atharris said:
Just hit lvl70 four days ago.. And let me tell you am I depressed. I thought to myself.. "70.. at last.. Now I can have fun".
That's until I found out that average gear for 69 equals terrible gear for 70 and that I can look forward to months and months of rep. and honor grinding just to get semi decent gear.. just so I can get into raids.. to get more gear.. (T_T)? :rip1:
Anyway..
Ancelin NE Rogue on Khaz'Gorath
Follow Ike's advice and spend aaaaaaaall day doing heroics, and go to Kara (I dunno if the servers over there have gold PUGs where you can buy epics for small amounts of money. If they do, go at all costs and gobble up everything. Fucking everything.).
The badge pants (Scryer's Retainer's blah) are on par with the tier 6 pants. Get them ASAP. They will rock your socks off and last you well into t6 content. Angelista's Revenge and Master Assassin's Wristwraps are also two relatively cheap and very very decent upgrades. Next ones that come to mind are the Bloodlust Brooch, Belt of the Silent Path, Choker of Vile Intent (very cheap and very good, but Shattered Sun Pendant is better if you have the rep for it). The boots are also great. If you're short on badges but high on money, make or have someone make for you:
Carapace of Sun and Shadow (unrealistic) BoE pattern that makes a BoP chestpiece which will blow everything you have ever seen out of the fucking water. Requires maxed leatherworking to make.
Gloves of Immortal Night (also unrealistic) BoP pattern that makes a BoE set of gloves which will also blow everything you have ever seen out of the fucking water. Srsly.
Swiftstrike Shoulderpads (expensive) A very good set of shoulders, especially if you're upgrading from greens/blues. Requires maxed LW to make.
Swiftstrike Wristguards (also expensive) Same as above. BoE.
Belt of Deep Shadow (affordable) A very decent belt, though the badge belt is better, I think. Still, pick it up if you need the badges for something else. BoE.
Boots of Utter Darkness (also affordable) BoP set of boots that are pretty decent. Of course, the badge boots are better by a wide margin. Pick this up last.
If you're confident in your skill (i.e. not getting fucking killed trying to sap things) take
this build (combat fists/swords) and buy the badge fist MH (keep the merc. glad's OH blade). Better sustained DPS by far.
DO YOUR DAILIES. ALL 25 OF THEM. I cannot stress this enough. Use your money to buy phat lewts, including but not limited to decent gems (I'd say blue gems for everything, epic gems for t5 loot and above, but it's up to you to decide when to go for epics), decent enchants (enchant for DPS, not survivability. Ideally, you should never be tanking) and a fast mount. Check
this page for tips on what gems, enchants etc to select, as well as general tips on Rogue raiding and PvE in general.
The
Shard of Contempt from Heroic Magister's Terrace will actually last you FAR into Sunwell Plateau. Pick it up even if you have to knife the prot warrior and the resto shaman to get it. I'm only half joking.
That's all I can think of for the moment.
edit: If you're going PvP, I can't help you since I have no experience in that field. But I hear it's hella fun.
edit 2: Picked up the Council's mail helm and Illidan's ring, woot! But no Sargeras, no DST and still no Berserker's Call. /sob