Creating A Character In WoW That People WANT To Raid With

Copyright (c) 2013 Aiden Gavin

Anyone who has played World of Warcraft for more than a few days has noticed all of the mismatched equipment that players will wear. Every now in then in a random dungeon or raid instance, you'll come across a player with a full set of matched gear and those players stand out above the rest. How do they do it, though? There are two primary ways that this happens: they collect the current tier's set or they run older instances to get the gear and then visit transmogrify vendor in Orgrimmar or Stormwind.

Matched Sets

As you move through the world and various dungeons, you'll come across gear with matching names that may even list bonuses if you equip it. Depending on the type of gear (cloth, leather, mail, or plate) and the class it was designed for, the bonuses can range from added stamina to knockback to added defense and everything in-between. Typically a matched set will offer a bonus for wearing two pieces, and then a better bonus if you wear 4-5 pieces.

Raid Tiers

When Blizzard introduced Molten Core, the game's first 40-man raid, they also introduced tiered raid gear. Tiered raid gear is very difficult to get in a single run unless you put together a group of players with the specific intent of gaining the gear for yourself. Depending on the tier that you target, all of the tokens may not drop on a single run, either.

To give you an example, Tier 5 gear is a five piece set that drops from the bosses in Serpentshire Caverns (SSC) and Tempest Keep (TK). These raids can now be run with a strong tank, a single healer, and a few strong DPS-class players. If you form a group yourself, it is possible to get all five pieces in just a few hours as long as everyone is at least level 85. On the other hand, if you want to get tier 13 pieces, you may play for weeks in order to get the tokens as there are hundreds, if not thousands, of players queuing for the raids to get the pieces as well.

Arena Tiers

Arenas are PVP battlegrounds where you form a 2, 3, or 5 person team and do battle with other teams of the same size. Each battle won gives conquest points (similar to honor points) which can be used to obtain the current season's tier gear. Once a season ends and a new one begins, the old tier gear becomes available for sale through Honor Points (HP). Equipping several pieces will often boost the PVP stats, helping you to survive longer and become a better player.

Transmogrification

With WoW about to enter into Tier 14, getting gear that's at T2 or T5 or even T10 won't be very helpful to you, even if it is the most awesome looking set in your opinion. What do you do? You can "mog" it so that it looks like the old gear but retains the stats of the high level gear you need to survive. This can currently only be done in Stormwind and Orgrimmar, and can get very expensive.

So what kind of gear are you going to put together? Are you going to get the T5 'Lock set, or maybe the T2 Paladin set? Leave a comment below and let us know what you like the best!

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