Tier 8 and Ulduar gear preview!

[NotGreyheim]

Looks like MMO-Champion has a preview up for some gear from the 3.1 patch!

Enjoy~

Personally, this seals the deal on which of my toons I'm bringing up to 80 after I finish my warrior... It'll totally be my hunter. That shit looks fucking amazing!

[Fhloston]

Loved Darion Mograine's helm in the DK starter area, cool that it'll be obtainable now. Really makes me wanna level my DK now...I also agree the hunter set looks badass, looks like I have two nice sets to look forward to someday.

[Gulkeeva]

People were thinking that was all T7 back in the beta... theirs a video on youtube somewhere showing the gear off on characters. The hunter one definantly looks badass... looks like something from aliens when their shooting/walking around with the gun out

[Rivero]

I don't like how they ripped the warlock one straight off the Grand Alchemist Putriss character. : (

[Arcana]

I have to say i like the mage version, not entirely sure about the rogue though.

[Kytele]

I love the Rogue stuff except the helm =(


I mean a head for a helmet? Come on now, really.

[Blabj]

I was wondering when Warlocks would get to look like the awesome Apothecarys.

[Gulkeeva]

I don't like how they ripped the warlock one straight off the Grand Alchemist Putriss character. : (

Other way around! That gears been in before he was even created!

The rogue one has.. snake shoulders or something they "attack" animate, in the veido preveiw I mentioned (and can't find) but on youtube somewhere...

Mages will look like that dalaran guy basically.

Hunter one has a sexy "aliens" or marines look or something... keeping a shotgun just for looks with that set I think...!

[sb]

More reason not to waste badges on current gear (the BOA stuff is yummy though). When is 3.1 expected? I hadn't expected to see this so soon, but then again I took a long time to 80 and spent a lot of time developing alts so 80 is still fresh to me.

[Insanecyclone]

Priest looks like plate

[Correction]

The helms are okay but I kind of wish they'd show more of your face. Maybe blizz caught on to everyone turning off the helm graphic and have stopped caring about allowing any visible part of your character to be uniquely identifiable.

[aurik]

More reason not to waste badges on current gear (the BOA stuff is yummy though). When is 3.1 expected? I hadn't expected to see this so soon, but then again I took a long time to 80 and spent a lot of time developing alts so 80 is still fresh to me.

I would be very surprised if 3.1 hits before early February, and wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see it until March.

That said, why not "waste" badges on current gear, if it is an upgrade? It's not like you'll be putting on t8 gear within a week of 3.1, especially not if you haven't already have maxed out badge gear from 3.0 already.

<--- sitting on 150-odd badges of heroism, nothing left to buy~

[Correction]

I would be very surprised if 3.1 hits before early February, and wouldn't be surprised if we didn't see it until March.

^ This. If you bought everything your character could equip that was buyable with emblems of heroism now, you'd still have at least 3 months to restock for any future badge gear.

TBC's content pacing was awful, but at least even that waited 4-6 months (ignoring the delay for Sunwell momentarily) between new raids coming out. That's more in line with what your typical guild will spend progressing/farming in any given instance.

[Eanae]

I love the Rogue stuff except the helm =(


I mean a head for a helmet? Come on now, really.

Yo dwag I he...

Never mind...

[Koyangi]

when is 3.0.8 coming out? the changes to the Sons of Hodir turn in item from 10 -> 240 and DK changes, Hammer of Wrath displaying 20% or less correctly and DS changes etc.

[Norellicus]

If not next week, then I'm guessing week after; that'll have had it on the PTR for a month, plenty of time to work out kinks.

[Kurp]

Aren't they adding different badges for the next tier anyways? I thought I heard that badges of Valor and Heroism wouldn't drop in Ulduar, but some new types would.

Mages will look like that dalaran guy basically.

The guys in Dalaran have pants instead of robes. I hope the tier sets look like the ones that MMO-Champion has with robes. I'd rather not get my UD Mage up and end up wearing cloth pants -_-

[Koul]

I'm really not diggin the weapon/armor models of wrath :X hailstorm is kickass lookin though

[Norellicus]

I'll take it over the Las Vegas stylings of BC, but I do agree that some of it is a little odd.

Priest does look like they're in plate lol but I like it >_>

I don't understand why they're obfuscating EVERYONE'S heads in the new sets though.

[Quicklet]

Not sure if this link has been posted yet but since it's not in this thread, some new comments on Ulduar difficulty level.

MMO-Champion BlueTracker - Blizz, do NOT make Ulduar available on PTR

Overall I am really liking what he's saying.

Aren't they adding different badges for the next tier anyways? I thought I heard that badges of Valor and Heroism wouldn't drop in Ulduar, but some new types would.

I have been wondering about that as well. On the one hand, it keeps items from going obsolete (why buy T7 gear when you can just save another 30 badges and buy T8), but on the other hand it goes against Blizz's philosophy of nerfing content after a period of time. Unless they go with different sets of badges and just add slightly better gear to lower badge tiers over time.