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Old 10/10/07, 2:09 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Malazaar View Post
Pretty much the only thing that changed is that Thallassian Wildercloak is slightly better than Razor-Scale Battlecloak. I made a 2.3 Toplist in the Feral Druid DPS Thread.
That's all that changed at the "top" level where you can socket everything for DPS. There are a lot of in-between DPS items between T5 and T6, and compromises made with T6, that show how items may have value where they previously didn't.

In the short-term, note that [Gloves of Dexterous Manipulation] increased their lead on everything besides T6. [Cursed Vision of Sargeras] becomes obscenely better than any other option, as opposed to significantly better. A great many blues start infringing upon the territory of epics (making, say, [Windslayer Wraps] not much better than [Fel Leather Gloves].) [Edgewalker Longboots] and [Boots of Effortless Striking] get to be as good as [Treads of the Den Mother] for DPS (but still behind Shadowmaster's). [Ancestral Ring of Conquest] went from top-tier DPS item to second-tier, as well as things like [Mithril Chain of Heroism] and [Haramad's Bargain]. The new [Shadowprowler's Chestguard] now has competition from [Bloodsea Brigand's Vest].

The top isn't different, but the steps getting there definitely are. Essentially-- anything with AGI, AP, and sockets all got better than they were before. Items with all 3 got significantly buffed relative to "feral" items with STR/AGI.
 
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