We all had to level to 80 at some point, and though it might have been easy, or hard (depending on characters leveled, time spent learning the game), when someone hits 80, they have to gear up their character, based on how far someone plans to go in endgame content, or what their mainly interested in (PvP or PvE). But, the course remains the same, gearing up from a fresh 80, to a competent raider, pvp'er, or even the casual who likes heroics and just killing time in game.
With that nice sweet into, let's jump in!
Hitting 80
Long after you've pushed through 80 levels of content, gotten that final leveling achievement, and looked back at your current equipped gear, the time now has come to make a critical choice:
-To be a PvP'er, or Raider? Or both?
When you usually choose a path, it makes the difference of where you'll spend most of your time while your 80. Going the route of the PvP'er means you'll be shooting for Resilience and high stamina gear, while going the route of a Raider, means you'll go for class specific gear, with no Resilience but better overall rounded stats made to endure the PvE aspect of the game.
Raiding means...
Time spent in Heroics are the fastest way to go to get gear to see higher endgame content. Heroics will start most players off in the right direction of what type of gear to look for that is best for their class. While this might not be the chosen route for players with multiple 80's and have the BOE's (bind on equip gear) ready, Heroics can open the doors into instances available for raiding. Naxxramas, Vault of Archavon, Eye of Eternity, and Obsidian Sanctum all couple perfectly with gear levels around and slightly better then Heroic gear. All offer some gear for most other classes and can aid in quickly gearing someone for higher endgame content. By running these raids on the 10 man versions, you can quickly learn some great raid awareness skills and walk out with multiple pieces of decent raiding gear. 25 man versions of the above listed raids have bosses with more health and damage output, have better reward gear, and require...yes you guessed it, 25 people (give or take a few). By running the 25 mans versions, you can get some better gear, and learn about working with 24 other people besides yourself. The real goal of gearing up is to unlock current contents such as Ulduar and Trails of the Crusader, which both offer massive gear upgrades and can allow you to be ready for any new content that comes out afterward. Raiders going this path have a long way to start out, but can quickly become an effective raid member. And do not forget to spend badges collected from running PvE content, you can trade them in for gear upgrades that fit most classes pretty well.
PvP, the other white meat...
PvP is a different set of endgame content rewarding a different set of gear. Instead of spending time in Heroics, you go to battlegrounds, where you compete alongside and against other players to the death over different objectives (depending on the battleground) for honor. Honor, is a currency used to trade in for gear that gives good resilience, stamina, and can be coupled together with other PvP gear for bonuses. By running weekly Wintergrasp, and doing Daily battleground quests, in addition to participating in battleground weekends (weekends that change every week that reward more honor in the selected battleground) you can gain a large amount of honor in a short time, giving you good battleground gear. But what about weapons? Or even better armor, like that of raiding gear equivalent, but only for PvP gear? Fear not PvP'er, Arenas help out here. Arenas a smaller battlegrounds with one purpose, killing the other team in a selected match up by current arena ranking that rises and falls by victories and loses. Arenas come in 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5, where each one hands out Arena points per week depending on the number of wins. These points, along with Honor, can reward top end PvP gear, including weapons, made just for Player versus Player combat.
Ending on a good note
Doing one or the other does not mean you can't mix it up and do both though, it just means you might have your dual talent specs setup so one you can raid with and one you can PvP with, and there is nothing wrong with that. Also, it couldn't hurt to carry two different sets of gear for when you go back and forth, so you don't use a bad stat such as Resilience in a raid, people often look down on you for that. In conclusion, pick what you want to go for, and give it a try, worst case, you can do the other and come back to your main pick when you think you are ready for it.
-pwrtoppl
-out
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment