck - Scribe Crafted
• BOE Tank Gear - World, Dungeon, and Raid Drops
• Cloak of War - Leatherworker Crafted
• Twilight Dragonscale Cloak - Leatherworker Crafted

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PvP and Tank Plate

I had read on a fellow blogger's site a while back about how they always have a full set of Savage Saronite PvP gear on the auction house.  I decide to give it a whirl as I had been somewhat wanting to cater to the emerging market of PvPers, since many people are experimenting with PvP with the expansion coming to an end.  I now always have a full set of Savage Saronite Plate (DPS PvP Resilience Gear) on the AH from Thursday thru Monday.  I often am the only seller on my server, unless there is an odd piece or two tossed up by someone levelling blacksmithing.  Therefore, I set my prices at around 180-245g per set piece.  I usually sell a full set plus more pieces over each weekend.  Once in a while someone will buy the full set or close to it, which really makes a ton of profit once you see the mats are way way way lower than my sell prices.  So if you have a blacksmith, I highly recommend this.

I then took it a step further.  I decided to supplement Monday thru Thursday with selling a full set of Tempered Saronite Plate (+Def Tanking Gear) on the AH.  Many of these pieces sell as they are quick and easy ways to get the +Def to start tanking heroics.  Since the expansion is ending soon and people are trying new options, like tanking on dual spec, these sell well also.  There is a lot more competition since the mats requirements are super low and these are very common pieces to grind up skill, but that doesn't mean its not still profitable. 

One Item I also post that sells excellently is Daunting Handguards.  These Plate Tanking Guantlets are vastly superior to the Tempered Saronite Guantlets.  Usuable at the same level (78) but a higher item level, with 31 more armor, 2 more strength, 5 more stamina, and 5 more defense.  So these are a better slot item for new tanks.  These are IMO, the most reliable to buy cheap and flip.  Many times I see these on the AH for under 25g.  I bought out 4 of em for 8g each one night, from someone just dumping what he made while grinding skill...and easily flip them over a couple of days for 99g99s99c each.  I regularly sell these guantlets for 100g, which is uber profits from an item that takes just 12 Saronite Bars & 1 Eternal Earth.

And thanks to a tip I heard from Markco on either the Call to Auction or Castaclysm podcasts, I also sell Steel Plate Helms for 25-40g each on the AH to warriors and paladins that have just hit lvl 40 and are looking to get a plate helm.  Thanks Markco!

My question to the readers is this...

Have you seen reliable sales of any other pvp gear of a different armor type?

I would like to get into selling other PvP gear over weekends only, but don't want to waste good materials on an experiment.  Im thinking maybe DPS PvP Leather may be the second best seller to Rogues & Druids.

Anyone have success with PvP Leather, Cloth, or Mail sales?  What about PvP Healing Gear?