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80 gear in cata, how long will it last?
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zexen
not even two maby one if ur lucky. the quest in hyjul (80 questing zone) has gear better then t10 on some of the first quest
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NeoBlackheart
level 81 blue 2 handed weapon
Obsidium Executioner
vs
Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand
229 str vs 201 str gemed
343 stm vs 292 stm
153 crit vs 122 crit
153 mastery vs 114 expertise
Only upside might very small might be the expertise but most likely you won't be worring about that yet.
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NeoBlackheart
speculation true.
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skumbananer
There are probably gonna be a few items youll cling on to all the way to 85. Two piece bonus on some tier set you dont want to part with, stuff thats fully gemmed and enchanted that you just cant bare to replace with a green, so youll hold out for a blue item instead.
stuff that just looks really ugly that is not big enough of a upgrade to justify losing your cool looking item for.
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Pwntiff
I think it's rather weird that numbers keep going up.. I know, I know, gear has to improve or people will cry, but what if we just went back to vanilla stats? (with decent itemisation, that is)
...what?
Gear gets better, learn to live with it.
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Azrile
If you are at iLevel 251 or below, almost everythign will be replaced with quest items in the first zone. The only exception is 1 ring, 1 trinket and the 'relic' slot for some specs are not replaced
If you are right around 251, some items will be side-grades and the big determination will be how useful your mastery is for leveling. For instance, shadow priests and moonkin have rather lackluster masteries for leveling, so their 'old 251 gear' might be a bit better than the quest rewards that have a lot of mastery. Other specs which can fully utilize their mastery while questing will probably change gear.
If you are deciding what high level item to go for? ring, trinket, relic. These have the highest chances of lasting past the first zone of questing.
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donkeyo4
As topic say. How long will our epic gear last in cata?
Is it really worth trying to get as much 277 as possible?
Thanks for your answers and thought about this.
Let's just say if you know some crafters about the time you start cata, you'll have your heroic sanc T10 replaced in minutes.
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shadosan
I just wonder how we will fare in new dungeons (regular, of course) with our WotLK gears.
It's especially critical for tanks and healers, since they usually define the group's quality (at least in Wrath -- i know i know, there's CC and whatsnot in Cata...)
Hell, is it even doable without changing our gear?
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Atik
^ 81 for sure should be that turning point. However I suspect you most likely will be replacing most of your gear at Lv80 in Cata content. I suspect it cause in going from Vanilla gear to TBC you should have replaced your gear in Lv61-62 and from TBC gear to WotLK's Lv71-72 gear; with Cata only bringing 5 additional levels the gear transition should be more imediate. However this is purely speculation from me.
What the hell were you doing wrong? My Warrior's T2 has lasted him into Nagrand so far. And T6 brought us into Naxx I believe.
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NeoBlackheart
Supposedly, you can do the first two normal dungeons (Throne of Tides and Black Rock Caverns) in your lvl 80 gear. The two videos I've watched on it were done in 264's with a couple of quest rewards thrown in.
Honestly though, to me the massive shift upwards is justified. We are preparing to take on Deathwing after all, nothing that we've faced before compares.
Yeah its not that hard but since you have to discover the places first you most likely will only be queing in Black Rock. Tide is FAR away from where you first enter the zone. But yeah they are very easy on normal and Tide is also very easy on heroic Blackrock isn't its a bit tough. all the other zones though YOU WILL NEED good gear not ICC25HC gear the gear that puts tanks health at like 70k unbuffed. out of bear form.
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Orranis
level 81 blue 2 handed weapon
Obsidium Executioner
vs
Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand
229 str vs 201 str gemed
343 stm vs 292 stm
153 crit vs 122 crit
153 mastery vs 114 expertise
Only upside might very small might be the expertise but most likely you won't be worring about that yet.
Well, first of all it's 239 strength strength gemmed...
But LOOK AT THAT TOP-END! 400 more top-end damage. Gogo Obsidian Executioner!
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