Sorry if this has been asked, but i poked around general, raid and profession and didnt see any answer. Epic gem cuts for next patch? Method for obtaining them? has anyone ptr seen anyting?
Sorry if this has been asked, but i poked around general, raid and profession and didnt see any answer. Epic gem cuts for next patch? Method for obtaining them? has anyone ptr seen anyting?
There was a blue post last week where they said they felt they have already too many gems in the game (of course it was mainly meant the broad spectrum, and not simply the quality of gems, but in the end result it is the same).
And since 5.4 is supposed to be the last patch (no confirmation for 5.5) in this xpac, and no gems have been datamined yet, you can be fairly certain there won't be any epic gems this xpac.
If there will be any they'll be part of the final raid like always, however nothing has been announced or datamined until now. 5.4 is still some time away though. Besides, Blizzard themselves aren't even sure there will be a content patch between 5.4 and 6.0 so it's highly doubtable they'd push them back.
There isn't much need or reason to have them honestly. I feel if we were getting them then we would have heard or seen something by now. No big deal.
No, we don't need them. It messes with the profession bonus for Jewelcrafters, and given the bad taste the last attempt at adding them left, I wouldn't be surprised if we never see them again as latter-patch content. If they get baked in from the start of an xpac so profession bonuses are balanced around them and they're not exclusive raid drops, maybe they'll make a return.
Anything is possible, but it seems we would have heard something by now most likely if they were planning on adding them. I don't really see a need for them to be honest, just another gold sink.
there were epic gems datamined in the 5.2 ptr, they actually showed up in the wowdb ptr gem list then they dissapeared and havnt seen them since
As a jewelcrafter, I would love to see epic gems.
As a jewelcrafter, I would not like to see them. Blizzard did nothing to compensate JCers in Cata for the blatant nerfing to our profession perk we took with them in Dragon Soul, and the fact it made Blacksmithing far and above the best profession bonus. And given how many classes value secondary stats so highly over primary now, it would cause even more skewing, since secondary stats now get double the budget on gems, where they did not in Cata.
No reason for them, no need for them. They would have to re-balance every other profession's bonus to accommodate the difference that Blacksmithing gets from it, or make it so Blacksmithing cannot benefit from epic gems in their self-only sockets and still buff the JC gems anyways so that they have the appropriate gains over normal gems to be equal to all other profession perks.
Games are not necessarily "easier" today. You are just a better player.
It takes more now to impress many gamers than it did 2-5 years ago, because so much has already been seen and done.
Many players expect to be wow'd with every release of a beloved franchise.
These are generally NOT the fault of the developers, but the fault of many players over-hyping and/or setting expectations too high.
Epic gems could very possibly be reserved for 5.5.
Easy way to stretch out the time till the next expansion a little more...