This sucks, all of my mods broke. ALL of them (Outfitter and bartender retained their settings luckily). Anyway, since we were all given a free respec on Tuesday, I went 0/5/56 Retribution. That is to my understanding, the standard retribution spec for 3.0.2 give or take 1 or 2 points. I need to enjoy being retribution while it’s still imba (all of the talents are balanced to 80, not 70) and before/if it gets nerfed into the ground.
I was doing my dailies on belf island and made a point of ganking every single flagged horde (not in guard range) that caught my eye. Do you know how long it has been since I have been able to flat out gank someone? A shadow priest and a rogue died; they each died in like, 5 seconds flat. I can pretty much kill almost anybody within the time frame of one stun, as well as heal myself for a 4k average non-crit Holy Light. I almost never go OOM to boot. I wonder if that is OP….lol
This is my updated retribution have and need list. None of my shit is gemmed or chanted. I have a shitton of Dawnstones, but zero others. I’m going to be cheap and socket greens for the red and blue slots; Little point in spending hundreds of gold on gems for crap retribution gear at this point in the game. If the socket bonus strength, I went ahead and gemmed for the bonus. Otherwise, I just straight up red gemmed most everything else.
- Red Socket: Bold Blood Garnet
- Yellow Socket: Rigid Dawnstone
- Blue Socket: Sovereign Shadow Draenite
Items That I Have
The green items are pieces that I have equipped in the armory now. The yellow items are pieces that are in the bank. Last night I was being lazy and used the Outfitter gear optimizer for strength to build my gearset (my bank is such a trash hole now, I can’t find anything).
- Head: Justicar Crown Socket Bonus: +4 Hit Rating
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Meta: Relentless Earthstorm Diamond
Enchant: Glyph of Ferocity (I currently have the spell damage one >_<)
- Hands: Justicar Gauntlets
Enchant: Major Strength: Arcane Dust (12), Greater Planar Essence
- Chest: Netherforce Chestplate Socket Bonus: +4 Strength
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Yellow: Rigid Dawnstone
Gem Slot Blue: Sovereign Shadow Draenite
Enchant: Exceptional Stats: Large Prismatic Shard (4), Arcane Dust (4), Greater Planar Essence (4)
- Legs: Vanquisher’s Legplates Socket Bonus: +4 Hit Rating
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Blue:Bold Blood Garnet
Enchant: Cobrahide Leg Armor
- Feet: Skullshatter Warboots Socket Bonus: +2 Crit
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Blue: Bold Blood Garnet
Enchant: Dexterity: Greater Planar Essence (8), Arcane Dust (8)
- Trinket 2: Empty Mug Of Direbrew
- Trinket 1: Hourglass of the Unraveller
- Wrists: Bracers of Eradication Socket Bonus: +2 Strength
Gem Slot Blue: Sovereign Shadow Draenite
Enchant: Brawn: Arcane Dust (6)
Need to Pickup
The orange items I effectively have and just need to swap tokens for (T4 tokens, rep, etc). The red items are pieces that I need to buy with badges. I have 209 badges to spend: 60*3 + 20 = 200. 9 badges leftover.
- Shoulders: Justicar Shoulderplates Socket Bonus: +3 Hit Rating
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Yellow: Rigid Dawnstone
Enchant: Greater Inscription of Vengeance
- Ring 2: Violet Signet of the Master Assassin
Enchant: Stats: Void Crystal (2), Large Prismatic Shard (2)
- Ring 1:Â Angelista’s Revenge (60 badges)
Enchant: Stats: Void Crystal (2), Large Prismatic Shard (2)
- Back:Â Dory’s Embrace (60 badges)
Enchant: Greater Agility: Greater Planar Essence, Arcane Dust (4), Primal Air
- Waist: Chain of Unleashed Rage (60 badges) Socket Bonus: +3 Hit Rating
Gem Slot Red: Bold Blood Garnet
Gem Slot Blue: Bold Blood Garnet
- Libram: Libram of Divine Judgement (20 badges)
I have my shopping list ready for tonight, lol…