Post on 12-Aug-2015
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Inspecting Your Character
• Right click on your portrait– Select inspect– Works the same to inspect other characters
• A good Addon to use is– Playerscore
Gear Sites
• Starting place: – Noxxic - http://www.noxxic.com/wow• Quick and Easy look at Stat priority
– Askmrrobot – http://www.askmrrobot.com/wow/gear• Use once you get to lvl 80+• Suggests enchants and gems• gives source of gear
Types of Gear
• BoP– Bind on Pick up; Most of the gear you get from quests
and bosses
• BoE– Bind on Equip; Gear that you can trade or sell
• BoA– Binds on Account; Heirlooms; can send to any of your
characters on the same realm
Stat Priority
• For each class and role– There are stats that improve your performance
– Primary stats – Stamina, Agility, Intellect, Strength
– Secondary stats – Crit, Dodge, Mastery, etc.
Glyphs
• Made by: Inscriptionists
• What do they do? – Major Glyphs: Add extra bonuses to make your
player stronger / more effective
– Minor Glyphs: Currently more cosmetic than being effective
Glyphs
• Websites: – Wowpopular - http://www.wowpopular.com
– Noxxic
– Icy-veins: http://www.icy-veins.com/
Gems
• Made by: Jewelcrafters
• What do they do? – Allow you to add specific gems to increase priority
stats
Enchants
• Made by: – Enchanters (everything but legs and shoulders)– Leatherworking (melee leg armor + personal
bracers) – Tailoring (caster leg armor + personal cloak) – Inscription (shoulder)
• What do they do? – Allow you to increase priority stats
Specs = Specialization
• At level 10, you choose your main spec
• At lvl 30, you can add a dual spec from trainer
• Each class has 3 specializations
Specs
• Specs determine everything you will focus your character on
• This includes: – Role , Gear, Stat priority, Enchants, Glyphs, Gems,
etc.– Even professions
Specs
• Why? – Really only matters if… • You do not solo. Soloing requires that you not fully
optimize.• Your character is active.
– Grouping• Required players to specialized and optimized for 1 role
Specs
• Main Spec– This is the specialization that you will normally
play as – i.e. what you like the most
• Off Spec– This is the specialization that you use occasionally
• Can reset your specs by talking to your trainer