Quote Originally Posted by 'Jheusse',index.php?page=Thread&postID=141956#post 141956
3- Casters are less gear dependent than melee. You'll find many stories on this site of people getting their warlock or priest or whoever team to 60 while wearing gear that averages some ridiculous level like L23, because when you run 3,4,5 synched casters, most mobs get at most one swing. My shammies wear a lot of cloth for the caster stats right now at 53 and only wear quest prizes.
Hell, I do this for single-play casters. A few things from quests don't hurt, but the main thing it governs on lowbie gear is how big your mana pool is, and how many hits it takes to kill you. And it doesn't do much for those. On a shammy, when you can get meaningful armor, maybe a bit more than usual...but grey drops will cover a lot of that and quests the rest. Level then gear up, unless you're some poor melee sap who hits like a girl if they don't get a new pointy stick every few levels.