Comments on: Does it change in mid-70 zones or do we have to wait until we get our hands on gear from Heroics? http://blog.swagvault.com/2008/12/01/does-it-change-in-mid-70-zones-or-do-we-have-to-wait-until-we-get-our-hands-on-gear-from-heroics/ -- MMORGP News, Tips, and Guides -- Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:45:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kyrios http://blog.swagvault.com/2008/12/01/does-it-change-in-mid-70-zones-or-do-we-have-to-wait-until-we-get-our-hands-on-gear-from-heroics/comment-page-1/#comment-190 kyrios Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:14:11 +0000 http://blog.swagvault.com/?p=5265#comment-190 You start seeing sockets again once you near level 80, and you see them a lot once you start getting high-end gear again. Unless you can produce the gems yourself, people usually aren't going to bother putting gems in leveling gear, especially green quest rewards. It feels like wasted money since the gear will be replaced very, very quickly. Once I hit 80 and started running the 10-man raids, I got my hands on plenty of gear with sockets. As soon as I did, I dropped about a thousand gold min-maxing my little heart out with my gems. Jewelcrafters, here's a tip: For the next month or so, raiders are going to be gobbling up +Hit gems. They'll always be in demand, but right now it's at its worst. Everyone wanting to dive straight into raid content has abysmal hit from their level 70 gear deteriorating and leveling gear not having enough to take you straight into raids. +Hit gems are in massive demand for at least another few weeks. You start seeing sockets again once you near level 80, and you see them a lot once you start getting high-end gear again. Unless you can produce the gems yourself, people usually aren’t going to bother putting gems in leveling gear, especially green quest rewards. It feels like wasted money since the gear will be replaced very, very quickly.

Once I hit 80 and started running the 10-man raids, I got my hands on plenty of gear with sockets. As soon as I did, I dropped about a thousand gold min-maxing my little heart out with my gems. Jewelcrafters, here’s a tip: For the next month or so, raiders are going to be gobbling up +Hit gems. They’ll always be in demand, but right now it’s at its worst. Everyone wanting to dive straight into raid content has abysmal hit from their level 70 gear deteriorating and leveling gear not having enough to take you straight into raids. +Hit gems are in massive demand for at least another few weeks.

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