Epic Gems for Badges
##NOLIGHTBOX##
Finally! The patterns were already added to Shattered Sun rep vendors, and all that was missing were gems. These gems and recipes were for months a thorn in my jewelcrafter’s eye, and buying them from the auction house is painful even for my budget.
I’m sure there’s a lot of guilds out there unhappy about this, since it will be a significant loss of gold, but dedicated PvPers like myself are finally one step closer to all the PvE riches.
Hopefully this trend will continue so we don’t end up again with such sought after epic items only available to raiders.
I fail to see how this is that great a boon for “dedicated PvPers” considering that BG marks cannot be traded for these gems. In short, PvPers still have to get instance-derived badges, while raiders can both work on gearing up and getting the gems simultaneously.
I don’t consider 5 man instances as raiding. At least the gems are now possible to obtain that way.
Nice, thanks for the heads up. I agree this should be seen as a bonus for pvp’ers (among others) - 3 or 4 heroic clears or 1 kara clear, instead of spending a wad of hard earned gold, puts these well within reach of nearly everyone.