Insider Trader: Engineering your Cataclysm

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While a lot of news has already been circulating about crafting in Cataclysm, there wasn't much information out there for engineers. Boubouille updated MMO-Champion today about that situation, saying the lack of data is probably because the items aren't flagged as being for engineering. However, the master of data mining was able to pull together some basic information about engineering in Cataclysm, giving us a tantalizing hint of what the future's going to be like for the mad machinists.

Of course, the staple engineering item ever since the Burning Crusade have been helmets and goggles. The quality of these items were so exceptional that you could see enterprising engineers wearing them deep into each expansion. The goggles possess fantastic stats customized to the engineer's specific raid role and they're darn styling, too. What's not to love?

• Reinforced Bio-Optic Killshades Plate gear for melee.DPS
• Specialized Bio-Optic Killshades Plate gear for holy pallies
• Deadly Bio-Optic Killshades Mail goggles for physical DPS
• Energized Bio-Optic Killshades Spell mail for shamans
• Agile Bio-Optic Killshades Leather physical DPS
• Camoflauge Bio-Optic Killshades Leather for spell users
• Lightweight Bio-Optic Killshades Cloth spell gear

Now, granted, there's not a lot of differentiation between "healer" and "damage dealer" for spell users. However, if Blizzard created a different item for every particular spec, the whole situation could get far too unwieldy. And since the killshades will probably be first-tier gear, then it's good enough for those first couple of raids. Of course, we're still in Cataclysm's beta, so anything could change.Continue reading Insider Trader: Engineering your Cataclysm

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