Quote Originally Posted by 'Redbeard',index.php?page=Thread&postID=156222#pos t156222
My brother is already 80 and is a blacksmith... seeing as im being slow as all hell leveling up (and i keep changing my characters haha) hopefully he will have time to make me some stuff before I get up there.

How good is the titansteel gear vs heroic level stuff?
Same item budget, but I prefer the crafted one over the dropped one (Royal Crest of Lordaeron from strath) although the dropped one looks a lot better IMO. Check out:

http://www.wowhead.com/?compare=43085;39276;42508;40701

for comparison. Titansteel is def. your best bet until your crit immune, after that it's a matter of available substitutes until you can grab a raid-level shield.