1.9 Patch - interesting new item

[apan]

So, browsing the retardness over at battlenet I came across this pretty interesting thread.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...=1#post5980508

Most items are *yawn*, there is however one item that sticks out.

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=11/32915320011.gif&s=x12

Grace of Earth

Binds when Picked up
Trinket
Use: Reduces your threat to nearby targets making them less likely to attack you.

As far as I know this is the only item of this kind. Is this going to be a must have for DPS classes? Is blizzard taking a new path with their itemization or is it just an odd item?

[blindeye]

Seems pretty obvious it's for DPS classes. Strange choice for an item though, I'll agree with you there. It would be sorta usefull in very specific situations.

[Dynalisia]

This is basically a range-limited mini-fade then?

[Dyscord]

according to the data the range is 30 meters.

Which is gay. Means all classes without fade or anything this thing just became standard issue.

[Praetor]

It's a 30 yard AoE feint. Cooldown unknown as yet.

Edit:

Which is gay. Means all classes without fade or anything this thing just became standard issue.

Eh, I bet the cooldown is a few minutes, and you're really going to devote a trinket slot fulltime to that? I'm skeptical.

[Cor]

Originally Posted by Praetor

Eh, I bet the cooldown is a few minutes, and you're really going to devote a trinket slot fulltime to that? I'm skeptical.

According to WoWguru, the cooldown is 5 minutes.

http://www.wowguru.com/db/items/grace-of-earth-id21181/

[Ultramax]

650 threat is uh.. nothing. I wouldn't even use it.

[Mist]

Thats just a feint. The cooldown should be like 10 seconds.

[Kasonic]

Originally Posted by Mist-Warsong

Thats just a feint. The cooldown should be like 10 seconds.

If it was, you might as well not allow Mages/Warlocks to zone into raids without it.

[beepbeepbeep]

I think it's for when people just barely put themselves over the edge on that last nuke or what have you, and can react quickly enough to get the mob off them. That said, it's a pretty poor band aid.

[WarderX]

Good hunters/rogues won't need this.

[Chaotic]

Am I the only one that thinks those rewards are woefully inadequate for cenarion circle faction? 100+ hours of farming worthless shit in order to get a purple I hardly would even wear is a waste of my time. The only decent thing there seems to be the plate wrist, and something for a caster I saw that I didn't really analyze because i'm not one.

And before anyone comes with the "omgz but pvp is teh same!!1" yea, WSG rewards kind of suck, but don't tell me it's not a very nice thing to climb through the ranks in AB or to hit exalted in AV.

I really hope it gets some kind of change before patch, because I can't imagine anyone really wanting to get faction with those being the rewards.

[Dyscord]

CC is really easy to get next patch. Once AQ 20 man gets opened, faction is like water in there. Every mob is 3 faction and the bosses are worth several hundred. Hell, the General Ryaxx event (if you can keep everyone alive) is worth like 3k faction. At least it was this way on the test server.

[Mist]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Am I the only one that thinks those rewards are woefully inadequate for cenarion circle faction? 100+ hours of farming worthless shit in order to get a purple I hardly would even wear is a waste of my time. The only decent thing there seems to be the plate wrist, and something for a caster I saw that I didn't really analyze because i'm not one.

And before anyone comes with the "omgz but pvp is teh same!!1" yea, WSG rewards kind of suck, but don't tell me it's not a very nice thing to climb through the ranks in AB or to hit exalted in AV.

I really hope it gets some kind of change before patch, because I can't imagine anyone really wanting to get faction with those being the rewards.

The attack power trinket wins.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Mist-Warsong

The attack power trinket wins.

Eh, the attack power trinket is slightly better then a crusader proc, minus the heal portion. Usable at BEST once every five minutes.

While I don't deny it will be an "ok" toy that I would probably use when I could get myself to be aware enough of it to swap in, it's not something I would do anything other then roll on or stumble upon, not farm incessantly for.

As far as AQ 20 man goes, I don't know enough about that honestly. For ubers or casuals? I thought AQ was like the do all and end all for uber shit, as such I can't imagine many people running around drinking the faction water. Perhaps i'm mistaken though.