good news for casual gamers.
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We've been hard at work at Patch 1.10 and I'm excited to bring you a small sneak preview of some of the content. We'll be offering a series of quests for maximum level players so they can obtain a really good, class-specific armor set. This should prove to be a great way for non-raiding players to upgrade their gear. Here are some highlights:
. Characters follow a new quest line to obtain an armor set
. The armor sets contain 4 rare and 4 epic pieces
. Some of the pieces can be obtained by soloing (including one of the epic pieces)
. The most difficult pieces to obtain require a UBRS level group
. We are adding new bosses to existing dungeons
. Some of the existing dungeons are being re-itemized
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To clarify one point:
Not all of the dungeons are getting *completely* re-itemized. What we've been doing is going through some of the higher end dungeons and removing or replacing egregious drops, upgrading existing items or changing drop percentages. For example, there are many Green items in Blackrock Depths that will be removed, replaced or upgraded with blue items. To give another example, Magister Boots will become easier to obtain, as they are being moved off of the Postmaster and into a new, more traveled location.
grats mages. slightly easier for mages to obtain full set now.
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We've been making a number of improvements to item drop rates in Stratholme, Scholomance, Upper Black Rock Spire, Lower Black Rock Spire, and Black Rock Depths. In the next patch, the drop rate for many items will improve. In some situations, we will even be improving the quality of select items found in these dungeons.
Beyond this, we're also adding several new items to existing bosses, and even to new bosses which will be available at various locations throughout these instances. Many of the new items will offer statistical improvement with certain classes in mind, such as rings which offer both spell and melee crit, ideal for the Paladin, Shaman and Druid.
A brand new eight piece dungeon set will also be scattered through the locations outlined above. This set, available only to the Warlock, Mage and Priest will offer a substantial amount of armor, hit points and intelligence, making it great for PvP. Below is an example of the set:
Ironweave Robe
219 Armor
+24 STA
+15 INT
Durability 80/80
Classes: Priest, Mage, Warlock
Requires level 58
Set bonuses:
(4) Increases your chance to resist Silence and Interrupt effects by 10%.
(8) +200 Armor.
There are a number of other itemization improvements going into patch 1.10, however, we'd prefer for everyone to discover them through their own adventures. I just wanted to give you a sneak peak.
good news for casters.
finally, caster itemization is happening after a year.
This post has been edited by knumskul: Feb 19 2006, 10:24 PM