From Blizzard:
Armor downgrading in Cataclysm
You will get a stat bonus of some kind if you wear "your" armor. You can still wear cloth, mail or leather of a lower armor type if it's a big upgrade, especially if it would get sharded anyway. But the days of Holy paladins in cloth or warrior wearing leather are probably behind us.
Interesting. If this is implemented in WOTLK pre-Cataclysm patch we may be seeing changes in the best gear before Cataclysm ships. One reason to grab those plate pieces and bank them for now.
I've read about that. I'm not too sure if I'm happy about it though. I kinda like sharing some items with Resto Shamans. It all depends on the itemization in Cataclysm I think.
ReplyDeleteHmm, indeed. I am not too fond of the leather/cloth gear, but the Mail gear is better than some Plate gear. On the other hand I get it, cause Mail wearers don't really like Plate wearers to roll on their gear.
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