Hit or Miss- 3.1 Gear
When the hit rating problem of TBC struck many wow players hard, shadow priests got off easy having to put in almost no effort to get our 76. In WotLK our required hit rating took a giant leap up to 290 and required a little more planning and effort to get capped. The main issue in this for me was tier 7 gear and the lack of hit on all but 2 pieces. I know that I am still using the 72 hit trinket from Violet Hold to compensate for using 5/5 tier 7.5.
Lets face it, hit is not sexy…. No one brags about hit rating or shows it off the way they do spell power, crit, or haste. Its a stat that all of us wish would go away, but we also know never will because it is essential to the dynamics of game play at this point. So, every time I get a new piece of gear I have to weigh its benefits against the loss of hit. This being said, I started looking into the gear from patch 3.1 to see what we have to look forward to.
First off, tier 8 will only have 1 piece with hit rating, that being the chest piece with 74. Some new staffs have been added, such as Unraveling Reach with a massive 114 hit. Overall, it seems that hit seems to being mostly showing up on pieces that are alternatives to set pieces instead of in the off slots such as belts or bracers. Below is a list of hit rating gear data mined from 3.1 courtesy of MMO-Champion.
Weapons:
Unraveling Reach
Intensity
Fire Soul
Head:
Collar of the Wyrmhunter
Cowl of Icy Breaths
Cowl of the Absolute
Neck:
Shoulders:
Chest:
Waist:
Belt of the Darkspeaker
Sash of Ancient Power
Wrist:
Combustion Bracers
Bracers of Unleashed Magic
Legs:
Feet:
Sandals of Rash Temperament
Trinket:
Living Flame
Finger:
Ring of the Vacant Eye
Shimmering Seal
Frozen Loop
Off Hand:
Wands:
Quartz Crystal Wand
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Darkened Soul
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