I finished leveling my druid from 117 to max using the swap method while questing. And left all looms on while doing expeditions. Definitely seemed to speed up those last levels.
Heirlooms could definitely use a buff if they are to perform as intended.
Theyâve ALWAYS been on par with Blues at their level. Just compare a piece to a Dungeon drop for the same slot. Compare the current Looms to the stats on Blue gear in BFA as well.
Youâre asking for Blizzard to change how Looms are coded for one x-pac that added a totally new type of gear. Do you also want the Looms to lose Secondaries and have Azerite Traits?
Personally Iâm using Looms on my toons. Just the XP ones and the Garrosh weapons since they have a slot for an XP gem. The slightly slower kill time is greatly offset by the XP Bonus Iâve found. But thatâs me. Lucky you have a choice. /shrug
Wait, youâre telling someone with 23 120 warriors, who helped develop the routes for 20-100 in AAP, has the world record for non monk speedrun time, to l2p?
No, because azerite traits donât even alter your DPS by much, at all. Iâm asking for a heightened primary stat scaling for 111-119 to put them on par with primary stats on az pieces.
If you run a dungeon at 119, what ilvl Azerite gear do you get? I donât think itâs over 300, is it? Most of your other quest gear will still be 270.
I think Blizzard just didnât think this through, just like on a lot of other issues. If theyâd given 235 Azerite gear from 110-111, and upped it by 15 ilvl every 2 clvl, then balanced leveling around that, it would have been fine. But when the expansion came out, they werenât thinking about heirlooms that went to 120, so they left the issue for later, when it turned out it was too late.
They could change the head/chest/shoulder heirloom scaling from 111-117 to match the Azerite gear, I suppose, though that might have other ramifications that should be thought through.
Youâd need to bump the ILevel up to match Azerite. Even with that the Primary stat and Stam would be lower because the Looms all have Secondaries. This isnât as easy as you think it is.
and this is probably the most likely answer which is why i say move this to BFA items or bugs
it is very clear someone didnât boost up the numbers enough. thereâs no reason for the power difference. heirlooms are there to make leveling faster, there is no asterisk that youâll be significantly weaker.
Do you understand how Stat Budgets work on gear based on ILevel and rarity? Looms are tuned to be on par with Blues. Their iLevel and thus stat budget are all based on what comparable Blues would have. They also have Secondary stats which Azerite doesnât.
Itâs not an oversight. They just scale the way they always have. Azerite pieces are the ones that are busted.
itâs not like the OP was talking about there being a weird discrepancy in power and suggesting that gap be closed.
real glad you swooped in to tell us they arenât garbage and other things no one was talking about.
@ the above, if you think the secondary stat budget matters when your core rotational abilities are hitting for significantly less because your attack power is much lower, not sure what to tell you. you arenât correct is what Iâll leave it at.
do you understand how abilities work? that they use a % of your attack power?
In the state they are in right now the only way to effectively use your heirlooms is to buy Island or Freehold carries.
If I can pull 5 mobs in my Azerite, but in looms I can only pull 3-4 that means an even slower kill time and quest take longer to finish.
That also doesnât count overtuned mobs that hit even harder when in my looms which forces me to stop and eat or wait for CDs which adds even more downtime.
Lastly, donât forget the traits you get during these 10 levels. Unless youâve enchanted your looms you have no self healing, no extra damage procs, no faster run speedâŚHeirlooms simply arenât balanced well against Azerite.
Heirlooms, specifically Helm, Shoulder, and Chest need to get scaled up to be better balanced against Azerite.