Mist of Pandaria Beta

So yes I was scanning through my e-mail this morning and stumbled upon a sneaky e-mail from Blizzard telling me that I have been chosen.  Sounds like its going to be fun tonight. 

So this is how the launcher looks like right now...

This is what the starting screen would look like now as of date. Look how bad ass the warrior looks like.  I probably would roll a Pandaren Warrior or maybe a Tauren Monk when the servers go live.  But I would roll just a Pandaren Monk for beta testing purposes only. 

I just thought I grab hold of my old Diablo III Beta invite screenshot, just for the sake of bragging. Yes, there maybe 100,000 others of us out there but guess what I'm just happy that all those monthly subscription has finally paid off big time.  Cheers to all gamers out there!!!

Pre-Raid Cata Gears

Btw, here is my new main. LOL. Yes I have laid down my totems and embrace bows, guns, and a variety of loyal pets.

This is my updated version of Pre-Raid Cata gears as of Rise of the Zandalari (4.1)

Rise of the Zandalari (iLevel 353)

Zul'Aman

Zone Drops

• STR Plate Chest - Chestplate of Hubris
• AGI Back - Recovered Cloak of Frostheim
• STR Plate Feet - Skullcrusher Warboots
• INT Leather Feet - Two-Toed Boots
• INT Dagger - Voodoo Hexblade
• INT Cloth Wrist - Wristwraps of Madness

Norkani's Package

• STR Two-Handed Axe - Reforged Trollbane
• AGI Leather Legs - Leggings of Dancing Blades
• INT Mail Hands - Mojo-Mender's Gloves
• STR Plate Chest - Battleplate of the Amani Empire

Nalorakk

• INT Leather Wrist - Armbands of the Bear Spirit
• INT Cloth Feet - Boots of the Ursine
• STR Plate Legs - Jungle Striders
• AGI Mail Shoulder - Pauldrons of Nalorakk
• STR Plate Head - Spiritshield Mask

Jan'alai

• AGI Leather Wrist - Amani'shi Bracers
• INT Plate Feet - Boots of Bad Mojo
• INT Mail Waist - Hawkscale Waistguard
• INT Cloth Shoulders - Jan'alai's Spaulders
• STR Ring - Ring of the Numberless Brood

Hex Lord Malacrass

• STR Back - Hex Lord's Bloody Cloak
• Trinket - Miniature Voodoo Mask
• STR Plate Shoulder - Pauldrons of Sacrifice
• STR One-hand Sword - Reforged Heartless
• AGI Leather Chest - Shadowtooth Trollskin Breastplate
• INT Ring - Soul Drain Signet
• AGI Mail Waist - Waistband of Hexes

Halazzi

• AGI Mail Chest - Breastplate of Primal Fury
• INT Mail Wrist - Shadowmender Wristguards
• INT Ring - Shimmerclaw Band
• AGI Leather Head - The Savager's Mask
• INT Cloth Wrist - Wristwraps of Departed Spirits

Daakara

• INT One-hand Mace - Amani Scepter of Rites
• INT Cloth Head - Collar of Bones
• AGI Mail Head - Headdress of Sharpened Vision
• INT Cloth Chest - Hexing Robes
• STR Plate Legs - Legguards of the Unforgiving
• AGI One-hand Mace - Mace of the Sacrificed
• INT Mail Head - Mask of Restless Spirits
• STR Plate Shoulder - Skullpiercer Pauldrons
• AGI Leather Shoulder - Tusked Shoulderpads

Akil'zon

• INT Plate Wrist - Bracers of Hidden Purpose
• INT Leather Shoulder - Feathers of Akil'zon
• INT Cloth Legs - Leggings of Ancient Magics
• STR Ring - Talonguard Band
• AGI Mail Wrists - Wristguards of the Predator

Shimmering Expanse (Zone): The Earthen Ring (Faction)

Tank: Arcanum of the Earthen Ring (Item)

359 epic

• AGI Ring - Signet of the Elder Council (Item)
• INT Mail Feet - Earthmender`s Boots (Item)
• Cloth INT haste caster gloves: Flamebloom Gloves (Item)
• Plate healer gloves: World Keeper`s Gauntlets (Item)

346 blue

• Caster Crit/haste cloak: Cloak of Ancient Wisdom (Item)
• Leather caster legs: Leggings of Clutching Roots (Item)
• Plate healer chest: Peacemaker`s Breastplate (Item)
• Agil hit/haste cloak: Softwind Cape (Item)

333 blue

• Cloth INT hat Helm of Temperance (Item)
• Mail agil shoulder Mantle of Moss (Item)
• Caster SPI neck Pendant of Elemental Balance (Item)
• Plate tank pants Stone-Wrapped Greaves (Item)

Uldum (Zone): Ramkahen (Faction)

Agil dps Arcanum of the Ramkahen (Item)

359 epic

• Cloth INT boots Desert Walker Sandals (Item)
• STR dps crit/haste neck Gift of Nadun (Item)
• Plate tank wrist Sandguard Bracers (Item)
• Plate heal waist Sun King`s Girdle (Item)

346 blue

• Leather agil waist Quicksand Belt (Item)
• Str exp ring Red Rock Band (Item)
• Cloth INT chest Robes of Orsis (Item)
• Mail caster waist Sash of Prophecy (Item)

333 blue

• SPI caster ring Ammunae`s Blessing (Item)
• Mail agil Belt of the Stargazer (Item)
• Plate heal boots Drystone Greaves (Item)
• Str crit cloak Shroud of the Dead (Item)

Twilight Highlands (Zone): Wildhammer Clan (Faction)

Str DPS Arcanum of the Wildhammer (Item)

359 epic

• leather caster waist Belt of the Untamed (Item)
• plate tank boots Gryphon Rider`s Boots (Item)
• DPS caster neck Lightning Flash Pendant (Item)
• leather agil hands Stormbolt Gloves (Item)

346 blue

• caster dps ring Band of Singing Grass (Item)
• tank plate head Crown of Wings (Item)
• plate str hands Gryphon Talon Gauntlets (Item)
• mail agil head Windhome Helm (Item)

333 blue

• cloth int hands Gloves of Aetherial Rumors (Item)
• Mail caster head Helm of the Skyborne (Item)
• leather caster shoulder Mantle of Wild Feathers (Item)
• leather agil legs Swiftflight Leggings (Item)

Deepholm (Zone): Therazane (Faction)

346 blue

• caster ring Diamant`s Ring of Temperance (Item)
• Tank ring Felsen`s Ring of Resolve (Item)
• Str dps ring Gorsik`s Band of Shattering (Item)
• agil dps ring Terrath`s Signet of Balance (Item)

Inscriptions

• caster inscription Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone (Item)
• str dps inscription Greater Inscription of Jagged Stone (Item)
• agil dps inscription Lesser Inscription of Shattered Crystal
• tank inscription Greater Inscription of Unbreakable Quartz (Item)

Mount Hyjal (Zone): Guardians of Hyjal (Faction)

Caster Arcanum of Hyjal (Item)

359 epic

• plate Str waist Belt of the Ferocious Wolf (Item)
• cloth SPI waist Cord of Raven Queen (Item)
• mail agil boots Treads of Malorne (Item)
• tank cloak Wrap of the Great Turtle (Item)

346 blue

• Agile dps neck Acorn of the Daughter Tree (Item)
• leather caster hands Aessina-Blessed Gloves (Item)
• plate Str bootsWaywatcher`s Boots (Item)
• caster mail legs Wilderness Legguards (Item)

333 blue

• healer cloak Cloak of the Dryads (Item)
• str dps ring Galrond`s Band (Item)
• tank neck Mountain`s Mouth (Item)
• leather agil chest Sly Fox Jerkin (Item)
• agil dps neck Nightrend Choker (Item)

Tol Barad (Zone): Baradin`s Wardens (Faction) (PvP)

359 epic

• Agil dps trinket Unsolvable Riddle (Item)
• Str dps trinket Impatience of Youth (Item)
• DPS caster trinket Stump of Time (Item)
• Heal caster trinket Mandala of Stirring Patterns (Item)
• Tank? resistance trinket Mirror of Broken Images (Item)

346 blue

• 2h str dps/tank sword Blade of the Fearless (Item)
• 2h agil polearm Spear of Trailing Shadows (Item)
• 1h agil dagger Dagger of Restless Nights (Item)
• 1h agil axe Ravening Slicer (Item)
• 2h Caster staff Insidious Staff (Item)
• 1h SPI mace Shimmering Morningstar (Item)
• 2h crossbow Sky Piercer (Item)

Tailoring

359 epics

• SPI waist Belt of the Depths (Item)
• SPI legs Breeches of Mended Nightmares (Item)
• INT waist Dreamless Belt (Item)
• INT legs Flame-Ascended Pantaloons (Item)

A note about tailoring, the epics require 4 or 6 mooncloth, looks like you can make 5 mooncloth a week at a total cost of 40 bolts of embersilk and 150! volatile elements. So these are going to be quite expensive to start.

333 blue

• SPI head Spiritmend Cowl (Item)

Engineering

333 blue

• Gun Volatile Thunderstick (Item)
• Crossbow Finely-Tuned Throat Needler (Item)

Jewelcrafting

346 blue

• caster ring Ring of Warring Elements (Item)
• caster neck Eye of Many Deaths (Item)
• tank ring Elementium Moebius Band (Item)
• tank neck Elementium Guardian (Item)
• agi dps neck Entwined Elementium Choker (Item)
• agi dps ring Elementium Destroyer`s Ring (Item)
• agi dps neck Brazen Elementium Medallion (Item)
• agi dps ring Band of Blades (Item)

All of the above JC recipes require at least 4 chimera's eyes, my guess is that it will take at least a week or so per item, and another week to get the recipe. Oddly enough there appears to be no str dps jewelry available for JC, and 2 sets of jewelry available for agi dps. I suspect one of the agi dps sets is actually supposed to be str. We'll see.

333 blue

• Agil dps fist weapon The Perforator (Item)

Blacksmithing

• Caster Plate hat Stormforged Helm (Item)
• DPS plate chest Redsteel Breastplate (Item)

Leatherworking

• Agi dps Cloak of Beasts (Item)
• Tank cloak Cloak of War (Item)
• Random leather Darkbrand Leggings (Item)
• Random chest Tsunami Chestguard (Item)

Inscription

• Spi offhand Divine Companion (Item)
• Int hit offhand Dungeoneering Guide (Item)
• Str hit relic Notched Jawbone (Item)
• Agi relic Silver Inlaid Leaf (Item)

Other than the above, all craftable PvE recipes of the correct level or higher require chaos orbs, which are from heroics.

Questing

Twighlight Highlands

The Crucible of Carnage: The Twilight Terror! (Quest)

• DPS caster staff Very Manly Staff (Item)
• STR 2h sword Oversized Oblique Ogre Obliterator (Item)
• Agi dagger Laquered Lung-Leak Longknife (Item)
• Caster mace Gurgthock`s Garish Gorebat (Item)
• Agi 1h axeCalder`s Coated Carrion Carver (Item)
• Agi bow Big Big Bendy Blasting Bow (Item)

Narkrall, The Drake-Tamer (Quest)

• Agi staff Staff of Staff of Draconic Pacification (Item)
• Tanky/str dps mace Dragonscorn Mace (Item)
• Cloth DPS legs Narkall`s Leggings (Item)
• mail Caster hands Ale Soaked Grips (Item)
• Plate Caster waist Furybound Waistplate (Item)

Skullcrusher the Mountain (Quest)

• Cloth DPS chest Overly Intelligent Robes (Item)
• Leather agi legs Shaw`s Finest Leggings (Item)
• Mail Agi hands Coulton`s Crushers (Item)
• Plate Dps boots Treads of Terror (Item)

Doing It Like a Dunwald (Quest)

• Leather Agi helm Dunwald Winged Helm (Item)
• Mail agi legs Gryphon-Grip Leggings (Item)
• Plate DPS chest Flynn`s Favorite Chestplate (Item)

Battle of Life and Death (Quest)

• Caster DPS Red Dragonheart Ring (Item)
• Agi/haste NeckPendant of Victorious Fury (Item)
• Str/hit cloak Cloak of the Red Flight (Item)

Uldum

The Source of Their Power (Quest) (Lost City of the Tol'vir)

• Cloth DPS shoulder Blight-Lifter`s Mantle (Item)
• Mail Agi boots Treads of the Neferset (Item)
• Plate Tank boots Ramkahen Front Boots (Item)

Targets of Opportunity (Quest) (Lost City of the Tol'vir

• Leather Agi shoulders Clandestine Spaulders (Item)
• Caster wrist Bracers of the Lost City (Item)
• Plate Caster shoulder Captain Hadan`s Pauldrons (Item)

Doing it the Hard Way (Quest)(Halls of Origination)

• Cloth DPS (hit) wrist True Archaeologist`s Bracers (Item)
• Leather Caster head META Helm of Reorigination (Item)
• Mail Agi hands Treasure Hunter`s Gloves (Item)

Penetrating Their Defenses (Quest) (Halls of Origination)

• Leather Agi boots Boots of the Hard Way (Item)
• Plate Caster handsRepository Gauntlets (Item)
• Plate DPS legs Offline Greaves (Item)

Grim Batol

Kill the Courier (Quest) (Grim Batol)

• Cloth DPS boots Sandals of the Courier (Item)
• Leather Agi helm META Helm of Secret Knowledge (Item)
• Mail caster shoulder Tooranu`s Spaulders (Item)

Closing a Dark Chapter (Quest) (Grim Batol)

• Leather Caster hands Gloves of Baleflame (Item)
• Mail Agi wrist Eradicator`s Bracers (Item)
• Plate Tank chestBreastplate of the Witness (Item)

Stormwind

A Villain Unmasked (Quest) (Stormwind City)

• Cloth DPS waist Truth-Seeker Belt (Item)
• Leather Caster boots Treads of Revelation (Item)
• Mail Caster Chest Corruption-Seeking Chestguard (Item)
• Plate Caster shoulders Detective`s Shoulderplates (Item)
• tank shield Truthbreaker Shield (Item)

Halls of Origination

Ammunae (NPC)

• Cloth INT chest Robes of Rampant Growth (Item)
• Tank shield Bulwark of the Primordial Mound (Item)
• Str dps neck Seedling Pod (Item)
• SPI caster ring Band of Life Energy (Item)
• mail Agi shoulder Bloodpetal Mantle (Item)
• Thrown Agi Slashing Thorns (Item)
• Agi (hit/exp) neck Mouth of the Earth (Item)

Anraphet (NPC)

• Str dps plate wrist Alpha Bracers (Item)
• Caster plate chest Omega Breastplate (Item)
• agi mail boots Boots of Crumbling Ruin (Item)
• cloth SPI chest Anraphet`s Regalia (Item)
• Leather Caster Shoulder Mantle of Soft Shadows (Item)

Earthrager Ptah (NPC)

• Str dps plate chest Breastplate of the Risen Land (Item)
• SPI caster staff Soul Releaser (Item)
• Leather Caster waist Underworld Cord (Item)
• Str dps neck Seedling Pod (Item)
• Tank shield Bulwark of the Primordial Mound (Item)
• Agi (hit/exp) neck Mouth of the Earth (Item)
• Thrown Agi Slashing Thorns (Item)
• SPI caster ring Band of Life Energy (Item)

Isiset (NPC)

• Tank plate wrist Armguards of Unearthly Light (Item)
• Healer trinket Blood of Isiset (Item)
• Dps cloth legs Legwraps of Astral Rain (Item)
• Str dps ring Nova Band (Item)
• Agi ring Ring of Blinding Stars (Item)

Rajh (NPC)

• dps Caster ring Band of Rays (Item)
• 1h caster sword Blade of the Burning Sun (Item)
• Tank plate hands Fingers of Light (Item)
• Healer cloth feet Hekatic Slippers (Item)
• Agi dps trinket Left Eye of Rajh (Item)
• Caster plate legs Legguards of Noon (Item)
• Agi leather waist Red Beam Cord (Item)
• Str dps trinket Right Eye of Rajh (Item)
• Healer cloak Solar Wind Cloak (Item)
• 1h str dps sword Sun Strike (Item)

Setesh (NPC)

• Caster mail legs Chaotic Wrappings (Item)
• Tank plate hat META Helm of Setesh (Item)
• DPS cloth hat META Helm of the Typhonic Beast (Item)
• agi leather chest Hieroglyphic Vest (Item)
• 1h spi Caster mace Scepter of Power (Item)

Temple Guardian Anhuur (NPC)

• DPS caster trinket Anhuur`s Hymnal (Item)
• Caster leather feet Awakening Footfalls (Item)
• Caster mail waist Belt of Petrified Tears (Item)
• Tank neck Darkhowl Amulet (Item)
• Agi leather wrist Poison Fang Bracers (Item)

Lost City of the Tol'vir

Zone Drop

• Caster mail hands Ionic Gloves (Item)
• Agi dps ring Mirage Ring (Item)
• caster lesther wrist Oasis Bracers (Item)

High Prophet Barim (NPC)

• 1h Str sword Resonant Kris (Item)
• Caster neck Tauntka`s Necklace (Item)
• DPS caster Spirit Creeper Ring (Item)
• Str dps plate boots Greaves of Wu the Elder (Item)
• Caster mail hands Ionic Gloves (Item)
• Agi dps cloak Kaleki Cloak (Item)

Lockmaw (NPC)

• Str dps trinket Heart of Solace (Item)
• Tank plate waist Sand Dune Belt (Item)
• DPS cloth wrist Sand Silk Wristband (Item)
• Spi caster ring Veneficial Band (Item)
• AGI daggerBarim's Main Gauche

Siamat (NPC)

• agi leather boots Crafty`s Gaiters (Item)
• caster heal cloth waist Evelyn`s Belt (Item)
• Str dps back Geordan`s Cloak (Item)
• 1h agi mace Hammer of Sparks (Item)
• Caster leather legs Leggings of the Path (Item)
• Caster dps cloth shoulder Mantle of Master Cho (Item)
• Tank ring Ring of Three Lights (Item)
• Caster dps trinket Sorrowsong (Item)
• Agi dps trinket Tia`s Grace (Item)
• Caster shield Zora`s Ward (Item)

Grim Batol

Zone

Drahga Shadowburner (NPC)

• spi cloak Azureborne Cloak (Item)
• heal cloth wrist Crimsonborne Bracers (Item)
• tank plate shoulders Earthshape Pauldrons (Item)
• agi mail boots Red Scale Boots (Item)
• 1h agi dagger Windwalker Blade (Item)

Erudax (NPC)

• Healer trinket Corrupted Egg Shell (Item)
• Dps cloth hat META Crown of Enfeebled Bodies (Item)
• caster trinket (dots n hots) Gale of Shadows (Item)
• 1h tank mace Mace of Transformed Bone (Item)
• str tinket Mark of Khardros (Item)
• 2h int staff Staff of Siphoned Essences (Item)
• agi lether chest Vest of Misshapen Hides (Item)
• 2h str mace Wild Hammer (Item)
• str dps ring Circle of Bone (Item)
• caster plate wrist Bracers of Umbral Mending (Item)

Forgemaster Throngus (NPC)

• DPS plate waist Belt of the Forgemaster (Item)
• Caster mail boots Dark Iron Chain Boots (Item)
• Agi ring Ring of Dun Algaz (Item)
• Tank trinket Throngus`s Finger (Item)
• Spirit wand Wand of Untainted Power (Item)

General Umbriss (NPC)

• caster leather chest Cursed Skardyn Vest (Item)
• Caster dagger Modgud`s Blade (Item)
• Agi trinket Skardyn`s Grace (Item)
• Str dps ring Umbriss Band (Item)
• Agi mail hat Wildhammer Riding Helm (Item)