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Re: Dont spend your VPs on your brandnew ilvl 600 epic cloak

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From: pete...
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 01:13
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On Friday, November 29, 2013 12:15:21 PM UTC-5, Catriona R wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:05:41 -0800 (PST), pete...@gmail.com wrote:
 
>>On Friday, November 29, 2013 9:19:47 AM UTC-5, Catriona R wrote:
>>> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:17:41 +0100, "Peter T." <pinoc10@hotmail.cum>
>>> wrote:
 
>>>>My alt got his epic ilvl 600 cloak a few days ago.  I decided _not_ to
>>>>spend 500 VPs for the upgrade as the legendary cloak was just around the
>>>>corner.  That was a wise decision.  When I transformed the cloak to
>>>>Legendary 10 mins ago it also included 2 free upgrades to ilvl 608.  So
>>>>save your VPs. :)
 
>>> Yeah, they did that because people would've been annoyed to have to
>>> spend it twice; they apparently couldn't make it easily carry over the
>>> upgrade level. Should've made the 600 cloak not upgradeable after the
>>> legendary became available though!
 
>>I'm suprised its that big a deal. Don't most people max out VPs every week?
 
> I'd kinda thought most people didn't? Maybe hardcore raiders do but I
> haven't since the first few weeks of the expansion, and I'd assumed
> that was where most people were. Only a small minority of people are
> min-maxing raiders, as far as I'm aware, and for the rest... well,
> valor doesn't grow on trees, and it's too much effort for too little
> reward to go out and try to max it every week; I personally pick up
> 200-500 a week, probably, varying depending on whether I can be
> bothered farming 50 stones on the timeless isle or not, and how many
> times I do the 20 elites daily.

I tend to run 1 Scenario and 1 Heroic each day, unless I'm maxed. That gives
130-135/day, or at least 910/week. This takes around 30 minutes, unless I'm
really unlucky with my fellow players and/or venues. Getting the other 90
doesn't take much work.

pt
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