Comments on: Wrath Won’t Replace All Your Epics http://spicytunas.com/2008/11/wrath-wont-replace-all-your-epics/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:13:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andromache: The Witching Hour http://spicytunas.com/2008/11/wrath-wont-replace-all-your-epics/comment-page-1/#comment-4322 Andromache: The Witching Hour Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:07:12 +0000 http://spicytunas.com/?p=2337#comment-4322 <strong>Gear upgrades...</strong> With wrath a little over a week away, young Buliwyf isn't making too much effort to gather gear, knowing he'll soon be picking up new kit in Borean Tundra and the Howling Fjord; he's gathering money for his birdie, but...... Gear upgrades…

With wrath a little over a week away, young Buliwyf isn’t making too much effort to gather gear, knowing he’ll soon be picking up new kit in Borean Tundra and the Howling Fjord; he’s gathering money for his birdie, but……

]]> By: Tuna http://spicytunas.com/2008/11/wrath-wont-replace-all-your-epics/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Tuna Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:20:22 +0000 http://spicytunas.com/?p=2337#comment-4265 Good point Gordo! I didn't really think about sets which had Spell Damage / Healing converted to Spell Power for other classes. With Damage over Time Spells, and Channeled Spells now being able to Crit, classes such as Shadow Priests and Affliction Warlocks, will being replacing their current gear for gear with + Spell Crit now. Only thing which will be preventing them from replacing gear now would be the Set Bonuses. Good point Gordo! I didn’t really think about sets which had Spell Damage / Healing converted to Spell Power for other classes. With Damage over Time Spells, and Channeled Spells now being able to Crit, classes such as Shadow Priests and Affliction Warlocks, will being replacing their current gear for gear with + Spell Crit now. Only thing which will be preventing them from replacing gear now would be the Set Bonuses.

]]> By: » Blog Archive » A Quick Look at Quest Rewards for Wrath http://spicytunas.com/2008/11/wrath-wont-replace-all-your-epics/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 » Blog Archive » A Quick Look at Quest Rewards for Wrath Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:02:16 +0000 http://spicytunas.com/?p=2337#comment-4246 [...] assure more readers that Wrath Won’t Replace All Your Gear, here is a look at some of the quest rewards you will be seeing as you level up in [...] [...] assure more readers that Wrath Won’t Replace All Your Gear, here is a look at some of the quest rewards you will be seeing as you level up in [...]

]]> By: Gordo http://spicytunas.com/2008/11/wrath-wont-replace-all-your-epics/comment-page-1/#comment-4244 Gordo Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:48:43 +0000 http://spicytunas.com/?p=2337#comment-4244 I agree that this time, in general, we won’t be changing gear out so quickly based on sheer stat weight. However many of the core mechanics of many classes have changed. Warlocks will be seeking SPI, ret paladins will be foregoing INT for AP, etc.. . . Priests especially are seeing a completely different world of itemization. In BC and vanilla there were no builds for priest that focused on spell crit. Our wheelhouse was SPI, +spell, and +hit. Now INT is more effective for mana regen in groups as well as SPI being severely nerfed for Disc priests. And spell crit is dominating in usefulness. Priests with a fair amount of T6 damage sets won’t be hampered to much, but those in healing sets or with T5 or less are going to be changing at least most of our gear pretty quickly. I agree that this time, in general, we won’t be changing gear out so quickly based on sheer stat weight.

However many of the core mechanics of many classes have changed. Warlocks will be seeking SPI, ret paladins will be foregoing INT for AP, etc.. . .

Priests especially are seeing a completely different world of itemization. In BC and vanilla there were no builds for priest that focused on spell crit. Our wheelhouse was SPI, +spell, and +hit. Now INT is more effective for mana regen in groups as well as SPI being severely nerfed for Disc priests. And spell crit is dominating in usefulness.

Priests with a fair amount of T6 damage sets won’t be hampered to much, but those in healing sets or with T5 or less are going to be changing at least most of our gear pretty quickly.

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