Who Needs What Set Gear Where?

[kandrathe]

Hmmm, my thought exactly.

[rant]&nbsp; In fact, this aspect of the end game really bothers me.&nbsp; With all the knowledge of items that are available, bosses become glorified vendors.&nbsp; The currency for "buying" their items is not gold, but the time needed to get to them and&nbsp; win, usually multiple times.&nbsp; This kills a lot of the exploration of the mid to high end instances because people make a beeline for the boss, led by someone that has been there before.&nbsp; I have been guilty of coveting a few boss drops, but usually not until I had been there and seen it drop and then losing the roll, or being told that said boss could have dropped <insert item here>.&nbsp; I much prefer to play just to explore and kill new things (geez I sound sociopathic, don't I?) and be happily surprised if I get an item that is an upgrade to one of the sets I have put together (though not necessarily item sets but, rather, my stamina, damage, resistance and riding around town sets).&nbsp; [/rant]

That being said, the only things that I can say I do want for Lochnar are fire resistance items that don't sacrifice intellect, stamina, and less so, spirit.&nbsp; Anything else that is an upgrade in any respect is gravy.
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I agree. However, thus was the logic of the game designers. For me, to progress to Onyxia, I needed to find gear to pump my stamina without neutering my attack skills. For Molten Core, there will be more requirements and more resistances required. Mephisto run anyone?

I would have preferred that the best 1st tier end game gear would have been garnered through difficult crafting and difficult quest rewards, rather than farming instance bosses. Crafting is one aspect of the end game that is seriously broken, Imho. 30 stonescale oil (3 hours fishing), 10 mountain silver sage, and a trip to Scholo Alchemy lab to make one potion that effectively banishes you for 1min duration is ridiculous. Armor smiths, and leather workers are outdone by a plethora of green items, and quest rewards. Anyway, don't get me started... :)