Originally Posted by
mykro9
I actually like this idea. I cannot tell you how painful it is to get an epic BoE to drop, only to go, "meh, it vendors more than a green or blue does."
There are a few, but most are just useless. Especially all of the "end game" crafted epics from each expansion.
I didn't even waste the gold buying a lot of the patterns, because, at least in Cata and MoP, you can go and get a vendor green with higher stats than the crafted epics from the previous expansion.
Example: Wrath epics are around ilvl 200, some harder to get ones are higher, but in general. Now, there is a vendor in Hyjal that sells 232 I think it is ilvl greens right off the bat, or you quest and get a bunch of 272 gear. Same thing happens for the Cata to MoP jump. Crafted epics in Cata are around 346 ilvl yet you get 372 ilvl from a vendor, or a combo of 372/384 from questing.
Hell, if you look at some of the low level crafted stuff that has a chance to pop from MoP gear, you can gear a fresh 85 in 415 ilvl gear in just about every slot.
Now, why should I waste the time and gold to make any of those end game epics from Cata?