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Gear Up! The 550 Challenge
Hangout
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Overview
• Item Level
• Getting Gear
• Average Item Level
• The Challenge
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Item Level
• Each item in the game is assigned an item level
• They higher the number the better the gear
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Getting Gear
• Gear can be obtained in several ways
– Random World Drops– Dungeon Drops– Raid Drops– Justice Points– Valor Points
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Getting Gear
• Random World Drops– Varying Quality (Blue or Purple Gear) – Is exactly as it sounds, it’s random
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Getting Gear
• Dungeon Drops– Typically next best gear (Blue quality)
– Use the Dungeon Journal feature in game to see what gear drops from each boss and it’s item level
– Several modes: • Normal, Heroic, and Challenge (lvl 90 only)
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Getting Gear
• Raid Drops– Best gear in the game (Purple Gear)– Only exist at the max levels of each WoW
Expansion• Lvl 60 – Classic Wow• Lvl 70 – Burning Crusades• Lvl 80 – Lich King• Lvl 85 – Cataclysm• Lvl 90 – Mists of Pandaria
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Getting Gear
• Raid Drops– Several levels of difficulty
– Difficulty affects item level of drops • Harder the difficulty the higher the item level
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Getting Gear
– Specific Vendors in game
– Earned by completing • Higher level dungeons• Downing bosses in Heroic Dungeons and Raids• Scenarios (normal and heroic)
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Getting Gear
– Specific Vendors in game
– Earned by completing max level • Heroic Dungeons• Looking for Raids (LFR)• Heroic Scenarios• Dailies & Weekly Quests
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Getting Gear
• Valor Points– Can also be used to upgrade pieces that have an item
level of 476 or more
– Can upgrade each piece twice
– Each upgrade increases the item level by 4 levels (max 8 levels)
– Costs 250 VP for each upgrade
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Average Item Level
• The average item level of all 16 gear slots– 2 hand weapons count as 2 slots.
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SlotsSlot # Items Slot # Items
1 Helm 9 Legs2 Neck 10 Feet3 Shoulder 11 Ring 14 Cloak 12 Ring 25 Chest 13 Trinket 16 Wrist 14 Trinket 27 Gloves 15 Main Hand8 Waist 16 Off hand
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Average Item Level
• Shown as two numbers on your character sheet : Equipped / In bags
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The 550 Challenge
• Select a level 90 character from Inevitable Betrayal
• Based on their current item level, devise a strategy on what they need to do to get to a 550 average item level
• Post your strategy in the Item Level 550 Challenge Forum
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The 550 Challenge
• Hints:– Use the Dungeon Journal Feature in game to
determine what gear will drop from each Mist of Pandaria Dungeon and Raid.
– Remember the VP upgrades as they can get you an additional 8 item levels on any piece above 476
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Google Hangouts
Saturdays @ 10am MT
• Rise of the Mathmancers – Dec 21st
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Questions / Discussion
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