Originally Posted by
kiramon
The items aren't retroactive - only new items. So yes, you could (and probably will) have valor go to waste unless they have a significantly low drop amount (wouldnt put it past them). I highly doubt were going to see 250 drop from a boss, probably 100-150 or something so that a full 10 runs (lolGOODOLWEEKLYCHEST) will get you ONE weapon upgrade. But that's just a guess. with a cap of 1500 HELD i cant imagine theyd fill us in only a few runs...
That being said, the upgrades themselves look like the below - so even if you get an upgrade you could easily still waste it if you get no additional drop -- these costs are the same at every level upgrade, btw (not like pvp that gets ridiculously expensive quickly).
250 Valor - Offhands
400 Valor - Wrists, Cloaks, Rings, Necks
475 Valor - Boots, Gloves, Shoulders, Belts
500 Valor - Melee 1 Handed Weapons, Shields, Chests, Helms, Legs
750 Valor - Int 1 Handed Weapons
1000 Valor: 2 Handed Weapons
They really should consider adding a vendor that will add a token for each gear slot for valor with a chance to roll a piece of gear from a dungeon --
Something like
250 Valor (400 for wrists etc, 475 for boots etc, 1000 for weapons blah blah)
Creates a random ilvl200 Mythic Dungeon item for the Offhand slot based on your loot specialization.
Etc so that if you DO NOT GET LOOT YOU CAN USE THE VALOR TO START THE PROCESS.