Time to start spending those badges! (part 2)
Well here we go again, I am gonna go ahead and look at the other new items available from badges come 2.4. Again we will assume 450 Int and 350 Spirit, as well as being specced heavily resto.
Gavel of Naaru Blessings
Badge Cost: 150
What you Gain : (+81 Healing)
- 545 Healing
- 10 MP5 O5SR
- 3 MP5 I5SR
- 420 Mana
- 420 Health
One Handed Weapons are hard to compare, because you can often make up for a main hand or off hand’s shortcomings with the other. This is also difficult because healing weapons beyond karazhan are hard to come by. The drops are rare and many guilds don’t stick around to farm Lady Vashj for healing maces, however Lightfathom Scepter being around the same item level is a good baseline.
Comparison : (+18 Healing)
- -33 Healing
- +7 MP5 O5SR
- +9 MP5 I5SR
- -135 Mana
- -150 Health
Conclusions :
While at first glance this mace might not seem so appealing because of the massive amounts of Intellect and Stamina over other stats like healing, mp5 and spirit, it really is a nice weapon. It gets a small boost to mp5 due to the new intellect conversion and a little survivability never hurt anyone. A nice pick for those who never got their hands on Lightfathom or for any BT/Hyjal Druids looking to dump some of that new mp5 for more healing.
Anveena’s Touch
Badge Cost : 60
What you Gain :
- 66 Healing
- 18 MP5 O5SR
- 13 MP5 I5SR
- 285 Mana
- 270 Health
We’ll use another Lady Vashj item to compare.
Comparison :
- +9 Healing
- +19 MP5 O5SR
- -2 MP5 I5SR
- -75 Mana
- -60 Health
Conclusions :
This is a very nice ring and they are another item that is hard to come by. It is on par with the Revered Hyjal Ring as well, almost identical. Again the Intellect gives it even more mp5 in addition to the 11 already on it. I definitely think its worth 60 badges.
All in all there are some really items to be picked up if you managed to save a ton of badges and if you didn’t with there being drops from 25 mans as well there will be plenty of ways to get them pretty quickly!
2 Responses to “Time to start spending those badges! (part 2)”
Bri said:
Mar 23, 2008, 13, Mar
Thanks for the great analysis of the new badge gear that is coming with the next patch. The addition of epic gems available for badges is a change I look forward to as well. It’s just too bad there is no epic craftable healing/spirit gem.
Brelaine said:
Mar 24, 2008, 08, Mar
yeah definitely, and the one that drops from Botanica of all places (Imperial Tanzanite) is a little weak by epic gem standards. Only 9 healing instead of the normal 11 along with 5 spirit.