By introducing the new Invoker's Mantle shoulders, Blizzard is fixing a hole in Alliance gearing. In the cloth shoulder slot, Horde has the opportunity to get
风霜栗壳衬肩 from the
quest, while Alliance players had to use gearing options with much lower power levels.
The Invoker's Cord will help both factions by adding a proper spell power option where before, most casters opted to use the
阿鲁高的腰带 because it has more Intellect than
加摩拉的腰链, which was mostly used as a PVP off-spec alternative. This meant that your best-in-slot belt had a relatively low item level, which felt odd compared to other high-level best-in-slot cloth items.
It is very nice to see Blizzard developers understanding gearing issues within this new version of Classic and actually going in and fixing them!