80 dk vs 85 dk

[Schmoo]

This bracket has caught my eye due to the avoidance you can reach, since I have gotten fairly bored with other brackets and 90. I figured I would make a 80 or 85 dk in order to solo stuff to pass some time. But my question is what is the difference between 80 and 85? Do BGs pop in either bracket (US)? And what is the MoP gear that people have been talking about and where do you buy it, is it from a vendor or are they talking about BoEs?

Thanks in advance for all of the answers!

 

[Tooh87]

But my question is what is the difference between 80 and 85? Do BGs pop in either bracket (US)? And what is the MoP gear that people have been talking about and where do you buy it, is it from a vendor or are they talking about BoEs?

I don't think 80s are popping, but I haven't tried queueing. I know that at 85, the few times I queued, they popped fairly quickly. The MoP gear for 80s is all BoE, and a lot of it for 85 is as well. Some of it at 85 comes from rare spawns in Pandaria. There's an archaeology polearm, and trinket , (463 ilvl) that can be upgraded to a 471 with JP. There's also an alchemy trinket for 85s thats 458 ilvl and can be upgraded to a 466 via JP.

 

[Aelobin]

This bracket has caught my eye due to the avoidance you can reach

You can only reach those ridiculous levels of avoidance on an 80.

 

[Schmoo]

Thank you all for taking the time to answer. I appreciate it. Does anyone have a MoP geared 80/85 dk that I may refer to please? And which professions would be best for soloing old world content at both 80 and 85?

 

[Tooh87]

Take with a grain of salt. I know I'm missing a second Pestilential Ring, and some boots, but I have yet to see them on AH. I also don't know if the 440 cloak off of a rare is better, but I've yet to get it to drop. Gems are random crap I had lying about. There's probably a more proper geared 85 dk to look at, but this is mostly it in terms of gear.

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[Schmoo]

Thank you, Tooh, that was what I was looking for!