Since these sets are now extremly easy to get, and only require a little bit of farming, while not having to worry about what standing I have this week, or having to grind WSG/AB for 8 hours a day, I'm really excited about seeing more people in this gear.

With this gear, I reach over 6,000 hp, which is quite nice.

This gear, will easlly last people though T2 gear, which might make it a stretch for people just now starting MC and BWL, but it should make the road a bit easier.

Good luck everyone!

Waste of time or not I`m still going to get this because of the looks and because it`s a symbol of the alliance. Doesn`t matter how long it will take. I`m in no rush to lvl 70 and I don`t plan on changing much about this set. Though I`m not sure if to get full set or just 5 of them and finish of with the engineering googles (surestrike v2.0). Still thinking that out. Green lvl 59 are still not comparable so I`m taking greens to farm at 59 the ab/wsg marks, at 60 remaining to farm av for the rest of the honor and av marks. Finishing touches: Don Julio`s Band, GM longsword x2, GM gun and finally the av ammo pouch. Was thinking of bow first but it`s too fast. That being said I also hope blizz will make a set that fits and is only for the alliance like this one. I love the symbols that are in this game. I`m off to farm my last levels till I go farm the bgs

(Item Set #395) I only started playing Warcraft about 6 weeks ago, but it is evident that the cost in Honour points has been drastically reduced - It took me a matter of days in random BGs to pick up enough points to collect the set, with no item costing even as much as 200 Honour points.
Great pour moi, but I can't help thinking that some people who had sweated for ages to collect the points for the gear (and it does look the knees of the bees, doesn't it?) must be a little miffed!

Is this set even worth the grind when such crazy uncommon items can be found on the AH?

Ok i have most of this set and the epic weapons from
Grand marshals. But i need to find bracers and a belt for lvl 60.
I was thinking of getting the WSG windtalker bracers. but i have no idea on a belt. help me out?

I took a break from leveling to do some relaxing PvP and i thought the set looked so cool that i dedicated myself to getting it. After months of grinding, i got the set and for fun i decided to do a few AVs in it afterward. I was unstoppable, and after i had my fun I started leveling. I got up to level 71 in northrend and only then did I begin to replace the peices with quest rewards, and that was ater a while because the set bonus was worth more than the stats increases. It was truly hilarious to think that this set was actually better than WotLK low lvl 80 blues and as for looks, its INCREDIBLE.
If anyone else has no life and time to grind this set out at 60 then they should. XD If anything i had lots of fun which is really what the game is about.

PS: i submitted another screen shot of what a dwarf looks like in the set. unfortunatly i was lazy and destroyed the peices when I got better. I now wish I had kept them. (sorry for the unclear image)

Am I seeing it right, that the horde equivalent item set is cheaper? Both in honor and some of the marks costs? Or is there some way alliance can buy the Warlord item set and vice versa?

is this realy worth the time and resources (honor and sigs) to get? i mean i read all the above comments but should i just continue geting my gear from dungons and quests untill 70 and just get the pvp gear then? also could i hold my own against a 67 at level 60 if they dont have pvp gear? im a bm hunter and any tips would be nice.

New cost with the marks getting removed in the upcomming patch

Shoulders, Boots and Gloves: 9000 Honor each.
Leggings, Helmet and Chest: 15000 Honor each.

To answer your question in short:

If you have a L80 main, yes.
If you do not, no.

A L80 main can funnel, through WG commendations, enough honor to purchase all of the L60 pvp gear in no time flat. And before anyone argues that it defeats the point of earning the gear, the L51-60 bracket was destroyed by Death Knights anyway. In fact, this gear doesn't even put you on equal footing; both the Marshal sets and the Death Knight starting gear is item level 70 (Actually the PvP is 71 - 74), however, the death knights also get rings, trinkets, bracers, belt, cloak, neck and a sigil to go with theirs.

That rant aside; by the time you gain enough honor to purchase these, you'll probably be into your early, or even mid 60s. If you can't afford the set the moment you ding 60, then it's not going to be worth attempting to purchase for leveling purposes. I'll explain why in a bit. If you CAN afford the set, whether by hardcore PvPing up to L60, or by funding it with commendations from a main, then the sets ARE worth getting. The reason is that the moment you hit 60, you may replace a piece or two quickly, but they will greatly speed your questing along from the start. Trust me, if you go to Outland at L58, hit 60 and equip your set on the spot and continue, you will notice a very DRASTIC difference.

As to why it's not worth it otherwise: Gems.

See, when TBC came out people didn't replace their PvP sets until L65-66, or even hgher in some cases. That's not going to happen now. The greatest gems available at the start of TBC were +6. We now have +12 greens, and +16 blues. If you're a JC, you can afford to EASILY drop some extremely good gems into a L60 blue from HFR with two sockets, and you'll have something that has stats to rival the PvP gear -- just on teh gems alone, never minding its base stats. Even if you're not a JC, the WoTLK green +12s make the sockets on these items ridiculously powerful, to the point that, yes, you still can replace half your set by the time you're L62. That's why they're not worth it anymore, if you're planning on slogging through PvP to earn the honor to use them for leveling purposes only.

Since i'm busy lately farming sets for the 4.3 Transmorgrifier i had to find a suitable Belt for this set, and found the following:

(Item #18721)

Yes, it's a Shaman Belt but for the 4.3 Transmorgrifier that doesn't matter :)

in order to obtain this set the honor points and marks you would need are:

Rank 12 equivalents: 43875 points

Epic Pants cost 19125 honor pts & 30 WSG marks.
Epic Gloves are 12375 pts & 20 AV marks.
Epic Boots are 12375 pts & 20 AB marks.

Rank 13 equivalents: 51625 points

Epic Chest now costs 20250 pts & 30 AB marks.
Epic Helm now costs 19125 pts & 30 AV marks.
Epic Shoulders now cost 12375 pts & 20 AB marks.

Entire epic set is 95,625 pts plus 80 AB marks, 50 AV marks & 30 WSG marks.

hasnt the honor point requirements gone down after the 2.3 patch? how much honor is this entire set worth now?

hey,i have this set on my lvl 60 twink atmo since it is good for raids aswell.
but to the point,it is very good for PvP in MM with some enchants.
For example have both the marshall sword's(the blue graphic ones) with mongoose and have best scope available at that lvl.
have some HP and agility enchants and ready to SCORE

You can not use this set for transmog unless you have the feat of strength of "Warlord", "High Warlord", "Marshal" or "Field Marshal". If you do have the feat of strength, you have to buy a different set of gear to transmog it. I have confirmed that this is correct. This limitation was created so only characters with the feat of strength could wear this gear in transmog form because the actual gear is available for purchase with honor points to everyone. The transmog-able gear can be bought in Area 52 from, Leeni "smiley" smalls ((NPC #52533))

edit: apparently you only need "Legionnaire/Knight-Captain or higher under the old PvP system", quoted from a blue post on blizzard's forum (http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3657275742?page=9#178).

I just found the PERFECT belt for this set: http://ptr.classicdb.ch/?item=10197#same-model-as
I got this belt off of the AH for 5 gold and it matches the set amazingly.