{"id":654,"date":"2011-06-27T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T20:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/15minutesofwow.wordpress.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2011-06-27T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T20:49:26","slug":"daily-thoughts-4-2-are-you-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternateimage.net\/gaming\/2011\/06\/27\/daily-thoughts-4-2-are-you-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Thoughts: 4.2 &#8211; Are You Prepared!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 4.2 (theoretically) coming out tomorrow, I am pretty excited. Major content patches are always exciting times. They can breathe new life into the game and give us brand new reasons to hate warlocks. Ok, so we probably have enough reasons to hate warlocks without a patch.<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;ve spent the past week making sure my toons\u00a0are prepared for patch 4.2. How have I done this? Well I&#8217;m glad you asked. The easiest form of individual character progression was to get all my max level toons\u00a0nearly capped for justice points. When 4.2 comes around and all the wonderful valor point gear becomes purchasable with JP, I&#8217;ll have a stable of alts\u00a0ready to start getting decked out in tier 11. Keep in mind, 359 will be the new 346 and you&#8217;ll be expected to be mostly set with 359 level gear in order to participate in the new raid content. You can also expect pug leaders to want higher average item level given the ease of acquiring\u00a0359 in 4.2, regardless of the massive 20% nerf to all of the regular raid bosses. Another great way to prepare yourself, as a raider at least, is to check up on the raid bosses in the common Firelands raid. WoW Insider columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/bloggers\/matt-low\/\" target=\"_blank\">Matticus<\/a> shared his impressions of <a href=\"http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/2011\/05\/14\/patch-4-2-ptr-firelands-impressions-bethtilac\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beth&#8217;tilac<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/2011\/05\/18\/patch-4-2-ptr-firelands-impressions-lord-rhyolith\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lord Rhyolith<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/2011\/05\/18\/patch-4-2-ptr-firelands-impressions-alysrazor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alysrazor<\/a>\u00a0and could help give you an edge on some of the first bosses if you plan on jumping\u00a0 right into\u00a0raiding the new content. I&#8217;m sure a quick search around the interwebs would reveal more boss information as well.<\/p>\n<p>I have also prepared myself to laugh at D-bags that try to ninja BOE&#8217;s they plan on selling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If a player wins a Need roll under the Need Before Greed system on a Bind on Equip item, the item will become Soulbound to that player. The item will remain unbound if won via a Greed roll.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m okay with people needing bind on equip gear they intend to use, not if they intend to sell it. This change makes me all sorts of smiley.<\/p>\n<p>As opposed to listing the entirely of the patch notes after the break, as I had thought about doing, follow me after the break for a direct link to Blizzard patch note blog as well as WoW Insider&#8217;s guide to 4.2.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/wow\/en\/blog\/2993743\">http:\/\/us.battle.net\/wow\/en\/blog\/2993743<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Blizzard&#8217;s <em>Official<\/em> Patch 4.2 notes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/guide-to-patch-4-2\/\">http:\/\/wow.joystiq.com\/guide-to-patch-4-2\/<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; WoW Insider&#8217;s Guide to Patch 4.2. If you have any questions about how this patch applies to your class or just want information, it&#8217;s a must to look over this guide.<\/p>\n<p>What have you done to prepare?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 4.2 (theoretically) coming out tomorrow, I am pretty excited. 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