4.0 Item Enhancement Guide

[Digren]

Y'all are most welcome to continue discussing comparative block mechanics. I've reposted this guide-in-process in the guide forum and will continue with it there, as Cata is no longer a beta discussion but now impending reality.

[twinkfist]

just looked at the shield spikes again..from earlier in this thread.

it's just a 5 second cast time to make one....that being said, with them increasing threat...putting a shield spike on said shield is probably not a big deal at all now.

why do they even have something as pointless as a shield spike in the game? rant over.

[Digren]

why do they even have something as pointless as a shield spike in the game? rant over.

With consecration costing much more, they'll be nice for farming low level mobs for cloth.

[Neptuno]

why do they even have something as pointless as a shield spike in the game? rant over.

With consecration costing much more, they'll be nice for farming low level mobs for cloth.

holy wrath? HotR? i think we've got better tools to nuke low level things in instances

[AriKT]

just looked at the shield spikes again..from earlier in this thread.

it's just a 5 second cast time to make one....that being said, with them increasing threat...putting a shield spike on said shield is probably not a big deal at all now.

why do they even have something as pointless as a shield spike in the game? rant over.

Not like the other Shield Enchants are that amazing. 160 Armor or 40 Block Rating(which is less than .5% chance to Block added).

[Digren]

Not like the other Shield Enchants are that amazing. 160 Armor or 40 Block Rating(which is less than .5% chance to Block added).

That's 0.5% closer to the block cap. Can't get that big of a jump with anything else outside of reforging.