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Mists of Pandaria's First Legendary: Available for Every Class
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Posted
2012/06/12 at 7:59 PM
by
Ashelia
Last month we were the first to break the news
that a legendary might be coming to Mists of Pandaria. We had a lot of speculation that legendary items would affix to equipment to enhance its stats due to
Breath of the Black Prince
, making this World of Warcraft's first legendary that every class can use!
However, nothing referenced an exact item back then. Thanks to today's datamining, though, we have a better sense of what it will be. (Keep in mind that this is still speculation, with no actual items datamined yet--just icons, quests, and items that augment ilvl.)
New icons for a legendary axe, fist, gun, dagger, mace, shield, staff and sword have been datamined in today's patch
.
So far the only procs that we know of are these three:
Hammer of Ten Thunders
(hammer),
Jade Infused Blade
(sword), and
Yaungol Fire
(fist). We'll keep you guys updated if we find any other weapon procs.
This looks like a big step for Blizzard and it's going to leave a lot of people divided. On one hand, the idea of a legendary based on merit rather than class sounds fantastic; on the other, guilds will have a lot of trouble deciding who gets the first one of these. Hopefully the droprates are much higher and the system isn't as linear--or luck based--like previous legendaries have been. We think it might end up like the AQ40 epic weapon quests, where any class could loot the armaments and get a weapon with raid materials, but it was still a rare occurrence. It also seems like Blizzard has thought up a solution to one-tier wonder characters who just want a legendary without commitment by having the quest series extend across patches:
Incoming...
.
What do you think
?
Quests
Wrathion has his own reputation:
The Black Prince
.
You'll have to hit honored with it for
Trial of the Black Prince
, and you increase reputation by killing any raid creatures
as well as
level 90 mogu and mantid in Townlong Steppes and Dread Wastes.
A later quest sends you into raids:
The Strength of One's Foes
. Here you'll loot 10
Sigil of Power
and
Sigil of Wisdom
.
For
Fear Itself
, you will need to kill the final boss in
Terrace of Endless Spring
. You will be rewarded with
Chimera of Fear
.
It's known that 5.1 will bring new additions to Pandaria, such as a fortress on the coast of Krasarang Wilds. The description for
Incoming...
says that the quest will continue in 5.1, when the naval fleet lands. A lot of people have wondered how Pandaria will tie into existing storylines on Azeroth, so this is a cool solution.
Breath of the Black Prince
appears to be the final quest in the series, rewarding you with
Breath of the Black Prince
, which augments a weapon and/or shield and has an ilvl of 513.
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