Events are proceeding as I have forseen.

Well it's been over a fortnight since my last post, guess I should update on my progress:

Wulfsblood has completed the list of things mentioned in my last post. In addition, he's spent a lot of time in the Battlegrounds and Arenas building up a strong PVP set. This has become important since he seems to be the first target for 90% of the Arena teams he faces.

As a result of the time spent PVPing, Ulushnar has done less well. He's only gathered another 30 badges since last we wrote, putting his total at just over 60. However, he was lucky enough to get the Tier 4 Chestpiece from CD's second Magtheridon kill, which has changed his priorities somewhat. I've decided to focus on getting the Boots and Belt first of all on Patch day. This, combined with the changes to the Paladin class I mentioned previously will put him at over 15k health unbuffed, which will be exceptionally respectable. It'll also give him a lot more Spellhit, which will help his aggro generation.

Along with the T4 chest, Ulu was able to grab the leggings from a Gruul Kill, so I now have 4/5 Tier 4 (all except the Faceguard). This means I've been able to create a threat set, which focuses on getting as much spelldamage as possible and utilising the two and four piece set bonuses. Whilst in this outfit, Ulu sacrifices a lot of health and avoidance over his regular tanking set, which makes it bad for bosses. On the flipside, the higher damage output and decent tanking stats make it useful for clearing trash and also for tanking content where Ulu is currently overpowered (regular five mans and the easier Heroics).

Finally, I've dropped Blacksmithing with Ulu in favor of Jewelcrafting. If nothing else, mining and prospecting gives Ulu access to a supply of cheap gems for his gear, and in six more points, I'll be able to make a nice 18 Stamina gem for one of his gem slots (I'm currently considering replacing the +6 Stamina/+4 Defense gem in his bracers for a tasty 12 Stamina boost.)