The_Rev Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 fao J How to find your wanted socketable gems in the AH All non BoP socketable gems are named in a particular two-part pattern: Where represents a name that defines what stats the gem have and represents the quality of the item. Rare quality gems gives more of each stat than uncommon quality gems. So for and example a Brilliant Dawnstone is a yellow gem that gives a high amount of intellect while a Brilliant Golden Draenite gives less intellect. To find the gem you want I suggest searching for the part of the name - depending on what socket and stats you are looking for - and just use the quality selector on the AH UI to specify what amount of the desired stats you want (and how much gold you are willing to spend). Below is an overview of the different gem names and stats parts you can find. I have only listed BoE gems that is uncommon or better. Meta Gems Gem Name: Earthstorm Diamond, Skyfire Diamond (both rare) All meta gems have different stats combinations. Red Gems Gem Name: Living Ruby (rare), Blood Garnet (uncommon) Stats: - Bold = Strength - Bright = Attack Power - Delicate = Agility - Flashing = Parry Rating - Runed = Spell Damage - Subtle = Dodge Rating - Teardrop = Healing Yellow Gems Gem Name: Dawnstone (rare), Golden Draenite (uncommon) Stats: - Brilliant = Intellect - Gleaming = Spell Critical Rating - Rigid = Hit Rating - Smooth = Critical Strike Rating - Thick = Defense Rating Blue Gems Gem Name: Star of Elune (rare), Azure Moonstone (uncommon) Stats: - Lustrous = Mana per 5 second - Solid = Stamina - Sparkling = Spirit - Stormy = Spell Penetration Orange Gems (Fit Yellow and Red Sockets) Gem Name: Noble Topaz (rare), Flame Spessarite (uncommon) Stats: - Glinting = Hit Rating and Agility - Inscribed = Critical Strike and Strength - Luminous = Healing Spells and Intellect - Potent = Spell Critical and Spell Damage Greem Gems (Fit Yellow and Blue Sockets) Gem Name: Talasite (rare), Deep Peridot (uncommon) Stats: - Dazzling = Intellect and Mana per 5 seconds - Enduring = Defense and Stamina - Jagged = Critical Strike and Stamina - Radiant = Spell Critical and Spell Penetration Purple Gems (Fit Red and Blue Sockets) Gem Name: Nightseye (rare), Shadow Draenite (uncommon) Stats: - Glowing = Spell Damage and Stamina - Royal = Healing Spells and Mana per 5 seconds - Shifting = Agility and Stamina - Sovereign = Strength and Stamina Source: wowhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Me and Dan pwning J.A. and another chance for me to show off my new UI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 New boss down. May i be the first to mention how shit the loot is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ill be the second one. Thats barely an upgrade from decent blue/karazhan purple. Hopefully a lot of stuff will get made better in the next patch when guilds like Nilihum cant go into a raid with 903 different potions, flasks and elixirs on each raid member. I remain convinced that consumables are what a lot of raid bosses are balanced around at the moment and as a result, the gear they drop is kinda crap. As someone pointed out on the elitist jerks website: For some easy numerical illustration, I made a set of CTProfiles profiles for my own class, since that's what I'm familiar with, comparing gear progression in full Tier 1 or equivalent (MC and 20-mans), full Tier 2 (BWL and first-half AQ), and full Tier 3 (pre-Sapp/Kel). Here are the key values: Tier 1 Gear: 4450hp, 6085mana, 251 spirit, 365 +healing, 58 mana/5 Tier 2 Gear: 4250hp, 6700mana, 244 spirit, 567 +healing, 73 mana/5 Tier 3 Gear: 4610hp, 6970mana, 123 spirit (lol), 1008 +healing, 109 mana/5 +healing does less for mana conservation than it once did due to downranking changes, but it still can be more or less converted into some equivalent amount of mana regen since where +healing shines is generally in maximizing healing/mana rather than healing/time. There isn't a boss out there that puts out enough damage to require max-rank spam, so whether the +healing means downranking or fewer heals cast per minute, there is a mana savings. Based on the HealPoints and itemization formulas, I'm going to say that 6 +healing = 1 mana/5 for easy approximations. Using that conversion ratio, we're left with the following: Tier1: 119 mana/5 Tier2: 167 mana/5 Tier3: 277 mana/5 Unsurprisingly, tier 3 is a large step above the rest. That's good. Now, how do consumables fit into the picture? For a healer, let's assume the following non-exotic consumables: Nightfin Soup = 8 mana/5 Mageblood Potion = 12 mana/5 Brilliant Mana Oil = 12 mana/5 and 25 +healing = 16 mana/5 Major Mana Potions = 1800 mana every 2 minutes = 75 mana/5 (!!) Dark/Demonic Runes = 1200 mana every 2 minutes = 50 mana/5 Assuming all of the above used, I get a net benefit of 161 mana/5. That is larger than the gap between mixed tier 1 with suboptimal enchants (no ZG enchants, etc.) and fully-enchanted optimal tier 3 gear. Thats on a shaman, but you get the point. And thats with the cheap, easy to get, dont-need-to-be-sponsored-by-the-guildbank consumable buffs. Alchemy should be nice to have, not need to have. Used in the way that most of us probably use it. Maybe a flask on the healers and tanks, then a dps elixir on bossfights for warlocks, mages, rogues. A buff, not a game breaker. While it remains game breaking (ie until 2.1.0) then high end guilds are gonna use these buffs to beat content. Nilihum didnt farm BWL to beat AQ40, they didnt farm AQ40 to beat Naxx. They used pots. Blizzard saw this and made gear progression a bit shit in TBC. Not really an issue if you were only ever going to blitz through a raid, kill something once for a world first and move on for the next world first attempt, but it is a bastard for us mere mortals who just want to go into an instance with a bit of gear that we hope drops because its uber. I dont think there is a heart of hakkar, or a chromatically tempered sword or a staff of dominance type of drop in TBC as of yet. Everything is nice, dont get me wrong, but the gear isnt really a motivation to raid anymore and we are seeing that first hand. check this link to Kara gear for example. side grades to 5 man gear at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 21, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2007 I shall be getting the mount tomorrow. Thank **** for that. Hate running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjackle Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 The pistol looks cool though at least. I know what you mean about loot-an epic cloak dropped off trash, and initially I was like WOW that will be great for grinding, and then I realised I had a blue in the bank that was pretty much the same level. I like Kara though- one of the best instances so far for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Sam has that cloak^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 nerf cloak! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 22, 2007 Author Share Posted April 22, 2007 Oh, and im onto you sam! You have this, dont you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted April 22, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2007 Damn you Nayson.You and your snooping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 22, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2007 Finally got the mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted April 22, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2007 Congrats Si...I think :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 It does look uncomfortably like he's Rod Hull trying to bugger Emu...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 The genius that is Bernie Clifton! I went out around Wigan one Boxing Night in one of those outfits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 22, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2007 I went out around Wigan one Boxing Night in one of those outfits. I bet there wern't any **** orcs giggling at you though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted April 22, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 22, 2007 You haven't seen the Girls of Wigan obviously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Craigyh74 Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Me and Dan pwning J.A. and another chance for me to show off my new UI Where do i get me a UI like that Trl, i'm bored with mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 23, 2007 VT Supporter Share Posted April 23, 2007 This is my new UI. Nice and compact, just how I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 Most of that is actually from a UI pack Nayson tipped me of, thought ive tweaked it a bit, and added some additional mods. This is a link to it, though you have to remember to download the UI package which fit you screen size. Im using an widescreen option etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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