Remember the Titan...steel gear!!

Now, I'm debating whether or not to craft Titansteel Shield Wall. On one hand, its a good easily attainable shield. On the other hand, Royal Crest of Lordaeron is a sweet shield and maybe a better shield (?) despite losing 13 def rating.

My question is this...Is it worth it to craft the Titansteel Shield Wall when I can obtain the Royal Crest of Lordaeron, even though the latter is a % drop in Heroic: CoT.


Also, there are currently 2 rare-quality helms with meta sockets in them, are they better then the Tempered Titansteel Helm?

As for the shield i think it would depend on how much def you have. If you arent capped and the crafted shield will make you capped, or closer to it then its worth it. If you dont need the def then the COT one is prob better
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I had the mats lying around from mining like a silly bugger, so I ponied up, bought a Frozen Orb from the AH and got my mate to make it for me. I've had too much bad luck with drops not to grab a sure thing when I see it.
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I made it and I love it. I was pretty close to cap (at 539) and this punted me over, it also has the benefit of having a 100% drop rate so I don't have to worry about running COT everyday.
The COT shield may be a bit more threat and stam, but I'm not lacking threat and the extra def lets me move gear around to make up for the stam.

Also on a personal note I love the look of this shield way more than the other one, so I'm planning on using mine for a while to come.
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The Shield Wall is a great way to put yourself over the defense cap, especially when your gear is fluctuating and would cause you to trash a gem or enchant. Once things settle down a bit then you should have enough badges to be able to afford the badge shield.
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I hit the defense cap with no issue and never crafted any of the gear :\

I did make the SD mace for our druid healer. That's about it. I have the Saronite shield and I'm probably going to get the badge shield if the crest doesn't drop in the next day or two.
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I made one and put 20 def on it. Its nice. If you get the other then you have two leet shields in your bag. Not a negative thing.
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I got both, using the CoT one for my "threat set".

Depends on how available gear is to you. The Titansteel shield is excellent for hitting baseline def, but there are too many shields I would consider superior or decent alternative that don't cost (on my server) a couple thousand gold. I had both Badge shield and CoT shield (dropped about 23 minutes after buying and enchanting badge shield ><).

If you need it for the def, it's great.
Otherwise, I wouldn't bother.
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