Gearing For Heroics (Mage) Chapter 1 - Gear/Enchant/Gems
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So, you just hit 80. You're in greens and quest blues, and you're wondering...what next? Heroics, of course! This guide will not only show you how to gear, but will also recommend glyphs, talents, and gems/enchants. Please note I will be uploading these in Chapters.
Table of Contents
1.Gear - RELEASED
2.Talents - RELEASED Guide
3.Rotations RELEASED Guide
4.Glyphs E.T.A December 18th, 2008
5. Add-ons - E.T.A. December 19th, 2008
--Edit-- I'm so sorry I had to postpone these. I did not have enough time to write the 3rd chapter, therefore delaying the next. I'll delete this edit when I post them.
Context
Enchant
Gem
Glyph
Talent
1. Gear
Head
Volkhan's Hood - Drops from Volkhan in the Halls of Lightning
Enchant - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
Neck
Emeline's Locket - Obtained from the quest [80] The Admiral Revealed in Icecrown
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Shoulder
Dark Runic Mantle - Drops from any mob in the Halls of Stone
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Enchant - Greater Inscription of the Storm
Back
Shroud of Dedicated Research - Obtained from being honored with the Kirin Tor
Enchant - Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed
Chest
Robes of Crackling Flame - Obtained from being exalted with the Kirin Tor
Enchant - Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats
Wrist
Ancestral Sinew Wristguards - Obtained from being revered with The Wyrmrest Accord
Enchant - Enchant Bracer - Superior Spellpower
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Hands
Gloves of the Servant - Obtained from the quest [80] The Reckoning in The Storm Peaks
Enchant - Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower
Belt
Belt of Dark Mending - Obtained from being exalted with Knights of the Ebon Blade
Legs
Trousers of the Arakkoa - Drops from Erekem in The Violet Hold
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Enchant - Brilliant Spellthread
Feet
Sandals of Crimson Fury - Obtained from being exalted with The Wyrmrest Accord
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Enchant - Enchant Boots - Icewalker
Ring(2)
Signet of Hopeful Light - Obtained from being exalted with the Argent Crusade
Signet of Ranulf
- Drops from King Ymiron in Utgarde Pinnacle
Trinket(2)
Darkmoon Card: Illusion - Obtained from the quest [80] Darkmoon Prisms Deck which involves getting all cards in the deck.
Tome of Arcane Phenomena - Drops from Cache of Eregos which spawns after Ley-Guardian Eregos death in The Oculus
Weapon
Flameheart Spell Scalpel - Obtained from being revered with the Kirin Tor
Enchant - Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower
Off-Hand
Seal of Valgarde
- Drops off Gortok Palehoof in Utgarde Pinnacle
Wand
Wand of Shimmering Scales - Drops from Grand Magus Telestra in The Nexus
--End of Chapter 1--
Please post feedback on this guide!
-Kostada
Thanks to Shikamaru for helping me on editting.
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Need more MANA!!
I think I have a mana fetish or something, but I try to get more intellect and mana even if my health and power suffers. I would put brilliant autumn's glow (yellow gem +16 INT) in ALL sockets and enchant everything with +intellect or +mana. My theory is that if I have enough mana, I can do more damage over all even if I am not top in DPS.
What do you think?
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I do love having a nice
I do love having a nice amount of mana - however I don't exactly think mana stacking is too good of an idea.
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Very Nice, But...
This is a very nice gearing guide, but i see 2 major problems in it:
It requires gaining exalted status with Kirin Tor, Argent Crusade, Sons of Hodir, Wyrmrest Accord, and Knights of the Ebon Blade. This would take weeks pre-heroically, and therefore isn't very desirable to a gearing mage.
On the Neck, Wrists, Legs, and Feet slots, the gem does not fit the slot.
Overall, a very good guide for gearing heroics though.
Keep up the good work!
~Laseth~
If I'm not mistaken the gem
If I'm not mistaken the gem system works as it did at 70, the gem nomatter color will fit in any other gem socket nomatter the color.
However if you want the socket bonuses you need the right color ofcourse.
For a mage the +4 hit rating socket bonus from 'Emeline's Locket' won't be as good as 19+ spell dmg.
Neither will the +4 spirit from 'Dark Runic Mantle'
So for these items the socket bonus won't mean much overall.
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This is pretty good guide,
This is pretty good guide, but how I'll get all those reputation items when you really got to do either alot normal lvl 80 instances or heroics?
Edit:
I myself replaced my greenies with Frostsavage items. They're actually PVP items but still nice upgrade atleast for me. Consider taking them
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Never really thought of
Never really thought of frostsavage - however, I agree. They are a good choice for someone getting into heroics. Also to all the reputation comments - I myself was close to those rep levels when I hit 80.
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This was done with more of
This was done with more of haste in mind, but this is just for heroics.
-Edit- I'm afraid I can't publish anymore guides at this moment. I'm just too busy right now to write anything. Once this rush is over (Most likely on my winter vacation) I'll write the rest. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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off
Off for a bit....
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Hm, was looking for
Hm, was looking for something like this. But with all the gear and all enchants plus the gems you sugguested you hardly reach 5% on all gear. With talents that could become a maximum of 8% which is realy realy low, considering that hit is still one of the best pure-dps-stats until you cap it.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Administrator
Suggestion: Make the
Suggestion: Make the "Talents" in your Table of Content a link to your Chapter 2.
Trusted Member
Ah
Ah, thank you, Jame. I'll do that right now.
Revered Member
I'm loinv' it!
Wonderful Job, really impressive. I have just to say that the gem you listed for the neck is for a red socket while the neck has only 1 yellow slot.
Too bad that the "basic" mage guides (leveling talents, spell rotations etc.) are outdated now.
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I
Well, if we need guides like that I can indeed write one.
Administrator
Nice one Kostada! And thank
Nice one Kostada!
And thank you Shikamaru for helping out
Hmm...
Like this guide will try it out.
Got a question will this gear / enchant make me reach the hit cap?
and also noted that for the neck you put a red gem but the socket
seems to be yellow
Wise things get said, but Few get understod
Trusted Member
Also
Also need to remember this is just for heroics - I might post a naxx 10 gear guide in the near future.
Oki
Well the gear for Heroics ( most difficult) and gear for normal Naxxramas is almost the same just get 1 or 2 epic Heroic Items and you're ready to go!
Wise things get said, but Few get understod
Trusted Member
The reason
The reason I used a red gem is because socket bonuses don't matter much. And I can add up the +hit in it to see if it does.
Trusted Member
The good thing is I
The good thing is I'm already done with the 2nd chapter. I'm just waiting for tomorrow to post it.
Trusted Member
You think this gear is also
You think this gear is also fine for priests? That way I can use it too
And if not, can you make such a guide for priests, I'm jealous
Trusted Member
I think,
I might make a guide for shadow priests also. Since I'm not totally sure if it will/will not work with it, I don't know as of yet.
Exalted Member
You forgot some spaces here
You forgot some spaces here and there and some links/codes are broken, easily fixable though
Trusted Member
Yes. I am fixing those right
Yes. I am fixing those right now, notice them while skimming through to check it
Thank you.
Exalted Member
Alright, sounds good. What
Alright, sounds good.
What do you think of the end result ?
Trusted Member
Just went through to make
Just went through to make sure that all the links work. They indeed do, I fixed the one that was broken also.
Exalted Member
Great!
Great!
By the way, redo the 'Context' section, the colors don't match with those in the guide anymore
Trusted Member
Hm, really?
Hm, really?
Exalted Member
I mean that you should make
I mean that you should make them Bold
Trusted Member
Oh, I see! Thank you. Will
Oh, I see! Thank you. Will do that right now.
Trusted Member
I think it looks pretty
I think it looks pretty good. I took the liberty of also linking the npcs/zones.
Exalted Member
Yeah, it indeed looks way
Yeah, it indeed looks way better than before
And, good job!
Exalted Member
Looks way better now! by
Looks way better now!
by the way, redo the context now, or it won't match the colors, hehe
Going to try something
Head
Volkhan's Hood
Enchant - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
Head: Volkhan's Hood
Enchant - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
What looks better?
Exalted Member
Also, you could make the
Also, you could make the Neck, Hands, Enchants and Gems Bold.
Example:
Feet
Sandals of Crimson Fury
Gem - Runed Scarlet Ruby
Enchant - Enchant Boots - Icewalker
Exalted Member
I'm on a roll
I'm on a roll today,
Another suggestion:
You could add additional information to every item.
Example:
Gloves of the Servant, Quest Reward from [80] The Reckoning.
Trusted Member
Thank
Thank you so much! I was going to get to that in a little bit, but now I have some time and can do it.
Trusted Member
Possibly,
Possibly, could you tell me the code for quests?
Exalted Member
It's exactly the same as
It's exactly the same as items, same code, just a different HTML link.
Exalted Member
Yes, now we are getting
Yes, now we are getting somewhere!
About the font size:
Use a bigger font size for the ToC, Gear etcetra.
Example:
You could use this: [ size=15 ][ b ]Table of Contents[ /b ][ /size ] (without the spaces again)
It'll look like this:
Table of Contents
Exalted Member
Looking better now, but
Looking better now, but still a bit hard to read.
I suggest doing the following:
Enchant - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
Make the enchant Bold, and put a '-' between the enchant and the item.
Trusted Member
Done.
Done on separating this.
Thank you Shika!
Trusted Member
Thank
Thank you. I'll get on it right now.
Exalted Member
Also, you could separate the
Also, you could separate the guide into pieces with this code:
[ hr ] (without the spaces of course!
)
Example:
Head
bla bla enchant/gem
Shoulders
bla bla enchant/gem
Trusted Member
Ahh!
Ah! One little question, though. Do you put that right at the start? --EDIT-- Oh, never mind. Figured it out. Will do it right now.
Exalted Member
Aye, tell me if you are
Aye, tell me if you are having trouble with the coding, I can help you out
Trusted Member
Okay,
Okay, everything should be all good now.
-Edit- I am still formatting the gems/enchants, bare with me.
Exalted Member
Also, I'd use a different
Also, I'd use a different color for Enchants / Gems, it's hard to read this way.
Another suggestion:
Use spaces between Gem + 'item name'
This'll make it easier to read
Trusted Member
Thanks,
Thanks, ya this was my first time using the bar, I was just testing that out. Fixing that plus codes.
Trusted Member
I can
I can see that some of the item codes did not upload correctly. I will fix this A.S.A.P.
Trusted Member
Ah
I obviously messed up on formatting it. It's fixed now.
Exalted Member
Yeah, I noticed it too Are
Yeah, I noticed it too
Are you using the Text Formatting Toolbar in Firefox ?