Time to box up those alts, pay a visit to the the PVP vendors, then start queueing! The new Relentless Gear is available, purchasable with either Arena Points or Triumph Badges, and lootable from the new VoA heroic boss*.
Compared to the Furious Gladiator’s Leather set, the 5-piece Relentless set gives;
+103 agility
+118 stamina
+111 attack power
+72 crit rating
+70 resilience
700+: Furious Relics
800+: Furious Gloves
900+: Furious Legs
1000+: Furious Chest
1100+: Furious Helm
1200+: Relentless Bracer (honor)
1250+: Relentless Belt (honor)
1300+: Relentless Boots (honor)
1350+: Furious Shoulders
1400+: Relentless Gloves
1450+: Relentless Neck (honor)
1500+: Relentless Ring (honor)
1550+: Relentless Legs
1600+: Relentless Chest
1650+: Relentless Trinket (honor)
1700+: Relentless Wands/Relics/etc
1750+: Relentless Cape (honor)
1800+: Relentless Weapon – lvl245
1900+: Relentless Helm
2000+: Relentless Shoulders (3v3/5v5 only)
2200+: Relentless Weapon – lvl258 (3v3/5v5 only)
2300+: Relentless Tabard
This season also sees the return of a season ring with +hit rating, which should help those who need it to get the cap without taking PVE gear (I’m hoping to run with 7% hit this season instead of 6%).
* I really should get around to petitioning Blizz to let me loot T9 gear from dead DeathKnights in arenas, kind of sucks that PVP gear can come from PVE, but not the other way around.
* I really should get around to petitioning Blizz to let me loot T9 gear from dead DeathKnights in arenas, kind of sucks that PVP gear can come from PVE, but not the other way around.
I completely agree, and have rants about this everynight..
They should have at least let us get Furious weapons still with the furious gear or something.. load of crock. We’re at 1137 rating atm, and with my partner not being geared, its really hard for me to upgrade my weaepons… which of course means I have to farm a truck load of heroics to gear up to do raids, then spend weeks on raids to get new weapons.. OH WAIT NEW PATCH!!! OLD SCHOOL STUFF.
Yeah, even if it was Deadly weapons from honor/low rating, that would still balance nicely. I guess they’re trying to force people to raid but don’t want a repeat of what happened in TBC (where people used to be able to raid with easily bought PVP weapons). Deadly weapons at 1000-1200 rating would surely help get more people into arenas, especially new chars/alts.
Noone cares about low rating, and blizz isn’t going to reward you for simply playing arena. It’s not hard to raid naxx or ulduar and get a decent weapon. I had to wait like 3 months raiding every week to get the turning tide.
It’s the name of the game. How do you expect to be rewarded if you’re not good and aren’t dedicated?
But why shouldn’t Blizz reward you for simply playing arena/BGs? Blizz rewards PVEers for simply raiding – they aren’t forced into PVP to gear up for PVE anymore.
Naxx/Ulduar aren’t hard, it’s just that some people hate raiding/find it unbelievably boring/don’t have the availability or time to commit to a raiding guild.