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@nite_moogle @WarcraftDevs Concerned the new Piccolo is going to be another annoying item that interrupts eating/drinking, confirm it won't?
1 day ago by @lifetotem
@lifetotem @nite_moogle We've changed the way the item works specifically to avoid that. It will not interrupt eating or drinking.
1 day ago by WarcraftDevs, Official
.@WarcraftDevs Have y’all made any official announcement about raid finder testing this weekend? Specifically timeframe/available encounters
1 day ago by @Accomp
@Accomp "...we will open up the Slagworks wing in Raid Finder over the weekend." us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/t…
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@WarcraftDevs I'm a raid leader, and I built a Mage Tower to help my raid team get to raid. Did I just waste my gold? They can't use it?
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@angerguild Your friends will be able to use your Mage Tower / Spirit Lodge portals in patch 6.1!
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Coming in Patch 6.1: Elemental Runes collected for the 'Might of the Elemental Lords' quest will stack to 999.
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Firelands Changes Coming for Heroic and Normal Modes

posted 2011/09/12 at 6:47 PM by Ashelia

With the final showdown against Deathwing approaching, we’ve been keeping a close eye on players' progress through the current Firelands raid content. Before patch 4.3 is released, we want groups who are working on Heroic-difficulty content to be able to get as close to Ragnaros as possible, and we want players who are tackling normal progression to be able to experience as many of the encounters as they can. To achieve these goals, we’ll be toning down the difficulty of both normal and Heroic raids through hotfixes in the coming weeks. In general, we plan to reduce health and damage of all raid bosses in both normal and Heroic Firelands by around the same percentage we brought difficulty down for the original Cataclysm raids when Rage of the Firelands (patch 4.2) was released.

We're looking forward to seeing more groups of players face off against the Fire Lord in the weeks ahead. However, before we make these changes, we want to give everyone a final shot at the bosses at their current difficulty level -- so this is a heads up that we’re planning to apply the difficulty hotfixes beginning the week of September 19.

Stay tuned to the Patch 4.2 Hotfixes blog for these and other live updates to the game as they happen.

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News Round Up: Class Feedback and Blizzard Music

posted 2011/09/12 at 12:11 PM by Ashelia

US	Death Knight	Druid	Hunter	Mage	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior
EU	Death Knight	Druid	Hunter	Mage	Paladin	Priest	Rogue	Shaman	Warlock	Warrior

We’re looking for feedback on your class as we work on changes and adjustments for a future game update. While we may be making some specific class changes in 4.3, what we’re looking for in this thread is overall feeling on the class as a whole for more long term changes in the future.

Here is the kind of feedback that is NOT helpful in this particular thread:

Concerns that your current damage, healing or tanking is not competitive. While this kind of feedback is often useful, it also is the kind of thing that can change from patch to patch, and so it isn’t as useful for long term vision changes.
Concerns that your feedback is being ignored or that we don’t take these kind of posts seriously, or otherwise posting anything that is off-topic or not in the spirit of this thread’s intent.
Requests for responses to your suggestions or feedback. The purpose of this thread is to get information to us, not the reverse.

We hope you take these threads seriously, as we’re going to be reading them very carefully. We ask that you take time to think and formulate a useful and objective reply, as this feedback could be used to alter your class in substantial ways.

We won’t be replying here addressing your concerns. This is purely for us to read your answers to the below questions.

Please copy the below questions into your reply and answer each one.

What type of content do you focus on?
If PvE, what type of PvE?
If PvP, what type of PvP?
What are your biggest quality-of-life issues? For instance, no longer requiring ammo could be considered a quality-of-life improvement for hunters.
What makes playing your class more fun?
What makes playing your class less fun?
How do you feel about your “rotation”? (Rotation is the accepted order in which abilities are used to maximum efficiency.)
What’s on your wish list for your class?
What spells do you use the least?

Blizzard Music Section

We are happy to announce the latest feature on the Blizzard site: the Blizzard Music Section. Check out some of your favorite musical numbers from Diablo, StarCraft, Warcraft, and World of Warcraft. With quick-and-easy access to the iTunes store, it has never been easier to browse our music, create your own playlist, and listen to the tunes you want, anytime, anywhere! Also, all you audiophiles out there, be sure to read the track notes straight from Blizzard’s sound team!

Diablo III - Overture

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Call of the Elements

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - I, Mengsk

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4.3 Preview: Warlock Tier 13 Faceless Shroud

posted 2011/09/09 at 11:18 AM by Ashelia

Adventurers will be tested like never before in 4.3 as they take on Deathwing and his minions, emerging with powerful new treasures. Please enjoy this preview of the warlock tier 13 set, as well as a visual guide to tiers 1 through 12 for Transmogrification purposes.

Warlock – Faceless Shroud

A set with the flavor of the Old Gods about it - General Vezax from the Ulduar raid was a reference point. Any warlock tier is a great opportunity to bring a dark and warped aesthetic to player gear and this set was especially ripe for the treatment.

Replacing the caster’s face with writhing tentacles was the ‘hook’ I started the concept with and built out from there. We always try to include numerous points of illumination into a tier set as it helps to tie the various armour pieces together – whether that be glowing gemstones, fiery runes or, as in this case, bulging otherworldly eyes!

Warlock Tiers 1-12

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4.3 Preview: Warrior Tier 13 Colossal Dragonplate

posted 2011/09/08 at 8:18 PM by Ashelia

we have several huge and in-depth guides to transmogrifyinghotfixes

Adventurers will be tested like never before in 4.3 as they take on Deathwing and his minions, emerging with powerful new treasures. Please enjoy this preview of the warrior tier 13 set, as well as a visual guide to tiers 1 through 12 for Transmogrification purposes.

Warrior – Colossal Dragonplate

A simple concept: let's make a Warrior Tier that looks like Deathwing! Gnarled dragon horn and angular elementium plating with burning fire behind it were the key ingredients.

The shoulder pads and helmets are uniquely modeled for each set, and that gives us great opportunities to create eye-catching silhouettes. In this instance, the sweeping horn shapes ensure a powerfully brutal-looking set for warriors.

Warrior Tiers 1-12

check out our guideDev Watercooler: Rate of Change

How the Developers Decide What Needs to Be Changed and When

My previous two blogs spelled out some upcoming changes. This isn’t going to be one of those blogs. If you care mostly about WoW news, and less about the design process behind the game, then you might want to skip this one.

A lot of game design is striking a balance, and I use that term not only to mean making sure that all the various classes are reasonably fair, but also to mean that it’s easy to go to one extreme or the other. You even have to strike a balance in how many changes you make. On the one extreme, if you don’t change anything, then the game feels stale and players understandably get frustrated that long-standing bugs or game problems aren’t addressed. On the other extreme, too much change can produce what we often call the “roller coaster effect,” where the game design feels unstable and players, particularly those who play the game more sporadically, can’t keep up. I wanted to discuss today some of our philosophy on change, how much is too much, and when we think a change is necessary.

First, Some Technical Background

World of Warcraft is a client-server game. The servers (which are the machines on our end) handle important, rules-y things like combat calculations and loot rolls. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, it makes it much easier to share information across groups. When a rogue stabs your priest, it’s helpful for both your computer and the rogue’s computer to agree about when and where a hit occurred and how much damage was caused (and what procs went off as a result, etc.) Second, we can trust the server in ways that we can’t trust home or public computers.

Over time, as our programming team has grown more experienced and picked up additional talented engineers, we have been able to make larger and in some cases bolder server updates without also having to update your client. Updating the client (the game on your computer) requires a patch. This can be a large patch, such as 4.2, which introduced the Molten Front questing area and the Firelands raids, or it can be a small patch, like 4.2.2, which fixed some bugs. Client patches are fairly involved. They take a lot of time to create and test, and they carry some amount of risk, because if we botch anything, we have to issue another client patch to fix it.

Changing the game code on the server has become much easier for us. There is still risk involved, but it’s also much easier for us to fix any mistakes. We call these server changes hotfixes, because often times we are able to deploy them even while you are playing. If we hotfixed Mortal Strike’s damage, you might suddenly do more or less damage in the middle of a fight. Players sometimes call changes like these stealth nerfs or buffs if we haven’t announced the hotfix yet (or in rare cases, if we don’t intend to announce them at all). We generally can’t hotfix, at least not yet, things like art, sound, or text, so we won’t, for example, add a new boss or swap a weapon’s art around without a client patch (though we could enable a boss that had been previously added via a client patch).

I mention all of that just to explain that one reason you see so many hotfixes these days is because we have the technical ability to do so. That doesn’t mean that the game has more bugs, more boneheaded design decisions, or more class balance problems than previously. It just means we can actually fix those problems today while in the past, we (and you) might have to wait for months until the next big patch day. Overall, we don’t think it’s fair to our players to make you all wait for things that are quick for us to fix. Whether or not players are excited about the change depends a lot on the nature of the change. If we fixed a bugged class ability, that is often greeted with gratitude by players playing that class… unless the fix lowers their damage, or requires them to swap out gems and enchants to benefit from the newly repaired ability.

With Great Power Comes…

That’s the challenge in all of this. If your hunter is topping meters by a small fraction, you might ask: what’s the rush? And many players do. But you have to consider that other players are miffed that their raid leader might sit a warlock in the interest of bringing a third hunter (since their damage is so awesome) or might be really frustrated that they are so likely to lose to your hunter in PvP. “Necessary change” is absolutely in the eye of the beholder.

We try to gather a lot of voluntary information from players -- when they are cancelling their subscription, for example -- about why they feel the way they do. Over time, we have seen concerns about class balance decrease and concerns about frequent game changes increase. Clearly there is a risk that we can change things too much and drive players away. The roller coaster effect of too many changes can be wearying to the community, even if each individual change is made with a noble goal. We have to balance the goal of providing fixes when we think they are warranted with the whiplash or fatigue that can come from players feeling like they constantly have to relearn how the game works. We debate constantly whether a change needs to be made immediately or whether we can sit on a problem for an extended period of time.

There are no hard and fast rules that help us resolve these conflicts, so I thought it might be easier to just give you a few examples of the kinds of things we might be tempted to change in a hotfix, patch, or expansion, and the kinds of things we would not.

Example One: Spec Parity

After looking at many raid parses, we conclude that Arcane mage damage now routinely beats Fire mage damage. (There are a lot of elements to this discussion that I’m ignoring right now in the interest of keeping the scope of the decision to something I can reasonably discuss.) For example, if Fire is better than Arcane on AE fights, that has to factor into the decision. If Fire is harder to play or if Fire is more inherently random, then that also has to factor into our decision. Even if you ignore all of those confounding issues, this is still a really tricky call. Ideally, we want players who like Fire to be able to play Fire without feeling like they are holding back their friends.

The extent to which Fire can fall behind Arcane and still be “viable” is very dependent. For some players, having the two specs within 10% damage of each other is close enough. Others will swap specs for a theoretical (i.e. not even proven empirically) 1% gain. If we could make a number of tweaks to Fire and be very confident that they bring Fire up to Arcane’s level, then we feel like we owe it to players to do so.

There are a number of risks with this decision though. If our buffs to Fire made them more dangerous in PvP, then we’d have to be very careful about the change. If more mages going Fire meant that some utility or raid buff brought by the Arcane mages was now harder to get, then we’d have to be careful about the change. But the worst outcome, from our perspective, is if we overshoot our goals. If that happens players who like Arcane might feel like they have to swap to Fire, which might involve regemming, reforging, and re-enchanting and might make them mad that they had rolled on that item that dropped last week. It just puts players in a bad position.

When players talk about being on a design roller coaster, this is often what they mean. Last week, Arcane was the spec to play. Before that, maybe it was Frost. Next week, who knows what it will be. We’ve absolutely screwed this up before, where we thought we were creating more parity between say hunter or warrior or DK specs, but the actual result was that it made players feel like they needed to respec. Given enough time, we can get pretty close on our balance tuning, but hotfixes and often even patch changes can’t always benefit from sufficient testing.

Remember, it’s not about how much damage the Fire and Arcane mage do against target dummies. What matters to players (and us) is how they do on individual encounters given a wide range of player skill, raid comp, and constantly shifting allocations of gear, PvP comps, etc. We will often take larger risks when there is a major difference in play style. It’s harder to ask an Enhancement shaman to swap to Elemental than it is to ask a Demo lock to go Destro. That may not seem fair to the player who really likes Demo, but we have to weigh the risk to the game and to the player base as a whole with even small changes that appear totally safe at first.

Example Two: Creative Use of Game Mechanics

A lot of smart people work on World of Warcraft, but there is still no way that we can compete intellectually or creatively with the combined efforts of the millions of you. Despite our best efforts, players are frighteningly brilliant at coming up with creative solutions that never occurred to us. There are a wide variety of examples here: A player finds a very old trinket, set bonus, or proc-based weapon that works really well on new content; a raid comes up with a strategy that makes a boss much easier than we intended; an Arena team finds a way to layer their crowd control or burst damage that is virtually impossible to counter.

A lot of the fun of World of Warcraft is problem solving. Our general philosophy is not to punish players for being creative. We try to give groups the benefit of the doubt as much as we can. If a boss ends up being slightly easier because players group up when we expected them to spread out, or they crowd control adds much better than we thought they were able to do, then we just silently congratulate the players for being clever. If a boss ends up being much easier than intended, then we might very well take action. (Overall though, we hotfix and patch in far more nerfs to encounters than buffs.)

Where we are more likely to take action is if it forces players into odd behavior, especially behavior that they won’t enjoy. If raids feel like they have to go farm really old content for a particular trinket, or if the raid feels like it has to sit six players in order to bring one particular spec who has an ability that trivializes a fight, then we’re more likely to do something. These kinds of changes are really subjective and involve a lot of internal discussion. Just remember that our litmus test is usually “Are players having fun?” and not “Are they doing something we didn’t expect?”

Example Three: Encounter Difficulty

With encounters, the decision almost always comes down to whether to make a hotfix or not. Waiting until patch 4.3 to make significant changes to 4.2 encounters once the focus for a lot of players moves on to 4.3 isn’t necessarily development time well spent. When new dungeons or raids launch, our initial philosophy is just to get all of the nails in the board at the same height, which means prying some up to be taller and banging a lot down to be shorter. After a week or so, we hardly ever buff encounters to make them more difficult. We tend to bundle several of these changes together, often when a new week starts, so that they tend to feel like a micro patch and not just a constant stream of boss nerfs.

For raids, we look at curves indicating the number of new players who beat an encounter each week. That slope tends to be steep at first as the most talented guilds race through the content, and then slows down as other players make progress. It’s time for us to step in when the lines flatten out and no new players are beating the content. It’s a bit easier for the five-player dungeons because we want players to prevail almost all the time. Nobody wants to go back to Throne of the Tides week after week until they finally beat Lady Naz’jar.

The statistics we look at the most are number of attempts to beat the dungeon boss, how many kills the boss gets, and how long the dungeon took to complete. Bosses such as Ozruk in Stonecore at Cataclysm launch were strong outliers. Sometimes we can handle these changes by tuning alone (lowering boss damage for instance) and sometimes we need to change encounter mechanics to the extent we can via hotfixes, which actually gives us a pretty big toolbox since almost all creature information is on the server.

Example Four: Class Rotation Change

There are a couple of sub-categories here: intentional and unintentional changes. Often we make fixes to make a class more fun to play. Allowing Arms warriors to refresh Rend without having to constantly reapply the debuff was a quality of life change to make the rotation a little less obnoxious to play. It also ended up being a moderate DPS buff as well. It forced Arms players to relearn their rotation slightly, but it was an improvement overall, and not too many players complained.

Example Five: Overpowered Specs

This would seem to be a pretty cut-and-dried case, but is one of the most controversial, because the community will never agree on when someone is overpowered or when someone is so overpowered that the developers need to step in. Being nerfed sucks. Period.

Players would typically rather we buff everyone but their spec rather than nerf their spec, even if the outcome is the same. It’s totally human nature to want other specs nerfed immediately, but when it’s your own character that’s in question, you wonder: what’s all the rush, man? Again, it comes down not to the developers being cold-hearted bastards (though we are) but to whether or not players are having fun. It’s fun for you to be a one man army. It’s not fun when the one man army rolls over you. It’s fun for you to top meters. It’s not fun for when you feel like you have no hope of competing with the guy topping meters.

Also keep in mind that when we make class adjustments via hotfix, we want to make the simplest fix possible that addresses the problem so we minimize the risk of us breaking something else and minimize how much testing we need to do before we can deploy the change. This is the main reason we are more likely to nerf via hotfix than to buff everyone else, because it’s just fewer changes. (Remember, that if we buffed everyone up to the DPS of the outlier, that we might very well have to buff creatures as well to keep you from trivializing content, which adds a lot more overhead to the change.)

I also want to point out that we virtually never make stealth class nerfs these days, at least not intentionally. It just makes players really paranoid to think their damage might change from under them. At worst, our programmers will manage to deploy a change before the community team gets it documented in the latest hotfix blog, but that situation shouldn’t usually last more than a few hours.

Example Six: Exploits

There is a gray area between when players know they are doing something they shouldn’t be doing and when they’re not sure if the developers would consider what they’re doing to be crossing the line. As I said above, we generally give players the benefit of the doubt. If they found something clever to do and it doesn’t give them an unfair advantage or make other players feel underpowered, then we will often do nothing, at least in the short term.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad guys out there who attempt to break the game in the name of personal profit or just because they have a malicious nature. We feel like we owe it to the other players to stomp out these abuses when they happen. Understandably, we also don’t want to publicize these changes too much. If one guy figured out a way to solo a boss to reap huge gold profits, we don’t then want to give ideas to thousands of other players by pointing out the loophole he found and how we fixed it. These also aren’t changes that we feel like we can sit on for very long. We need to get them out quickly.

I just wanted to point this out because sometimes players scratch their heads about a patch note that we made to prevent or discourage exploitive behavior. “Was anyone really doing this?” is a common reaction. Just remember that by their very nature, these kinds of changes are going to be on the down low, and they need to stay that way.

Example Seven: Expansions

We generally save up a lot of design changes for expansions. We know even this is too much for some players who don’t want to have to relearn their character’s rotation, let alone how glyphs work or what the new PvE difficulty philosophy is. However, we feel like we ultimately have to fix the problems we perceive in the game design if we want to keep players playing the game. In this case, we think some reasonable amount of change for change’s sake is desirable.

We hear from players who say “My dude hasn’t fundamentally changed in years,” and they want something, anything, that makes them look at their character in a new light. We don’t want to fix things that aren’t broken of course, but we do want to make sure that a new expansion feels all new. Expansions are opportunities to reinvigorate the player base and the gameplay itself. Therefore, you shouldn’t always view a class revamp as meaning your character is horribly broken and adrift on a sea of designer ignorance and apathy. We probably won’t ever reach a point where a particular class has reached perfection and no additional design iteration is necessary. Change, in moderation, is healthy.

Stuff like this is why I say game design is an art and not a science. Given the opportunity, there is no doubt various among you would make individual design decisions differently, and in some cases I have no doubt your decision might have been better. We’d love to see discussion on this issue, though. How much change is good? When can a problem chill for a few months as opposed to needing immediate attention? How much risk should we undertake to bring small, quality of life changes? Are we on the right track? Insane? Is this just more propaganda from the Ghostcrawler Throne of Lies?

Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street is the lead systems designer on World of Warcraft. He has an unnatural disdain for the male night elf shoulder roll.

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Hotfixes (September 9th) and Legendary Quest Changes

posted 2011/09/08 at 7:02 PM by Ashelia

September 9

Dungeons & Raids
Firelands
The number of Smouldering Essences that can be collected from a single boss in 25-person Firelands on Heroic difficulty has been reduced.
The number of Smouldering Essences that can be collected from a single boss in 10-person Firelands on normal mode has been increased.
Beth'tilac

The hit points and damage done by drones and spiders in this encounter have been reduced by 10%.

Ragnaros

Ragnaros should now be crushing fewer souls on Heroic difficulty.

Sunwell

Kalecgos
Kalecgos should no longer despawn when first engaged.

Items

The Wrath of Tarecgosa should no longer ignore cooldowns when a clone spell procs.
The Wrath of Tarecgosa should no longer trigger melee procs from trinkets, however, it should still trigger melee procs from abilities such as Flametongue Attack.
The trinket Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitor is now pulsier, with more lightning!
Moonwell Chalice should no longer grant its mastery rating bonus when the activating player unequips it.

Quests and Creatures

The vehicle entered when on the quest Punting Season should no longer provide players immunity to fall damage.
Scourged Flamespitters should no longer grant experience when killed.
Subdued Canyon Ettins from Redridge are no longer capable of being led to Stormwind.

That's another issue, though it has less to do with drop rates and more to do with how the quest can reasonably be completed. We came up with a "parallelization" concept where a player could be on phase 3 of making Dragonwrath, while another raider in the same group could be on phase 2. We thought that would feel better for the players involved, and it did, but more because they were getting their staves faster than for any other reason. The real problem with this idea is that it made it very difficult to balance the time investment it takes to create a staff. The first staff might take x amount of time to create, but then subsequent staves could potentially come out the door a lot faster.

Legendaries aren't very legendary if 20% of the raiding population is carrying them -- never mind the ripple effects that their presence can have on game balance in PvE and PvP. Ultimately, 'parallelization' made a too powerful item, too easy to get, too quickly. In short, it was a mistake that we regret, and one we won't be repeating in the future. It also left us with a situation that we needed to address, though, which is why we nerfed the quest item drop rates to begin with.

All of that is merely by way of explaining how we arrived at this point. The heart of the issue for many of you has been 10-player raid drop rates and I’d like to take a moment to thank those of you who provided clear, constructive feedback in these threads and elsewhere. It’s been really valuable during our deliberations and helped us arrive at a decision that we think will address our concerns and yours.

We’ve decided to revert the drop rate change for 10-player heroic Firelands completely. We’ll also be slightly buffing the drop rates in 10-player normal. In the end, we should get the following results:

• 25-player heroic has 44% lower drop rates in phase 3 relative to 4.2 launch.
• 25-player normal remains unchanged from 4.2 launch.
• 10-player heroic remains unchanged from 4.2 launch.
• 10-player normal has 33% higher drop rates in phase 3 relative to 4.2 launch.

We plan to hotfix the new rates into place as soon as possible, and we should see them in-place pre-raid this evening barring unforeseen complications.

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Heroic Ragnaros Receives a Major Nerf

posted 2011/09/06 at 10:08 PM by Ashelia

On heroic mode, Ragnaros now has 74.2 million on 10-man; on 25-man, it's now 246.9 million from its previous 290 million.
Prenerf Kill StatisticsWowprogressdrastically

25-man Heroic Mode Kills
H: Beth'tilac (25): 682 (16.14%)
H: Lord Rhyolith (25): 1204 (28.49%)
H: Alysrazor (25): 581 (13.75%)
H: Shannox (25): 2040 (48.27%)
H: Baleroc (25): 428 (10.13%)
H: Majordomo (25): 563 (13.32%)
H: Ragnaros (25): 37 (0.88%)

Overall Heroic Mode Kills (10 and 25-man)
H: Beth'tilac: 1569 (4.93%)
H: Lord Rhyolith: 4608 (14.47%)
H: Alysrazor: 2334 (7.33%)
H: Shannox: 8554 (26.87%)
H: Baleroc: 1632 (5.13%)
H: Majordomo: 2652 (8.33%)
H: Ragnaros: 58 (0.18%)

Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest

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New Ghostcrawler Blog: Bloody Mitigation

posted 2011/08/31 at 3:57 PM by Ashelia

a small debate

What Active Mitigation Actually Means, and the Future of the Blood Death Knight

We recently buffed tank threat significantly and suggested that we would fill in any potential lost gameplay with new gameplay. What I meant by that was that if tanks don’t need to hit their buttons to generate threat, they may realize they don’t need to hit most of their buttons at all, and just stand there waiting until the right time to Shield Wall. Going a GCD or two without using a combat ability is fine with us. Standing around much longer than that gets boring quickly.

What we proposed is that tanks should ideally want to hit their buttons because it keeps them alive. I didn’t elaborate on that too much except to say it would feel more like the Blood DK method of tanking, which prompted some players to state that they didn’t like the DK model, or to point out that the DK model is not just active but reactive. Fair enough.

To better explain what we meant by that we need to define active mitigation. We define it as hitting buttons regularly that have a meaningful impact on your future mitigation. You should occasionally alter your rotation depending on what is going on in the fight, but you should still mitigate regularly and not save everything for the really big, predictable hits. DKs have a little of this, but Death Strike is ultimately a heal, which is a response to damage, not damage prevention. I also think the DK model gets a bad rap because of some other mechanical problems, which aren’t really problems with active mitigation per se. So let me go into a bit more hand-waving about what active mitigation could mean for other tanks, and then I’ll share a little DK info.

Some Active Mitigation Models

Here are three different models for why hitting buttons can matter to tanks. It's easy to come up with alternative models, and none of these are perfect, nor are we ready to announce which is the one we’re going to try first. But these ideas can get some discussions going.

Model One: Tank DPS matters

This one really isn't active mitigation per se, but it is a way to make pushing buttons matter. We have berserk timers or other DPS checks on a lot of our encounters. Typically tank DPS isn’t taken seriously on these fights, which is a little puzzling at first glance. Yes, the tank may not be able to match the Enhance shaman for damage done, but also consider that the Enhance shaman would absolutely love it if she could improve her DPS by a paltry 3K. That 3K may be enough to meet that DPS check. Note that I’m not talking about tanks being able to beat out skilled DPS players; I think most of us agree that would be a little bizarre. But that doesn’t mean tank damage has to be a non-factor either. Sure, the Feral tank may be doing 16K DPS to the shaman’s 30K, but 3K is 3K.

I polled all of the class designers who raid Heroic content (which is all of them, I believe) and only one had ever given his tanks a hard time for low DPS. Sometimes it’s just not possible because of the fight dynamics. In other cases it is, but as a community, we tend to not focus on tank DPS. We sometimes ask healers to Shadow Word: Pain, even though the contribution is trivial. Go figure. Maybe we assume tanks already have enough on their plate. Maybe they really are prima donnas and we don’t want them to /ragequit. (I kid.)

One potential downside of this model is that it's just the old threat rotations but with the emphasis on DPS rather than threat per second. Ultimately, we want tanks to feel like their rotations are related to tanking and that they aren't just doing a DPS rotation with the occasional long cooldown. Another is that it makes not only stats like hit and expertise desirable, but also crit and haste, which aren’t typically on plate tanking gear. We want to make tank itemization more interesting than just “stack mastery,” but we don’t want it to be baffling either.

Model Two: DPS buttons provide mitigation

This is the model that several players in the community have predicted will be our approach, and the idea has some merit. Under this model, imagine that a warrior wants to hit Shield Slam because it makes his next Shield Block larger. Imagine Revenge procs a short parry buff. Devastate and Thunder Clap already have roles applying debuffs. This model we think could feel pretty intuitive. One downside is that each individual button might feel less impactful and make the experience less visceral. Shield Block feels awesome because when you push it, the damage numbers go way down, and you feel “safe” for the duration. If you replace one slice of that pie with Revenge and Shield Slam, then everything gets watered down. If the rotation is very simple, then it feels like passive mitigation; if not then it’s a stressful juggling act. Another potential downside is that keeping up multiple buffs and debuffs can be tedious. Rather than it feeling like a bonus to get those procs, it can feel like a penalty whenever they’re not up. Even if you are hit and expertise capped, sometimes you have to move away from the boss to avoid a fire ring, or you need to leave to pick up an add. If you can’t bank the mitigation benefit, then the risk is you feel like you don’t really have control over your survivability.

Model Three: DPS buttons build up resources

This model lets you bank the benefits. Imagine you have to build up a resource to use on short-term cooldowns. We couldn't include the Shield Walls and their ilk here, because an "oh snap" button needs to be available immediately and not in the future once you've earned some resources. But weaker cooldowns such as Shield Block and Holy Shield could certainly work this way. Imagine the paladin tank needs Crusader Strike to land to generate Holy Power, and can then decide to spend that Holy Power on Holy Shield Block or Word of Glory. Neither of those would have a cooldown in this design, so more hits landing will always be better -- it's not just a matter of hitting enough to have 100% uptime. (You'd probably also need the ability to save Holy Power more than you can today so that there was less pressure to spend a cooldown as soon as it became available.)

The choice can then become whether to use Holy Shield Block or Word of Glory. Holy Shield Block is probably your first choice, but if you screw it up or the damage is magical, or you need a reactive button instead of an active one, then Word of Glory might be a better choice. Either way, there shouldn’t be any simple answers. (As a counterpoint, deciding to spend that Holy Power on threat instead of mitigation is just never going to be interesting -- smart tanks will always use it to survive, as we saw before Protection had a Word of Glory cooldown.)

As an aside, the Feral druid's mitigation is arguably the most passive right now, and we’d want to change things like Savage Defense to be active buttons under this model. One downside of Model Three is the risk that the rotation could be too formulaic: AAAAB, for example. It could also be asking a lot of tanks -- rather than just hitting buttons to generate threat, tanks would need to pay active attention to managing a resource. No more infinite rage just for getting beat on. We want tanking to be fun, and we think that needs to include a certain degree of risk of failure for not playing well, but that doesn't mean it needs to be frustrating. Challenging and frustrating don't need to go together.

Again, these aren't the kind of changes we will hotfix in. It's going to take a lot of thought and a lot of feedback from players to get things feeling right. As a comparison, we still stand behind the mana adjustments we made for healers for Cataclysm. We think the healer gameplay is more engaging than it was at the end of Lich King, but that's obviously very subjective and took a lot of getting used to, even for seasoned players. We'd like to introduce the tanking changes more smoothly, but we still want to introduce them.

Bloody Death Knights

The risk of talking about one particular spec in a blog is then everyone will wonder when BM hunters or Disc priests are going to get "their" blog. It's not going to work like that, but since I referenced the DK tanking style so much in the previous tanking blog, I feel like it's appropriate to go into a little more detail about what we don't like about DK tanking (and how we’re going to fix it) so that all tanks have a better idea of what the future might hold for their own character.

Outbreak

One of the fundamental tensions in DK tanking is deciding whether to spend a rune on diseases (which offer necessary tanking debuffs) or save the rune for Death Strike. Our hope was that choosing how to spend the resources would be interesting. A rogue for example has to decide on whether to spend resources on Slice and Dice or Eviscerate (or a number of other things). In reality though, we don’t think this decision has been a fun one. You feel cheated if you refresh diseases and then need to Death Strike a moment later, and you feel like a bad tank if you just neglect diseases. For 4.3, we’re going to give Blood DKs a 30 second Outbreak, so they will never have to manually apply diseases to a single target. Yes, that can lead to even more Death Strikes but we think adding a fun alternative to Death Strike is not the kind of thing we can easily change for 4.3.

I feel the need to point out that we’re not just being lazy here. We understand that many players get really worn down by constant class design change, especially mid-expansion, even if they end up improving the experience overall. Deciding when to make serious changes and when to wait is a major challenge of MMO game design. I’ll try and explore this more in a future blog.

Blade Barrier

We originally designed this talent to encourage DKs to not sit on their runes, and it worked fine for that. However, the current model of Death Strike, which we also like, is that the timing of the Death Strike matters a great deal, encouraging you to… you guessed it… sit on your runes. We’re just going to change Blade Barrier to something more passive (and yes, temporarily more boring) for 4.3.

Death Strike

It sucks when Death Strike misses. "Stack hit and expertise" is an answer to that, but not one that's really viable or even fair given that other tanks will care even less about hit and expertise in the short term. Rather than making Death Strike always hit, we’re going to let it always heal you, and proc Blood Shield, even when it misses. This kind of tweak may very well be an interim solution given that everything I said above was that we want tanks to care about hitting to drive their mitigation. But we don’t think it’s fair to penalize the DK for working the “new way” while everyone else is still working the "old way," and it's too much of a change for 4.3 to apply the "new way" to the other three classes. In the long term, as in the Protadin example above, the rotation can't just be Death Strike, Death Strike, Death Strike... Death Strike.

Bone Shield

This change is something we’re exploring but may not pan out, so no claiming we "promised" this *cough*Abyssal Maw*cough*. So… CAVEAT: this may not come to pass. What we’re considering doing with Bone Shield is have it mitigate damage spikes. DKs are prone to spikes more so than the other tanks, particularly the paladin and warrior who can "block cap" (I assume most of you know what that entails, if not, a helpful explanation if someone asks in the comments would be appreciated). Death Strike can theoretically handle the spikes, but if you miss (less of an issue with the above change) or time your DS poorly, you might take much higher damage than other tanks from a single hit. Our idea is that Bone Shield would expend a charge to dampen those spikes specifically. If a single attack did a huge percent of your total health, then some of that attack would be automatically lessened for the cost of a charge. Smaller hits wouldn’t spend a charge.

Blood Shield

This is an even longer-term change. Death Strike feeling reactive is fun, and one of the things we like about how the DK tanks. Death Striking after a big hit can heal you more than Death Striking before a big hit, so you should ideally pay attention to what the boss is doing instead of just mashing buttons as soon as the runes come up. When you heal a novice DK, you may just notice they take a lot of damage. When you get in sync with a talented DK, you come to know when they are going to Death Strike and recover from big hits. However, sometimes inevitably the tank is going to hit DS too soon and not have it available a second later. Our idea is to somehow turn Blood Shield into more of a pool that you actively try to build and maintain. A system where you’re able to add to a pool of absorption would provide more granularity, which in turn would be more forgiving of errors or streaks of bad luck.

There you have it. When we're ready for the 4.3 PTR, you’ll hopefully see some of these DK changes in place. The blog we wrote that dove into our thought process for the 4.2 patch notes ended up being the most positively received blog that the class team has ever done, so we’ll definitely do one of those again for 4.3. As I mentioned, more active mitigation will probably wait for farther in the future. We might talk about how we decide on when a change is more appropriate for a hotfix, patch, or full expansion in the next developer blog. While it might be short on upcoming class changes, hopefully it will still prove interesting to some of you.

Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street is the lead systems designer for World of Warcraft and he probably listens to your podcast.

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Transmogrification Guides, Part 1: Tier Armor (Updated for 5.4.7)

posted 2011/08/19 at 6:54 PM by perculia

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PvE and PvP Tier Armor

Lookalike Tier Without Class Restrictions

Main-Hand Weapons Changed To One-Handed Weapons

Transmog Rules

The appearance of an item will be changed while retaining its original stats. This is not permanent and can be reversed at any time--like socketing an item.

Appearances can be previewed in the Transmogrification interface. As of 5.3, you can transmog any item from your bags, bank, or void storage without the item being in your bags.

For the most part, only items that have stats can be used. If an item cannot be transmogged, it will be marked as such in Wowhead's Quick Facts, plus we have a "Transmogrifiable" filter. Legendaries can also not be transmogged.

You cannot change armor types and some weapon types. So, mutilate rogues cannot use Chromatically Tempered Sword, DKs cannot look like druids.

There are a handful of Cosmetic items added in MoP that can be transmogged onto any armor type, such as helms from the Blizzard Store.

In 5.2, you can transmog weapons to those with similar animations.--so 1H axes, maces, and swords can share. Mainhand and offhand restrictions are also removed.

Due to transmog's popularity, Blizzard keeps adding alternate ways to acquire an iconic look. Our transmog set pages update to show all items that resemble an particular set--for example, Hood of the Royal Wizard is included in Arcanist Regalia, so a Mage doesn't have to farm for Arcanist Crown. This guide however just covers the standard ways you'd acquire tier set from bosses and vendors.

Acquiring Tier Gear: Raiding

Molten Core is the source for your 8-piece tier 1 set.
Level 50 required to zone in.
Location: Blackrock Mountain
All bosses up to Golemagg drop pieces of the Tier 1 Raid Set--2 tier items will drop per boss.
Garr: helm
Baron Geddon: shoulders
Sulfuron Harbinger: shoulders
Golemagg the Incinerator: chest
Gehennas: gloves/boots
Magmadar: legs
Lucifron: gloves/boots
Shazzrah: gloves/boots

Wrists and belts are BoE: they can be found on the AH.

Blackwing Lair is the source for most of your 8-piece Tier 2 set.

Level 55 required to zone in.

Location: Blackrock Mountain

Gear:
Chromaggus: shoulders

Broodlord Lashlayer: feet

Ebonroc: gloves

Firemaw: gloves

Flamegor: gloves

Nefarian: helm and chest

Razorgore the Untamed: wrist

Vaelastrasz the Corrupt: waist

Ragnaros, from Molten Core, drops pants.

Temple of Ahn'Qiraj is the source for your 5-piece Tier 2.5 set.

Level 50 required to zone in.

Location: Silithus

Gear is acquired through a mix of guaranteed boss drops, quest items, and reputation requirements with Brood of Nozdormu.
Helm: Obtain Vek'lor's Diadem/Vek'nilash's Circlet from the Twin Emperors: Emperor Vek'lor and Emperor Vek'nilash. Complete the relevant quest (e.g. Tiara of the Oracle) from Andorgos. Requires Friendly.

Shoulders: Obtain Qiraji Bindings of Command/Qiraji Bindings of Dominance from Viscidus or Princess Huhuran. Complete the relevant quest (e.g. Enigma Shoulderpads) from Andorgos. Requires Neutral.

Chest: Obtain Carapace of the Old God/Husk of the Old God from end-boss C'Thun. Complete the relevant quest (e.g. Enigma Robes) from Vethsera. Requires Honored.

Legs: Obtain Ouro's Intact Hide/Skin of the Great Sandworm from Ouro. Complete the relevant quest (e.g. Deathdealer's Leggings) from Kandrostrasz. Requires Friendly.

Feet: Obtain Qiraji Bindings of Command/Qiraji Bindings of Dominance from Viscidus or Princess Huhuran. Complete the relevant quest (e.g. Footwraps of the Oracle) from Kandrostrasz. Requires Neutral.

The three questgivers for tier gear are located in an alcove beyond The Prophet Skeram. They are only accessible once this boss has been killed.

Each quest will require a a combination of rare-quality idols and uncommon-quality scarabs. These combinations vary based on your class and item.

Idols are found in Large Scarab Coffer, located around the Temple.

Scarabs are found in Scarab Bag, located in both Large Scarab Coffer and Scarab Coffer in the 10-player Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.

A recent problem, due to the keyring removal, is that Greater Scarab Coffer Key no longer drop to open the chests. Fortunately, the idols and scarabs drop from trash mobs, and can be found on the AH--but this slows the collection process down a bit.

Brood of Nozdormu reputation can be earned through killing bosses in both Ahn'Qiraj instances, killing monsters inside the Temple of Ahn'Qiraj, and doing quests related to the dungeons.

Players start off at 0/36000 Hated. Getting out of Hated is the longest part of the reputation grind.

Killing trash maxes out at 2999/3000 Neutral.

Qiraji Lord's Insignia drop from every boss. Turning them in for Mortal Champions, a repeatable quest, is 500 reputation each.

Completing a quest for tier gear also grants 500 reputation.

To maximize reputation, save all insignias until capping reputation via trash.

C'thun alone grants 2500 reputation.

Ancient Qiraji Artifact, a rare drop from trash, begins Secrets of the Qiraji which grants 1000 reputation.

Tier 3 gear was originally obtained by raiding original Naxxramas. Every item required additional zone-wide drops to convert into wearable armor. This is the only 9-piece set.

In Mists of Pandaria, this gear was put on the Black Market Auction House, located in The Veiled Stair.

The items found on the BMAH are randomly generated by the server. Bidding starts at and can go up to 1 million.

Class restrictions weren't added to these armor sets, so all classes that use a particular armor type can transmogrify to these sets.

The 5-piece Tier 4 set, the first of Burning Crusade, is obtained by turning in boss-drop tokens, guaranteed drops, to vendors.

Gruul's Lair, required level 65:
Legs: Gruul the Dragonkiller

Shoulders: High King Maulgar

Karazhan

Gloves: The Curator

Helm: Prince Malchezaar

Magtheridon's Lair

Chest: Magtheridon

Arodis SunbladeAsuur

Chestguard of the Fallen Defender: Warrior, Priest, Druid

Chestguard of the Fallen Champion: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman

Chestguard of the Fallen Hero: Hunter, Mage, Warlock

The 5-piece Tier 5 set is obtained by turning in boss-drop tokens, guaranteed drops, to vendors.

Serpentshrine Cavern, requires level 70:
Legs: Fathom-Lord Karathress

Helm: Lady Vashj

Gloves: Leotheras the Blind

The Eye

Shoulders: Void Reaver

Chest: Kael'thas Sunstrider

Veynna DawnstarKelara

Chestguard of the Vanquished Defender: Warrior, Priest, Druid

Chestguard of the Vanquished Champion: Paladin, Rogue, Shaman

Chestguard of the Vanquished Hero: Hunter, Mage, Warlock

Tier 6 was originally a 5-piece set. It was later expanded to 8 pieces, but the three additions in Sunwell Plateau do not match at all.

Black Temple, requires level 70:
Shoulders: Mother Shahraz

Legs: The Illidari Council

Chest: Illidan Stormrage

Hyjal Summit

Helm: Archimonde

Gloves: Azgalor

Tydormu

Leggings of the Forgotten Conqueror: Paladin, Priest, Warlock

Leggings of the Forgotten Protector: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman

Leggings of the Forgotten Vanquisher: Druid, Mage, Rogue

Three additional pieces were added to tier 6. As they looked nothing like the old tier, they are more generally considered to match the non-set armor that drops from random bosses. (As of 4.2, Sunwell tier 6 for warriors was changed to match the older tier 6; tier pieces for all other classes remain unchanged.)
Wrist: Grand Warlock Alythess, Lady Sacrolash, Sathrovarr the Corruptor

Waist: Brutallus, Grand Warlock Alythess, Lady Sacrolash

Boots: Felmyst, Grand Warlock Alythess, Lady Sacrolash

The Twins do not drop every tier item--rather they have a chance to drop one.

TheremisIsle of Quel'Danas

Leggings of the Forgotten Conqueror: Paladin, Priest, Warlock

Leggings of the Forgotten Protector: Warrior, Hunter, Shaman

Leggings of the Forgotten Vanquisher: Druid, Mage, Rogue

Tier 7 is a 5-piece set based on the removed Tier 3 set from the original Naxxramas. There are multiple ways to achieve this set. In addition, there are two skins for every set: the ilvl 200 set from 10-player raids, and the ilvl 213 set from 25-player raids.

Boss Drops:
Helm: Kel'Thuzad

Shoulders: Loatheb, Gluth

Chest: Gluth, Four Horsemen Chest

Gloves: Sartharion

Legs: Thaddius, Gluth

Chests, legs, and gloves also drop from Archavon the Stone Watcher.

Redeem these tokens to your armor vendor in Dalaran. They're scattered about the city in lore-based locations, like Griselda Hunderland in the Blacksmithing shop.

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Gloves: 8 Justice Points

Sold by Arcanist Ivrenne and Magistrix Lambriesse in Dalaran.

Tier 8 is a 5-piece set obtained in Ulduar, requiring level 80. There are two skins for every set: the ilvl 219 set from 10-player Ulduar, and the ilvl 226 set from 25-player Ulduar.
Helm: Mimiron (10), Thorim (25)

Shoulders: Thorim (10), Yogg-Saron (25)

Chest: Yogg-Saron (10), Hodir (25)

Gloves: Freya (10), Mimiron (25)

Legs: Hodir (10), Freya (25)

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Helm: 0 Justice Points

Sold by Arcanist Firael and Magister Sarien in Dalaran.

Emalon the Storm Watcher

Tier 9 is a 5-piece set obtained in Trial of the Crusader. There are three different ilvl versions of tier 9: 232, 245, and 258. All of these versions look the same. However, Alliance and Horde sets look different.
The ilvl 232 gear can simply be purchased with Justice Points. It is sold by Aspirant Naradiel, Rafael Langrom, and Aspirant Forudir.

Trophy of the Crusade is acquired on 25-player mode, as well as from the 10-player tribute chest. You will need to turn in this trophy, along with a select amount of Justice Points, to acquire ilvl 245 tier.

Argent Crusade Tribute Chest, on 25-player heroic mode, grants ilvl 258 tokens. You can turn these into Champion Faesrol and Champion Isimode. Of course, this isn't the easiest way to acquire the tier 9 look.

Gloves and legs are also dropped by Koralon the Flame Watcher.

Tier 10 is a 5-piece set obtained in Icecrown Citadel. There are three different ilvl versions of t10: 251, 264, and 277. These sets each have distinct coloration.
The ilvl 251 set can simply be purchased with Justice Points. It is sold by class vendors right inside Icecrown Citadel, as well as in Dalaran.

The ilvl 264 set can be obtained by upgrading the ilvl 251 items. You will need the item in your inventory as well as tokens like Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification, which drop from Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, Professor Putricide, Deathbringer Saurfang, The Lich King on both 10-player heroic and 25-player normal mode.

The ilvl 277 set can be obtained by upgrading the ilvl 264 items. You will need the item in your inventory as well as tokens like Vanquisher's Mark of Sanctification, which drop from Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, Professor Putricide, Deathbringer Saurfang, The Lich King on 25-player heroic mode.

The ilvl 251 and 264 versions of gloves and legs are also dropped by Toravon the Ice Watcher.

Tier 11 is a 5-piece set obtained with Justice Points and tokens in The Bastion of Twilight, Throne of the Four Winds, and Blackwing Descent. There are two different ilvl versions, 359 and 372, that have different colors.
Helm: 359 and 372 from Nefarian.

Shoulders: 359 and 372 from Cho'gall

Chest: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Halfus Wyrmbreaker.

Gloves: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Gauntlets of the Forlorn Vanquisher.

Legs: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Maloriak.

Al'Akir drops a random tier token on normal, and Essence of the Forlorn on heroic which can be converted into any item.

ArgalothGunraMagatha Silverton

Tier 12 is a 5-piece set obtained with Valor Points and tokens in Firelands. There are two different ilvl versions, 378 and 391, that have different colors.
Helm: Both versions of tokens available from Ragnaros.

Shoulders: Both versions of tokens available from Majordomo Staghelm.

Chest: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Alysrazor.

Gloves: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Baleroc.

Legs: 0 Justice Points, heroic token from Shannox.

Faldren TillsdaleJamus'Vaz

Tier 13 is a 5-piece set obtained with tokens in Dragon Soul. There are three different ilvl versions, 384 from Looking for Raid, 397 from Normal, and 410 from Heroics, that have different colors.

These tokens are turned into tier items by Faldren Tillsdale and Jamus'Vaz.
Tokens for all slots in Looking for Raid difficulty can drop from any of the first six bosses.

Helm: Normal and heroic tokens from Warmaster Blackhorn.

Shoulders: Normal and heroic tokens from Hagara the Stormbinder.

Chest: Normal and heroic tokens from Ultraxion.

Gloves: Normal and heroic tokens from Warlord Zon'ozz.

Legs: Normal and heroic tokens from Yor'sahj the Unsleeping.

Dragon Soul

Tier 14 is a 5-piece set obtained with tokens from Heart of Fear and Terrace of Endless Spring. There are three different ilvl versions, 483 from Looking for Raid, 496 from Normal, and 509 from Heroics, that have different colors.

These tokens are turned into tier by Commander Oxheart in Townlong Steppes.
Helm: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Sha of Fear in Terrace of Endless Spring.

Shoulders: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Lei Shi in Terrace of Endless Spring.

Chest: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Grand Empress Shek'zeer in Heart of Fear.

Gloves: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Wind Lord Mel'jarak in Heart of Fear.

Legs: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Amber-Shaper Un'sok in Heart of Fear.

Sha of Anger

Tier 15 is a 5-piece set obtained with tokens from Throne of Thunder.

There are three different ilvl versions, 502 from Looking for Raid, 522 from Normal, and 535 from Heroics, that have different colors.

These tokens are turned into tier from Ao Pye in Townlong Steppes or Teng of the Flying Daggers on the Isle of Thunder.
Helm: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Twin Consorts in Throne of Thunder.

Shoulders: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Iron Qon in Throne of Thunder.

Chest: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Dark Animus in Throne of Thunder.

Gloves: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Council of Elders in Throne of Thunder.

Legs: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Ji-Kun in Throne of Thunder.

Nalak

Tier 16 is a 5-piece set obtained with tokens from Siege of Orgrimmar.

There are three different colors: 528 gear from LFR, 540 from Flex shares colors with 553 from Normal, and 566 from Heroics.

These tokens are turned into tier from vendors at your faction's shrine:
Alliance: Lorry Warmheart (Heroic), Clarice Chapmann (Normal), Thelett Shaleheart (Flex), Welbiz Cheerwhistle (LFR)

Horde: Tu'aho Pathcutter (Heroic), Ki'agnuu (Normal), Nadina Stargem (Flex), Blizzix Sparkshiv (LFR)

Helm: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Thok the Bloodthirsty (Wing 3) in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Shoulders: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Siegecrafter Blackfuse (Wing 4) in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Chest: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Sha of Pride (Wing 1) in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Gloves: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from General Nazgrim (Wing 2) in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Legs: LFR, normal, and heroic tokens from Klaxxi Paragons (Wing 4) in Siege of Orgrimmar.

Garrosh HellscreamEssence of the Cursed ConquerorCelestial ChallengeOrdos

For completing Challenge Conqueror: Gold, you'll get a full eight-piece set of epic transmoggable gear.

These armor sets have unique visual procs when casting certain spells--we've included links to Blizzard's videos documenting these effects.

This gear is initially mailed upon completion of the achievement--if you've lost it, you can buy it back from Challenger Soong or Challenger Wuli.

Challenge Mode Guide

Dungeon Set 1 used to drop from level 55+ vanilla dungeons. This was removed in Cataclysm.

In late vanilla, players could upgrade to Dungeon Set 2 through an elaborate series of quests, culminating in defeating Lord Valthalak. This was also removed in Cataclysm.

Replica copies of these two sets have been put back in 4.3, at the Darkmoon Faire. They all cost Prize Tickets, shown below.

For a brief period of time, players could get replica Dungeon Set 2 pieces from Battlefield Barrens, but that has been removed in 5.4.

Replica

Items	Type	Cost
Full set
Replica chests	Chest armor
Replica hands	Hand armor
Replica heads	Head armor
Replica feet	Feet armor
Replica legs	Leg armor
Replica shoulders	Shoulder armor
Replica waists	Waist armor
Replica wrists	Wrist armor

Tier Sets: Raiding

Tier

Description

Name

Starter Zone 1

grey

Acherus Knight

Starter Zone 2

black/navy

Various quests in DK starting zone

7, ilvl 200

navy/silver

Heroes' Scourgeborne Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

black/red

Valorous Scourgeborne Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

brown with silver accents

Valorous Darkruned Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

dark blue with light blue/silver accents

Conqueror's Darkruned Battlegear

9, Alliance

blue/gold/silver

Thassarian's Battlegear

9, Horde

grey-blue

Koltira's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

black with purple accents

Scourgelord's Battlegear

10, ilvl 264

dark blue

Sanctified Scourgelord's Battlegear

10, ilvl 277

burgundy with green accents

Sanctified Scourgelord's Battlegear (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

dark blue with aqua

Magma Plated Battlearmor

11, ilvl 372

orange

Magma Plated Battlegear

12, ilvl 378

rust-brown, winged helm

Elementium Deathplate Battlegear

12, ilvl 391

teal with orange and brown accents

Elementium Deathplate Battlegear (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

purple/grey

Necrotic Boneplate Battlegear (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

navy/silver

Necrotic Boneplate Battlegear

13, ilvl 410

wine/gold

Necrotic Boneplate Battlegear (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

olive/silver

Battleplate of the Lost Catacomb (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

purple/silver

Battleplate of the Lost Catacomb

14, ilvl 509

red/silver

Battleplate of the Lost Catacomb (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

green, brown

Plate of the All-Consuming Maw (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

red

Plate of the All-Consuming Maw

15, ilvl 535

blue

Plate of the All-Consuming Maw (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

brown/green

Plate of Cyclopean Dread

16, ilvl 540-553

Plate of Cyclopean Dread

16, ilvl 566

brown

Plate of Cyclopean Dread

Challenge Mode

blue, silver

Lich Lord Plate

Tier

Description

Name

brown/green, antlers and leafy shoulders

Cenarion Raiment

brown/green, moose helm

Stormrage Raiment

2.5

green/gold, carapace-texture

Genesis Raiment

light green, metallic

Dreamwalker Raiment

tan with forest-green accents, antler helm

Malorne Raiment

brown/green, with glowing purple shoulders

Nordrassil Harness

brown/red with hand-stitching details

Thunderheart Harness

7, ilvl 200

gold with purple accents

Heroe's Dreamwalker Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

green/silver

Valorous Dreamwalker Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

maroon/ copper

Nightsong Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

crimson/gold, crescent helm, swirling root shoulders

Valorous Nightsong Battlegear

9, Alliance

aqua/dark green, corset shirt, bird helm

Malfurion's Battlegear

9, Horde

golden-brown with green-tinted shoulders

Runetotem's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

brown with purple accents

Lasherweave Battlegear

10, ilvl 264

shades of purple

Sanctified Lasherweave Battlegear

10, ilvl 277

shades of brown with olive accents

Sanctified Lasherweave Battlegear (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

blue/brown, feathered shoulders

Stormrider's Garb

11, ilvl 372

gold

Stormrider's Garb

12, ilvl 378

pantsuit, brown/gold

Obsidian Arborweave Garb

12, ilvl 391

wine/lavendar

Obsidian Arborweave Garb (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

gold/purple

Deep Earth Battlegarb (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

blue/brown

Deep Earth Battlegarb

13, ilvl 410

pink/green

Deep Earth Battlegarb (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

gold

Vestments of the Eternal Blossom (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

beige

Vestments of the Eternal Blossom

14, ilvl 509

brown

Vestments of the Eternal Blossom (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

green

Haunted Forest Vestments (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

red

Haunted Forest Vestments

15, ilvl 535

blue

Haunted Forest Vestments (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

purple/green

Armor of the Shattered Vale

16, ilvl 540-553

gold/red/blue

Armor of the Shattered Vale

16, ilvl 566

gold/black/orange

Armor of the Shattered Vale

Challenge Mode

gold, green

Cycle Armor

Dungeon Set 1

purple/green, winged shoulders and beaked helm

Wildheart Raiment

Dungeon Set 2

green/shades of blue

Feralheart Raiment

Tier

Description

Name

silver with gigantic shoulders

Giantstalker Armor

purple/red/orange

Dragonstalker Armor

2.5

red/purple

Striker's Garb

brown

Cryptstalker Armor

brown with fel green accents

Demon Stalker Armor

light blue with chrome accents

Rift Stalker Armor

red/blue, eyeball shoulders

Gronnstalker's Armor

7, ilvl 200

olive/brown

Heroes' Cryptstalker Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

dark brown with orange accents

Valorous Cryptstalker Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

burgundy with tan accents

Valorous Scourgestalker Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

blue with silver accents

Conqueror's Scourgestalker Battlegear

9, Alliance

brown/gold

Windrunner's Battlegear

9, Horde

brown/red

Windrunner's Pursuit

10, ilvl 251

dark brown

Ahn'Kahar Blood Hunter's Battlegear

10, ilvl 264

brown/green

Sanctified Ahn'Kahar Blood Hunter's Battlegear

10, ilvl 277

brown/purple

Sanctified Ahn'Kahar Blood Hunter's Battlegear (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

green/gold

Lightning-Charged Battlegear

11, ilvl 372

purple/brown

Lightning-Charged Battlegear (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

orange/gold, eyepatch helm

Flamewaker's Battlegear

12, ilvl 391

orange/red

Flamewaker's Battlegear (Heroic)

13, ilvl 397

brown

Wyrmstalker Battlegear

13, ilvl 410

purple/grey

Wyrmstalker Battlegear (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

brown

Yaungol Slayer Battlegear (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

black

Yaungol Slayer Battlegear

14, ilvl 509

brown

Yaungol Slayer Battlegear (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

orange

Saurok Stalker Battlegear (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

green, gold

Saurok Stalker Battlegear

15, ilvl 535

blue, brown

Saurok Stalker Battlegear (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

orange/brown

Battlegear of the Unblinking Vigil

16, ilvl 540-553

brown/silver

Battlegear of the Unblinking Vigil

16, ilvl 566

gold/purple

Battlegear of the Unblinking Vigil

Challenge Mode

brown, green

Howling Beast Set

Dungeon Set 1

gold/olive with beast helm

Beaststalker Armor

Dungeon Set 2

gold/orange

Beastmaster Armor

Tier

Description

Name

blue/purple/orange

Arcanist Regalia

electric blue/purple

Netherwind Regalia

2.5

dark/light blue

Enigma Vestments

blue with electric shoulders

Frostfire Regalia

blue/tan

Aldor Regalia

red with gold accents

Tirisfal Regalia

lavender with electric helm and shoulders

Tempest Regalia

7, ilvl 200

purple with white shoulders

Heroes' Frostfire Garb

7, ilvl 213

blue with lavender shoulders

Valorous Frostfire Garb

8, ilvl 219

pantsuit, brown with gold accents and Kirin Tor logo

Valorous Kirin Tor Garb

8, ilvl 226

blue/grey

Conqueror's Kirin Tor Garb

9, Alliance

lavender

Khadgar's Regalia

9, Horde

orange/red

Sunstrider's Regalia

10, ilvl 251

purple/gold

Bloodmage's Regalia

10, ilvl 264

red/fel green

Sanctified Bloodmage's Regalia

10, ilvl 277

orange/gold

Sanctified Bloodmage's Regalia (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

blue/purple

Firelord's Vestments

11, ilvl 372

red/gold, worn by some Druids of the Flame

Firelord's Vestments (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

orange with shoulders of fire feathers

Firehawk Robes of Conflagration

12, ilvl 391

lavender

Firehawk Robes of Conflagration (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

light blue

Time Lord's Regalia (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

gold/red

Time Lord's Regalia

13, ilvl 410

purple

Time Lord's Regalia (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

yellow/green

Regalia of the Burning Scroll (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

red/black

Regalia of the Burning Scroll

14, ilvl 509

red/purple

Regalia of the Burning Scroll (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

blue, red

Regalia of the Chromatic Hydra (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

red, brown

Regalia of the Chromatic Hydra

15, ilvl 535

purple

Regalia of the Chromatic Hydra (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

silver/blue

Chronomancer Regalia

16, ilvl 540-553

wine/purple/black

Chronomancer Regalia

16, ilvl 566

gold/white

Chronomancer Regalia

Challenge Mode

purple, blue, gold

Dungeon Set 1

red/purple

Magister's Regalia

Dungeon Set 2

shades of purple

Sorcerer's Regalia

Tier

Description

Name

14, ilvl 483

silver/blue

Armor of the Red Crane (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

brown

Armor of the Red Crane

14, ilvl 509

red/blue

Armor of the Red Crane (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

orange

Fire Charm Vestments (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

green

Fire Charm Vestments

15, ilvl 535

red, gold

Fire Charm Vestments (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

teal/bronze/green

Armor of Seven Sacred Seals

16, ilvl 540-553

white/gold/green

Armor of Seven Sacred Seals

16, ilvl 566

wine/silver/orange

Armor of Seven Sacred Seals

Challenge Mode

red, gold

Regal Lord Armor

Tier

Description

Name

gold/white, banana shoulders

Lawbringer Armor

gold/red/black

Judgement Armor

2.5

gold/red

Avenger's Battlegear

silver, power-ranger shoulders

Redemption Armor

beige with lavender accents

Justicar Armor

lavender power-ranger

Crystalforge Armor

gold with halo and silver accents

Lightbringer Armor

7, ilvl 200

black with gold accents

Heroes' Redeptmion Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

gold

Valorous Redemption Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

white with brown accents

Valorous Aegis Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

red/purple/gold

Conqueror's Aegis Battlegear

9, Alliance

blue with gold/silver accents

Turalyon's Battlegear

9, Horde

red/gold

Liadrin's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

brown/gold

Lightsworn Garb

10, ilvl 264

reddish-brown

Sanctified Lightsworn Garb

10, ilvl 277

purple with gold accents

Sanctified Lightsworn Garb (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

sky-blue

Reinforced Sapphirium Battlearmor

11, ilvl 372

white

Reinforced Sapphirium Battlearmor (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

white/brown with distinctive helm

Battleplate of Immolation

12, ilvl 391

red/gold/white

Battleplate of Immolation (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

brown/silver

Battleplate of Radiant Glory (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

gold/silver

Battleplate of Radiant Glory

13, ilvl 410

grey/bronze

Battleplate of Radiant Glory (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

white/black

White Tiger Vestments (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

red

White Tiger Vestments

14, ilvl 509

white/olive

White Tiger Vestments (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

silver, green

Plate of the Lightning Emperor (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

yellow, blue

Plate of the Lightning Emperor

15, ilvl 535

gold, blue

Plate of the Lightning Emperor (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

blue/gold

Winged Triumph Plate

16, ilvl 540-553

bronze/gold

Winged Triumph Plate

16, ilvl 566

black/red

Winged Triumph Plate

Challenge Mode

blue, gold

Holy Warrior Plate

Dungeon Set 1

red/gold

Lightforge Armor

Dungeon Set 2

purple with silver accents

Soulforge Armor

Tier

Description

Name

white/gold/red

Vestments of Prophecy

light blue/cream/gold

Vestments of Transcendence

2.5

olive with red accents

Garments of the Oracle

light blue, halo

Vestments of Faith

white/purple

Incarnate Raiment

white/gold with winged shoulders and shrouded helm

Avatar Regalia

dark blue with chain details and blindfolded shoulders

Absolution Regalia

7, ilvl 200

red/gold

Heroes' Regalia of Faith

7, ilvl 213

blue/silver

Valorous Regalia of Faith

8, ilvl 219

white/grey

Valorous Sanctification Regalia

8, ilvl 226

white/grey with silver accents

Conqueror's Sanctification Regalia

9, Alliance

faded blue/purple/orange

Velen's Raiment

9, Horde

rust orange/maroon

Zabra's Raiment

10, ilvl 251

lavender/green

Crimson Acolyte's Raiment

10, ilvl 264

purple/gold

Sanctified Crimson Acolyte's Raiment

10, ilvl 277

white/blue

Sanctified Crimson Acolyte's Raiment (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

blue/green, sea theme

Mercurial Vestments

11, ilvl 372

burgundy/green

Mercurial Vestments (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

red/gold

Regalia of the Cleansing Flame

12, ilvl 391

white/purple

Regalia of the Cleansing Flame (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

beige/brown

Vestments of Dying Light (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

gold/black

Vestments of Dying Light

13, ilvl 410

wine/grey

Vestments of Dying Light (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

red/purple

Vestments of the Guardian Serpent (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

gold/blue

Vestments of the Guardian Serpent

14, ilvl 509

beige

Vestments of the Guardian Serpent (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

grey, purple

Vestments of the Exorcist (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

purple, red

Vestments of the Exorcist

15, ilvl 535

brown, white

Vestments of the Exorcist (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

green/bronze

Regalia of Ternion Glory

16, ilvl 540-553

wine/gold

Regalia of Ternion Glory

16, ilvl 566

white/gold/red

Regalia of Ternion Glory

Challenge Mode

brown, black, white

Light Regalia

Dungeon Set 1

light blue with lavender accents

Vestments of the Devout

Dungeon Set 2

white with pale yellow accents

Vestments of the Virtuous

Tier

Description

Name

silver/red

Nightslayer Armor

black/red

Bloodfang Armor

2.5

silver-blue

Deathdealer's Embrace

grey, face mask, knives wrapped in shoulders

Bonescythe Armor

black/purple, similar to Shandris Feathermoon

Netherblade Armor

grey with skeleton helm

Deathmantle Armor

rust-brown

Slayer's Armor

7, ilvl 200

grey

Heroes' Bonescythe Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

dark blue/gold

Valorous Bonescythe Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

purple

Valorous Terrorblade Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

magenta

Conqueror's Terrorblade Battlegear

9, Alliance

blue/gold, corset top

VanCleef's Battlegear

9, Horde

red/gold

Garona's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

grey/green, geist helm

Shadowblade's Battlegear

10, ilvl 264

green/olive

Sanctified Shadowblade's Battlegear

10, ilvl 277

brown

Sanctified Shadowblade's Battlegear (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

brown/purple/bright blue

Wind Dancer's Regalia

11, ilvl 372

brown/blue with olive accents

Wind Dancer's Regalia (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

brown

Vestments of the Dark Phoenix

12, ilvl 391

purple

Vestments of the Dark Phoenix (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

green/gold

Blackfang Battleweave (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

silver/gold

Blackfang Battleweave

13, ilvl 410

wine/green

Blackfang Battleweave (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

blue

Battlegear of the Thousandfold Blades (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

silver

Battlegear of the Thousandfold Blades

14, ilvl 509

maroon

Battlegear of the Thousandfold Blades (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

black

Nine-Tail Battlegear (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

blue, brown

Nine-Tail Battlegear

15, ilvl 535

white

Nine-Tail Battlegear (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

green

Barbed Assassin Battlegear

16, ilvl 540-553

gold

Barbed Assassin Battlegear

16, ilvl 566

brown/red

Barbed Assassin Battlegear

Challenge Mode

gold, silver

Silent Assassin Armor

Dungeon Set 1

grey with a ninja hood

Shadowcraft Armor

Dungeon Set 2

black with blue accents, worn by Sha'tari Skyguard

Darkmantle Armor

Tier

Description

Name

purple/orange

The Earthfury

blue/gold

The Ten Storms

2.5

red/gold

Stormcaller's Garb

red/orange

The Earthshatterer

shades of blue

Cyclone Harness

orange with molten shoulders

Cataclysm Harness

blue with aqua accents

Skyshatter Harness

7, ilvl 200

blue with aqua accents

Heroes' Earthshatter Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

red with orange accents

Valorous Earthshatter Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

purple with gold accents

Valorous Worldbreaker Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

red with gold accents

Conqueror's Worldbreaker Battlegear

9, Alliance

burgundy/gold/green/brown

Nobundo's Battlegear

9, Horde

grey with blue accents

Thrall's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

brown with fel green accents, animated shoulders

Frost Witch's Garb

10, ilvl 264

blue/grey

Sanctified Frost Witch's Garb

10, ilvl 277

red/gold

Sanctified Frost Witch's garb

11, ilvl 359

green with grey accents

Battlegear of the Raging Elements

11, ilvl 372

red with blue accents

Battlegear of the Raging Elements (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

brown/gold with chainlink and flames

Volcanic Vestments

12, ilvl 391

red/gold/black

Volcanic Vestments (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

brown/aqua

Spiritwalker's Battlegear (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

gold/brown

Spiritwalker's Battlegear

13, ilvl 410

green/brown

Spiritwalker's Battlegear (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

green

Firebird's Regalia (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

blue

Firebird's Regalia

14, ilvl 509

orange

Firebird's Regalia (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

green, red, gold

Spiritbreaker Regalia (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

purple, yellow

Spiritbreaker Regalia

15, ilvl 535

gold, brown, green

Spiritbreaker Regalia (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

brown/green

Celestial Harmony Battlegear

16, ilvl 540-553

red/beige/blue

Celestial Harmony Battlegear

16, ilvl 566

brown/gold/green

Celestial Harmony Battlegear

Challenge Mode

green, brown

Windfury Set

Dungeon Set 1

blue with silver accents

The Elements

Dungeon Set 2

red/gold/purple, distinctive shoulders

The Five Thunders

Tier

Description

Name

green/red/blue/gold, demon horns

Felheart Raiment

green/purple

Nemesis Raiment

2.5

mauve/olive

Doomcaller's Attire

gold/purple/green swirling stripes

Plagueheart Raiment

blue/purple, void-like helm

Voidheart Raiment

black with glowing orange accents, spiked shoulders

Corruptor Raiment

magenta/purple with animated wing helm

Malefic Raiment

7, ilvl 200

teal/brown

Heroes' Plagueheart Garb

7, ilvl 213

black with orange accents

Valorous Plagueheart Garb

8, ilvl 219

teal with gold gradients

Valorous Deathbringer Garb

8, ilvl 226

black with lavender gradients

Conqueror's Deathbringer Garb

9, Alliance

blue with peach accents

Kel'Thuzad's Regalia

9, Horde

purple/dark red

Gul'dan's Regalia

10, ilvl 251

purple/electric blue

Dark Coven's Regalia

10, ilvl 264

brown/electric green

Sanctified Dark Coven's Regalia

10, ilvl 277

lavender/orange/brown

Sanctified Dark Coven's Regalia (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

green/blue

Shadowflame Regalia

11, ilvl 372

magenta/teal

Shadowflame Regalia (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

magenta with purple and gold accents and web detail

Balespider's Burning Vestments

12, ilvl 391

burgundy with lavender and tan accents

Balespider's Burning Vestments (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

grey/black

Vestments of the Faceless Shroud (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

pink/gold/green/brown

Vestments of the Faceless Shroud

13, ilvl 410

black/gold/red

Vestments of the Faceless Shroud (Heroic)

14, ilvl 483

purple

Sha-Skin Regalia (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

red

Sha-Skin Regalia

14, ilvl 509

green/black

Sha-Skin Regalia (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

green

Regalia of the Thousand Hells (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

red, orange

Regalia of the Thousand Hells

15, ilvl 535

red, silver

Regalia of the Thousand Hells (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

gold/purple

Regalia of the Horned Nightmare

16, ilvl 540-553

wine/green

Regalia of the Horned Nightmare

16, ilvl 566

gold/blue

Regalia of the Horned Nightmare

Challenge Mode

red, gold, green

Betrayer Regalia

Dungeon Set 1

purple/magenta, large hood

Dreadmist Raiment

Dungeon Set 2

aqua, navy, pale skull accents

Deathmist Raiment

Tier

Description

Name

silver/gold

Battlegear of Might

steel/silver

Battlegear of Wrath

2.5

tan/neon purple

Conqueror's Battlegear

grey with metallic accents

Dreadnaught's Battlegear

red/brown

Warbringer Armor

red/gold, same design as Guardians of Hyjal

Destroyer Armor

brown/gold

Onslaught Armor

7, ilvl 200

black

Heroes' Dreadnaught Battlegear

7, ilvl 213

silver/grey

Valorous Dreadnaught Battlegear

8, ilvl 219

brown/tan

Valorous Siegebreaker Battlegear

8, ilvl 226

brown/gold

Conqueror's Siegebreaker Battlegear

9, Alliance

blue with gold/silver accents

Wrynn's Battlegear

9, Horde

brown/rust

Hellscream's Battlegear

10, ilvl 251

black with gold accents

Ymirjar Lord's Plate

10, ilvl 264

brown with gold accents

Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Plate

10, ilvl 277

dark red

Sanctified Ymirjar Lord's Plate (Heroic)

11, ilvl 359

silver with aqua accents

Earthen Warplate

11, ilvl 372

grey with red accents

Earthen Warplate (Heroic)

12, ilvl 378

black with gold molten accents

Molten Giant Battleplate

12, ilvl 391

black with orange

Molten Giant Battleplate (Heroic)

13, ilvl 384

yellow

Colossal Dragonplate Battlegear (LFR)

13, ilvl 397

red/brown

Colossal Dragonplate Battlegear

13, ilvl 410

blue/silver

Colossal Dragonplate Battlegear (Heroic

14, ilvl 483

gold

Plate of Resounding Rings (LFR)

14, ilvl 496

silver

Plate of Resounding Rings

14, ilvl 509

red

Plate of Resounding Rings (Heroic)

15, ilvl 502

gold, white

Plate of the Last Mogu (LFR)

15, ilvl 522

silver, black

Plate of the Last Mogu

15, ilvl 535

brown

Plate of the Last Mogu (Heroic)

16, ilvl 528

black/red/gold

Plate of the Prehistoric Marauder

16, ilvl 540-553

brown/red

Plate of the Prehistoric Marauder

16, ilvl 566

silver/brown

Plate of the Prehistoric Marauder

Challenge Mode

brown

Golden King Plate

Dungeon Set 1

gold/silver

Battlegear of Valor

Dungeon Set 2

royal blue/gold

Battlegear of Heroism

Acquiring Tier Sets: PvP

These 6-piece sets are intended for level 60 PvPers.
These sets are sold by First Sergeant Hola'mahi in Orgrimmar and Sergeant Major Clate in Stormwind City.
These items can still be purchased and equipped--however, players cannot transmog these items.
Players who are eligible to transmog this appearance need to have achieved Knight-Captain/Legionnaire back in vanilla. They can purchase transmogrifiable versions from vendors in Area 52.
Tini Smalls: Horde Cloth and Leather
Leeni "Smiley" Smalls: Horde Mail and Plate
Krixel Pinchwhistle: Alliance Mail and Plate
Grex Brainboiler: Alliance Cloth and Leather
Big Zokk Torquewrench: Classic Weapons

Rare-Quality Honor Cost:

Helm: 5 Honor Points
Shoulders: 5 Honor Points
Chest: 5 Honor Points
Gloves: 0 Honor Points
Legs: 5 Honor Points
Feet: 5 Honor Points

Epic-Quality Honor Cost:

Helm: 5 Honor Points
Shoulders: 0 Honor Points
Chest: 5 Honor Points
Gloves: 0 Honor Points
Legs: 5 Honor Points
Feet: 0 Honor Points

These 5-piece rare-quality PvP sets require the player to be Honored with the 5 core Burning Crusade factions. They are purchasable from the following vendors with gold, not honor (warning: item/faction combos vary based on class);
Alurmi: Keepers of Time

Almaador: The Sha'tar

Fedryen Swiftspear: Cenarion Expedition

Nakodu: Lower City

Logistics Officer Ulrike: Honor Hold / Quartermaster Urgronn: Thrallmar

Gladiator

This 5-piece set is currently only sold by Karynna at the Isle of Quel'Danas.

Players need to turn in an armor token from tier 4 PvE bosses, explained on the Acquiring Tier Gear:Raiding Tier 4 tab. This armor token will turn into the corresponding PvP item.

In 4.3, the set can be purchased for honor from Kezzik the Striker:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Merciless Gladiator

This 5-piece set is sold by Olus and Soryn at the Isle of Quel'Danas.

Players can redeem armor tokens from tier 5 PvE bosses, explained on the Acquiring Tier Gear: Raiding Tier 5 tab. This armor token will turn into the corresponding PvP item.

In 4.3, the set can be purchased for honor from Kezzik the Striker:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Kayri

Belt: 8 Justice Points

Boots: 8 Justice Points

Wrists: 0 Justice Points

Vengeful Gladiator

This 5-piece set has been put back in the game in 4.3. Accessories are available by turning in Sunwell armor tokens to Kayri at the Isle of Quel'Danas.

In 4.3, the set can be purchased for honor from Kezzik the Striker:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Brutal Gladiator

This 5-piece set is sold by First Sergeant Hola'mahi in Orgrimmar, Sergeant Major Clate in Stormwind City, Vixton Pinchwhistle in Tanaris, and Grex Brainboiler in Dalaran.

Honor cost:
Helm: 5 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 5 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 5 Honor Points

Waist: 0 Honor Points

Feet: 0 Honor Points

Wrist: 0 Honor Points

Deadly, Hateful, and Savage Gladiator

There are three sets associated with Arena Season 5.

The ilvl 213 5-piece set is sold by Arcanist Firael and Magister Sarien in Dalaran. The glove and leg pieces, as well as accessories, also drop from Archavon the Stone Watcher on 25m and Emalon the Storm Watcher on 10m.

Justice Point cost:
Helm: 0 Justice Points

Shoulders: 7 Justice Points

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Gloves: 7 Justice Points

Legs: 0 Justice Points

Arcanist AdurinMagister BrasaelArchavon the Stone Watcher

Helm: 0 Justice Points

Shoulders: 7 Justice Points

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Gloves: 7 Justice Points

Legs: 0 Justice Points

Arcanist IvrenneMagistrix Lambriesse

Helm: 0 Justice Points

Shoulders: 8 Justice Points

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Gloves: 8 Justice Points

Legs: 0 Justice Points

Furious Gladiator

This 5-piece ilvl 232 set is sold by Arcanist Asarina, Arcanist Miluria, Magistrix Iruvia, and Magistrix Vesara. Legs and gloves, as well as accessories, also drop from Emalon the Storm Watcher on 25m and Koralon the Flame Watcher on 10m.

Justice Point Cost:
Helm: 5 Justice Points

Shoulders: 1 Justice Points

Chest: 5 Justice Points

Gloves: 1 Justice Points

Legs: 5 Justice Points

Relentless Gladiator

This 5-piece set is sold by Arcanist Uovril, Goodman the "Closer", and Magister Arlan for Justice Points. Legs and gloves, as well as accessories, also drop from Koralon the Flame Watcher on 25m and Toravon the Ice Watcher on 10m.

Justice Point Cost:
Helm: 0 Justice Points

Shoulders: 5 Justice Points

Chest: 0 Justice Points

Gloves: 5 Justice Points

Legs: 0 Justice Points

Wrathful Gladiator

This 5-piece set is sold by First Sergeant Hola'mahi in Orgrimmar, Sergeant Major Clate in Stormwind City, Vixton Pinchwhistle in Tanaris, and Krixel Pinchwhistle in Dalaran. Legs and gloves, as well as accessories, drop from Toravon the Ice Watcher on 25m.

Honor cost:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Waist: 5 Honor Points

Feet: 5 Honor Points

Wrist: 0 Honor Points

Vicious Gladiator

In Cataclysm, this set changed ilvls a few times. It is now an ilvl 358 set purchasable from Capps Carlin in Tanaris and Kylo Kelwin in Dalaran.

Gloves and legs drop from Argaloth.

Honor cost:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 5 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 5 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Ruthless Gladiator

An ilvl 371 set is available to purchase from Capps Carlin in Tanaris and Kylo Kelwin in Dalaran.

An ilvl 377 set that looks exactly the same is sold by Blood Guard Zar'shi, Zom Bocom, Ecton Brasstumbler, and Knight-Lieutenant T'Maire Sydes. The prices used to be overly expensive, but have been adjusted to be consistent in 5.4.

Gloves and legs drop from Occu'thar.

Cheapest Honor cost:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 5 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 5 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Changing to these elite looks is no longer possible.Cataclysmic Gladiator

These 5-piece ilvl 403 sets were 4.3's arena set. They were changed to ilvl 390 sets in 5.0.4.

They are sold by Capps Carlin in Tanaris and Kylo Kelwin in Dalaran. Hybrids were unable to buy full sets before 5.2, but that has been fixed. In 5.2, they can also be purchased from Xazi Smolderpipe in Dalaran, Evee Copperspring in Tanaris, Captain Dirgehammer in Stormwind, and Sergeant Thunderhorn in Orgrimmar.

Gloves and legs drop from Alizabal in Baradin Hold.

Honor Cost:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 5 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 5 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

Changing to this elite look is no longer possible.Dreadful, Malevolent Gladiator

There are three recolors of Season 12 gear, Mists of Pandaria's first season.

The Dreadful Gladiator gear originally was ilvl 458. It used to be sold by Hayden Christophen and Lok'nor Bloodfist. They do not sell this gear anymore and duplicate Crafted Dreadful Gladiator items can be crafted by players instead now. These recipes have a chance to be learnt when crafting the following:
Tailoring: Imperial Silk

Leatherworking: Magnificence of Leather, Magnificence of Scales

Blacksmithing: Lightning Steel Ingot

Malevolent GladiatorConquest PointsHayden ChristophenLok'nor BloodfistHonor Points

Tailoring: Celestial Cloth

Leatherworking: Hardened Magnificent Hide

Blacksmithing: Balanced Trillium Ingot

Changing to this elite look is no longer possible.Tyrannical Gladiator

There are three recolors of Season 13 gear--Alliance, Horde and Elite sets.

Introduced in 5.2, Alliance and Horde Tyrannical sets are ilvl 496. Initially, the Alliance set was sold by Lucan Malory and the Horde set was sold by Doris Chiltonius for Conquest Points. In 5.4 they cost Honor Points and were sold by Hayden Christophen and Lok'nor Bloodfist, but in 5.4.7, none of these pieces are available anymore.

Elite gear now requires players to achieve Tyrannical Conquest, instead of having a 2200 ranking. This gear is currently ilvl 512, but in 5.3 it will simply serve as vanity gear due to the ilvl 496 cap in Arenas and RBGs. It was purchased from following NPCs: Acon Deathwielder, Ethan Natice. Changing to this elite look is no longer possible.

Grievous Gladiator

There are three recolors of Season 14 gear--Alliance, Horde and Elite sets.

Introduced in 5.4, Alliance and Horde Grievous sets are ilvl 522. The Alliance set was initially sold by Lucan Malory and the Horde set by Doris Chiltonius for Conquest Points. In Patch 5.4.7, they are now sold by Hayden Christophen and Lok'nor Bloodfist and cost Honor Points:
Helm: 0 Honor Points

Shoulders: 0 Honor Points

Chest: 0 Honor Points

Gloves: 0 Honor Points

Legs: 0 Honor Points

There are three recolors of Season 15 gear--Alliance, Horde, and Elite sets. The Season 14 Alliance and Horde sets have switched colors for Season 15 Conquest gear so those colors aren't faction-exclusive anymore

Introduced in 5.4.7, Alliance and Horde Prideful Gladiator sets are ilvl 550. The Alliance set is sold by Lucan Malory and the Horde set is sold by Doris Chiltonius for Conquest Points.

Helm: 0 Conquest Points

Shoulders: 0 Conquest Points

Chest: 0 Conquest Points

Gloves: 0 Conquest Points

Legs: 0 Conquest Points

Prideful ConquestPrideful ConquestHonor PointsConquest PointsArmsmaster HolinkaRoo DesvinPrideful ConquestPrideful Conquestas well asEthan NaticeAcon Deathwielder

Helm: 0 Conquest Points

Shoulders: 0 Conquest Points

Chest: 0 Conquest Points

Gloves: 0 Conquest Points

Legs: 0 Conquest Points

Tier Sets: PvP

Tier

Description

Name

Arena Season 5: Deadly

dark red/grey

Deadly Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 5: Hateful

silver/brown

Hateful Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 5: Savage

brown/silver

Savage Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 6

steel/silver

Furious Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 7

black/bright blue

Relentless Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 8

black/aqua

Wrathful Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 9

purple

Vicious Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 10

purple/olive

Ruthless Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 10: Elite

red/gold

Ruthless Gladiator's Desecration (Elite)

Arena Season 11

purple, silver

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 11: Elite

brown, red, grey

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Desecration (Elite)

Arena Season 12: Dreadful

green, bronze

Dreadful Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 12: Malevolent

blue, silver

Malevolent Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 12: Elite

red

Malevolent Gladiator's Desecration (Elite)

Arena Season 13: Alliance

gold, black

Tyrannical Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 13: Horde

red

Tyrannical Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 13: Elite

grey, brown

Tyrannical Gladiator's Desecration (Elite)

Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde

blue/black

Grievous Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance

orange/brown

Grievous Gladiator's Desecration

Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite

green/brown

Grievous Gladiator's Desecration

Tier

Description

Name

Level 60 Rare: Alliance

maroon

Lieutenant Commander's Refuge

Level 60 Rare: Horde

brown

Champion's Refuge

Level 60 Epic: Alliance

purple

Field Marshal's Sanctuary

Level 60 Epic: Horde

aqua with large orange shoulders

Warlord's Sanctuary

Level 70 v2

maroon with teal

Dragonhide Battlegear

Arena Season 1

red with ropy black accents, t4 reskin

Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 2

navy/brown t5 reskin

Merciless Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 3

blue/brown t6 reskin

Vengeful Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 4

wine/fel green

Brutal Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 5: Deadly

wine/slate blue

Deadly Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 5: Hateful

olive/green/gold

Hateful Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 5: Savage

olive/wine, orange accent

Savage Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 6

slate blue/wine with gold accents and green leaves

Furious Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 7

burgundy/wine/olive

Relentless Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 8

olive/wine/navy with gold accents

Wrathful Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 9

brown

Vicious Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 10

brown/wine with antlers

Ruthless Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 10: Elite

tan/black with sea green accents

Ruthless Gladiator's Refuge (Elite)

Arena Season 11

green, brown, gold

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 11: Elite

grey, light green, brown

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Refuge (Elite)

Arena Season 12: Dreadful

wine, cream, blue

Dreadful Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 12: Malevolent

gold, green, white

Malevolent Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 12: Elite

wine, cream

Malevolent Gladiator's Refuge (Elite)

Arena Season 13: Alliance

blue, gold

Tyrannical Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 13: Horde

red

Tyrannical Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 13: Elite

green, gold

Tyrannical Gladiator's Refuge (Elite)

Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde

brown/white

Grievous Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance

white/brown/blue

Grievous Gladiator's Refuge

Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite

brown/gold/purple

Grievous Gladiator's Refuge

Tier

Description

Name

Level 60 Rare: Alliance

green with chainmail

Lieutenant Commander's Pursuance

Level 60 Rare: Horde

purple/chainmail

Champion's Pursuance

Level 60 Epic: Alliance

silver/gold

Field Marshal's Pursuit

Level 60 Epic: Horde

gold/olive

Warlord's Pursuit

Level 70 v2

black/red

Stalker's Chain Battlegear

Arena Season 1

brown with fel green accents, tier 4 reskin

Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 2

silver with gold/electric blue accents, tier 5 reskin

Merciless Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 3

shades of brown

Vengeful Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 4

gold with wine accents

Brutal Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 5: Deadly

brown with orange accents

Deadly Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 5: Hateful

black with gold/teal accents

Hateful Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 5: Savage

brown with olive accents

Savage Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 6

silver with green/olive accents

Furious Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 7

brown with silver accents

Relentless Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 8

brown with gold and blue accents

Wrathful Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 9

silver with teal/brown accents

Vicious Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 10

purple with black/gold accents

Ruthless Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 10: Elite

red with gold/black accents

Ruthless Gladiator's Pursuit (Elite)

Arena Season 11

brown, white

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 11: Elite

red, brown, white

Cataclysmic Gladiator's Pursuit (Elite)

Arena Season 12: Dreadful

orange, navy

Dreadful Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 12: Malevolent

purple, navy

Malevolent Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 12: Elite

red, black

Malevolent Gladiator's Pursuit (Elite)

Arena Season 13: Alliance

blue, brown

Tyrannical Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 13: Horde

red, brown

Tyrannical Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 13: Elite

green

Tyrannical Gladiator's Pursuit (Elite)

Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde

green/purple

Grievous Gladiator's Pursuit

Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance

red

Grievous Gladiator's Pursuit

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	dark blue/white with gold accents	Lieutenant Commander's Arcanum
Level 60 Rare: Horde	dark blue with light blue accents	Champion's Arcanum
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	purple with periwinkle accents	Field Marshal's Regalia
Level 60 Epic: Horde	black with silver accents	Warlord's Regalia
Level 70 v2	red with silver/pink accents	Evoker's Silk Battlegear
Arena Season 1	red with white accents, t4 reskin	Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 2	navy and olive, t5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 3	red/orange/lavender, t6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 4	dark blue with lavender/silver accents	Brutal Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 5: Deadly	shades of red	Deadly Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 5: Hateful	light-medium blue/tan accents	Hateful Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 5: Savage	spring green/steel accents	Savage Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 6	red with orange and gold accents	Furious Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 7	wine with orange and bright blue accents	Relentless Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 8	purple with indigo and gold accents	Wrathful Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 9	grey with gold accents	Vicious Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 10	purple with black/gold/lavender accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 10: Elite	brown with grey/orange/red accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Regalia (Elite)
Arena Season 11	brown, purple, bright blue	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 11: Elite	black, red, gold	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Regalia (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	blue, purple, bronze	Dreadful Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	red, yellow, silver	Malevolent Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 12: Elite	blue, gold	Malevolent Gladiator's Regalia (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue	Tyrannical Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 13: Horde	red	Tyrannical Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 13: Elite	purple	Tyrannical Gladiator's Regalia (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	black/green	Grievous Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	wine/green	Grievous Gladiator's Regalia
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	black/gold	Grievous Gladiator's Regalia

Tier	Description	Name
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	blue/grey	Dreadful Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	green/grey	Malevolent Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 12: Elite	red/grey	Malevolent Gladiator's Copperskin (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue, copper	Tyrannical Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 13: Horde	red, green	Tyrannical Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 13: Elite	green, blue	Tyrannical Gladiator's Copperskin (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	green/brown	Grievous Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	red/gold	Grievous Gladiator's Copperskin
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	brown/green	Grievous Gladiator's Copperskin

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	gold/cream	Lieutenant Commander's Redoubt
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	gold with winged shoulder	Field Marshal's Aegis
Level 70 v2	red with grey accents	Crusader's Ornamented Battlegear
Arena Season 1	silver with red accents, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Aegis
Arena Season 2	brown with grey and green accents, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Aegis
Arena Season 3	gold with silver and magenta accents, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Aegis
Arena Season 4	dark blue with gold accents	Brutal Gladiator's Aegis
Arena Season 5: Deadly	grey with brown accents	Deadly Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 5: Hateful	silver with brown accents	Hateful Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 5: Savage	silver with gold accents	Savage Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 6	gold/red/brown	Furious Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 7	silver with gold/brown/red accents	Relentless Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 8	white/gold	Wrathful Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 9	white/grey	Vicious Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 10	burgundy with gold and white accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 10: Elite	silver-blue with brown/red/tan accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Redemption (Elite)
Arena Season 11	silver, bronze, dark blue	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 11: Elite	gold, silver, red	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Redemption (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	olive/gold/white	Dreadful Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	white/brown	Malevolent Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 12: Elite	black/gold/red	Malevolent Gladiator's Redemption (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue, gold	Tyrannical Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 13: Horde	red, black	Tyrannical Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 13: Elite	purple	Tyrannical Gladiator's Redemption (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	gold	Grievous Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	black/red	Grievous Gladiator's Redemption
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	brown/green	Grievous Gladiator's Redemption

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	light blue with white/gold accents	Lieutenant Commander's Investiture
Level 60 Rare: Horde	black with silver accents	Champion's Investiture
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	cream with white and black accents	Field Marshal's Raiment
Level 60 Epic: Horde	black with silver accents and orange glow	Warlord's Raiment
Level 70 v1: Alliance	cream with white and black accents	Grand Marshal's Investiture
Arena Season 1	gold/olive, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Investiture]
Arena Season 2	navy/white, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 3	red/blue, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 4	olive/teal/brown	Brutal Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 5: Deadly	red/black	Deadly Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 5: Hateful	periwinkle with black/gold accents	Hateful Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 5: Savage	green with black/silver accents	Savage Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 6	grey with red/black/gold accents	Furious Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 7	cream with grey/white/electric blue accents	Relentless Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 8	white with gold/dark blue/teal accents	Wrathful Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 9	brown/silver/purple	Vicious Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 10	black/silver/gold	Ruthless Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 10: Elite	red/gold/silver/black	Ruthless Gladiator's Investiture (Elite)
Arena Season 11	silver, black, gold	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 11: Elite	red, gold, silver, bright blue	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Investiture (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	beige/blue	Dreadful Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	green/bronze	Malevolent Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 12: Elite	red/navy	Malevolent Gladiator's Investiture (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue, gold	Tyrannical Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 13: Horde	red	Tyrannical Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 13: Elite	grey, brown	Tyrannical Gladiator's Investiture (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	gold/blue	Grievous Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	purple/red/silver	Grievous Gladiator's Investiture
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	brown/green	Grievous Gladiator's Investiture

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	purple	Lieutenant Commander's Guard
Level 60 Rare: Horde	dark purple/brown	Champion's Guard
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	purple	Field Marshal's Vestments
Level 60 Epic: Horde	orange/red	Warlord's Vestments
Level 70 v2	black with dark red accents	Opportunist's Battlegear
Arena Season 1	brown/olive, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 2	grey with maroon and silver accents, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 3	blue with black and orange accents, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 4	blue with fel green accents	Brutal Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 5: Deadly	silver with maroon accents	Deadly Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 5: Hateful	brown with tan accents	Hateful Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 5: Savage	silver with red and brown accents	Savage Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 6	red with black and white accents	Furious Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 7	red with brown and gold accents	Relentless Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 8	red with black and gold accents	Wrathful Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 9	purple	Vicious Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 10	brown with silver accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 10: Elite	red with gold and black accents	Ruthless Gladiator's Vestments (Elite)
Arena Season 11	dark green, purple, brown, olive	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 11: Elite	red, light blue, gold	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Vestments (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	bronze/blue	Dreadful Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	brown/purple	Malevolent Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 12: Elite	orange/yellow	Malevolent Gladiator's Vestments (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue, gold	Tyrannical Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 13: Horde	red, black	Tyrannical Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 13: Elite	green, brown	Tyrannical Gladiator's Vestments (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	brown/purple	Grievous Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	red/black	Grievous Gladiator's Vestments
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	black/green	Grievous Gladiator's Vestments

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Horde	gold/silver with scales	Champion's Stormcaller
Level 60 Epic: Horde	blue/green-grey	Warlord's Earthshaker
Level 70 v2	red/purple with grey chains	Seer's Mail Battlegear
Arena Season 1	brown/red/ocean blue, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 2	gold/red, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 3	red with ocean blue accents, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 4	brown with fel green accents	Brutal Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 5: Deadly	brown with grey/red accents	Deadly Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 5: Hateful	silver with brown accents	Hateful Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 5: Savage	olive with grey accents	Savage Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 6	grey/teal/violet	Furious Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 7	red/gold/light blue	Relentless Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 8	teal/green/silver	Wrathful Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 9	blue/black	Vicious Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 10	tan/olive/orange	Ruthless Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 10: Elite	brown/silver/red	Ruthless Gladiator's Earthshaker (Elite)
Arena Season 11	red, blue, brown	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 11: Elite	brown, navy, red	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Earthshaker (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	green/bronze	Dreadful Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	blue/black	Malevolent Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 12: Elite	red/orange	Malevolent Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 13: Alliance	gold, blue, brown	Tyrannical Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 13: Horde	red, brown	Tyrannical Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 13: Elite	brown, green	Tyrannical Gladiator's Earthshaker (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	brown/green	Grievous Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	green/white	Grievous Gladiator's Earthshaker
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	black/wine	Grievous Gladiator's Earthshaker

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	red with white/gold accents	Lieutenant Commander's Dreadgear
Level 60 Rare: Horde	black with red/orange accents	Champion's Dreadgear
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	wine with white/gold/green accents	Field Marshal's Threads
Level 60 Epic: Horde	black with gold accents	Warlord's Threads
Level 70 v2	black with red/grey accents	Dreadweave Battlegear
Arena Season 1	olive with teal accents, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 2	black with dark red accents, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Dreadgear
Arena Season 3	blue with magenta accents, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Dreadgear
Arena Season 4	brown with grey/red accents	Brutal Gladiator's Dreadgear
Arena Season 5: Deadly	maroon/grey	Deadly Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 5: Hateful	dark blue/purple with silver accents	Hateful Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 5: Savage	olive/steel blue with brown accents	Savage Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 6	dark red/black	Furious Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 7	dark purple with grey accents	Relentless Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 8	tan/brown/gold	Wrathful Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 9	green/gold	Vicious Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 10	green/gold with light green flame	Ruthless Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 10: Elite	red/black	Ruthless Gladiator's Felshroud (Elite)
Arena Season 11	purple, navy	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Felshroud
Arena Season 11: Elite	dark blue, red, gold	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Felshroud (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	purple/olive	Dreadful Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	brown	Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 12: Elite	orange/navy	Malevolent Gladiator's Felweave (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	blue, purple	Tyrannical Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 13: Horde	red	Tyrannical Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 13: Elite	purple, green	Tyrannical Gladiator's Felweave (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	olive/silver	Grievous Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	wine/black	Grievous Gladiator's Felweave
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	olive/green	Grievous Gladiator's Felweave

Tier	Description	Name
Level 60 Rare: Alliance	gold/silver	Lieutenant Commander's Battlearmor
Level 60 Rare: Horde	bronze/orange	Champion's Battlearmor
Level 60 Epic: Alliance	gold with winged shoulder	Field Marshal's Battlegear
Level 60 Epic: Horde	silver with mauve accents	Warlord's Battlegear
Level 70 v2	red with silver accents	Savage Plate Battlegear
Arena Season 1	black with orange shoulders, tier 4 reskin	Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 2	dark brown, tier 5 reskin	Merciless Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 3	brown/steel blue, tier 6 reskin	Vengeful Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 4	black with grey and fel green accents	Brutal Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 5: Deadly	red/grey	Deadly Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 5: Hateful	silver/black	Hateful Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 5: Savage	gold/silver	Savage Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 6	brown and olive	Furious Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 7	tan with brown and electric blue accents	Relentless Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 8	brown with gold accents	Wrathful Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 9	silver/ice blue	Vicious Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 10	silver/ice blue with purple flames	Ruthless Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 10: Elite	gold/brown with gold flames	Ruthless Gladiator's Battlegear (Elite)
Arena Season 11	silver, teal	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 11: Elite	red, gold, silver	Cataclysmic Gladiator's Battlegear (Elite)
Arena Season 12: Dreadful	silver/gold	Dreadful Gladiator's Battlegear
Arena Season 12: Malevolent	black/green	Malevolent Gladiator's Battelgear
Arena Season 12: Elite	black/blue	Malevolent Gladiator's Battlegear (Elite)
Arena Season 13: Alliance	gold, black	Tyrannical Gladiator's Battelgear
Arena Season 13: Horde	bronze, blue	Tyrannical Gladiator's Battelgear
Arena Season 13: Elite	silver, purple	Tyrannical Gladiator's Battelgear (Elite)
Arena Season 14: Alliance/Season 15: Horde	bronze/green	Grievous Gladiator's Battleplate
Arena Season 14: Horde/Season 15: Alliance	copper/green	Grievous Gladiator's Battleplate
Arena Season 14 and 15: Elite	copper/red	Grievous Gladiator's Battleplate

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News Round Up: Tyrande Whisperwind, Tier 11 Acquisition, and More

posted 2011/08/12 at 7:20 PM by Ashelia

On Epics for Casual Raiders

We've offered players who don't raid a reasonable way to gear up, and achieve high levels of power. The JP/VP system makes a lot of sense to us, and gives everyone a pretty good personal progression track in addition to loot drops, and we feel pretty good about the system as it stands. That doesn't necessarily mean that we think that full sets are a necessary part of that picture, though.

We still want to preserve some of the most prestigious PvE loot for players who face down raid content (even if it's a tier behind), and we feel that completing a tier set means that a raid needs to fit in there somewhere. That design makes sense to us, and we want to preserve some of the reward for facing down those bad guys. We re-adjusted those instances specifically to encourage players to go experience them, and we want to leave some incentives in there for players who check those raids out.

So, in conclusion, please kill Nefarian and Cho’gall. They are mean and deserve it.

"I want what I haven't earned or I might not resubscribe"

Daxx...maybe the issue is that raiding is the only form of progression at end game.

And as time consuming as it is, some people just can't do it.

But those same people love the game and want to continue to progress and gear their characters, but have maxed out all available options (apart from raiding).(Last?) Chance At BlizzCon Tickets

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Leader Short Stories: Tyrande Whisperwind

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A sob caught in Tyrande's throat as she rushed to the wounded elf's side. She fell to her knees and began to pray, scarcely able to form the words in her grief. "Elune, grant me this, if nothing else. Spare her; please… she is my daughter. She believes that I saved her, but it is she who has saved me… again and again. My life would be empty without her in it." Tears streamed down her cheeks, glittering like the trails of stars.

Malfurion ran up behind her, but she was too distraught to notice his presence until his hand had grasped hers. The simple gesture anchored her and, beneath it all, she could feel him add his power to hers as they tried to heal Shandris.

They watched her for a long moment, barely breathing. Then Shandris's eyelashes fluttered and she opened her eyes drowsily. Rolling her head slightly to the side, she tried to focus on the shapes hovering before her-shapes of people she knew. "Min'da? An'da?" she asked blearily, her brow knitted in confusion.

Tyrande had no words. Her tears dripped to the floor, further darkening the stained wood. She placed her hand on Shandris's shoulder and took a long breath. "Your parents still rest with Elune, Shandris. But you do not, thanks to Mal's aid."

"Tyrande knew you were in danger all along. She could think of nothing else," Malfurion added.

Shandris regarded them. "Well, perhaps I was not too far off the mark." She laughed, then winced in pain. "I-it… seems Elune has answered my prayers in the end."

Tyrande raised her eyes to Malfurion. "I believe she has answered all of ours."

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On Low Level PvP Imbalance

We are not deaf to the concerns raised about low-level PvP. We feel it needs some attention too.

The Heirloom is only part of the problem though.

Although I'm happy there's a blue response I can't believe that you actually say that because it's difficult it's better to do nothing.Legendary #39

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News Round Up: Ethereals Are Back in Blizzard Teaser

posted 2011/08/11 at 11:47 AM by Ashelia

Curiouser and curiouser...

4.2.2 Patch Notes PTR (August 11th)

World of Warcraft PTR Patch 4.2.2

Notes for all World of Warcraft patches can be found here.

Dungeons & Raids

Firelands

The visibility of Ragnaros’ Dreadflame ability has been increased.
The size of Ragnaros’ hit box during the final phase of the Heroic encounter has been increased.

User Interface

Raid Frames should now remember whether they were shown or hidden upon subsequent logins.

Technical

Players using multiple accounts should now be available to be invited to a Real ID Party.
Attempts to purchase Arena Season 10 items should no longer sometimes cause a client crash. (Korea Only)

World First Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's RestSiizPremonitionDragonwrath, Tarecgosa's RestHow close is your guild to completing it? What class got it--how did you decide to give it to that lucky person?15-Man Raids?

I think the should add 15 man raids in cataclsym.
10 is too little and 25 is too much. It's like the PERFECT number.
So will we have 10/15/25 man raids. 15 mans will drop 3 pieces of gear following the 1Gear:5Players Ratio.

Please give your thought on this i would LOVE to see 15 man raids.

Edit:10Man-120VP 25Man-140VP so 15Man-130VP

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