tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956954613950763451.post8868383903663207298..comments2013-11-01T07:41:51.581-04:00Comments on Sheep This: Gear Score=DPS?LawGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246231174918604228noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956954613950763451.post-2855399179772138222010-02-10T13:02:36.329-05:002010-02-10T13:02:36.329-05:00I'm not hard core into raiding so badge gear i...I'm not hard core into raiding so badge gear is the only real way I get gear, but I must say I find myself surprised when the gear score says one thing but your dps and/or healing says another. Even when I was in blues and greens I was able to hold my own in healing 10 mans and even some very nice 25 mans thanks to a buddy of mine. Now with all purples going and mostly above 226 I think that I'm ok on gear but I can tell you I have met some people that can't hold their own at all, even with a much larger gear score than myself. To me people MUST know what they need for their class before purchsing a gear piece. I have purchased stuff before and regretted it because it made my healing worse. DPS equaling gear is not feasible anymore. Skill and knowing your class and playing style is essential nowadays.Purelighthttp://www.clearly-free.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956954613950763451.post-57074480291993311342010-02-08T22:29:03.752-05:002010-02-08T22:29:03.752-05:00Thanks for posting! I understand that a lot of peo...Thanks for posting! I understand that a lot of people don't have time to raid. Maybe I wasn't completely clear, I know people who upgrade to something only because of its gear score. People who go to raids occasionally and have a decent item from that, and still take an item simply b/c of its gear score. Also you can buy tier gear with badges, and for many classes the tier is better even tho the gear score is lower. So, I agree that skill is much more important than gear. But just trying to make a point, that just because the ilvl number is higher doesn't mean someone should switch to that item.LawGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246231174918604228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956954613950763451.post-21711888531194256412010-02-06T07:21:48.478-05:002010-02-06T07:21:48.478-05:00Hi first off let me tell you alittle about myself....Hi first off let me tell you alittle about myself. I'm in the Air Force currently in Iraq until April. I've been gone from home since July. I raided pretty hardcore on my mage in BC beating "the game" pre-nerfs. I was the 2nd mage by 5 hours to hit 80 on my server. Just some back ground. <br /><br />Thanks for blogging about WoW it is a way to say up to date on everything.<br /><br />I do have internet here but it is not raid worthy, it's not even 5man worty sometimes. But needless to say I am one of those people that has mostly all badge gear. I think you are right to an extent, and maybe I'm a minority where I can't raid right now so I have to get the best gear available to me which is the badge gear. Maybe there are other people out there that can't raid due to timing conflicks or other things. But then again even with 3K latency I can still pull off over 4-5K dps. Maybe its your friends rotation. I don't know I could just be blowin smoke. <br /><br />After all this I guess I never really got to a point. I think as it's always been said Skill > Gear anyway you think about it. There are 2 guilds running nothing but Blues and are pulling 4-5k or even more dps. In BC Nihilum finished BT in mostly T3 and things they picked up on the way to BT. <br /><br />Thats it I think again thanks for writing I hope to seen more in the future!<br /><br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com