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Crusader's Dragonscale Bracers now or wait for ICC25 ones

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Post by wildx22

I'm currently still wearing Wrathful Gladiator's Wristguards of Triumph but I have enough mats to craft myself Crusader's Dragonscale Bracers for a nice DPS boost.

Issue is, the mats to craft them total up to around 1k (I'm not rich, saving money is always a good thing for me) and I could make the bracers to sell them for maybe 1.3k. I can run ICC25 weekly to get these or these and I believe the drop rate for both of them are about 20%. But I'd probably have to compete with other hunters & shamans for them as well.

So... taking into account of the price of the crafted bracers & chance of obtaining either of the ICC bracers (I haven't experienced how hard they are to obtain since I just did my first ICC a couple of days ago), which option should I go with? Craft now or wait?

Post by wildx22

People recruit for ICC based on gear score & achieves. I've got the achieves to get in and my gearscore is (quite a bit) higher with the PvP bracers. On the other hand, I'm worried that if I do get the bracers, it'll be harder to get into ICC with the lower gs. Gs is such an arbitrary figure, but unfortunately that's what people make decisions based on these days. My main concern is that I don't want to spend mats worth 1k on the bracers + gems + enchant and then immediately get upgrade. :/

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Post by wildx22

Yeah I probably have enough mats to craft two of those bracers right now actually. I was just thinking I could craft them & sell on AH for quite a bit of moolah if I hold out and wait for however long.

But thanks for the suggestions. Considering that I have absolute, absolute, #$%^ need-rolling skills, I guess I'll make the upgrade now. :)

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Post by bobn9lvu

Why worry about arctic fur dropping when you can purchase a fur for 10 heavy borean leathers at LW trainer in Dalaran? I would most definetly make the bracers and wear them until something better drops for you.

Post by geniusdude

i suggest doing 25 toc maybe Heroic to get the silent massacre bracers

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Post by Meldiren

I got the bracers and chest just to get INTO ICC raids since so many want a certain GS to get you into a group. Gold is VERY easy to get at this point.....if you have decent money making professions. I gathered the mats myself, got the recipe, and crafted them myself.

I am about to replace the chest with the T10 piece (unless I decide on shoulders instead). The biggest thing about being in raids is, DON'T SUCK. If you do, you wont be in many. I am AMAZED at how many hunters I can out DPS that have a GS that is 300-500 higher than mine. no way should I be able to. But I do. It's less about my skill, and more about their LACK of skill. KNOW your class and spec. Period.

Post by nossy

If you can craft it and wear it, DO IT. Eventually everything gets replaced. It's basically all based on luck. One: if it drops. Two: if you win it. That could come 1 day after you make the bracers, or 30+ days after. The prices on those bracer, and all the TOC craftables, have fallen way down on prices since the 3.2. Crusader Orbs are easily attainable, Artic Furs are no longer dependent on drops. It's quite the opposite now where the prices on the patterns have gone up and the actual pieces have gone down.

About GS. GS is a useful addon when used correctly. There's nothing wrong (well ok there are some) with the system, it's the idiots who utilizes it. There are some pvp items that are actually upgrades over anything you can find in heroics, pre-icc/toc raid. With all the ways you can make gold nowadays, there's almost no excuse to not have "enough" gold. .

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