Week 1: I ran a lot of heroics and I finished up the quest line in Dread waste to fill gaps in my gear.
Week 2: I was a little short on unlocking raid finder (ilvl 460), so I looked what I could buy with my valor point. This is when I realised that I had to gain rep with the various faction to unlock the valor point gear. I've done em all with my DK alliance side but now I had to do them again. Hopefully since patch 5.1 you could get recommendation and get rep at twice the rate. I unlocked the justice point trinket from Operation Dominance and I bought some cheap epics pants from the AH. After this I barely reached the minimum ilvl to enter raid finder. I was fortunate enough to get invited by the guild to a normal MSV run were we managed to down five bosses and I got a couple of drops. I also got a pattern. At first I was puzzled, what were some of the mats needed? Turned out you have to DE epic, so it might have to wait before I craft some. Instead I polished up my leatherworking skills and crafted myself a chest piece. It pushed me over the 470 ilvl threshold and I unlocked the other tier of raid finder.
Week 3: I continued doing the raid finder and I got another invite from the guild where we did the first five bosses in MSV.
Week 4: I got lucky with the Sha of anger and I got the first tier set bonus. I also reached 480 ilvl. My dps have start to pick up and I fully cleared MSV on normal. While my dps are still on the low side, about 60 k overall, I was finally able to carry my load. I had fun raiding normal mode and it has shed a new light on the encounters in Raid finder.
One piece of gear I'd like to get my hands on before the new raids open is a Sha touched weapon, wich could be a big boost to my dps since I'm still sporting an heroic bow. Plus I'd like to finish the legendary quest to get my gem, I still have a couple of sigil of power to get. Valor point piece will also cost less so I'm looking for some bargains when patch day drop. If you got extra valor to spend before patch day, you could also upgrade your weapon or trinket. Those upgrades won't be available when 5.2 launch.
Have fun with the new contents!
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is a good read. I especially liked the BWL solo post you made, i quite like solong the old content too. You are a lucky !£$% for getting ashes of alar to drop on your TK run, very jealous. I was just wondering what population your realm is in respect to this recent blog post. My realm has unfortunately degraded into a ghost town even with the cross realm feature and am trying to make the decision to realm transfer but not sure if i should move my 90 main to a Normal population or High population. What are your thoughts?
Steve
Thank you for your comments and I'm glad you like my blog! My toons are on Normal population server. My hunter recently transfered to another server to join some people I knew outside WoW. Before I transfered, I scouted the server by creating a new toon. I browsed the Auction house, I've hanged out in capital city to look at trade chat and I joined one prospective guild to see if it could be a match. You can also visit the server forum on the WoW website, it could give a feel for the state of recruitment and the general satisfaction of the community. Good luck!
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