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Battered Hilt Dilemma
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blademeld
What raids do you currently partake in, and what roll do you play in the raid?
Post by
svirve
If you have acces to ilvl 251+ get the Quel'Delar weapon for your offspec.
Even though it's kinda awesome looking, it's going to be harder to replace it in your offspec than your mainspec.
If you don't have access to ilvl 251+ items and probably won't in the near future, get it for your mainspec. It is an awesome weapon to be so easily available.
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Post by
GenXCub
IMO casters (both offensive and healers) get more from their total gear than just one piece. Melee gets a larger boost from a better weapon, compared to upping your shoulders by 3 tiers (where for casters, it's all just about the spellpower difference, regardless of what slot it comes on).
I lean towards the melee weapon, just because I feel that it will be harder to replace, and it will make a bigger impact. Just to use meters here. Compare a dps meter from a rogue in ilvl 213 gear and the same rogue in ilvl 232 gear, and you see a substantial jump. Compare a heals meter from a shaman in 213 gear and 232 gear, and the difference isn't really there. Yes, it's better, but not to the same degree.
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Post by
pezz
I don't know about any of y'all but I'm planning on selling the first hilt I get.
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299264
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pezz
That's my two characters who don't have epic flying and my one without dual spec taken care of, right there.
And it's entirely possible to get two if you keep grinding the new heroics. I mean, how long does FoS take? 20 minutes?
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Post by
Fulgurah
Well, technically you get "three" shots per day -- FoS, PoS and HoR. I've seen a Hilt drop from each of these instances. Although, I also managed to see two hilts drop in the span of 4 trash pulls on the night 3.3 was released (ah, those were the good ol' days).
I agree with what many said above -- The 2H Sword is likely going to cause a bigger impact on your numbers than the healing sword would. Although, if you are primarily a mainspec healer and don't have a lot of access to raid gear, the QD Caster Sword is the best you can get until ICC raid.
EDIT:
By the way, you can't get two of the quest rewards from QD even if you obtain two Hilts. You can only do the quest line once per character, just like nearly every other "This Item Begins a Quest" type drop.
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Post by
frmorrison
Sell it if you still can, or get the Strength/Haste based 2H if it is too late or you don't care about gold.
Post by
jwjsmith
Get the caster 1h sword. Why? because it's perfectly itemized with crit/haste and there is no equivalent item in ICC 10 for a long time.
You can get a 2h sword with crit/hit that is arguably better from marrowgar 10 very easily. you should have no more than 2 people that could be in your raid possibly needing it for their main set unless you run with really really messed up raid compositions and you can then snag it afterward.
Post by
AnrDaemon
I regret I made Quel'Delar for my pally... should have saved Hilt for DK...
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