Though my various adventures I've plumbed most of the regular adventure locales in Azeroth and outland and am moderately well equipped. There are one or two items I'd still like to get from these instances, but the most likely route of gaining improved equipmwent is through 10-man raids (presently Karazhan, but also the forthcoming Zul Aman), PvP (arenas and battlegrounds) and the "heroic" versions of outland dungerons.
PvP is the easiest to work on solo as honor and tokens can be aquired in teh battlegrounds relatively easily. The range of rewards is rather limited, however, and efforts to foster arena pvp (which uses a different system and has much better rewards) has proved troublesome. As a consequence, I'm mainly relying on 10-mans (where there's competition for gear and the range of upgrades is presently limited by the encounters we can deal with) and the heroic instances, where the defeat of bosses provides "badges of heroism" that can be exchanged (in quantities from 10 to 75) for various bits of kit.
I've actually only done a couple of heroic runs - and only one to completion - and they can be quite hard work. I'm glad to hear, therefore, that as of the next major upgrade the boses in Karazhan will also award Badges of Heroism, which should allow me to accumulate enough for decent items. There's other loot (and quests) in various heroics I'd like to aquire and/or complete though so I'm hoping the number of visits to such "fun" locales increases (though hopefully without too many wipes and repair bills ...)
PvP is the easiest to work on solo as honor and tokens can be aquired in teh battlegrounds relatively easily. The range of rewards is rather limited, however, and efforts to foster arena pvp (which uses a different system and has much better rewards) has proved troublesome. As a consequence, I'm mainly relying on 10-mans (where there's competition for gear and the range of upgrades is presently limited by the encounters we can deal with) and the heroic instances, where the defeat of bosses provides "badges of heroism" that can be exchanged (in quantities from 10 to 75) for various bits of kit.
I've actually only done a couple of heroic runs - and only one to completion - and they can be quite hard work. I'm glad to hear, therefore, that as of the next major upgrade the boses in Karazhan will also award Badges of Heroism, which should allow me to accumulate enough for decent items. There's other loot (and quests) in various heroics I'd like to aquire and/or complete though so I'm hoping the number of visits to such "fun" locales increases (though hopefully without too many wipes and repair bills ...)
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