A few months ago, I started playing a priest again, and in looking for good mog sets, I found the Aberrus LFR set. My main is a mage, so I blew through all the the DF content on my mage, not even thinking about other classes.
So here we are in TWW S2 and the path to Aberrus LFR gear is messy at best. The Dreamsurge gear will NO LONGER work in the Catalyst. The only way to get Aberrus LFR gear is to get 480 or 489 Suffused gear. 402 might work, but more on that later.
So how do you get 480/489 Suffused gear?
Fyrrak and the Everburning Key - This will give you a CHANCE at 460, 467, 480, 489 gear. I’ve gotten all types. You’re never guaranteed anything from the iLvl you want, and you might get a trinket, neck, or weapon. Ask me how I know.
Researchers Under Fire in Zaralek Cavern - Same rules as above.
Grand Hunts - Also, the same rules
World Bosses in Zaralek Caverns - However, twice I’ve gotten no loot at all, even from tagging both bosses.
Time Rifts’ “When Time Needs Mending” - you can only do this once a week on ONE CHARACTER. That means you’re screwed if you’re trying to do this on multiple characters. So far, I’ve gotten nothing but 402 trinkets (3x) and a 457 (I think) offhand. All useless. So, I have faith that I can get 402 gear from that, but so far, nothing useful in 4 weeks.
There’s a catch - because I’m always trying things, I got the same 480 Suffused Handwraps twice, and both times took them to the Catalyst, only for one conversion to give me Aberrus LFR gloves (yay!), and the same 480 Suffused Handwraps a second time gave me Amidrassil LFR hands. WHAT??? WHY??? I got three 480 belts and each one converted to Aberrus LFR, so how did the same hands convert differently? Yes, they were the same S4 4/8 gloves.
Aberrus week allows you to get an extra Cache of the Embers which gives you yet another chance at getting the Suffused gear you want.
Since I started this 4 weeks ago, I’m now 6/9 Aberrus LFR (need chest, head, feet) and a few pieces of Amidrassil LFR.
Are there any other paths to Aberrus LFR gear? I’ve passed the midpoint of what I want, so I’m starting to get duplicates.
You can read some of my diary about all this here: Time Rifts still once per week per account. Why? - #24 by Natirá-moon-guard
EDIT: Siege on Dragonbane Keep got me the Chest AND Head, so I’m 8/9, just need the boots and I’m done.
EDIT2: Siege today got me the boots. Done. whew