Making a Priest!

[Deesick]

Hey guys and gals, i'm making a priest to play alongside madivnar from auchindoun.



Now, at the moment i do have a full Hierloom set. Shoulder, Cloak, Chest, Staff and both trinkets however I'm not keen on using them.



Question being, do a lot of people use them? Is it acceptable or frowned upon and if I choose to use Non Hierlooms, am I going to be at a major disadvantage due to not having any grandfathered gear?



Personally if its only a few missing stats I'll play without but well, thought i'd get some feedback.



Cheers



Dee

 

[Kore nametooshort]

Heirloom weapons provide such a large sp boost that you will be gimped playing without them. Other heirlooms you can happily play without as they provide a relatively small stat boost over non heirlooms.

 

[notoriousthf]

The cloak is the only one I would do without.

The trinkets can be replaced with AGMs.



BoA weapon is a must. As kore said, the 39 spellpower is a huge upgrade compared to staves like [item]twisted chanter staff[/item] and [item]5201[/item]



Comparing armor items:

[item]ancient bloodmoon cloak[/item] vs [item]tumultuous cloak[/item] of the Sorcerer (1 stam, -1 int, 2 crit, -2 haste, -32 armor)

[item]ancient bloodmoon cloak[/item] vs [item]spidersilk drape[/item] (1 stam, -4 hit, 2 crit, 2 haste, -31 armor)

[item]exquisite sunderseer mantle[/item] vs [item]feline mantle[/item] (1 stam, 3 crit, 5 resil, -3 spi, 6 armor)

[item]tattered dreadmist mantle[/item] vs [item]feline mantle[/item] (3 stam, 5 crit, -3 spi, 6 armor)

[item]tattered dreadmist robe[/item] vs [item]anacondra's robe[/item] (3 stam, 1 int, 1 crit, 7 armor)



Almost everyone uses heirlooms because they're BiS.



As for grandfathered gear:

Grandfathered: [item]jutebraid gloves[/item]

Alternatives: [item]serpent gloves[/item] [item]gold-flecked gloves[/item] [item]magefist gloves[/item]



grandfathered: [item]inferno robe[/item]

Alternatives: [item]tattered dreadmist robe[/item], [item]anacondra's robe[/item]

 

[Evade]

Use heirlooms, nothing wrong with them.

 

[Fizzfizz]

heirloom mace + furby pouch when you get a chance to pick it up, imo (instead of that staff)

 

[Missboom]

fun fact: a gnome disc priest can get 3.5k mana unbuffed

 

[Yayo]

fun fact: a gnome disc priest can get 3.5k mana unbuffed

Il never make a gnome lmao

 

[notoriousthf]

Il never make a gnome lmao

I had 1.6k mana at lv10 on my gnome mage.

 

[Boomanda]

fun fact: a gnome disc priest can get 3.5k mana unbuffed

After I faction change in few weeks, I'm going to have 3.1k unbuffed with 1300+ hp and almost 210 sp :I God I would kill for grandfathers.