Last season I leveled some fresh toons and at 70 their ilvl for some of their gear in Epic BGs were increased. I could not duplicate that by choosing low ilvl stuff in one these threads to prove it. But now it is proved.
This seasaon I was not going to level any toons, and I just did (surprise!).
At level 70, a fresh toon’s gear is raised to ilvl 489, if the gear is (about) at least ilvl 316. I have one piece that is ilvl 306 and that was not increased. So the minimum ilvl for the boost this season is >306 and <316, maybe 310. I also had a number of other pieces of gear with lower than 316 ilvl that were not boosted to 489. I healed all the way so most of my gear ended up boosted in the first Epic BG.
So I was not crazy! Hah!
Anyway, just a heads up if any one is curious. A new lvl 70 will have all gear >~316 ilvl increased to 489 ilvl in at least Epic BGs. I assume it is the same for random BGs. It is the case for Blitz, but I don’t know the ilvl for Blitz as I don’t do that.
Also, we were just GY camped in Wintergrasp by the Alliance while defending. Doh!
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blitz buffs it to 512 as 489 is completely useless in modes where your actions matter more.
Yep, I knew it was higher for Blitz as it was the same for last season (the randomd/epic bgs boost for new 70s was lower than Blitz then too), but I did not know/remember the number for this season for this post.
512, tyty for info.
Really! How interesting… In S3 I did think it was odd one of my lesser geared toons was doing so well, seemingly, compared to my better geared toons. I thought maybe there was some hidden scaling; maybe you’ve proved it.
I dunno how Blitz scaling works, but sometimes I feel certain players pump out waaaay more damage than others. I’d rather play a Blitz that’s scaled pretty darn evenly so it comes down more to class/spec skill.
Yah. I remember from last season as well and it came up in one of the forum posts. But I could not make it happen with my older characters, and so I had to admit I had no proof. Well now I have proof. Perhaps the gear I was trying to scale when testing was too low as it needs to be maybe 310 at least or maybe it is a combo of new lvl 70 and minimum ilvl?
Anyway, Xazzi, the Vulperan Shaman is back and loving it. I tried him as a Dwarf and it just did not go (yeah, waste of a faction transfer, but this is my entertainment, heh, so not really a waste, or not much of one).
He’s seeing the scaling as I write this. So I am replacing the gear ilvl 306 and lower before I get all the others.
Poor Hordees are getting rolled tonight. This happens on the Alliance too, but tonight it is the Horde. Last BG we lost pretty bad, but Xazzi was top KB’s and HK’s for Horde! That was because he was manning a cannon in IoC after getting smashed at Hangar. If you have never manned a cannon as a Vulperan in IoC while mowing down grouped Alliance and then typing ‘hehe’ in /say and listeing to the Vulperan laugh in game, you are seriously missing out!
i jus seen a lock wit 120k hp in ebg
Yah. There is a minimum gear ilvl for the boost. According to what I am seeing, the gear has to be ilvl 310 or so to be boosted. On Xazzi atm, his ilvl 296 boots are not boosted but the 336 pants are. These will all get replaced tomorrow.
When i tested this on my Paladin, I tried heirloom gear at level 59, which was ilvl <200 and it was not boosted either.
So it is entirely possible to have very low health. But if one levels normally through dungeons, which is what my toons do, most of the gear is high enough from boss drops to get it. So my guy off the bat had near 700k on his first BG (with no trinket bonus). I think if one quested for gear while leveling it would happen as well as most of your gear would pass the threshold.