Slideshare accompanying World of Warcraft session on Intro to Glyphs, Gems and Enchants produced by Inevitable Betrayal Educator's Guild. YouTube Video Link bit.ly/10tA4jg
2. It’s all about the gear!
Basis of most games is to improve
your character through gear
3. Inspecting Your Character
• Right click on your portrait
– Select inspect
– Works the same to inspect other characters
• A good Addon to use is
– Playerscore
4. Gear Sites
• Starting place:
– Noxxic - http://www.noxxic.com/wow
• Quick and Easy look at Stat priority
– Askmrrobot –
http://www.askmrrobot.com/wow/gear
• Use once you get to lvl 80+
• Suggests enchants and gems
• gives source of gear
5. Types of Gear
• BoP
– Bind on Pick up; Most of the gear you get from quests
and bosses
• BoE
– Bind on Equip; Gear that you can trade or sell
• BoA
– Binds on Account; Heirlooms; can send to any of your
characters on the same realm
7. Stat Priority
• For each class and role
– There are stats that improve your performance
– Primary stats – Stamina, Agility, Intellect, Strength
– Secondary stats – Crit, Dodge, Mastery, etc.
8. Glyphs
• Made by: Inscriptionists
• What do they do?
– Major Glyphs: Add extra bonuses to make your
player stronger / more effective
– Minor Glyphs: Currently more cosmetic than being
effective
12. Enchants
• Made by:
– Enchanters (everything but legs and shoulders)
– Leatherworking (melee leg armor + personal
bracers)
– Tailoring (caster leg armor + personal cloak)
– Inscription (shoulder)
• What do they do?
– Allow you to increase priority stats
14. Specs = Specialization
• At level 10, you choose your main spec
• At lvl 30, you can add a dual spec from trainer
• Each class has 3 specializations
15. Specs
• Specs determine everything you will focus
your character on
• This includes:
– Role , Gear, Stat
priority, Enchants, Glyphs, Gems, etc.
– Even professions
16. Specs
• Why?
– Really only matters if…
• You do not solo. Soloing requires that you not fully
optimize.
• Your character is active.
– Grouping
• Required players to specialized and optimized for 1 role
17. Specs
• Main Spec
– This is the specialization that you will normally
play as
– i.e. what you like the most
• Off Spec
– This is the specialization that you use occasionally
• Can reset your specs by talking to your trainer
18. Guild Resources
• Guild Bank
• Google Community
• Looking up Crafters
• Farming the Materials