Season 10 honor gear ...

[zenga]

It's annoying, and it sucks, but it's not THAT big of a deal. The difference in the new gear is negligible

I think that this is true. One person was complaining that it was a 6% difference, and that it was huge. Another person crunched the actual numbers for 12 pieces for (I think) a DPS warrior, and the difference was about the equivalent of... a bracer. An ilevel 316 bracer, to be precise. It was kind of underwhelming, to be honest.

Just did the math for my ele shaman who was full vicious. Used wowhead -> compare items and compared 365 piece with it's 'new' 371 counterpart. Did Total Sum with and without weapons.



Reality is that when you play with the 371 gear that you play with an extra 'bracer' as you described, or any extra item slot. Minimizing that difference means that you also minimize the difference between tier 1 and 2200 weapons in a season,

The difference between 365 vs 371 gear is bigger than the difference in previous season between 359 and 372 (2200) weapons. And generally those weapons are considered as 'making a huge difference'.

I find the difference quite huge myself, and definitely worth farming before jumping in arena. If you compare a player with and without the 371 gear, it's not only the increased damage, but also increased health pool and opponent healer who have to heal more. It's like increasing your pay check and decreasing the rent at the same time.