Jul 16, 2009

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[Updated] Full Alliance and Horde Tier 9 Armor Preview in HD

Images mined and combined from MMOC. Consider this to be pretty much 99.9% what the finished product will look like. Happy times, everything looks alright. I honestly don’t have a single complain about how the gear looks as long as I keep in mind it’s being treated by the lore and such as standard issue armor for elite soldiers of the Allince/Horde. You’re no longer an adventurer toting about illgotten treasures and plunder. You’re a grunt.

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Jul 2, 2009

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Tier 9 Armor Preview!

Tier 9 Armor Preview!

Straight from Blizzard themselves, very nice looking T9 previews! For now all we have access too (in other words the only armor that Blizzard has finished 100% of the art for) are the Horde mail and Alliance cloth pieces.

Alliance Mage

t9-mage

Horde Hunter

t9-hunter

Alliance Priest

t9-priest

Horde Shaman

t9-shaman

Alliance Warlock

t9-warlock

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Jun 30, 2009

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Universal Tier 9 Tokens and Badge costs for 3.2

Universal Tier 9 Tokens and Badge costs for 3.2

newest-armorsI’m speechless. What a completely and unbelievably WONDERFUL idea! Why didn’t they do this back in ZG when the token concept took off? There are 3 different item levels of Tier 9 gear coming in Patch 3.2 and the new Crusaders’ Coliseum raid. That’s A LOT of tokens and many pages of possible loot. So then how will it all be managed!? Blizzard has decided that every boss in the raids will drop a universal token that counts for any armor slot of that tier set. You will be able to buy the lower quality T9 pieces for badges of triumph bu the best will drop from the heroic raid bosses.

No more waiting for those shoulder tokens, no more waiting for that one special upgrade! You will be able to build your armor set at your own pace with whatever upgrades you need the most right away.

Slot 258 245 232
Head 1 x 75 x 50 x
Hands 1 x 45 x 30 x
Chest 1 x 75 x 50 x
Legs 1 x 75 x 50 x
Shoulders 1 x 45 x 30 x

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Jun 29, 2009

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Tier 9 Set Bonuses changed in Patch 3.2 PTR

Tier 9 Set Bonuses changed in Patch 3.2 PTR

new-crusaders-coliseum1Had a little hiccup there with my host not working right (for what its worth, you and I broke nothing, it was their own internal servers or some such crap) but it seems the news is just going to keep flowing today! There is a new build deployed on the Patch 3.2 PTR and I’ll be updating news as the night progresses so stay tuned. For now, there were some changes to the Tier 9 set bonuses:

Priest

Priest T9 Healing 2P Bonus – Increases the healing done by your Prayer of Mending spell by 20%.
Priest T9 Healing 4P Bonus - Increases the shield from your Divine Aegis and the instant healing from your Empowered Renew by 10%.

Shaman

Shaman T9 Enhancement 2P Bonus - Adds an additional 3% chance to trigger your Static Shock talent.
Shaman T9 Enhancement 4P Bonus - Increases the damage done by your Earth Shock, Flame Shock, and Frost Shock spells by 25%.
Shaman T9 Elemental 2P Bonus – Increases the duration of your Flame Shock spell by 9.0 sec.
Shaman T9 Elemental 4P Bonus – Increases the damage done by your Lava Burst spell by 20%.

Druid

Druid T9 Feral 4P Bonus – Reduces the cooldown on Barkskin by -12.0 sec and increases the critical strike chance of Rip and Ferocious Bite by 5%.
Druid T9 Balance 4P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of your Starfire and Wrath spells by 3%.

Hunter

Hunter T9 2P Bonus – The damage done by your Serpent Sting ability can now be critical strikes.
Hunter T9 4P Bonus - Each time you hit with a ranged attack, you have a chance to grant your pet 600 attack power for 15 sec.

Mage

Mage T9 2P Bonus – Increases the armor you gain from Ice Armor by 20%, the mana regeneration you gain from Mage Armor by 10%, and converts an additional 15% of your spirit into critical strike rating when Molten Armor is active. Down from 25% spirit.
Mage T9 4P Bonus – Increases the critical strike chance of your Fireball, Frostbolt, Frostfire Bolt, Arcane Missiles, and Arcane Blast spells by 5%. Arcane Missiles added.

Paladin

Paladin T9 Tank 2P Bonus – Decreases the cooldown on your Hand of Reckoning ability by -2.0 sec.
Paladin T9 Tank 4P Bonus – Decreases the cooldown on your Divine Protection ability and reduces the duration of Forbearance by -30.0 sec.
Paladin T9 Holy 4P Bonus - Increases the heal over time effect from Flash of Light in conjunction with Sacred Shield by 100%.
Paladin T9 Holy Relic – Each time you cast Holy Light, you have a chance to gain 234 spell power for 15 sec. Down from 20 sec.

Warlock

Warlock T9 4P Bonus - Increases the damage done by your Immolate, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction spells by 10%.

Warrior

Warrior T9 Melee 4P Bonus - Increases the critical strike chance of your Slam and Heroic Strike abilities by 5%.
Warrior T9 Tank 2P Bonus - Decreases the cooldown on your Taunt ability by -2.0 sec.
Warrior T9 Tank 4P Bonus – Decreases the cooldown on your Shield Block ability by -10.0 sec

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