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Re: Is it worth bothering with the Legendary Cloak at this point?

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From: Cryptoengineer
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:59
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Cryptoengineer <pete...@gmail.com> wrote in 
news:XnsA3C782A...@216.166.97.131:

> Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote in news:ca2ki8Ffi0U1
> @mid.individual.net:
> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:00:43 -0500, Cryptoengineer
>> <pete...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>John Gordon <gor...@panix.com> wrote in
>>>news:m1h1i2$9hd$1...@reader1.panix.com: 
>>>
>>>> In <6b67006a-288a-4307...@googlegroups.com>
>>>> pete...@gmail.com writes: 
>>>> 
>>>>> Fwiw, I finished the 4 LFR raids which yield Titan Runestones, 
with
>>>>> 7. I have to get another 5. If I'm correct that two bosses are
>>>>> guaranteed drops, it's possible that I'll get the cloak just 
before
>>>>> the expansion drops and closes off the quest line. We'll see.
>>>> 
>>>> The expansion is still another four or five weeks away, isn't it? 
>>>> Plenty of time to get your cloak.
>>>> 
>>>
>>>Yeah, probably. I have 7 TRs at this point - at worst it will take
>>>me 3 weeks to get them (though LFR may be a ghosttown).
>>>
>>>Then I'll have to find a group that wants to do the Celestials, while
>>>the new stuff is all around them...
>> 
>> Shouldn't be too hard, the new group finder will be in, so you can 
use
>> that if nobody on your realm wants a shot (and people will be on the
>> isle, since Ordos will be open for non-cloak people for the first
>> time, so I'm sure at least some will bother with the Celestials while
>> they pass by)
> 
> Today I did my first post-drop Titan Runestone runs. If you recall, I
> was concerned that with the end of the Black Prince's buff, I would 
take
> up to 3 weeks to gather them all.
> 
> In fact, I picked up the 5 I needed off of 6 boss encounters, none of
> which were guarenteed drops. Others I chatted with in raid reported
> similar results. The drop rate is now *very* high.
> 
> If you have toons on any step of the legendary cloak quest, it may
> still be acheivable.

...and today I finished the quest chain on my pally. He now has two
cloaks, one for healing, one for dps.

So far, the changes haven't caused me much problem. Some favorite
spells are gone (Guardian of Ancient Kings). In fact, even pre-cloak,
he seemed to be outputing *more* dps than he had before, based on how
quickly trash was dying.

Similarly on my lock.

pt
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Subject: Re: Is it worth bothering with the Legendary Cloak at this point?
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