Preparing for Patch 5.4 Guide: Gear Changes, Removed Content, and More!

Live Geposted 03.09.2013 um 11:55 von perculia

TapferkeitspunkteExisting Gear Changes

In Patch 5.4, all reputation gear tied to MoP factions (except for Shado-Pan-Vorstoß) will cost Gerechtigkeitspunkte instead of Tapferkeitspunkte and the reputation requirements will be lifted--so if you hate grinding reps and are short on VP, just wait a week to buy those items.

Shado-Pan-Vorstoß gear will still cost Tapferkeitspunkte in 5.4, but heavily discounted, so it's probably best to wait and buy those items when the patch hits. Shoulders are unaffected, as they cost gold.

Item upgrades aren't going away in 5.4--if you're not sure what to do this week, upgrade your best pieces with Valor this week, and buy the cheaper Shado-Pan-Vorstoß upgrades next week.

Patch 5.4 also introduces ilvl 496 BoA gear on the Zeitlose Insel. While you can't usually control what slot and armor type you'll get a token for, this gear is of a higher item level than the epics which formerly required reputation. Unlike past random-stat items, these epics come with chest, leg, and helm sockets. So hold off on buying some BoEs this week to boost your alt's item level, and send them some Timeless tokens next week.

Once raiding Schlacht um Orgrimmar you will get ilvl 528 from LFR, 540 Flex, 553 Normal, 559 Warforged, 566 Heroic, and 572 Heroic Warforged. Blizzard posted a blog on 9/4 covering Siege of Orgrimmar Raid Schedules, and you need ilvl 496 to queue up for LFR Schlacht um Orgrimmar. Flex Wing 1 will be available on September 10th, but LFR Wing 1 will be available on September 17th.

Since this blog's focus is about what you can currently do before 5.4, we're not going to dive into new gear too much--we've got more gear blogs planned for launch week, and in the meantime you can check out our blogs on Tier 16 Itemsets, Season 14 PvP gear, Patch 5.4 Trinkets, Siege of Orgrimmar Weapons, and Siege of Orgrimmar Loot tables. We also have all loot details up on Schlacht um Orgrimmar boss pages, including Flexible loot.

Click the cut to read about more ways to prep for Patch 5.4!Currency Changes

Tapferkeitspunkte will not be converted to Gerechtigkeitspunkte in Patch 5.4. If you have all Tapferkeitspunkte gear already, hold onto it for future upgrades. There will be no new Tapferkeitspunkte gear to buy in 5.4.

will be converted to because there's a new arena season starting.

As far as Schicksalsrune der Mogu, the bonus rolls will now work on Der Thron des Donners pets in 5.4--if you really like pets, it might be worth saving a few for Lebendige Flüssigkeit. since old LFRs are obsoleted when people level past 90 and you can only get that pet in LFR. Schicksalsrune der Mogu can also be acquired for 0 Zeitlose Münze in 5.4.

If you're done with Der Thron des Donners loot and dislike farming Lesser Charms, hold on to them this week since you'll need them in 5.4 for Schlacht um Orgrimmar's Kriegsemblem in instead.

It won't be as easy in 5.4 to convert Gerechtigkeitspunkte into and quickly get a fresh set of epics, since the conversion has been increased from 375 > 250 to 500 > 250. However, as listed above, there are easy ways to now get PvE epics with Gerechtigkeitspunkte.

For a full list of currency changes, check out our 5.4 PTR: Currency and Reputation Gear blog.

Crafting Preparation

As far as crafted gear goes, there will be ilvl 476 PvP recipes players can learn when making Himmlischer Stoff, Gehärteter prächtiger Balg, or Ausgeglichener Trilliumbarren. These daily transmutes require about the same materials needed to learn the ilvl 458 PvP recipes, so if you're short on materials and still want to learn some new recipes, it's best to wait a week. Players really into collecting recipes should stockpile Windwollstoffballen, Prächtiger Balg, Trilliumbarren, and Geistereisenbarren.

These ilvl 476 Crafted Malevolent recipes will also help with boosting item levels and perhaps bypassing some lower-tier LFRs.

If you want to be one of the first to craft and use the new ilvl 553 BoE epics (legs and belts), you'll be interested in crafting several Beschleunigter ausgeglichener Trilliumbarren, Beschleunigter himmlischer Stoff, and Beschleunigter gehärteter prächtiger Balg a day, which take the raw mats listed above in addition to Geist des Krieges, found from DEing 5.4 gear.

Many new glyphs are being added in Patch 5.4. The recipes will take some farming to get (world drops or Zeitlose Insel drops), but they'll all require Traumtinte, so stock up on that.

Lebendiger Stahl is also worth hanging on to, as it will be used in a variety of Engineering vanity items, like Pierre.

We'll have a full overview of profession changes up at the end of the week, so stay tuned!

Removed Content

Hüter des Tals will be removed from Das Tal der Ewigen Blüten as the zone undergoes some major changes from the Patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar trailer. You will still be able to hit Exalted with the Goldener Lotus, complete quests that grant achievements, and farm Alani.

With the patch coming pretty soon, you're probably best off supplementing daily rep gains with Gestohlenes Insigne des Goldenen Lotus from Kriegshetzer der Zandalari, making sure to do Arbeitsauftrag: Goldener Lotus II at your farm every day, and selecting Golden Lotus for bonus dungeon and scenario rep. Be sure to pick up Großes Belobigungsabzeichen des Goldenen Lotus at revered to speed your reputation gains along if you want Hüter des Tals.

For a complete look at all the changes in the Vale and a summary of Hüter des Tals, check out our updated 5.4 Golden Lotus Guide.

The weekly quests for Battlefield Barrens, as well as most special vanity items, are being removed in 5.4. You will not be able to get Latent Kor'kron transmog armor or any Darkspear Rebellion vanity gear after the patch, or complete Hordenbrecher/Dunkelspeerrevolutionär and get the resulting title.

You will still be able to get Raptorbalgboxhandschuhe and Gahz'rookis Beschwörungsstein by killing Kor'kron mobs in the Barrens. While it's too late to start collecting Radikales Mojo for a full set of Latent Kor'kron Armor, you can probably farm up items like Gaunahs authentische Trollschuhe with some friends quickly before 5.4.

Gaunahs authentische Trollschuhe may be available at a later point as well, since they're so popular and occupy a unique transmog niche.

To learn more about Battlefield Barrens, check out our detailed event guide.

Season 13 Elite PvP gear and the Wappenrock des tyrannischen Gladiators and Großumhang des tyrannischen Gladiators are going away. Season 13 Elite gear is particularly unique because it required players to earn a ton of but didn't have a rating requirement. Season 14 Elite gear will be handled differently--in addition to earning a ton of points, you also need a high rating.

Wowhead Tools

Our PTR database has all the new Patch 5.4 gear, and our Siege of Orgrimmar boss pages have loot broken down by LFR, Flex, Normal, Heroic difficulties as well as by Loot Specialization.

Our items pages and item comparison tool now have Challenge Mode scaling options, so you can roughly see what your gear becomes inside a Challenge Mode or 5.4 Proving Ground.

Our Profiler can now be used on our PTR site to make Equipment Sets and item lists of 5.4 gear sets.

Our Battle Pet Team Calculator lets you save your ideal pet teams for the Celestial Tournament and power leveling. When 5.4 hits, you can also compare your teams to the Celestial Tournament teams as well.

There's been many glyph and talent changes, which you can check out on our PTR talent calculator.

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