Quote (Otos @ Dec 27 2016 08:53pm)
I've tanked 13-15s at ~875.
It's sad that people don't understand itemization. My 850 ring is better than two 880s that I have in my bags. The 855 crafted necklace and trinket is best in slot for tanks and some melee DPS classes. My DH friend with 99% parses on a high-pop server is barely 870 equipped and I've seen him beat 880-890 geared players on meters.
That being said, there's no way you're ready at 860 unless you play your class pristinely well, and even then, you need to have near-perfect itemization to keep up at that low of an ilvl.
Sockets adding around 20 ilvls to jewelry is common knowledge, so saying your 850 ring is better than 880s means nothing. Further, it's not the "855" part of the created neck that makes it "bis", it's proper stats and a socket, and trinkets are a completely different ball game than gear.
I'm not sure what the fuck "99% parses on a
high-pop server" means, but 880-890 isn't hard to get so he was probably playing with potatoes; you said it yourself, you've seen an 891 doing < 250k overall.I already know for a fact she isn't parsing actual 99% recently with 870.
Proper stats, ilvl, enchants/gems, and trinkets
all matter, and none of these should be dismissed for any reason. That is, unless you like 2 chests or banging your head against a wall in a 15
This post was edited by Si7c on Dec 30 2016 01:51pm