2.1.0 Patch Notes

[Lissa]

They ... are ... not ... done!

Did they change some stuff previously, very early in the patch process? Yes. What did those changes not do? Modify the item level.

On Friday's patch, they changed epics for heroics, reputation, and some crafting. You know what they did? They bumped the item level up. Are you trying to tell me that Blizzard's going to make heroic and rep gear a higher item level than raiding gear? I highly doubt that.

No Quark, what I'm telling you is that individual items that drop in the same places as the Tier gear are superior. You can say they're not done till you're blue in the face, but the fact of the matter is this, every time they've updated the Tiers and items in the same range, the non-set items have always been better. I'm not even talking about Heroic drops here Quark, I'm comparing straight up Raid drop to Raid token drop. Did you totally miss the comparison between Robe of Hateful Echoes (from Hydross) to the Tier 5 Robes (token dropped by Kael)? Robe of Hateful Echoes is superior to the Tier 5 gear and it's easier to acquire. Look at the Ranger-General's Chestguard (from Hydross again) and compare it to the Tier 5 chest for Hunters. Do you see where this is going Quark? Everytime they've updated the gear, the non-Tier items have come out better than the tier items and this will continue Quark. And it's not just one or two pieces that are this way either, it's pretty much every piece of the Tier 5 gear. There are some exceptions here and there, but for the most part, the Tier items are crap and have always been and will always be compared to single pieces as the set bonuses just do not off set the relative power difference.