Gnomish Death RayFollow

I'm thinking of going engineering. Question is for me is I really want this GDR. Can a human mage make it once he has the level needed in enginneering?

I just checked my ray and it doesn't take engineering to use but it's soulbound the moment you make it. So you'd have to get 240 in engineering and have picked gnomish engineer at one point in time.

BoP item Must have 240 engineering to do it. That is the main question when choosing Gnomish versus Goblin for most people. Do I want the Death Ray or Dragon Gun. Both are exclusive to each other via the requirement for Self Made device by the appropriate engineer.

http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=10645

http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?witem=10727

If it was BoE... everyone would have one. And I would be rich...

Edited, Wed Aug 24 10:55:08 2005 by Kraenky

IT binds as soon as you make it. ONLY the person who made it can use it. And by definition, if you can make it, you are of the right type of engineering (Gnomish) and you have an adequate level to use it. ONLY Gnomish engineers of at least skill level 240 can EVER use this device.

There are other devices that can be made and sold/given which ALSO require engineering skill. This is one of the poor things about engineering. It is essentially a self only profession. It is costly and you have little way to recoup your costs. But there is nothing like chasing that Shaman with the flag, you already have burned Sprint, and hitting the 'Net-O-Matic' and rooting him in place long enough to catch up and take him down.

Or being rooted yourself against a spamming druid, pulling out the Death Ray and taking him down.

Or being ganked by a higher level horde and using the mind control cap and sending him into his own guards.

Or dropping a grenade in the middle of a bunch of people who have ganged up on an ally. Stuns them for 3 secs, does 300 or so damage to them all, and allows your guy a chance to get out of Dodge.

Or using the Goblin Rocket helm on one higher level 'Guard' as he helps out a buddy your level. Then proceeding to kill the buddy right in front of him while he is helpless. Vanish... and you are gone.

Engineering is great in so many ways... But it is almost always self only. Alot of the things can be made by other engineers for you. And you can use alot of the things from the 'Other' engineering school. ie Goblin Rocket Boots and Goblin Rocket Helm. But you DO have to have an adequate level in Engineering to use them.

There are a couple things you can use that you don't need engineering. EZ throw dynamite can be used by anyone. EZ throw II has a level requirement, 30 I think. But NOT engineering requirement. You can also use the SpyGlass or whatever it is called.

Well, now that you mention it, I hadn't thought about whether it would work if you dropped Engineering after making it. It doesn't actually have an engineering level, so my previous statement was in error in that 'perhaps' there is no engineering requirement in order to use it after you have made it.

The requirement stems in being able to make it in the first place. In order to make it you have to be Gnomish and 240 skill. Perhaps this is truly one of the things that could be made and still used after dropping engineering. I have never actually heard of anyone dropping engineering and still having and using the Death Ray, but that doesn't mean there are none.

So, in reference to my earlier post. You still have to make it yourself, be Gnomish, and at at least skill level 240. My error might have been in the statement requiring skill 240 to continue using it. If anyone has first hand knowledge of this, it would be appreciated. Most of the other upper level engineering devices require a level, but there is no level requirement on this one.

Edited, Wed Aug 24 13:19:33 2005 by Kraenky

That's odd, I swear one of the guildmates had a Death Ray and it said "Bind on Equip." He'd dropped Engineering but still used his Death Ray... said it was really fun to use and even funner to see an ally use it and then have it backfire and crit them for 4000 :D

Being a healer of some type is beneficial to the use of the GDR, Power Word Shield works great for Priests, and Rejuvination also works for Druids, Not sure if Mages mana shield absorbs DMG from GDR. Other Classes with a larger HP pool can deal with the DMG and hit a health pot or Band-Aid.