yeah, because the real roadblock to MC/BWL is the trash packs lmao.
nevermind all those non orc warriors who wouldn’t want something easy to pair with some deathbringers from onyxia.
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I guess dps warriors could use it if they use axes? Personally I’d probably run a more tanky helm
Point was more they would be swapping helms not using it on trash or in the world.
Also there are waaay more sword/mace options in game let the dps orcs have the axes.
Every consumable should be in aside from the AQ40 food items and beyond. Flasks, elixirs, etc should all be in. The Mageblood and Trolls Blood super elixirs wouldn’t be in as they are introduced around ZG.
12/12 food, Firewater, Ekos, flasks, all in iirc.
What is more interesting to me is the potential of epic patterns as stated above. Week 2 or 3 Ragnaros kills with old loot tables and no patterns will change the dynamic a bit. As Ironsides said you’ll see far more Warriors rolling around with Raging Berserker Helms and Expert Gold Miner’s Helmets. DPS Warriors being priority 2 on Wrath Helms omegaLUL.
A chance on non-updated Rag tables resulting in more Bands of Accuria, and Bonereavers than what is to be expected. No Onslaught Girdles and all those other interesting MC epics will definitely make it feel a bit harder. Although some of us on Northdale just recently went through such an item progression in anticipation of Classic.
I’d imagine due to potential lack of Lionheart Helms you’ll see more Warriors going 2H Fury with Arcanite Reapers, as hit capping will be brutal. The only options are Onyxia Tooth Pendant, Truestrikes, Battleborn Armbraces, Devilsaur Set, Blackstone Ring, and Blackcrow. 8% is just scraping the bottom of the barrel on soft cap. Lionheart is usually what gives you flexibility. Not to mention guilds won’t have OTP until Onyxia is actually dead. Accuria rolling to all Warriors before Rogues kappa?
I like where Blizzard is driving this. My theory crafting wheels are turning.
here’s the issue with it.
people compared edgemasters gauntlets as being on par with c’thuns devastator gloves back in the day.
https://classicdb.ch/?item=21581
https://classicdb.ch/?item=14551
+7 weapon skill ~=roughly equivalent to 70 ap +1 crit/1 hit
that’s going for a glove slot which has vastly more importance to warriors than the helmet slot at least in OLD itemizations. when I used to play a warrior, I estimated around 20-30 AP was about a good enough tradeoff for 1 crit/hit(post yellow cap).
I’m pretty sure helm of the executioner isn’t in game till post BWL, so we’re looking at mask of the unforgiven/eye of rend/crown of tyranny as the alternatives
Tyranny
40 ap 1 crit
Rend
2 crit 26 ap
Unforgiven
2 hit 1 crit
versus this one item which gives +7 to axe skill, which is allegedly equal to 70 ap +1 crit and +1 hit.
Now it’s already got 60 hp on it, versus unforgiven which you can get an extra 70 hp and tyranny which gives you a maximum of 130 extra hp. it’s not a huge issue, as health is pretty irrelevant and easy to come by as a dps warrior. you should never itemize for survival as a dps warrior in MC. or bwl.
this also frees up your glove slot which is used for the devilsaur set bonus. or some weird mix match involving voone’s vice grips and whatever super secret pants you have.
it’s simply the obvious best option for everyone but human dps warriors.
Most likely what will happen is the warriors who get ironfoe will go dual wield, and everyone else will farm the nicker to use until a BRE drops where it’ll prove BiS for a long time for most setups. I can’t imagine any significant portion of warriors wanting to farm for an arcanite reaper when they know a BRE is easily attainable and saves them 500g
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I completely forgot about Mask. Good call.
Yeah you’re right. With the loot tables being old BRE will drop pretty often. No rank gear either so these are the logical steps.
100% agree.
That’s why I didnt know what it was, even though I was arms spec (standard 31/5/15) I was still OT so I always tried to balance offense and defense
You actually maybe right on this, I always just thought itbcame out with thorium brotherhood in 1.5. But it’s looking like it was actually 1.6. The more you know lol.
Found another one elemental sharpening stone wasn’t available until 1.4! Not to long after launch but still not available at the start. And mageblood not available until 1.7.