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By: Tonori

Tonori — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:17 +0000

Actually, I think its government interference in an individuals choices W’out the right of appeal, public oversight & scrutiny, adherence to best practice or facilitated public debate let alone regular elections which is usually needed to make that strategy work.

By: Ngita

Ngita — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:55:42 +0000

Well right now BS’ gem their enchants(sockets)

Let alone when you upgrade your Sha touched, 4k for a new enchant, 10k for a new Sha touched gem, 2.5k for a new socket and a measly 50g for a new gem for that socket. Oh well its all gold sinks.

By: Ngita

Ngita — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:52:51 +0000

I have to say your not in agreement with the majority of D&R here, most of us feel its old content. When your killing heroic sha @ 95 in ilvl 700 gear do you really feel the that the optional nerf is lessening your experience? The reality is the day you wear 1 item of ilvl inflated 5.2 lfr gear the content is nerfed. If you choose you can wear gear from prior to 5.2 and if you choose you can turn the nerf off. Some of us don’t distinguish between exactly how the content is nerfed, because its nerfed either way. The 10% nerf just breaths a little life into it so people don’t need to wait for the ilvl to nerf it.

In 5,2 if you want gear you should be running lfr for gear not HoF, if your a raiding guild you should be wiping on new bosse in t15 s not wiping on old bosses. Blizzard inflated ilvl and removed any “need” to run t14 beyond fun.

Indeed Garalon and Elegon are generally the only 2 bosses where a nerf actually makes a difference long term, the rest are all mechanics checks. If you wipe at 10% then next time you pull or the time after that you will kill the boss, you almost always wipe because someone made a mistake.

Not sure about the upgrade vendors going, I feel its a good system, but on the other hand i feel a certain relief knowing their is an eventual end to valor capping my main.

By: Jem

Jem — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:16:41 +0000

I like the concept, that once you have run out of new gear options there’s still something to do with your VP, but overall yeah, it becomes a cumbersome process combined with gems, chants and reforging.

By: Jem

Jem — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:15:51 +0000

My impression was it is say ‘trash til honoured and then boss kills’ type grind. However, I can’t remember where I got the idea from and I made the ‘honoured’ bit up for the example.

By: Thunderspank

Thunderspank — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:48:35 +0000

How is this change driven by PvP?

By: Thunderspank

Thunderspank — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:06:17 +0000

I agree. Its a bit annoying to have to do 4 things before an item is “as good as it can be”. :)

By: Ming

Ming — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:31:16 +0000

I seem to recall a Blue saying that eventually you’ll need to kill bosses to get reputation, which implies that for the early levels trash will give rep too, but I don’t believe it’s been confirmed either way.

More importantly, it looks as though the new 5.2 Valor gear reputation requirements are staggered from Neutral to Revered: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/3115-Patch-5-2-Valor-Gear-PTR-Isle-of-the-Thunder-King-Unlock-Times-Blue-Posts-Video

By: Darand

Darand — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:25:33 +0000

I agree that removing the item upgrade vendor is a mistake. I am still hoping for a better weapon to drop before 5.2 comes out so I can upgrade it (11 Lei Shi kills so far plus coin rolls and nada). I feel that the vendor enhances\augments the standard system, and as a non-PvPer I’m getting tired of them forcing changes on the PvE side to balance PvP.

By: Grimmtooth

Grimmtooth — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:16:28 +0000

I have to confess that the upgrade vendors annoyed me to an unreasonable extent. First three’s gear, then gems, then enchants, then reforges … what’s next? Enchants for our gems? How crowded does that room have to get before someone just busts out laughing?

I realize that’s probably not a popular outlook, but it just seemed … silly.