Does WOTLK invalidate all lvl 70 gear immediately?

[magwo]

So, does anyone know how good the S2/S3/S4 gear holds up against the quest gear in WOTLK?
How far into WOTLK is level 70 gear still good?

It would be kind of depressing if it was immediately replaced by quest gear on level 71.. all that hard work gone to waste.

[merujo]

if i had to guess....some pieces will hold on till 75-77...
some will serve u still at 80 i think.

[Tizer]

Im told S3 & S4 pieces will hold out until level 75, after that upgrades begin.

[Sarduci]

I'd assume for PVE you'd find upgrades right away for PVP gear. It may not be a better ilvl, but it should be better scaled for your new changes.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Blues have stated that T6 will last you until 77ish. From what I can see, the gear upgrades proceed at about half the pace that the BC upgrades did. They appear to have done more with the 70-80 skills and talents than with gear. We'll see, though.

[Tdog]

Blues have stated that T6 will last you until 77ish. From what I can see, the gear upgrades proceed at about half the pace that the BC upgrades did. They appear to have done more with the 70-80 skills and talents than with gear. We'll see, though.

Ditto, the gear upgrade curve will not be as large for BC->WOTLK as it was for Classic->BC. Stamina will not increase as much either as it did in Classic->BC. Don't expect everyone to have 20k+stamina right at 80.

[magwo]

That's nice to know.. it also means that there will be money to be made by disenchanting WOTLK quest rewards until ~76-77.

[TheBigBB]

I've seen some of the 80ish blues in WOTLK firsthand in the beta auction house, and if you have T6 stuff you won't be buying most of that stuff. It's good, but generally the problem with the gear I saw in the AH was that it wasn't balanced well. Like you might see a jaw-dropping DPS plate item, but it'd have no stamina at all, just pure DPS. I think that people who maxed out on BC will be okay to keep their stuff until 80 and begin gearing up in 80 dungeons with a lot of T6 type stuff still on.

The thing to keep in mind with WoW itemization is that high end PVP or PVE gear usually has a mix of stats that can't be replaced simply with higher item level. You won't get high resilience/stam gear from regular quests.

[Mokoi]

season 3 and 4 gear will likely hold up well in PvP too until lvl 80 pvp epics?

[xtobbenx]

I read some where that the better epics of today will hold untill 75 before we will fine better gear, but i cant confirm where i read this... cant remeber...
MMO-Champion.com have a lot of the new items allready logged if you wanna take a look.