pvpers should check out the crafted pvp sets (Frostsavage for clothies, dunno about others). the mats are incredibly small and they seem to be almost on par (no sockets but some stats higher) than the first tier BG/arena gear.......... It covers your nonset items too.
I was planning on getting the savage gladiator stuff to gear me enough to get 2kish and then start replacing with deadly but I reckon I'll be able to skip savage altogether with this stuff ^___^;