Week 10 brought the final pieces to the gearing puzzle of the season. Valor and Conquest no longer has a cap, so one is free to spam dungeons to top off the gear one has. The second thing is that the catalyst now has reached 4 charges (if you did it every week since it was released). So one can simply complete whatever gearing plans one has, and either do alts or be set for next season. The valor uncapping has been a thing since it was introduced in Shadowlands at some point every season (some months in for 3, the last season had uncapped from start). So I have my opinions on it, and have planned around it, yet never really followed through for various reasons.
This season was already more about projects than goals, and mopping up the gearing will be the same.
What to do with the mainline characters (Dominator, Wutteät and Esmënet)
Dominator is very close to being geared, but could need another 138 rating (to reach 2400) and 18 concentrated thingies to upgrade the belt and the neck. Getting that should also provide the valor to upgrade the 411 things I have to 415. In BFA season 4 I topped off my main, this has not happened since. So this is what I will do now.
Wutteät has taken it's time to get anywhere much. Being overgeared for the score. The natural finale is 2000 score, and need a boatload of valor to upgrade all the gear to 411. And an even larger boatload of thingies for the crafted gear. Finishing that is the goal. Going for 2400 score in pugs, and getting something like 60 condensed thingies seems a bit to much.
Esmënet missed 4 Conquest pieces (ring, neck, trinket and legs), and sockets at the start of the week. And proper enchanting. Which is not a big task. Well, if I don't do m+ or raid, and can just pick sockets every week. The question for this character is where does it go? Is it done when gear is done? Is it done when I have the ranked pvp mount? Is it done when I have Bloodthirsty? Is it done with KSH and Curve? Finishing the pvp gear should be the "end" of gearing, perhaps at the back half of the season when everyone I know is no longer playing I will look for a guild and work on all the usual pve things. Or maybe not. At the end of the week, only trinket and sockets remained. And a non-tier chest to have the full transmog. So very close to done.
What to do with alts
I would normally dump all their valor into materials for crafting. And leech Esmënet for conquest chests. But I have seen neither of those "dumps" so far which is a bit puzzling. But if those things are introduced, or I find them hidden somewhere, that is what it will be spent on.
I have considered swapping out one of the Three for something that has a better time getting into raids which will not create situations where I become a backup tank. If the Three are all done, and I go for the raid guild attempt again, I should consider gearing ONE. ONE, not three. ONE, not five.
How to farm the valor
Currently I am not doing anything different than I would normally do, I just get more valor. However, if I were to speedfarm in the current climate, I would just do +11/12 or +16/+17 SBGs for the crafting material and valor combined. Doing +2s for valor will net you no vault of value (unless you only want sockets) nor crafting materials.
How to farm the conquest
Solo Shuffle seems to start out with 200 conquest for the first win of the day. Then 150, and at some point it drops off. Farming that for wins for the rated mount, or mixing with epic bgs for Bloodthirsty progress both works. It is also less volatile than valor, since you don't get the actual item with valor - only the ability to upgrade stuff you have. Actually winning shuffles on a fresh 70 might need a long losing streak first, though...
Character Summaries
Dominator [Social Dungeon Tank Progress Character]
Human Paladin [Level 70]
Weekly activities:
1 m+ dungeon (1x +17)
World Boss/World Quests/Profession Quests/Accord
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Protection
Talents: BIEAwtJ2KpR8WbGzhz/jy2AP8USaikiodAtIJlWTSiERiEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0EJJpJQSUSRkElDoEA
Professions: Enchanting 64/100 [-] (Enchantment: 100 - Insight of the Blue: 45) - Alchemy 100/100 (Phial Mastery: 55 - Potion Mastery: 55) - Cooking 80/100 [-] - Fishing 100/100.
iLevel/PvP iLevel: 410 [+1] (4 set) / 405 [-]
m+ Score: 2271 [+10]
Valor spent/earned: 7425/7700 [+200]
Conquest spent/earned: 0/1320 [-]
Solo shuffle rating: -
Raid progress: -
Wutteät [Personal Dungeon Tank Progress Character]
Night Elf Demon Hunter [Level 70]
Weekly activities:
9 m+ dungeons (1x +13, 4x +12s, 4x +11s)
World Boss/Profession Quests
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Vengeance
Talents: BUkACnvaHJn8GSPD6tpaeczPTBAgIIJRSAEJCQDQ0iEJJJJJJtkISSSokkEAAAAA
Professions: Skinning 100/100 (Tanning: 40 - Harvesting: 40 - Bait Crafter: 10) - Leatherworking 77/100 [-] (Leatherworking Discipline: 45 - Leather Armor Crafting: 50 - Primordial Leatherworking: 30) - Fishing 51/100 [-] - Cooking 51/100 [-]
iLevel/PvP iLevel: 401 [+3] (4 set) / 411 [-]
m+ Score: 1824 [+146]
Valor spent/earned: 8800/9300 [+1800]
Conquest spent/earned: 590/1545 [-]
Solo shuffle rating: 192 [-] (Vengeance)
Raid Progress: 1/8 LFR (as Havoc) [-]
Esmënet [Dungeon/PVP DPS Progress Character]
Dark Iron Dwarf Hunter [Level 70]
Weekly activitites:
1 m+ Dungeon (1x +10)
Accord/World Boss/World Quests/Profession Quests
Solo Shuffles (8x fully completed ones)
Timewalking [TBC] Dungeons (x5)
Character Stats
Guild: House of Small Gods
Main spec: Beast Mastery
Talents: B0PAIlFMjeNhnEouGfV8Ij2uS5ACaJAIEAAAAAAAAAAAaEpIhWEJSiE5AhWCRIJEJJhGJRA
Professions: Herbalism 100/100 (Bountiful Harvests: 40 - Botany: 75 - Mastering the Elements: 40) - Mining 100/100 (Mining Process: 55 - Metallurgy: 40 - Mastering the Elements: 50) - Fishing 23/100 [-] - Cooking 35/100 [-]
iLevel/PVP iLevel: 390 [-] / 423 [+3] (4 set)
m+ Score: 1503 [+19]
Valor spent/earned: 2300/6900 [+200]
Conquest spent/earned: 5640/5750 [+1235]
Solo Shuffle rating: 1028 [-120]
Raid Progress: 8/8 LFR Vault of the Incarnates.
Rank Log
Esmënet: 101 [-5] (Did 1 dungeon, for no real score gain, so not so strange)
Wutteät: 17 [+4] (Did 9 dungeons for some score gain, but score change was not that different from last week.)
Dominator: 12 [-2] (Had not done any dungeons at the point I check, kinda surprised I had not dropped further. Really not an active week for tanks, this.)
Alt Log
Serwaswathan, Draenei Mage (Level 70 Unknown, Crafter [Blacksmith/Jewelcrafting], iLevel 379)
Adagabo, Night Elf Druid (Level 70 Week 8, Gatherer [Herbalism], iLevel 371)
Iwaz, Draenei Warrior (Level 70 Week 10, Gatherer [Mining], iLevel 360)
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