{"id":3188,"date":"2014-05-20T15:05:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.beniesbuilds.com\/benie\/games\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2014-05-20T15:05:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T20:05:26","slug":"wod-gear-squishing-and-new-stats-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/benies-blogs.com\/games\/2014\/05\/20\/wod-gear-squishing-and-new-stats-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"WoD – Gear squishing and new stats, explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s number crunching time. The dreaded to some and welcomed to others “gear squish”, mentioned in last year’s BlizzCon, is now explained in detail from the guys at Wowhead. There’s an article<\/a> of this, done about 3 days ago.
\nThis news also ties in with news that WoD has reached its Alpha stage.<\/p>\n

Basically, the gear squish grays out unnecessary stat increases based on your class and spec. For example, I’m a Level 90 Beast Mastery Hunter. Say I picked up a piece of armor that has like… +180 Intelligence on it. Right now, this stat is added, but when WoD is active, this stat is ignored.
\nAnother change, Spirit is no longer found on main gear, but gear such as trinkets, rings, weapons, and neck pieces; known as “Non-Armor”. It’s tailored for Healers, which it should.<\/p>\n

But this isn’t just about gear squishing. There’s also new secondary stats you must pay attention to when out in Draenor. They’re called “Readiness” and “Bonus Armor”. I’m guessing the Readiness is how well the thing is willing to work. There’s also a stat called “Sturdiness”, which is a durability reducer for that piece. Very awesome.<\/p>\n

Lastly, it goes back to why people would hate the whole stat squish idea, because stats will be lowered. Yes, they will, but so will the stats of enemies. In other words, you’ll be as strong as you were before. The only reason they’re doing this is to probably balance PvP, which I don’t care about. But this welcoming news that my chars won’t be weakened by this change, is really good.
\nThey also have a thing<\/a>, that you can load up your char and see what your stats should be when WoD goes live, and you can switch back and forth between what your stats are now, to what they should be in the future. However, it doesn’t seem to work for me. I notice no changes for my Human Hunter. Either it’s a bug on my end, or I’m not going to see any stat changes (because I suck so much at the game).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I am happy the stat squish won’t affect me. I should be able to solo and do what I want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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