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Bobby Frankenberger

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The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You get a 571. You don't care. Secondary stats maybe aren't best, but it's got lots of good strength and stamina on it. So you're going to just take it and you're going to upgrade it to item level 593. That means you upgraded it from adventurer level one all the way up to adventurer level eight. All right. And so you can't upgrade that anymore because it's now adventurer eight out of eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You get a 571. You don't care. Secondary stats maybe aren't best, but it's got lots of good strength and stamina on it. So you're going to just take it and you're going to upgrade it to item level 593. That means you upgraded it from adventurer level one all the way up to adventurer level eight. All right. And so you can't upgrade that anymore because it's now adventurer eight out of eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

Yes, you've done it. You have this item level 593 piece of gear. Cool. Then let's say you're running Heroics again and another helmet drops. And it's item level, you know, it drops at item level 571 also. But oh my god, this helmet that just dropped has the perfect secondary stats. It's got haste and mastery and that's what you want. This other one that you had had versatility and crit.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

Yes, you've done it. You have this item level 593 piece of gear. Cool. Then let's say you're running Heroics again and another helmet drops. And it's item level, you know, it drops at item level 571 also. But oh my god, this helmet that just dropped has the perfect secondary stats. It's got haste and mastery and that's what you want. This other one that you had had versatility and crit.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You don't really care about versatility and crit. This one has haste and mastery. That's exactly what you need. And but unfortunately, it dropped item level 571 again. It's adventure one out of eight. Again, you spent all these crests to upgrade your helmet all the way to adventure eight out of eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You don't really care about versatility and crit. This one has haste and mastery. That's exactly what you need. And but unfortunately, it dropped item level 571 again. It's adventure one out of eight. Again, you spent all these crests to upgrade your helmet all the way to adventure eight out of eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

And it's now it's not got the I wish I had waited for this helmet to drop so that I could upgrade this new helmet. Oh, so annoying. Fear not, my friend, because guess what? Those crests that you spent to get that Adventure 1 item all the way up to Adventure 8, you now don't have to spend those crests again.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

And it's now it's not got the I wish I had waited for this helmet to drop so that I could upgrade this new helmet. Oh, so annoying. Fear not, my friend, because guess what? Those crests that you spent to get that Adventure 1 item all the way up to Adventure 8, you now don't have to spend those crests again.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

If you were to go to the vendor, the upgrade guy, Kazalth, and you were to open up his window and you were to drop the new helmet in, the new 571 helmet that you didn't upgrade... you would go to the dropdown and say, I want to upgrade it all the way to eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

If you were to go to the vendor, the upgrade guy, Kazalth, and you were to open up his window and you were to drop the new helmet in, the new 571 helmet that you didn't upgrade... you would go to the dropdown and say, I want to upgrade it all the way to eight.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You would see that he now does not require you to use harbinger crests to get that gear up to item level adventurer, eight out of eight item level, five 93 amazing because you've already upgraded. You can think of it like the crests that you spent before have already upgraded your helmet gear slot to to item level 593.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You would see that he now does not require you to use harbinger crests to get that gear up to item level adventurer, eight out of eight item level, five 93 amazing because you've already upgraded. You can think of it like the crests that you spent before have already upgraded your helmet gear slot to to item level 593.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You now have permission to have item level 593 Adventure 8 out of 8 gear in your helmet slot. That's what you already paid for. Now, you will have to spend Valor Stones. to do it, but a couple of reasons why that's okay. First of all, Valor Stones don't have a weekly cap. They have a cap of how many you can carry, and so yes, you'll have to go back out and earn those.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

You now have permission to have item level 593 Adventure 8 out of 8 gear in your helmet slot. That's what you already paid for. Now, you will have to spend Valor Stones. to do it, but a couple of reasons why that's okay. First of all, Valor Stones don't have a weekly cap. They have a cap of how many you can carry, and so yes, you'll have to go back out and earn those.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

And that's a little difficult. That's a little challenging. A lot of people are limited by the Valor Stones. You'll have to maybe chain run some Heroics or Mythics or whatever it is that you're running. Do some daily quests. You'll have to earn the Valor Stones again. That's that. You just have to do that.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

And that's a little difficult. That's a little challenging. A lot of people are limited by the Valor Stones. You'll have to maybe chain run some Heroics or Mythics or whatever it is that you're running. Do some daily quests. You'll have to earn the Valor Stones again. That's that. You just have to do that.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

But because you've already equipped an Adventure 8 out of 8 gear, you already have that helmet that you've upgraded before. It wasn't the best helmet, but you did upgrade it before. Not only do you not have to spend the crests anymore, like I already explained, but you get a 60% discount on how much Valor Stones it costs. So maybe if it had originally cost... I'm just making these numbers up.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

But because you've already equipped an Adventure 8 out of 8 gear, you already have that helmet that you've upgraded before. It wasn't the best helmet, but you did upgrade it before. Not only do you not have to spend the crests anymore, like I already explained, but you get a 60% discount on how much Valor Stones it costs. So maybe if it had originally cost... I'm just making these numbers up.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

But if it had originally cost a thousand Valor stones altogether to get from one to eight, now it will only take 400 Valor stones. So it's a lot easier. It's cheaper the second time around, the second go around. So there you go. That's why you should never wait to upgrade your items at the upgrade vendor. Because the crests you only ever have to spend once on that gear slot.

The Instance: World of Warcraft Podcast
The War Within: Spend Those Valorstones!

But if it had originally cost a thousand Valor stones altogether to get from one to eight, now it will only take 400 Valor stones. So it's a lot easier. It's cheaper the second time around, the second go around. So there you go. That's why you should never wait to upgrade your items at the upgrade vendor. Because the crests you only ever have to spend once on that gear slot.