Name: Anetheron's Noose (Wowhead, Thottbot, Curse)
Type: Epic Cloth Belt
Armor: 133 Armor
Abilities:
- Yellow and blue gem sockets (Socket bonus: +4 spell damage)
- Improves spell critical strike rating by 24, increases damage and healing done by spells and magical effects up to 55
- So the biggest thing about this belt isn't necessarily what it does have (it does have the highest +spell damage you can find on a cloth belt), but what it doesn't have-- spell hit rating. Unlike other high level epic caster belts, this belt trades off spell hit rating for a little extra spell damage. And so if you've already capped off spell hit rating, then this belt is your best bet.
- Shadow priests are lucky in this regard-- they get a talent that makes their spells much easier to hit, so they don't need as much spell hit rating. For an endgame shadow priest, your other gear will likely already cap your hit rating, so this is definitely the best belt for you.
So odds are the people doing the hangings here are you players. Sure, kill the dreadlord, string up his body, and take the noose from his broken neck to wear around your waist. That's real classy.
Getting Rid of It: As requested, I will not say something like "are you crazy?" or "why would you want to do that?" Instead, I will assume that you are reading this a few years from now, Wrath is out and we are all level 80, and you found this in your bank and Googled it to find out why you still had it. In that case, a vendor will give you 2g 71s and 88c for it, or it will disenchant into a Void Crystal.
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1-25-2008 @ 8:37PM
niko said...
I figure you're just killin him again JUST TO BE SURE. And besides, why wouldn't ya, if you could get such a sweet piece of lewt?
/strings up every mob after killin it, hoping for a similar result ;)
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1-26-2008 @ 1:52AM
ErsatzPotato said...
Probably have plenty of +hit gear by the time you can get this, for any class. There's also the option of Belt of Blasting if you're not.
Really struggling myself with +hit vs haste vs...drowning in permutations with all the Kara/crafted/Gruul/ZA/badge/card gear right now. Bags full of purples and can't quite work the numbers. Nothing I have is a clear upgrade for any single slot swap and won't be any time soon (unless we start nailing the third ZA chest). Not a bad problem to have, mind ya, but frustrating nonetheless.
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1-26-2008 @ 3:36AM
Bastinator said...
The name sounds more like a metaphor.
Bad people get hanged. Anetheron is a bad person.
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1-26-2008 @ 6:56AM
Simon said...
Shame it never drops /cry
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1-26-2008 @ 10:27AM
Arabelli said...
Heretics often are shown with a noose around their necks as an allegory for their 'treason' against the faith. I've seen people draw Shadow Priests like that as well, with a noose (the end cut and hanging down the front with the knot right about at the sternum) hanging around the neck.
Which is why I was surprised to see it was a belt, to be honest. I figured it would be a necklace.
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1-26-2008 @ 10:30AM
Arabelli said...
Heretics often are shown with a noose around their necks as an allegory for their 'treason' against the faith. I've seen people draw Shadow Priests like that as well, with a noose (the end cut and hanging down the front with the knot right about at the sternum) hanging around the neck.
Which is why I was surprised to see it was a belt, to be honest. I figured it would be a necklace.
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