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Mists of Pandaria Item Resources Master Post

In order to stay organized for MoP and our update, I'll be posting resources for items as they're added to beta in this post.  This will be the place to look for MoP items until we get closer.

MMO Champion Posts:

Prepping for Mists of Pandaria

As MMO Champion reports, the MoP NDA will be lifted very soon.  This is just a friendly reminder that expansions are a time of great change and that WoW Best In Slot will be adapting to whatever MoP throws at the item and gear scene.  Traditionally changes to the core game have been implemented here relatively soon after they're made.  Luckily Blizzard almost always gives us a window of time before an expansion where the expansion's mechanics are active and anything new can be anticipated.

As for actual expansion items, it's anyone's guess when those will begin to be revealed.  For most this won't matter until a little while after the expansion is up and running and people begin to look at optimizing their characters.

New Valor Point / Justice Point filters

We've just added a new set of filters.  Since 4.3 and the dungeon change, Valor Points have been easier to come by for 5 man players.  Unfortunately, the site previously listed Valor Point gear under 10 and 25 man raiding filters only.

Since the VP/JP items are more separate now whether or not you raid or run dungeons, it was time for a new filter specifically for those items.  If you are premium and do not see them, please hit your "refresh" button on a spec to see them.

One downside is that tier items that are obtainable via JP/VP are not currently flagged as JP/VP items for the filter.  This should be addressed over the next few days.

Blood Death Knight weapons explained

A few inquiries have come in about Blood DK weapon listings.  As it stands, the site filters out all items with a certain stat on them so as not to list silly items for specs.  The case of Experimental Specimen Slicer is that it has crit on it, so as a tank class Blood DK's don't get it shown on their items.  The item is very, very good though beyond its crit rating, so it should be listed.

There is a way for me to manually override this, but currently it's a little inconvenient.  I'll likely be building a way to override items like this in better for the future.  Right now these are listed for Blood DK though, so rejoice!

Default socket weights increased

The default weight for sockets has been increased to cover the introduction of 50 stat epic gems.  It should be 250 in most cases (since the primary stat is a 5 for specs).  This might bump some socketed items above others for your spec, so be sure to check!  If you don't see the update, please hit the "reset" button for your weights.

Weapon proc weight refined

Several specs have had their default weapon proc weight modified as they were listing the Deathwing items far too low still.  This should put them in a more realistic rank position for weapon listings.

If you'd like to see the full listings, a premium account is required.

Increased traffic 12/7, server upgraded

UPDATE 3: There was an issue with logins and password resets that has since been fixed (likely caused by the server upgrade).

UPDATE 2: The second and likely final upgrade for now has been done to the server.

UPDATE: The server has been upgraded to handle the increased load.  If more power is required you may see a bit more downtime as it's fixed.

We've been experiencing increased traffic today.  If you notice a bit of intermittent downtime, know that we're working on any issues that arise.  Thanks for understanding!

 

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