Four words to rock your head (enchants)

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 7:00 AM

One of those blue posts from the magical being known as Ghostcrawler has changed both reputation grinding,  and also a new source of income for inscriptionists.

Originally posted by Blizzard (Official Post | Blue Tracker)

Head enchants are gone.

We decided that putting head enchants on the various faction vendors wasn't working well with our design intent for the factions. There is a lot of max-level quest content in MoP, much of it focused around the reputation with the new factions. I think it's really cool stuff -- worlds away from the old Argent Crusade scourge stone days. :)

In previous expansions, the head enchants on the faction vendors served to force players into that content. You couldn't even choose which reputation to pursue -- you had to pursue the one with your specific head enchant. Our design intent for MoP is to give players options in how to play, and the head enchant design wasn't compatible with that.

Once we decided to no longer offer new head enchants, we made the older ones non-functional or else players would feel like they had to go back to older content or be missing out on power. This way, helmets are just no longer enchantable and you'll have one less required step to get a piece of loot ready to wear.

Shoulder enchants can now be provided by scribes, so those still exist, but they are also not part of the faction reputation system

The idea of inscriptionists receiving access to sales of shoulder enchants will add to many a gold goblins coffers.    If you were one of the crafters that got into inscriptions late into cataclysm you found out it was a cutthroat market.  Some were able to make thousands in gold,  while other eeked out a little money every day.  Now with the PVP items that they will be able to craft,  the shoulder enchants as well as other trinkets that seem to be headed to that profession:  crafters should be able to make a healthy amount of gold as they make their way through Panderia.

As I've said before in a few of my tips,   it is  going to be very important to have your crafters around the 510-515 level before Mists begins it's expansion.    Having your crafting/gathering professions at 525 will also be beneficial.   If you missed the earlier tip about the Gnomish Army Knife,  buy one before the expansion opens.   They are guaranteed to be in demand from farmers and gathering levelers.

Good Luck and Good Hunting

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