[Blue] Epics will be epic again in Cataclysm!

[jaggetee]

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Epic loot should be epic, and something to be very proud of.

Why are people proud of pixels? I don't get.

[heerobya]

8 piece sets would also help regaining that feeling. Those were hard to gather and this is why they were so awesome. Now who cares they ahve set items if they can get whole set for badges and when every1 has them...

I think going back to 8 set pieces would be amazing.

You could only get 4 of them from badges, the other 4 only as loot drops. The "best" two set-bonuses would be for 2/4 set naturally, but the 6/8 set bonuses would be worth the time investment to max out the set.... maybe more cool visual or aesthetic things rather then straight up stat boosts.

[Silence9]

I think going back to 8 set pieces would be amazing.

You could only get 4 of them from badges, the other 4 only as loot drops. The "best" two set-bonuses would be for 2/4 set naturally, but the 6/8 set bonuses would be worth the time investment to max out the set.... maybe more cool visual or aesthetic things rather then straight up stat boosts.

An 8 piece set wouldn't be any harder to acquire then a 5 piece set plus bracers, boots, and a belt. Nor would it feel any more epic.

That being said, I like the aesthetic set bonus idea, but we basically already have that now.

[z932074]

An 8 piece set wouldn't be any harder to acquire then a 5 piece set plus bracers, boots, and a belt. Nor would it feel any more epic.

That being said, I like the aesthetic set bonus idea, but we basically already have that now.

you know what has an epic feeling?



Thrall's Balls.

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They're Everywhere.

[Beastlyhunk]

they are just spouting out crap for us to use in a few months to call them hypocrites. The new point system introduced is the exact same one as whats being used now with the conversion of badges to points. epics will never be epic /thread

[I-Swizzle-I]

you know what has an epic feeling?



Thrall's Balls.

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They're Everywhere.

pretty sure that's what blizz meant with their epic quote. want an even MORE epic feeling than that? finding all of thrall's balls. it's like an eight piece bonus AND legendary AND a rare mount rolled into.......one?

[GennGreymane]

hmmmm i hope its only from heroic mode

the hard cores still get tehre epics
the casuals still get tehre content
the casual cores will get some epics and more content

and the so called hard cores will get jack

[Caradinist]

"Epic gear should feel epic"?

...You know what? It's not worth talking about it. It's purple font gear with slightly higher stats than blue font gear, that's pretty much been the constant.

[Russelcoight]

Well, hopefully this comes as good news. We're actually working on restoring the epic feeling to epic items in Cataclysm. Epic loot should be epic, and something to be very proud of. Our plan is to try and get the Heroic -> Blue Gear and Raid -> Purple Gear balance back.

This is further proof that not everything Deathwing does is entirely a bad thing. =) (Source)

There you go

Seems slightly silly to me.

EPIC items felt EPIC in vanilla for a few reasons.

1 . Pve required alot of grinding. It was also probably harder in a sense. You would generally only find really hardcore guilds capable of outfitting all raiders in epics , because almost no one was able to raid the harder content.

2. Most the epic items had unique arts. Was alot less reuse of models which made them feel different.



Now blue , purple w/e it makes no diff really. Once raids are on farm , which according to their casual friendly philosophy should be quickish , people will be epicced out again anyway.

[Luciev]

Ok, but they'll most likely continue to provide the previous tier of raiding gear traded in for badges from heroics. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but to the majority of people who were all upset about how epic gear lost their 'epicness' this is the main reason why.

I do agree with the change, just don't think that all the blizzard haters of this expansion will be as pleased as they might think.

yup