Cataclysm hasn't hit us just yet but with Patch 4.0.3 The Shattering now live we do still have plenty to do to prepare ourselves and get a head of the game.
Save up your Justice Points
There are now new emblem vendors which can be found in your major home city. These are the Justice Vendor and the Valor Vendor. Valor points we cannot yet obtain as they are mostly rewards from Cataclysm raids and completing the Cataclysm dungeon dailies. However, Justice points are currently in the game and you may already have a stockpile you weren't aware of. Anything that used to award us with Heroism, Triumph, Frost or any other kind of Wrath of the Lich King emblem now rewards us with Justice Points instead. Even doing regular dungeons awards us with plenty of Justice Points.
Gearing up at Level 85
Before you go spending those tasty Justice Points on gems or wrath gear find your Justice Vendor first! You will see the justice vendor has a large selection of Blue item level 359 gear for Level 85 players. We cannot yet wear this gear of course but we can make sure we save our Justice Points up to the cap (4,000) in the meantime. That means if we spend what little time we have left before Cataclysm hording Justice Points we'll be able to get some of our Level 85 starter blue gear straight away as soon as we reach 85 in Cataclysm.
Cooking and Fishing Dailies
As you may or may not have noticed already, you can also start the cataclysm cooking and fishing dailies now in Patch 4.0.3. The fishing and cooking dailies are particularly handy if you are not quite up to speed with your fishing or cooking skill as these new dailies award you with +1 skill up when completed.
In addition to this the Fishing Daily gives you a [Bag of Shiny Things] which has plenty of vendor trash in it as well as the standard fishing rewards such as the non-combat pet, the fishing hat and a few water related potions. Most interestingly is the reward [Mythical Healing Potion] which should be stored up ready for use in Cataclysm as invaluable leveling aides.
The Cooking quest rewards you with tokens just like the Wrath cooking daily did. These tokens are called Chef's Award and can be viewed from your currency tab. There is also a cooking vendor next to the Cooking Daily where you can spend these tokens. A full list of cooking recipes can be found here:
Alliance Cooking Recipes
Horde Cooking Recipes
So make sure you start doing the cooking daily every day and get your hands on the cooking recipes you will need as a rogue first and foremost. Unfortunately it looks like there has been a slight mix up with the recipes to some extent. The 90 Mastery rating recipe is available from cooking 450, but the 60 Agility recipe is only available at 475 unlike all it's other 60 stat counterparts.
So if you are stuck for something to do on your rogue before Cataclysm, make sure you do the Cooking and Fishing Daily every day and also as many Heroic Dungeons as possible!
What gear would you suggest to buy, what is available at the vendor that is better than drops/quest rewards at 85?
ReplyDeletestill working on that oen im afraid ill have to get back to you :)
ReplyDeleteI did just read daggers and shoulders, but lost my source (mmochamp i think). Claimed that the quest rewards/drops in those slots were below the vendor choices, but they didn't give a loot table link. Might be a good place to start tho
ReplyDeleteIve been searching wowhead for alternatives (LW, heroic drops etc) but it seems wowhead si still a bit buggy with that, took me ages just to find some boots but as it turns out theres loads in heroics wowhead just didnt want to show them to me on the feet run down. Particularly liking the ones from deadmines =o
ReplyDeleteCan you really buy those Blue item level 359 gear for Level 85 players NOW? I've read somewhere that you can only buy them at level 85.
ReplyDeleteI just tried to purchase the blue items from the vendors. No luck :( It seems they are only accessible at 85.
ReplyDeleteThat's odd my friend just bought one the other day =o
ReplyDeleteI am also getting a warning telling me that I am unable to purchase the equipment until I'm 85.
ReplyDeleteSame for me here, impossible to buy anything
ReplyDeleteHmm maybe it was just a temporary bug earlier then that allowed purchases.
ReplyDeleteWell either way, storing up JP still a good idea for when we can buy them :) ill modify post wording later on, off to bed now ^_^
and what u think about completing 20 quests now and return back when cata come ? should give us nice exp from begining ?!
ReplyDeleteWell, that's what my own plan is, not sure how itll work out but its worth a shot ;)
ReplyDeleteI've read (can't recall the source tho) that our Justice points will be reset (and yes that was a Blue post), we will keep our HPs at least. No, you can't get acces to the ilv 359 blue gear, before you hit lv 85, if that friend of yours could, it was a bug. Our Quest Logs will be reset @ shipping night, so we can't fill it up > complete > wait with the hand-ins, and benefit xp wise.
ReplyDeleteOkay I looked it up again.
ReplyDeleteBasically it wasn't a bug that you could buy gear before they've just changed it now so you can't buy it unless you are the right level for it.
Also they are not reseting the justice points when cataclysm hits, what they are doing is converting any jutice points over the cap to gold so that means you can save up only to the cap for JP which is 4,000. If you have any excess over this itll get turned into gold.
as for quests i cant find anything just yet one whats happening with them but i cant imagine they will be reset really..
Oh i forgot link to the discussion which includes blue post about this matter is found here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/786652-Justice-Points-Honor-Reset-with-Cataclysm
oh also just thinking on it it could still be considered a bug but meh on technical wording lol
ReplyDeleteThis post has been updated to show the JP cap and that purchasing gear is no longer posssible.
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