EU+US Bye, bye 835+!

[MyPerfection]

Welcome 840+!

What does he mean?
After 7.2 went live there aren't any 835 items anymore, only leftovers from before the patch. All new drops are 840+ now.

 

[Aelobin]

Is there confirmation on this somewhere?

 

[MyPerfection]

Is there confirmation on this somewhere?

Couldn't find any. But after so many 840 items showed up on our ah I looked through different realms. Everywhere are a lot of 840 items, almost 0 835 ones and the new mace can't be found with 835 too.

 

[Aelobin]

You raise a good point about the 2H mace, I had just assumed it was an exception that starts at 840. Interesting! I wonder if they also altered the upgrade chance because even if the baseline is 5 ilvls higher, that wouldn't explain the amount of 870-890s.

 

[Changzu]

I don't get the whole point behind the 2h mace though. It seems so useless, oh well.. We'll see what affect it has on the other items.

 

[AlterScene]

friend of mine who rocks boomie bought one the other night and says that even though the spec feels a bit clunkier now that it makes up for it by adding a damn good amount of damage. Cant confirm myself but that's what he's told me

 

[Aelobin]

To confirm your theory @MyPerfection, here's a scan of the EU AH from tonight

Total: 22653
Sockets: 2939
Tertiary: 2445

835: 4764
840: 9996
845: 3613
850: 1841
855: 1196
860: 727
865: 302
870: 118
875: 66
880: 20
885: 7
890: 3
895: 0

Avoidance: 607
Speed: 593
Leech: 746
Indestructible: 499

 

[DeLindsay]

I don't get the whole point behind the 2h mace though. It seems so useless, oh well.. We'll see what affect it has on the other items.

Resto Drood where that Toon has the Boomkin Artifact?

 

[MyPerfection]

To confirm your theory @MyPerfection, here's a scan of the EU AH from tonight

Thanks.

 

[MyPerfection]

I don't get the whole point behind the 2h mace though. It seems so useless, oh well.. We'll see what affect it has on the other items.

Shockadin will profit big times from it. Their artifact has only 6 traits or so to increase dps.

 

[DeLindsay]

Shockadin will profit big times from it. Their artifact has only 6 traits or so to increase dps.

Maybe. I have the 840 standard variant of that Mace but haven't equipped it to a Character yet. Here's the TT of each (my 101 Shockadin is 819 equipped with the Artifact Weapon, which I haven't even finished yet tbh, only Rank 13 and 1 shit Relic):

The Silver Hand [@760 iLvL] -vs- Athrog's Dethhamma [@840 iLvL]

• Int: 3619 / 8009 [10,107 @ 865 iLvL]
  
• Stam: 841 / 1861 [2349 @ @ 865 iLvL]
  
• Crit: 379 / 754 (soft cap is 50% for a 101 Shockadin)
• Mast: 364 / 0
• Haste: 0 / 502

Equipping the Mace over the Artifact loses:

• Tyr's Deliverance: Artifact Ability, large Heal on 1.5 min CD.
• 3% Crit
• 9%+ dmg reduction (to you) after Judgment
• 24%+ Holy Shock Damage/Healing (that's a biggie)

+4390 Int shouldn't be discounted though, that's huge. My Pally has 16,200 Int with the Artifact Weapon equipped. My concern is that even at +5K Int, it wouldn't make up for the loss of Shock Treatment for vastly increased Holy Shocks, which can be improved by both Relic slots. This is further increased if you wait to HS until after using Judgment. It makes HS hit like a mack truck. I easily 1-shot all non-Elites/overland Mobs with HS after a Judgment, and I don't have both Relics for it yet.

EDIT: @840: Leech = 566 / @860: Leech = 610

 

[Aelobin]

This might be a crazy idea but they had the tech to make both mobs and loot scale with level, and they just added the tech to make mobs scale with ilvl. What if the loot (or upgrade chance/baseline) also scales with ilvl?

 

[DeLindsay]

This might be a crazy idea but they had the tech to make both mobs and loot scale with level, and they just added the tech to make mobs scale with ilvl. What if the loot (or upgrade chance/baseline) also scales with ilvl?

It does. That's why whenever you open an Emissary Chest/Mythic Chest (or finish to 100% any World Quest awarding gear) you should have equipped the highest iLvL you possess.

 

[Tom Ganks]

Yeah im definitely noticing a price difference

 

[Throaway]

To confirm your theory @MyPerfection, here's a scan of the EU AH from tonight

Total: 22653
Sockets: 2939
Tertiary: 2445

835: 4764
840: 9996
845: 3613
850: 1841
855: 1196
860: 727
865: 302
870: 118
875: 66
880: 20
885: 7
890: 3
895: 0

Avoidance: 607
Speed: 593
Leech: 746
Indestructible: 499

If 835 doesn't drop anymore and it has been replaced by 840 ... does 840 drop as often as 835, and or does let's say a 860 drop as often as a 855 before 7.2 ? which would mean a lot of price would decrease, and that they give slightly more power to twinks for the same efforts

edit: yes because the proc chance increments start at 840 and not 835 so less "luck" needed