Intro to Gear, Gems, and Enchants

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It’s all about the gear!

Basis of most games is to improve your character through gear

Inspecting Your Character

• Right click on your portrait– Select inspect– Works the same to inspect other characters

• A good Addon to use is– Playerscore

Gear Sites

• Starting place: – Noxxic - http://www.noxxic.com/wow• Quick and Easy look at Stat priority

– Askmrrobot – http://www.askmrrobot.com/wow/gear• Use once you get to lvl 80+• Suggests enchants and gems• gives source of gear

Types of Gear

• BoP– Bind on Pick up; Most of the gear you get from quests

and bosses

• BoE– Bind on Equip; Gear that you can trade or sell

• BoA– Binds on Account; Heirlooms; can send to any of your

characters on the same realm

Where do I find BoP, BoE, or BoA?

Stat Priority

• For each class and role– There are stats that improve your performance

– Primary stats – Stamina, Agility, Intellect, Strength

– Secondary stats – Crit, Dodge, Mastery, etc.

Glyphs

• Made by: Inscriptionists

• What do they do? – Major Glyphs: Add extra bonuses to make your

player stronger / more effective

– Minor Glyphs: Currently more cosmetic than being effective

Glyphs

• Websites: – Wowpopular - http://www.wowpopular.com

– Noxxic

– Icy-veins: http://www.icy-veins.com/

Gems

• Made by: Jewelcrafters

• What do they do? – Allow you to add specific gems to increase priority

stats

Gems

• Websites: – Noxxic

– Wowpopular

– Icy Veins

– Askmrrobot (for 80+ only)

Enchants

• Made by: – Enchanters (everything but legs and shoulders)– Leatherworking (melee leg armor + personal

bracers) – Tailoring (caster leg armor + personal cloak) – Inscription (shoulder)

• What do they do? – Allow you to increase priority stats

Enchants

• Websites: – Noxxic

– Wowpopular

– Icy Veins

– Askmrrobot (for 80+ only)

Specs = Specialization

• At level 10, you choose your main spec

• At lvl 30, you can add a dual spec from trainer

• Each class has 3 specializations

Specs

• Specs determine everything you will focus your character on

• This includes: – Role , Gear, Stat priority, Enchants, Glyphs, Gems,

etc.– Even professions

Specs

• Why? – Really only matters if… • You do not solo. Soloing requires that you not fully

optimize.• Your character is active.

– Grouping• Required players to specialized and optimized for 1 role

Specs

• Main Spec– This is the specialization that you will normally

play as – i.e. what you like the most

• Off Spec– This is the specialization that you use occasionally

• Can reset your specs by talking to your trainer

Guild Resources

• Guild Bank

• Google Community

• Looking up Crafters

• Farming the Materials

Using the Auction House

• Looking up Items

• Looking up Materials

Intro to Gear, Gems, and Enchants

Inevitable Betrayal