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05-09-2010, 01:06 PM
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One of the things I haven't seen discussed much concerning the 10-man/25-man split in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-refinements/) is how hybrid players are going to gear offspecs.
This is the situation I'm in, and I suspect it's one that a lot of other hybrid players would recognize; I play restoration in most guild 25-man and 10-man raids, but I tank just about everything else. On easier content, or on nights when we have too many healers show up, it's not unusual for a few people to haul out their DPS sets and go DPS for the evening.
As such, hybrid players (and particularly hybrids who have dual-specced into a role requiring a completely different set of gear) have an interest in keeping their offspec set up to date, and the best way to do this has typically been through 10-man raids where there's not much gear competition. I got 3 Sanctified feral (http://www.wowhead.com/item=51144) pieces from heroic 10-man ICC, and I'm still using a few (http://www.wowhead.com/item=48027) ToGC-10 pieces (http://www.wowhead.com/item=48011) to tank as well. When you only have 10 players in a raid, the number of players angling for a given piece is necessarily small, and items go to offspec quickly.Continue reading Offspec gear and Cataclysm raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/05/09/offspec-gear-and-cataclysm-raiding/)
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One of the things I haven't seen discussed much concerning the 10-man/25-man split in Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-refinements/) is how hybrid players are going to gear offspecs.
This is the situation I'm in, and I suspect it's one that a lot of other hybrid players would recognize; I play restoration in most guild 25-man and 10-man raids, but I tank just about everything else. On easier content, or on nights when we have too many healers show up, it's not unusual for a few people to haul out their DPS sets and go DPS for the evening.
As such, hybrid players (and particularly hybrids who have dual-specced into a role requiring a completely different set of gear) have an interest in keeping their offspec set up to date, and the best way to do this has typically been through 10-man raids where there's not much gear competition. I got 3 Sanctified feral (http://www.wowhead.com/item=51144) pieces from heroic 10-man ICC, and I'm still using a few (http://www.wowhead.com/item=48027) ToGC-10 pieces (http://www.wowhead.com/item=48011) to tank as well. When you only have 10 players in a raid, the number of players angling for a given piece is necessarily small, and items go to offspec quickly.Continue reading Offspec gear and Cataclysm raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/05/09/offspec-gear-and-cataclysm-raiding/)
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion (http://www.wow.com/category/analysis-opinion/), Raiding (http://www.wow.com/category/raiding/), Cataclysm (http://www.wow.com/category/cataclysm/)
Offspec gear and Cataclysm raiding (http://www.wow.com/2010/05/09/offspec-gear-and-cataclysm-raiding/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Sun, 09 May 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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