Quote Originally Posted by 'Ramesses',index.php?page=Thread&postID=50983#post 50983
So it looks like youve had much success with +damage gear and prot build. Would you reccommend this to others with a similar team makeup for boosting the shammies up? What are benefit/limitations?
Well It depends on your gear but I personally have a strong spell dmg set on my pally and a mediocre actual tanking set. With spell dmg gear in a prot build you will still be able to take the hits just fine. Melee dmg reduction is capped at 75% anyways which at lvl 43-46 which is what most of the mobs in ZF are at requires an amount considerably lower than the 16k armor my shockadin gear set has. Imho for a pure booster spec I'd simply skip toughness talent.

So imo shockadin gear set vs. tanking gear set for boosting purposes...

Pros:
-Higher consecration dmg allowing you to mow down mobs very quickly(Which is a majority of your dmg for boosting)
-More SoR/JoR dmg. (Very nice for downing healers quickly)
-Larger mana pool
-More +healing/mp5 (not needed but nice)

Cons:
-Takes more dmg (like i stated above your melee dmg reduction is capped at 75% which at these lower lvls isn't a very high armor amount, however you dont have near the dodge, parry, and importantly block)
-For the extremely large pulls you are much more likely to need to be able to rely on heals than when you're boosting in tanking gear, which some mobs interupt making it impossilbe to get a heal off with 50 mobs shield bashing you also cutting off your offensive abilites as paladins only have one school of magic.
-Less sheild block=less dmg reflection (Less BoSanct or any other block based dmg reflections)

Summary:
+spell dmg gear = more dmg taken, much more dmg dealt, less downtime
tanking gear = less dmg taken, more sta, slower killing time, requires less mana thru dmg reflection

TBH I'd use w/e you have a better set of for SM->ZF. If you have a strong block dmg reflection set go with you're tanking gear. If you have a strong +spell dmg set go with that. I wouldn't drop alot of money into a boosting set as you can simply pull a few less mobs if you're really getting overwhelmed. I'm past ZF now and about to go into Strat. At this point I'm starting to lean towards str8 tanking gear again or a good mix. I'll post what I figure out though as I figure it out.