Hi - Ive done heroic raids and mythics, however my gear level will not upgrade past 584?
everytime i open a chest, whether it be chest, Cache or combining Motes of Broken Time I do not get anything higher than 584.
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chances are you have one or two slots that are lower item lvls and you’re just not getting those slot pieces when you get new gear. Thats what is holding you back from getting higher than 584 pieces. You can do all the heroic and mythic runs till your fingers fall off, if RNG doesnt give you replacements for the lower item lvl slots, you’ll never get upgraded.
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Not true. I regularly have pieces that lag a good 15-20 ilvls behind and still get upgrades with no issues. There was never a point where I had to have all the same ilvl before upgrades.
OP, just do double-check, do you have all of your jewelry slots filled? Have you been completing the daily free jewelry quest?
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what I said is 100% true. Getting the next teir of item level upgrades is based on your characters current overall item level, and if you are sitting below that threshold to get the next teir up, its because some pieces of gear on your character are too low. OP didnt say they have all 584 pieces, they said they’re only getting 584 drops.
Your original statement:
These have very different meanings.
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Pretty sure it’s based off of your artifact weapon item level nothing to do with your average item level. So keep leveling your artifact weapon.
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The artifact weapon item level is part of your over all character item level, so yes it does take that into account but it is not solely based off of just that.
I think you may have nailed it … my weapons arte lvl 79?? I did buy the cheap swords up to lve 450 but that didnt help… ive got to find out where to get weapons at the 584 level i guess … i have not seen weapons drop… i am using the twin blades of the deceiver … anyone know where i get get some high level weapons
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sounds like you’re probably sitting on a bunch of Ancient Sand in your inventory… in legion there are no weapon drops and you’re supoosed to ONLY be using your artifact weapon. Use the ancient sands to upgrade your artifact weapon.
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You should be getting drops called artifacteum sand that increase your weapon ilvl when used from your inventory. Glance through and see if you have any, maybe you just haven’t been clicking them?
There has been a bug reported where the sand isn’t dropping for some people, so its possible you’ve been hit with it. Double check your inventory to be sure.
OMG … yes … i have like 60 of em… face smack… thank you soooo much
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WOOT!! well there ya go Bhuta… good luck out there and enjoy your new high lvl weapon and new gear drops!
I can’t figure out how the gearing works at all, and it’s bothersome Blizzard hasn’t clarified (if you’re reading this Blizz, please put out a statement on how it works).
Some people say it’s based on the gear in your bags. Some say it’s average of your gear (maybe average of highest ilvl of every slot? who knows).
There’s probably something to this as well. I’m at 629 and I’m still getting 630 repeats because some of my stuff is much lower, and others much higher. But I can’t figure out what or how. I have a 610 trinket I carry in my bags/equipped (been testing if it matters). Is that sabotaging me? No idea.
the items in your bags do count to your current overall item level. If you get a new Neck/Ring/Trinket that is higher item level but doesnt have the effect on it you want, keep the higher item level one in your bags so it adds to your score.
What ilvl is your artifact. My artifact is comfortably above or equal to my average ilvl.
Personally I keep higher ilvl items with worse traits in my bags, then equip everything if higher ilvl in other slots when I get it. Typically every time I convert 10 of those shards I get something that’s at least 3 ilvls higher than whatever I’ve already got for that slot.
Because of that everything I loot is basically an upgrade besides if I get a box from a world quest.
But how does it work? Does it count
- Highest average ilvl of items of each slot
or - Average of all items on your character + bags?
636 ilvl. And what you described is what I do. A buddy of mine just keeps higher ilvl trinket in the bags though and said he didn’t notice a difference
Highest for each slot including what’s stored in bags. It doesn’t get dragged down by lower ilvl things hanging around.
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I see, that’s good news in that case. Just wish this info was more transparent.
Every. Single. Time I use a mote the gear item level is identical to my weapon ilvl. It’s become blatantly obvious that you get gear at your weapon ilvl. Then you get sands to upgrade weapon ilvl once your avg gear ilvl gets within a certain threshold.
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Thats RNG for ya. I’ve seen it NOT that way on 3 different characters at max level. just because one thing happens for one person, doesnt mean it works that way for every other person.