Yup, 2.4 is now officially on the PTR and not quite stable yet (which was expected). Thanks to the people at MMO-Champion and WorldofRaids, loads of confirmed loot info, class ability changes, boss encounters (well… only a couple actual fights as of yesterday) and instance screenshots were made available to our eager minds. So, out of those, what has me excited (and pissed off) exactly?
1. Already too many melee dagger loots!
--- Is Blizzard still trying to shove this piece of cake down our (Rogues) throats? We want more variation without having to be in a certain direction or position to the mob… or at least that’s what I feel. I need more stat pictures of the swords, maces, and fists.
2. New fist weapons!
--- OMG! The weapon skins picture on the above websites showed there were at least 3 fist weapon models in 2.4, with one of them having dropped already with some nice stats. I’ll be waiting for the matching MH shortly as that one was not the matching pair in the picture. But hey, it’s bulky, spiky, and it looks cool.
3. New heroic 5-man offers little to zero upgrades for BT raiding guilds!
--- I nearly saw this coming. I’m upset, but not really since our (MM) primary focus will be the 25-man instance. But still, I expected some of the items to be near upgrades.
4. Kael’thas is on crack!
--- Or was. Have you seen the picture of Kael 2.0?! HIS DAMN FACE IS MELTING! If that is what happens to Blood/High Elves after a dark arcane withdrawal, I’ll be sure to keep the lovely ladies away from that crap, else I’m going to move even more attention to the Draenai ladies. Hey, I have needs! =p
5. Confirmed 25-man loot already comparable to current T6 in power!
--- This was also a bit upsetting as I was expecting the items to be a bit more powerful than they currently seem to be. Currently, most of the Sunwell drops seem to be around the same power (sometimes slightly better) than the BT/Hyjal gear... at least for Rogues. I had already run the DPS points numbers on the new gear (2 AP = 1 AGI = 1 CRIT = 1 point) and most of the pieces are on the same level or higher slightly, depending on if you need haste rating or armor penetration. I will remain optimistic as I am sure there is more to come, giving more options to those already with T6 to swap pieces out for other stats. This brings me to my next point…
6. T6 is being expanded to 8 pieces!
--- I am both really excited and really pissed off at this, so let me explain. Yay for Blizzard in creating the last 3 pieces of the set, which allows classes to replace gear and keep their bonuses. But, why not add more bonuses to the set… like a 6 piece or even a super 8 piece bonus? Hell, the old T3 Naxx set had 9 friggin pieces with a max 8 piece bonus (of course 8 piece sets were the norm back then, but still). This would at least give us the option to either, keep a couple of the bonuses and swap pieces out, or to keep all the pieces and obtain even stronger bonuses.
7. More loot with haste rating!
--- Stop please, or at least change haste rating back somewhat to what it used to be so it’s not entirely worthless. Waste of item level points in my opinion.
8. Armor skins are re-colored older skins!
--- I personally haven’t seen them all, but this is still upsetting… yet I understand what goes into creating a new item graphic with the correct character mountings (see my earlier blog mentioning the fist weapon mounting headache). The art team really needs to start creating new graphics and armor skins. It really sucks walking around and seeing handfuls of people with the same armor skins with slightly different color schemes. Will the upcoming T7 and Arena Season 4 sets look the same?! I know it’s a lot of work to not only create the art for the skins, but to eventually make the mountings for all character types, but to the average player… it looks like laziness.
Well, back to the grind I guess. Maybe Illidan will drop a legendary tonight… if people actually FRIGGIN SHOW UP! ><
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