
Welcome back to RAIDING!, where I’m going to talk about how to get started, improve, and master heroics and raiding in general. Prior, I talked about the very basics of what heroics/raids are. Today, we’re to talk about one of the most important factors of doing this end-game content: gear!
(NOTE: these posts typically have links in them that go to other websites that delve into deeper detail than I will, in case you’re curious to learn about the nitty-gritty.) Read the rest of this entry »

Something else that was discussed at the World Wide Invitational 2008: Gear Resets. To everyone in the best-possible gear in the game, they are two terrible, awful words. When TBC came out, the gear reset was quite huge. The greens that you picked up when you first went through the portal were much better than any gear obtained in Azeroth. Read the rest of this entry »
So, you’ve just hit 70. After long-last, you’ve maxed out your level. You’re just chomping at the bit to get into heroics, and start your progressing all the way to Sunwell Plateau. The only thing stopping you (besides rep in many cases)? Gear, that’s what! You’ll quickly learn that you can’t just jump into Zul’Aman with any ordinary gear you’ve snagged from quests. How do you get help with it? Well, the Armory is always a good place to start, as it can certainly offer upgrade choices, but how do you know you’ll be ready for Karazhan/Gruul’s Lair/Serpentshrine Cavern/Tempest Keep etc? Enter: Be Imba! Read the rest of this entry »