I recently added dual spec and went Holy/Ret. I've been holy my entire career and any group runs I've only been healing so I never picked up DPS gear. This left my Ret with a mishmash of mostly PvP vendor, token, unwanted instance items. I'm thinking about switching to Prot to help tank on guild runs. I was wondering a few things since I have no idea currently how to run Prot:
1.Can I use the current PvP items for non-arena style PvP (like WG or random world encounters) and not fail completely? (ie can I find a sword/shield and go crack some skulls right away)
2. How easily could I throw a Prot gear set? I can buy craftables, regem anything, and I'm exalted for reps.
As I mentioned I'm usually always healing and don't have much of a chance to pick up gear instance wise. I have 40 emblems of heroism and 25 conquest now. Below is my armory link. Don't mind the neck item, forgot to switch that out. I'm currently using the Tourney's Susurrating Shell Necklace. This is kind of a last-minute decision and I'm probably jumping into it, but what fun is a game if you can't make these kind of jumps on a whim?
Thanks my Prot friends!