Hi a few quick questions about naxx for a returning player… I just caught up with tier 1 gear and got 5/8 sanc and 6 seals.
What is the benefit of doing HM over normal, how much more loot do you get exactly? I heard the only difference is that the trash mobs are harder, if that’s the case… Whats the point?
I entered naxx on normal with 6 seals… and had this debuff where my seals were capped at 2… is this just for normal? Or am I missing something?
The seal gets capped depending on how much hm you do. Each Hm increases seal cap by 2, if im not mistaken.
Dont know the difference between the hm amount. But it is fun to watch hm0/1 groups require seal rank 6/7 when its capped below that.
Your seal is capped to the level of difficulty. Cap is seal 2 for Normal, seal 4 for +1, Seal 6 for +2, Seal 8 for +3 and Seal 10 for +4 (the maxx)
Each new level of hard mode adds a new mechanic (easy to deal with) and extra health and damage. The higher the HM, the more loot you get. We’re doing HM4 and basically swimming in loot.
Each HM also increases Atiesh shards. Hard mode 4 gives each boss 2 splinters guaranteed + a 30% chance to drop an extra shard; you can get anywhere between 26 to 39 splinters of Atiesh per week on HM4.
There was a loot table posted somewhere that shows how much each HM increases loot dropped by…
Thanks that was helpful.
Is it really really worth all that effort clearing hard trash, when the loot abd ilvl is the same?
Also people all asking 8/8 sanc… When that’s shutting out alts with 5/8 
Gate keeping content with content from the content itself.
You are always free to make your own group
Just cheat. Turn hardmode off; clear all the trash; then turn hardmode back on.
As long as bosses are killed on hardmode, you get all the drops and the mount from KT.
There’s a 15minute downtime from switching hardmodes. What my guild does is enter 15 minutes early, turn hm4 on and go kill the 3-4 trash packs before Anub and Anub himself, then we turn HM1 on (HM1 means we benefit more from the stacks of Dawn without trash being so stronk).
Then we clear the trash upto Faerlina, all the trash before Noth, Patchwerk and Razovious and then we switch HM4 back on and clear everything else on HM4.
Get undead set bracers and gloves (with recent hotfix, 2 pieces are enough for set bonus, so you already 4/8 sanc) - bracers are very cheap on AH, gloves are 10 min grind. Buy on AH or find a crafter for crafted FR chest and cloak - it’s not expencive as frozen runes are almost vendor price. So you are 6/8 sanc, just 10 minutes grind + 200-300 gold. And get 1-2 more pieces in kara, most of pieces are free as most people running there only for neck now.
Cause if you understood how the system works. Every piece of sanctified gear is a major dps upgrade cause of the seal and how it works.
Running less than 8/8 is griefing as youre gonna do alot less dmg and have alot less hp