Vengeful Gladiator's Kodohide Tunic

I'm not up on my gems....any suggestions? And I will be using this for a long, long time, so the better the better. :tongue:

Assuming you're still tree spec:

Purified Shadow Pearl x 2
for the red

Dazzling Talasite
or
Luminous Noble Topaz
for the yellow

If you have loads of Heroic badges to spare, you could buy some of the uber gems from the alchemist lab in SSO land.. :>


-Annikk

Grats! For arena chests pieces I would recommend

2 x Blessed Tanzanite (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30552#dropped-by)
1 x Mystic Dawnstone (or one of the Steady green res/stam gems if you prefer ... I use my yellow sockets to stack resilience)

if you want the socket bonus. Otherwise, just stick in a Steady green res/stam gem in each socket.

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ETA: If you're socketing this for PvE, then definitely go with

2 x Teardrop Living Ruby
1 x Luminous Noble Topaz

Do not ... DO NOT ... stick purple gems in those red sockets for PvE. IMO in 2.4 no resto druid or healing priest should be putting purple gems into red sockets except for to satisfy meta requirements (which your boots will cover anyway, with the Chess and Leo boots each having two blue sockets).

ETA: If you're socketing this for PvE, then definitely go with

2 x Teardrop Living Ruby
1 x Luminous Noble Topaz

Glad you posted that, because I found the gems before I came back to the forum to read the replies, and that's what I went with. :thumbsup:

Glad you posted that, because I found the gems before I came back to the forum to read the replies, and that's what I went with. :thumbsup:

Good call. :)

If you have loads of Heroic badges to spare, you could buy some of the uber gems from the alchemist lab in SSO land.. :>


-Annikk
just re-reading this thread and saw your comment Annikk.

i know realise what SSO is given i'm exalted with them :grin:

on our server the alchemist lab is not yet available - we're currently gathering all the roots we can and its around 40% done iirc.

what epic gems can be gained from here ? you can but gems for badges ?

just re-reading this thread and saw your comment Annikk.

i know realise what SSO is given i'm exalted with them :grin:

on our server the alchemist lab is not yet available - we're currently gathering all the roots we can and its around 40% done iirc.

what epic gems can be gained from here ? you can but gems for badges ?

AFAIK you can purchase any of the epic gems from this vendor for 15 BoJ each.

Link to the NPC page on Wowhead: http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=25950

But yeah ... my realm is also at about 40%. No one is doing their dailies anymore since the Smith badge items were unlocked and everyone has hit exalted with SSO.

cheers Pook.

we're upto 60% now so luckily we must have enough people still doing daily's for rep and cash.

Ours is open. Jewelcrafters can buy over 1300g worth of new recipes from the gem vendor and you can buy any of the gems for 15 badges of justice.... and noob idiots are still trying to sell them for like 400g on the trade channel.

and noob idiots are still trying to sell them for like 400g on the trade channel.
same on my server, makes me laugh every time i see it

and noob idiots are still trying to sell them for like 400g on the trade channel. I bet they still sell them for 400g. Sure hardcore folks have all the badges they want, but casual players don't. I can get 400g in a few days (with almost zero effort), but it would take me a couple of weeks to get 15 badges (I only run 1-2 heroics per week). If I could buy 15 badges for 400g, I'd do it in a second. In fact, I'd pay 600-800g for 15 badges.

I bet they still sell them for 400g. Sure hardcore folks have all the badges they want, but casual players don't. I can get 400g in a few days (with almost zero effort), but it would take me a couple of weeks to get 15 badges (I only run 1-2 heroics per week). If I could buy 15 badges for 400g, I'd do it in a second. In fact, I'd pay 600-800g for 15 badges.
/agreed


as i've been saying in my badge spending thread i dont rack up badges like they are going out of fashion so 15 for one gem is a heck of a lot where as a few hundred gold is 1/2 days doing daily's !

my badges will be going on the items mentioned in may other thread but for the chance of some quality epic gems i'll be keeping my eye on the AH and seeing how low they go with many people probably tryin to sell them :grin:

sure they will start off sill money, prob over 500g but hopefully they will drop to sub 300g within a week as the novelty factor wears off.

It should be noted that players that actually "need" epic gems probably don't have much of an issue acquiring badges. It is those of us that just want to improve our gear (for fun rather than need) that would probably end up buying them.

indeed and for 200g i'd buy some....

Even for big-time raiders, there is probably something better to spend badges on that you can't buy with gold, like even small PVE upgrades or PVP gear. You can't buy badges. You can't buy honour. I'd definitely prefer to spend gold to buy gems.

Even for big-time raiders, there is probably something better to spend badges on that you can't buy with gold, like even small PVE upgrades or PVP gear.True. If I had an unlimited supply of badges, I'd build up my Kitty and healing kits. Even though I rarely use them.