Gear Changepoints

[lipsinch 46]

Hello fellow mateys!

 

I've been raiding past expac and chunked in some good N gear. Now that I'm leveling my lovely Rogue, I'm being faced with the new items and now I'm in doubt of when to change what. I took teh risk on doing few pieces by myself, but currently I'm unsure of what to use or if I should give up on certain pieces, given that we have a lot more of secondary stats and it's too damn early to set up for weights, plus most gear currently being greens.

 

Currently I'm running on Sub, and still using my T16 raid gear, due to a bunch of slots and stats (agi > mast). Do you guys have any suggestions of what to change? Feels so strange giving up on slots to equip something just because of higher iLevel.

 

Thanks!

 

Edit:

Her face, if anything.

Edited November 17, 2014 by lipsinch

[Carrn 284]

Higher ilevel items give more Agi, which means that it's more than likely an upgrade for you. The other benefit to replacing all of your SoO gear once you hit 100 is that you'll have the item level to run Heroics - you need to get 610, which means that all of the precious epics have to go. Also, AoC got WAY nerfed after level 90, so replacing that asap is a really good idea

 

The following graph for Stat Weights is taken from the mmo-c thread where Ryme did all his SimCraft work.

 

As you can see, Agi is far and away the most valuable stat for all Rogues, with weapon DPS following closely behind.Other than that, Mastery and Multistrike have approximately equal value, with Crit and Versatility being our next best options. Haste takes up last place now, which is kind of irritating and makes Rogue feel very slow, but that should improve with a little more gear

 

[lipsinch 46]

Higher ilevel items give more Agi, which means that it's more than likely an upgrade for you. The other benefit to replacing all of your SoO gear once you hit 100 is that you'll have the item level to run Heroics - you need to get 610, which means that all of the precious epics have to go. Also, AoC got WAY nerfed after level 90, so replacing that asap is a really good idea

 

The following graph for Stat Weights is taken from the mmo-c thread where Ryme did all his SimCraft work.

 

As you can see, Agi is far and away the most valuable stat for all Rogues, with weapon DPS following closely behind.Other than that, Mastery and Multistrike have approximately equal value, with Crit and Versatility being our next best options. Haste takes up last place now, which is kind of irritating and makes Rogue feel very slow, but that should improve with a little more gear

 

 

Carrn, thanks for your input!

 

About AoC, how did it get nerfed? Because I'm failing to see it. It still gives a hefty amount of Agi and the CD on skill still applies (I get like 45s on SD).

 

All my current gear pulls ahead on Agi numbers (due to slots), but in the end I'll be forced to item switch due to iLvl needs...

 

Edit:

 

Also, is anyone PvEing as Sub here? Could you give me inputs about how well you're faring? Given teh buffs to Sub's positional requirements, I feel it's quite a strong spec to raid now.

Edited November 17, 2014 by lipsinch

[Carrn 284]

Sub is a great spec to raid now, and I'm SUPER excited for it. I really dislike both other specs, and have since Vanilla, so I'm really pleased at how well Sub is doing in a dungeon / raid environment.

 

The only thing is that I'd recommend levelling as Combat or Assassination - it's just a little easier, and cause mobs die so quickly, you don't really get to practice your rotation as Sub

 

AoC just has reduced effects at level 91+; it might show you that it still has the same effect, but its effectiveness is reduced. Also, there are a lot of better trinkets that you can get in Nagrand. That being said, I didn't replace any of my gear until level 98 ish, but it was all gone by 100