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"Here's a little change I missed in the midlevel updates notes: Epic gear will now drop for lowbies.  Example number one is the Deadman's Hand, which will drop from Arcanist Doan in SM, and has a proc that \"freezes\" attackers for a full three seconds.  Hawt!  Eyonix, who's poking around the forums today after a long absence, confirms that the proc will scale with level, which means it'll be basically useless by 70.But still-- Epic gear for lowbies!  What is the world coming to?  A quick search on Wowhead doesn't bring anything else new yet that I can see (lots of Epic turn-ins and the old World Drops that we already know about), but this can't be the only Epic they're adding to the lowbie dungeons-- I'm sure we'll see lots more pop up as more people test the PTR and the patch eventually goes live.Yes, giving Epics to folks who haven't hit even 50 yet might seem a little strange-- just how epic can a piece of equipment be if a knockover like Arcanist Doan can hang on to it?  But it's more than worth it, as even lowbies running instances should have a chance to know what it feels like to loot a boss-- and find some of those tasty Professor Plums."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/epic-gear-coming-to-scarlet-monastery-and-elsewhere/>