Gear - Tier Sets and Legendaries
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There will be a new rank of legendaries, but to upgrade it will require Cosmic Flux, a new currency is inspired by Echoes of Nyalotha, which is obtainable from nearly every endgame activity including Raid, M+, World Quests, and even Torghast.
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Previous legendary ranks will still require older materials, but those are far easier to farm than they were when current.
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Cosmic Flux will also be used alongside Creation Catalyst to create tier set pieces from other activities such as Mythic+ or raid.
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When you upgrade an item into tier sets will have static stats, so you don’t need to fish for items with perfect secondaries to transform into tier.
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Tertiary stats are currently not planned for Tier gear as they dont want a repeat of benthic gear.
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Tier pieces and bonuses will be the same no matter where you get them from, whether its dropped from raid or crafted.
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Tier bonuses will also work on all zones, there’s no Domination shard-like limitation.
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Domination Shards were thought of as a way to give exclusive bonuses to the raid, but they recognize they failed on that regard. They still want to give raiders some sort of early advantage, hence why tier set gear will initially be from the raid only, with the Creation Catalyst coming later.
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They want set bonuses to serve as a path to catch up to other players. As far as unique loot goes (like KT sword or Sylvanas dagger), there will be “a thing” in Sepulcher, but it won’t be a big part of your player power, it should serve just as a fun side bonus.
So Tier sets will most likely work in PvP and have set stats. If so Sub Rogues will be sad. R Shamans not as much but still.
Enjoy raiding guys… Or wait until you can craft them.
