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WotLK Priest Survival Guide
A Dwarf Priest — ... - 30 rep There are five major factions new to WotLK (that all allow championing).  Those are: Argent Crusade Revered: Wand of Purifying Touch Exalted: Signet of Hopeful Light Kirin Tor Honored: Shroud of Dedicated Research Revered: Head enchant - Arcanum of Burning Mysteries (30 spellpower, 20 crit) Revered: Flameheart Spell Scalpel Exalted: Robes of Crackling Flame ...

Guide to Wrath Mage Rep Rewards and Selective Questing
Player Versus Developer — ... - Revered (78 blue wand) [Arcanum of the Stalwart Protector] - Revered (Tanking Head Enchant) [Pattern: Brilliant Spellthread] (50 dmg, 20 spi) - Exalted (Tailoring Recipe) [Signet of Hopeful Light] (Haste/Spell Power) - Exalted (80 epic robes) Kirin Tor [Shroud of Dedicated Research] (Haste, Spell Power) - Honored (78 blue cape) [Arcanum of Burning Mysteries] (Spell Power, Crit) - Revered (Head Enchant) [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] (Hit, Crit, Spell Power) - Revered (80 blue dagger) [Pattern: ...

Pre Naxx Moonkin Gear Guide: Part 1
Gray Matter — ... 1. [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] - Rep Reward - Kirin Tor Revered - This one was easy. This is by far one of the best balanced items I've seen in the expansion, and is relatively easy to get since it is a rep reward. It has a ton of Spell Power with a good amount of Hit and Crit, plus a few base stats. You better have a pretty good reason if you walk into Naxx without this weapon. ...

Quick n' Dirty Way To Say 'I'd Hit It'
Bringin' the Wood - We Still Got It — ... the most optimal piece. However, if you're a Shadow Priest like me who's guild is jumping back into raiding this quick and you need to get a handle on your hit rating right now, this will do. Most raiders who've killed Illidan or been to Sunwell will no doubt have pieces left over as well. This is list is meant to round out the last big +hit chunk you need, with a variety of pieces to choose from. Weapon: Chilly Slobberknocker (Quest Reward) Flameheart Spell Scalpel + Misc OH (Kirin Tor - Revered) 34 Hit Rating Rings: ...

Gear Choices Pt. I - Gearing up for Naxx
Shields Up! — ... Fill it with whatever you get around to round up your healing set. The Egg of Mortal Essence, Mercurial Alchemist Stone, Soul Preserver, Tome of Arcane Phenomena or Winged Talisman are good starting options. Keep a set of various trinkets and implement them in different healing sets as mentioned in the beginning of this post. MH War Mace of Unrequited Love (The Nexus Heroic) Flameheart Spell Scalpel (Kirin Tor - Revered) Totemic ...

Gearing Your Fresh Level 80 Holy Priest: Matt’s Recommendations
World of Matticus — ... Flameheart Spell Scalpel (355 Spellpower): It feels really weird to use a weapon with hit rating on it due to the waste stats. But there aren’t any alternative daggers from quests or vendors. Purchaseable at Kirin Tor – Revered from Archmage Alvareaux ...

Spell Hit Your Way Into Naxxramas!
Frost is the New Black — ... Sorrow - 44 hit Quest reward from the quest Tirion's Gambit in Icecrown. It's a great combination of hit and critical strike rating, with nice spellpower to boot. Chilly Slobberknocker - 50 hit Quest reward from the group quest The Champion of Anguish in Zul'Drak. It's the Wrath equivalent to the Ring of Blood, so it's a great piece to pick up if you can find a group of people to run it with. 1-Handed Weapons Flameheart Spell Scalpel - 34 hit Kirin Tor Quartermaster, requires Revered reputation. Very nice ...

return of the grabby hands
Tree Hugger — ... , from the ring of blood-esque series in Zul'Drak. I'd like to grab the [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] from the Kirin Tor (5550/18000) to replace this, with the ...

Deterministic Blue Spellpower Gear for Druids
Yashima Plays — ... Tons of Rings, Amulets, Cloaks & Off-Hands available - just click the search above Weapons: a few Faction Based Gear Alliance Vanguard, Revered: Orb of the Eastern Kingdoms Argent Crusade, Exalted: Signet of Hopeful Light Kirin Tor, Honored: Helm of the Majestic Stag Kirin Tor, Honored: Shroud of Dedicated Research Kirin Tor, Revered: Flameheart Spell Scalpel Kirin Tor, Exalted: Ghostflicker Waistband ...

Moonkin: Level 80 Starting Gear
Yashima Plays — ... PvP Item, effort: easy) Legs: Giant-Friend Kilt (requires Sons of Hodir Revered, effort: moderate) Feet: Tundra Wolf Boots (BoE Drop = AH camping, effort: moderate) Fingers: Ring of Northern Tears (Jewelcrafter, effort: easy), Ring of Temerity (Quest, effort: easy) Trinkets: Mercurial Alchemist Stone (Self Crafted, effort: easy), Cannoneer’s Fuselighter (Quest, effort: easy) Weapon: Flameheart Spell Scalpel (requires Kirin’Tor Revered, effort: moderate) ...

Reader Request: Wyn’s Guide to Northrend Reputation
World of Matticus — ... wearing the Tabard. The Daily cooking and dungeon quests also give Kirin Tor rep. Friendly The Tabard: Tabard of the Kirin Tor Honored Fire-Prot Head Glyph: Arcanum of the Flame’s Soul Druid Helm: Helm of the Majestic Stag Caster Cloak: Shroud of Dedicated Research Revered Caster Head-Glyph (Crit): Aranum of Burning Mysteries Caster Dagger: Flameheart Spell Scalpel Healadin Belt: Girdle of the Warrior Magi ...

Arcane Brilliance: Patch 3.0.8, or Blizzard's love letter to Arcane Mages
WoW.com — ... . That's right, I said 5,000. Are you reading this, Kirin Tor? I'm declaring myself exalted. Give me my dagger already, you selfish jerks. ...

HIT ME MORE
Almost Evil — ... post... OMG I GOT HIT GEAR. Picked Up Legwraps of Sweltering Flame After doing my wowhead search for leggings, I went back and picked up the Legwraps of Sweltering Flame. Looking at the database, the other hit rating leggings come from raids. I was happy to spend the 100 Badges of Justice for them. I am going to keep my eye out for a pair of pure DPS leggings. But I have yet to see any drop, so I may craft myself up some. Flameheart Spell Scalpel While running The Culling of Stratholme the Tome of ...

Gearing For Heroics (Mage) Chapter 1 - Gear/Enchant/Gems
World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You! — ... Signet of Hopeful Light - Obtained from being exalted with the Argent Crusade Signet of Ranulf - Drops from King Ymiron in Utgarde Pinnacle Trinket(2) Darkmoon Card: Illusion - Obtained from the quest [80] Darkmoon Prisms Deck which involves getting all cards in the deck. Tome of Arcane Phenomena - Drops from Cache of Eregos which spawns after Ley-Guardian Eregos death in The Oculus Weapon Flameheart Spell Scalpel - Obtained from being revered with the Kirin Tor Enchant - ...

Why Does Blizzard Hate Moonkin?
Alts Ahoy! — ... talent available to them to help lower their hit cap (sort of). As far as I know, shamans only have the one. But the fact remains that, in order to hit the cap pre-raid, even the "lower" cap and taking the 3% handicap until I get FF to stick, I will likely have to wear cloth. The universal slots alone aren't going to get me there. What I'm seeing as the "best-in-slot" items pre-raid are this cloak, this amulet, these two rings, and this dagger coupled with this off-hand. Using the right gem in one of the rings (using a pure ...

Infraction for slackiepop: Useless Post
Elitist Jerks — ... of Wintry Doom] [Necklace of Taldaram] [Fur-Lined Shoulder Warmers] [Deathchill Cloak] [Heroes' Frostfire Robe] [Azure Cloth Bindings] [Heroes' Frostfire Gloves] [Plush Sash of Guzbah] [Woven Bracae Leggings] [Sandals of Crimson Fury] [Band of Guile] [Annhylde's Ring] [Sundial of the Exiled] [Forge Ember] [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] [Ward of the Violet Citadel] [Rod of the ...

Green's Choices for Pre-Raid Wrath Mage Gear (Part 1)
Player Versus Developer — ... This post is kind of a continuation of my previous pieces on Mage Emblem rewards and Mage rep rewards. I was originally going to post this as one massive wall of text and clicky links, but the research on the latter half is taking me seemingly forever. Today you're going to all of the slots with items that have durability; cloaks and jewelry will have to wait until I can weed through all the options. Weapon Current: [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] + [Ward of the Violet Citadel] Desired: None The sad truth ...

Examining the Wrath "Hit Cap"
Player Versus Developer — ... I guess anyone who raids is supposed to figure this stuff out by hand, and the rest of us are supposed to know on our own that there's no need to enchant gloves for hit rating if we're not raiding and already have the minimal hit levels needed for solo/5-man content.) How am I getting there? My hit rating is split between small amounts sprinkled on my everyday gear and large chunks on specialty hit gear. The breakdown: Everyday stuff: [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] - 34 hit rating [Ward of the Violet Citadel] - 38 hit ...

Second Heroic
Alts Ahoy! — ... eye (Moragg) and the voidwalker dude (Zuramat the Obliterator) as our two random bosses. BBB warned us about the little tricks with each, and they both went swimmingly. No wipes, only one death the whole time and that was just a fluke on a trash wave. Got 3 Emblems of Heroism, 12 Stone Keeper's Shards, an off-set necklace that our healer didn't want, and a bunch of rep towards Kirin Tor. I'm now less than 1k away from Revered, my head enchant, and a good spell hit weapon. My playtime (and blogtime) is pretty limited lately due to "the move," but I ...

Re-enchant get Lootz
Almost Evil — ... not taking enough damage and having a full mana bar. So on went the dress. My tank did put on his gear for the boss fights … but still. It is a lot of time in a dress. I guess that is one way to reduce the durability loss on your gear as a tank. …yea… that is what I will go with. In the launch of 3.0.8 the mats for enchants were reduced. I was going to Naxx with the guild last week I re-enchanted my two back pieces, wrist, and weapon. What should get replaced on my first full clear of Naxx? … My back, ...

Moonkin & Hit
Altosis — ... There are a few good weapon choices, although many will likely buy the Flameheart Spell Scalpel until they get some Naxx drops, since you only need Revered with Kirin Tor. ...

Purples Aren't Always Upgrades
Zanderfin's Wow "Casual" Raiding — ... dropped. I still have the rep-based Flameheart Spell Scalpel. Blue vs. Purple. The staff must be an upgrade, right? Of course it is. I was trying move the raid along quickly, so I rolled a Need, won it, and then moved on. ...

A Mad Cow Chronicles Guide: Climbing Out Of The Tree
Mad Cow Chronicles — ... Purchase:[Flameheart Spell Scalpel] from Archmage Alvareaux, the Kirin Tor Quartermaster in Dalaran. It costs 74g12s9c at Neutral, though that will be reduced at the Revered reputation needed to purchase it. ...

Moonkin Pre-Raid Gear
Elitist Jerks — ... Strat [Signet of Hopeful Light] - Argent Crusade Exalted Trinkets [Spark of Life] - Heroic HoS [Je'Tze's Bell] - BoE [Mark of the War Prisoner] - Heroic VH [Sundial of the Exiled] - 40 Emblems of Heroism [Forge Ember] - Heroic HoS Darkmoon Card: Illusion[/item] - Prisms Deck Weapon [Titansteel Guardian] - BS [War Mace of Unrequited Love] - Nexus [Flameheart Spell Scalpel] - Kirin Tor Revered [Gavel of the Brewing ...

Moonkin Reputation Gear in Wrath
Laser Chicken — ... so I'm staying far away from cloth, and I'll try to avoid spirit as much as I can. YMMV. Key: (Type iLevel) Item (Reputation Needed) Where Type can be: L - leather C - cloth J - jewelry (trinkets, rings, neck) E - enhancement O - off-hand Kirin Tor (L 187) Helm of the Majestic Stag (Honored) (C 187) Shroud of Dedicated Research (Honored) (E 80) Arcanum of Burning Mysteries (Honored) (W 200) Flameheart Spell Scalpel (Revered) (L 200) Ghostflicker Waistband (Exalted) (C 200) ...

Gearing up your fresh 80 moonkin, summary!
Laser Chicken — ... Titanium Spellshock Ring (gemmed) Max-crit: Titanium Spellshock Ring Max-haste: Savage Titanium Band Max-hit: Amberglow Signet What I'll be choosing: Titanium Spellshock Ring and Ring of Temerity, unless I'm short on hit rating. 1H weapons Max-spellpower: Titansteel Guardian Max-crit: Titansteel Guardian Max-haste: Cudgel of Saronite Justice Max-hit: Flameheart Spell Scalpel What I'll be choosing: Titansteel Guardian 2H weapons Max-spellpower: ...

Naxx 25: Easier Than I Expected
Player Versus Developer — ... off of Thaddius. The large amount of mana regen makes this a sidegrade for raid purposes (I need the hit rating from my old combo of the [Flameheart Spell Scalpel and the ...

An Unexpected Upgrade, and the Complexity of Loot
Player Versus Developer — ... that Thaddius dropped and quickly decided that it was not a viable upgrade over my old combo of the [Flameheart Spell Scalpel and the ...

(LAN) Weekend that was
Armaggedon's coming — ... but this time around, I was the cause of it… it would appear I am a good clicker… As a bonus I picked up a new pair of legs… still as short as the old ones unfortunately… need to work out whether to break my average set bonus though… Otherwise I did some questing in Storm Peaks, and picked up a couple of upgrades. and this one… Brazier Igniter Of course I was wearing my Kirin’Tor tabard the whole time and notched up Revered, so got ...

The Weekly GnomEpeen
Armaggedon's coming — ... So I had a bit of a quick mess about with my items, just to see how much I gained/lost when combined with my Flameheart Spell Scalpel. ...