Monday, January 28, 2008

Corish's gear wishlist for the grind to L70

The base parts of my L70 gear will be the (3) Primal Mooncloth pieces. I'll gain 5% mana regen while casting (boosting my MP5 another 12-15 points). Assuming that I socket these items with blue gems, it will work out to:

444 AC
48 INT +12 (socket bonus) +8 INT (gems) = 68
46 SPIRIT +15 (chest enchantment) = 61
294 +Healing +18 (gems) = 312
25 MP5 +8 (gems) +15 (approx bonus) = 48
0 STA = 0
(2) Yellow and (2) Blue sockets

So for gems, I'll want (2) Royal Nightseye (+9 healing, +2 MP5) in the blue sockets. For the yellow sockets, I'll go with Dazzling Talasite (+4 INT, +2 MP5).

Compared to my current gear (chest / shoulders / waist), that works out to:

AC: 118+88+67 = 273 vs 444
STA: 21+12+26 = 59 vs 0
INT: 15+13+17 = 45 vs 68
SPI: 8+10+0 = 18 vs 61
+Heal: 42+19+38 = 99 vs 312
MP5: 0+0+0 = 0 vs 48

So, everything with the PMC set (chest / shoulders / waist) will be a gain except for STA. I'll need to make sure to boost my STA through other gear (trading off INT/SPI). The really big boost is the +213 additional healing compared to my current set along with almost +50 MP5. And the boosts to INT/SPI will put me very close to 400 INT and 400 SPI (self-buffed).

Head Equipment

Ideally, I'd wear the Whitemend Hood - but until that recipe drops or I have another 500g to spare, I suspect I'll need to chase after other gear. Which basically boils down to the following few pieces:

[Scintillating Headdress of Second Sight] - Auchenai Crypts (Heroic), the look of this is similar to my Halo of Transcendance. So it seems like a very nice piece.

[Watcher's Cowl] - Cenarion Expedition - Revered reward (Vendor), looks like a brown cowl (hood) with purple / gold trim. Not my favorite look, but I'd probably just turn off helmet graphics. I'll have to sit down and decide whether I really want this item (I'm close to Revered with this faction already).

[Light-Collar of the Incarnate] - Karazhan (Prince Malchezaar), another nice looking piece. Plus it has sockets, so it can be boosted a bit.

And the Whitemend Hood isn't even that much better (+20 to +30 more healing) then my current gear (which is a crown dropped by Onyxia in the old-world). Which means that I'm leaning towards skipping the Whitemend gear.

Pants

My current pants are L61 greens. So they're nothing special and need to be replaced. In addition, I plan on adding Silver Spellthread (+46 Healing, +15 Stamina).

[Imbued Netherweave Pants] - Tailoring. They're only L69 pants, but they have 126 AC, 26 INT, 39 STA, +30 Heal, 10 MP5.

[Lifegiver Britches] - Hellfire Ramparts (boss Nazan). 103 AC, 12 SPI, 25 INT, 16 STA, +44 Heal, (1) red and (2) blue sockets. These are only L60 pants, and probably an uncommon drop. But if I would socket them, I could gain +27 heal and +8 MP5. But all-in-all, the Imbued Netherweave Pants are better. And I'd have to spend a lot of time farming Ramparts to get the drop (probably 10-20 runs). By that point, I'd be L69 and could simply put on my pair of Imbued Netherweave Pants.

[Whitemend Pants] - These are tempting, if pricey at roughly 500g. With 156 AC, 21 INT, 21 STA, +62 Heal, 11 MP5 and (1) red (1) blue (1) yellow socket. Socketing would push them up by +18 Heal, +6 MP5, +8 INT. Which is a lot more +Heal and MP5 then the Imbued Netherweave Pants. But I'd be giving up on 18 STA.

[Pants of the Naaru] - Part of the Arcatraz key quest (I think). These have 130 AC, 25 SPI, 22 INT, 27 STA, +27 Heal. So compared to the Imbued Netherweave, I'm giving up about 10 MP5 and a little STA, but gaining spirit.

[Pantaloons of Repentance] - Karazhan (Netherspite). These are probably the "ultimate" upgrade for me down the road. With 170 AC, 27 STA, 34 INT, 26 SPI, +68 Heal, (1) red and (2) blue sockets. The socketed gems would boost it another +27 Heal +6 MP5 and +4 SPI.

Again, the Whitemend item would be nice, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to farm materials for it. I'll just wear my Imbued Netherweave pants. Especially since the next expansion is due out within the next year.

Wrist Equipment

Not a lot of good choices here. I sort of wish I had grabbed the [Goldenvine Wraps] from the Underbog quest, but I chose something else instead. So now I'm going to be stuck with my green bracers for quite a while. Some options might be:

[Light Scribe Bands] - Hellfire Ramparts (heroic) - Vazruden

[Vindicator's Mooncloth Cuffs] - PvP reward (meh...), but has a yellow socket

[Wristguards of Tranquil Thought] - 35 Badge of Justice (so I'd have to run heroics 35 times), has a yellow socket

[Bands of Indwelling] - Karazhan - Maiden of Virtue

[Bindings of the Timewalker] - Keepers of Time - Exalted reward (it's probably faster to earn the 35 Badges of Justice, or to grind out PvP honor)

Offhand Items

I have a nice torch here at the moment. But there are quite a few possible upgrades. Probably the nicest upgrade would be:

[Lamp of Peaceful Repose] - Arcatraz - Dalliah the Doomsayer

or

[Netherwing Spiritualist's Charm] - A level 70 quest chain that I'll probably complete anyways.

There's also 2 drops in Karazhan, 2 Badge of Justice rewards, and a reward from Cenarion Expedition (exalted). I'll probably go after the Netherwing Charm first, then wait and see if something else drops.

Main Hand Weapon

The item I have right now is 16 STA 11 INT +105 Heal and 5 MP5. A lot of the upgrades offer a lot more +Heal then that. The low level (relatively) quest rewards from some L70 quests start at +143 to +190 healing power.

I think I'm going to focus on getting through the Ring of Blood quest line for the [Mogor's Anointing Club]. Which is a 13 INT 19 STA +160 Heal and 5 MP5 mace.

After that, I'll probably wait on a Karazhan drop, or maybe the Shockwave Truncheon that drops in heroic Shadow Labyrinth.

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That's probably the majority of gear upgrades that I want to focus on right away. Along with a few misc quests:

Ring of Blood quest line for the [Mogor's Anointing Club]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Gava%27xi
[Oshu'gun Relic]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Cabal_Orders
[Heirloom Signet of Convalescence]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Quest:Fel_Embers
- requires us to run Shattered Halls, which we're not ready for yet
[Curate's Boots]

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?wquest=9955
Quest: Cho'war the Pillager (Group)
[Ogre Slayer's Pendant]

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?wquest=10253
Quest: Levixus the Soul Caller (Group)
[Gloves of Penitence]

Labels: 2008, WoWPriest

posted by Wuphon's at 9:38 AM