Tier 9 to come in three quality levels
| 10-man | ilvl | 25-man |
| Naxx | 200 | |
| KT, EoE | 213 | Naxx |
| Ulduar | 219 | |
| Ulduar hard | 226 | Ulduar, KT/EoE |
| CC |
232 | Ulduar weapons |
| 239 | Ulduar hard | |
| CC hard | 245 | CC |
| 258 | CC hard |
Well, that answers that question. According to what MMO-Champion has found in the PTR item database, Tier 9 gear from patch 3.2’s Crusader’s Coliseum raid comes in three different versions for each set (T7 and T8 come in two, from 10- and 25-man). There’s one version at ilvl 232, one at 245, and one at 258. This leads to the following loot distribution, I’d guess:
- 10-man normal (232) < 10-man hard (245) = 25-man normal (245) < 25-man hard (258)
Others (such as 10n < 25n < 10h = 25h) are logically possible, but to me, that’s the most likely distribution that leads to three different ilvls. It’s also the way Ulduar is done with normal and hard modes, apart from some differences in weapon ilvl.
Crusader’s Coliseum on heroic is a bit different than Ulduar hard modes, though. It seems that when you do a heroic CC raid, you start out with a certain number of attempts (wipes), and the more attempts you have remaining upon defeating the final boss, the better loot you get. So will ilvl 258 gear be contingent upon beating CC-heroic in (say) fewer than half your attempts? I guess we’ll have to wait and find out.
Of course, the really important question is: what the heck will we call the 3 different sets? T9.0, T9.33, T9.66?
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