Patch 8.2 PTR - Benthic Gear Preview, Raid Testing Schedule May 9-10, DLC #677

[Assorted Whip]

Are stats on Benthic gear linked to armor type or specialization?

[grexly75]

And the question is, how long does it take to get each piece to 430...
I bet you have 430 ilvl before you get each piece from the vendor

Probably a bit who knows, the one thing I have heard is that they are not littering the new zones with world quests, rather you get three quests each day to do and that is it.. Though I think the other way to get the new currency is by killing the rares..

[Gatto]

I could imagine they are "mandatory" if you want every little bit of an edge in the World 1st race. And yea...this resistance / damage to aberrations thingy had me wondering and it could be helpful to anyone trying to crack a specific bossfight. Just like we eventually could beat MC without mindcontroling those guys and fire res buffing the raid or without Onyxia's / Nefarian's head up in Orgrimmar etc etc...but at the beginning it sure helped.

Then again, there were examples where the guilds with lower average ilv won etc....

No matter what, the guilds that seriously think they have a chance of competing will likely do ANYTHING that they consider as a benefit in the competition.

Yeah, ofc I meant in order to achieve the world first ( don't really care about those who will achieve it after nerfs or better equipment ).
It seems like the old good AQ, when instead of trying the bosses the players were forced to obtain NR gear.

Seems like a way to timegate, but maybe I am just overthinking.

[Pooti]

Benthic gear not having RNG is such a lie, when you still buy Tokens from the vendor which turn into items with unknown stats at the moment of purchase.

Why can't they just add gear as visible items to the vendor when there is still the option to filter items for your spec only? They did it in TBC already. Is it some kind of database thing, which saves someone 1 hour of development time from copy-pasting items to the vendors spreadsheet?

The stats are fixed. I assume they did tokens so that they did not have to put cloth mail leather plate on the vendor, it will be the armor type of the toon that uses it. I am curious, if the head shoulders chest are azerite items or just items with secondary stats.

[Gatto]

I am curious, if the head shoulders chest are azerite items or just items with secondary stats.

Probably they won't be azerite items, also given the fact that head, shoulders and chest are the only 3 slots which doesn't give a new bonus.

[dragnipur]

If they can proc socket and leech it is going to turn into another slot machine.

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430 should be heroic of azshara eternal palace unless they jump higher with the ilvl, but if it cannot socket it won't be worth as much.

It will be a heroic loot? damn the more i hear the more i like it.

[Gatto]

The accusation of "timegating" seems to be the newest thing and I always wonder if people had their memories erased or just didn't care "in the good old days".

Oh no, it's just your assumption ( I didn't like it before, and so do I now ).

We also will have to see when the raid will be open ( I didn't read anything about, but I doubt bliz would like to release too much content altogether. Won't definitelybe good for them ).

[Lurker1]

8.2 and benthic gear will not save bfa..

classic is the only thing that save wow this year!

My server is still super active looks saved to me already before even patch comes out!

[Softbottom]

It's a little bit early for catch-up gear.. Let people go through the motions of WQs/m0 and LFR, etc.

[Soeroah]

The gearing system at least looks better than Timeless Isle's. It's similar, but you can target slots, which is incredibly appreciated.

The BoA upgrade tokens are also interesting, cuz if you have large numbers of alts you do the Nazjatar dailies on you can funnel upgrades to one character, if you want.

It's a little bit early for catch-up gear.. Let people go through the motions of WQs/m0 and LFR, etc.

It's not early. This is the equivalent patch to 7.2, which had catch-up gear, and 8.2 is going to be coming later than 7.2 did in Legion, in all likelihood.

[Atraxxa]

It's a little bit early for catch-up gear.. Let people go through the motions of WQs/m0 and LFR, etc.

That would be a bit of a gamble considering how many MAU's they are losing atm.

[Philomene]

Benthic gear not having RNG is such a lie, when you still buy Tokens from the vendor which turn into items with unknown stats at the moment of purchase.

Why can't they just add gear as visible items to the vendor when there is still the option to filter items for your spec only? They did it in TBC already. Is it some kind of database thing, which saves someone 1 hour of development time from copy-pasting items to the vendors spreadsheet?

They don’t want to let the casino system go away as it keeps people playing and playing until they finally get a shot to their new token. It’s like what you had for your boss loot before but extended to all in game rewards.

[Smeller]

And the question is, how long does it take to get each piece to 430...
I bet you have 430 ilvl before you get each piece from the vendor

If 430 is heroic gear then that will probably be the gear you get for completing Mythic+10. So yeah, if you run enough Mythic+ dungeons you can be at 430 in the first ID.

[reauxmont]

most delusional response of the week.

It's pretty accurate. I'll never play BFA again. I will play classic,though, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

[sweatshopkids]

Is the bent dick gear just more RNG stats?

[The Stormbringer]

Why does this feel so much like an Argus patch, but we know there's supposed to be an 8.3...?

[Khallid]

Seems a bit unusual that there's Azerite slots among the Benthic gear. I wonder if they will have decent traits or not, since they're not random.

[Nnyco]

Benthic gear not having RNG is such a lie, when you still buy Tokens from the vendor which turn into items with unknown stats at the moment of purchase.

Why can't they just add gear as visible items to the vendor when there is still the option to filter items for your spec only? They did it in TBC already. Is it some kind of database thing, which saves someone 1 hour of development time from copy-pasting items to the vendors spreadsheet?

"Benthic gear have predetermined stats, meaning there is no RNG to which stats you will get on each slot."

Reading is hard...

[Magicon]

This is not the same game i signed up for 12-14 years ago.

[Piesor]

No trinkets?