Stats Stats and more Stats

The site MMO Champion is great filled with all kinds of content.  i wanted to highlight some work they did in data mining - they gathered the armory data on level 85 characters and list the most popular item transmogs, pets, mounts.

(Note you may need to scroll down some to find the part I'm mentioning)

Most popular mounts owned - Here

Most popular weapon transmog - Here
     (62% of the top 5 items are from Burning Crusade.)
Most popular class Trandmogs 3 - Here
     (Druid, Rogue, Cloaks)

Hit Rating

"I mostly just hurt people!" - Johner

That's what Warcraft gameplay is all about really.  Find what your looking for, hit it till it stops moving, take whatever it had you want and move on.  But you need to do something to make that happen.  You have to hit your target.

So lets look into the numbers a bit to get you the money shot.

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General
DPS Melee Yellow Hit Cap: 5%. The min needed for special moves (shown in yellow combat text) to not miss.
DPS Melee 2-H or 1-H Hit Cap at level 85: 8% requires 961 Hit rating / 841 for Draenei,
DPS Melee 2-Weapon Hit Cap: Each Spec that can DW has a talent that alters the amount needed.
DPS Melee Expertise Cap: 5% preventing dodges when behind the target.
Tank Expertise Cap: at level 85 is 26 Expertise – requires 781 Expertise rating. That would push dodge/parry completely off the table.

Spell Hit Cap: 17% will make you able to hit a level 88 boss with 0% misses.

Ranged Hit (Hunters): 961 hit rating (or 841 if you are Draenei)

Tanks: Your goal is to reach 102.4% avoidance (from dodge, block, parry) to push normal hits entirely off the roll when you are hit. This is not possible with current gear.

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Ive tried to gather the best info I can find on stats and whats cool. Ill add specific notes as I go along. if you want to know more for your spec/class let me know and Ill do it sooner.

Some things can be hard to figure out.  Like where Stormwind went to.