Comments on: Spellpower and You: Gearing in WotLK

By: Majestic

Majestic — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:38:23 +0000

That half way makes me sad just because I re-specced from being a Holy Priest to being a Shadow Priest. I chanced servers (so also respecced) and re-did my tailoring specialization from Primal Mooncloth to Shadoweave. Looks like I could have stayed primarily a “Healer” and still done respectable damage.

Oh well. So goes life. :) I’m still excited about the patch.

By: Siha

Siha — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:04:03 +0000

All the base stats, sockets, and socket bonuses are staying the same. The frost/shadow dmg is changing to non-specific spellpower as follows: Robe: 72 -> 59; Shoulders: 50 -> 41; Boots: 57 -> 47. In addition, the items are becoming BoP. The set bonus remains unchanged.
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Comparing the Frozen Shadoweave Robe to the Primal Mooncloth Robe, as an example:
Frozen Shadoweave robe: +30 Sta, +20 Int, Yellow & Blue sockets (+3 hit bonus), +59 spellpower. Set bonus is based on frost/shadow dmg.
Primal Mooncloth robe: +20 Int, +20 Spi, Yellow & Blue sockets (+3 Int bonus), +64 spellpower, +10 mp5. Set bonus allows 5% of Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
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So in general, some pieces of healing gear will still be more healer-oriented (with mana regen stats and no hit rating), but Frozen Shadoweave will be a good solid piece of gear even for healing.

By: CHoo

CHoo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:38:11 +0000

i heard that they are nerfing frozen shadowweave set

By: Shhdow

Shhdow — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:58:40 +0000

Ok, here is one for you all.
Frozen Shadow-weave set. That my spriest wears.
Will it be just as good as equivalent healing gear for healing once LK is come about?

By: MMike

MMike — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:56:54 +0000

ye, agree on that = but some times the difference is such

healing item : +healing, +int, +spirit(no need)

caster item : +spell dmg. +int, +spell crit

By: Siha

Siha — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:36:26 +0000

Not if they have healer gear of equivalent power/ilevel – as you can see in the examples above, pre-WotLK healer gear becomes spellpower gear once WotLK launches.

In fact, healers are better off because they no longer have to accrue a DPS set for soloing or whatever; their healing set will be just as good for both purposes after Wrath Day.

By: MMike

MMike — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:38:08 +0000

damn… so, basically it means that healers can
(& SHOULD) start NEEDing
(or spending DKP points in high-end raids)
for casters gear… just to be more ready for WotLK ?

that’ll not make everyone else happier… :((

By: Siha

Siha — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:36:49 +0000

Well, it’s hard to say until we’ve seen how much loot a tuned, typical instance or raid will drop.

I think the end effect will be: you will have more competition for most pieces of gear (except single-class stuff like spelldamage plate). However, there will be less individual pieces of gear on a boss loot table, so any given piece will drop more frequently, so you’ll have a chance to get it more often.

By: CJ

CJ — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:16:44 +0000

So how will gearing work? Will there be 1/2 as much gear with 2 times as many people to gear with said lack of gear?

By: Siha

Siha — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:39:06 +0000

Come WotLK, the Redeemer’s stone and Guardian’s stone will have identical stats – at least they do so far in beta. They’ll both be +63 spellpower with the 40% potion boost effect. So… I wouldn’t bother. :)