PTR notes: All PvP gear upgraded
by Eliah Hecht 
May 14th 2007 at 11:53PM
My previous post on this topic seems to have been a little misguided; apologies for that. With today's PTR patch it would appear that Blizzard have upgraded the PvP items for real, including Arena weapons and armor as well as honor rewards. The weapons seem to have gained somewhere in the range of 1-4 DPS, and World of Raids has great comparison pics of the stats on live vs. the new PTR stats for all the upgraded gear. This patch also hit items from Kazzak and Doomwalker, as well as some of the Lower City rep rewards.These are much more substantial buffs then what I had previously reported; the new Arena items' item level is 123 as compared to 115 on the current live realms. For reference, Karazhan (T4) items are now ilvl 120 (up from 105), with Serpentshrine/Eye (T5) items at 133 (from 120); those changes were made in an earlier PTR patch. The new Arena items are still between T4 and T5, but they have received a fairly solid boost. And yes, Multikast, the War Staff is on there.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Timelimit May 15th 2007 5:48AM
Will the normal pvp (stuff bought in SW) gear be buffed as well? The sets are pretty crappy with only one or 2 pieces being decent :(
multikast May 15th 2007 7:52AM
wahoo! i made the main article! :)
and for those interested, as i was, comparison of current war staff to new ptr war staff is the following:
+3 int
+3 crit rating
+3 resilience
+12 dmg/heal
not huge numbers, but can't complain
ben1778 May 15th 2007 11:52AM
@2
Yeah that's a nice buff if you consider what people are willing to pay/do to get a few extra points on items they already have. I know people who are willing to put a soulfrost enchant (+54 shadow/frost dmg) onto the same weapon that already has the far cheaper +40 spell dmg enchant. Multiple void crystals and primals just for that extra 14 dmg... and here with the buff they are giving you 12. That makes me all happy and warm inside.