Mattie’s Got a New Pair of Pants

I’m now 3/8 Tier 6. I have in my possession:

• Breeches of Absolution
• Cowl of Absolution
• Mantle of Absolution

Now you might be asking yourself how on earth I can get these 3 pieces without getting the gloves. It’s quite simple. Let me explain to you the system that I use. I call it “the method”.

What is the method?

The method allows you to spend your DKP in such a way that you can get the stronger pieces you want first while allowing you to get mediocre upgrade pieces slightly cheaper. It only works for certain classes and certain systems. My guild uses a 2 round blind zero-sum system.

I intentionally wrote off the Gloves of Absolution when we first started progressing into Hyjal. At the time, I was sporting the 2 piece tier 5 bonus which states:

If your Greater Heal brings the target to full health, you gain 100 mana.

That bonus is one of the top bonuses in the game for any raiding Priest. If you’re a raid leader and you need to decide which token goes to which player, make sure your Holy Priests at least get the 2 piece bonus.

In any case, I’ve passed on the gloves continually up to this point. They’ve gone for 50 when they first dropped. Now the price has decreased by 50% to about 25 which appears to be the going rate. By allowing the other classes in my tier set to spend their DKP on the earlier weaker tokens, this puts me in a position of strength to pick up another token later. Several weeks after we first downed Azgalor, we killed Archimonde and I snapped up the Helm. The weeks following, I was able to pick up the Shoulders and then the Pants after.

DKP doesn’t determine who gets what loot. It determines who gets what loot first. So by intentionally passing on the first token, I can pick up a higher tier token without having to spend as much because I know that my competition has reduced slightly. Furthermore, I get access to cheaper gloves because the classes that I do compete with already have them.

On the other hand, if no one goes for the gloves first, you can always lowball it with a minimum bid. If everyone else is conserving, that means you can acquire it for cheap first!

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