Nerfed gear

Tupok · 06-24-2009, 10:33 AM

Well, Splitpaw finally got GU52 this morning. I know a lot of the proc gear got nerfed, but for you guys who have had the update for a week I was wondering which pieces are so poor now that they might as well be replaced. Nerfed items that I have available are:

Hood of Dark Dealings
Drape of the Void-Touched
Dagger of the Ethernaut Magus
Wicked Wand of Malice
Bauble of Dizsho's Channeling
Indestructable Obliterator's Shackle
Blackened Band of Devastation
Forgotten Ring of Souls
Talisman of the Ethernauts

(Moldered Flash Wrap - dont wear)

If you were me, what would you swap out and for what? Thanks in advance. I'm locked on palace until Thursday so won't know the full impact until then.

My ZW DPS is ~10k on palace trash with a troub in grp (Raid DPS 140-150k). I have a horrible feeling I am gonna struggle to hit 8k and find myself half way down the parse with my procs nerfed

With the gear I have equipped I have approx 110 spell crit and 900 SD (again with a troub in group) if that makes a difference.

My guild can do RoK instances including Trak and Byzola. TSO killed up to and including Abstalius (sp?), Xebnok, Kultak, first Munzok name so I don't have the later, really uber gear available

Thanks for your advice!

Lithin · 06-24-2009, 11:55 AM

Ben, Ben, Ben, you damn scotsman...

Do you guys down gynok ? if so get the ring from him and change it out with the forgotten ring of souls.
Then get the symbol from palace from absalitus guy and swap it out with the dagger.

Which item is the bauble of diszsho's channeling ? is it a charm ? if so get the 2 spellcrit bonus one from one of the heroic instances.

serum321 · 06-24-2009, 12:08 PM

Yeah, the bauble is the one with 2 spell crit and a void bane proc. I believe the one with the 2 spell crit bonus is from Lord Marcus Thex in Evernight Abbey.

Edit - It is from EA and at least had a 1.6% drop rate , but they supposedly upped the drop rate.

Tupok · 06-24-2009, 12:46 PM

Thanks Christian my Finnish friend

No we havent downed Gynok yet unfortunately.

So apart from those 2 items, there is nothing else you would swap out (from the mobs we are able to kill)?

I guess I'll swap the hood out once xebnok drops mine to get the 7 prismatic ticks.

Cheers

kula · 06-24-2009, 07:56 PM

This is just my opion but,

Hood of Dark Dealings = DROP
Drape of the Void-Touched
Dagger of the Ethernaut Magus
Wicked Wand of Malice
Bauble of Dizsho's Channeling = DROP
Indestructable Obliterator's Shackle
Blackened Band of Devastation
Forgotten Ring of Souls = DROP
Talisman of the Ethernaut

I use the 6 set with the FIRE RUNED ROBE OF SUMMONING. I personally parse higher with the 6 set than i did with the 7 pris procs. If you cant beat many TSO raid zones than i would wear the VP hat and a second vp piece for the 7 procs. The Hood of Dark Dealings doesnt do shit anymore. There are better rings that drop of of easy raid mobs that are better than the Forgotten Ring of Souls. As far as a charm goes there is like 3 or 4 charms in the game that give 2 spell crit and damage.