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Heroic Reference Guide for Epics

Arkhain
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FAST
3 badges: Violet Hold. Bolstered Legplates, Azure Cloth Bindings, Staff of Trickery, Handgrips of the Savage Emissary.
3 badges: Azjol-Nerub. Sash of the Servant, Flamebeard's Bracers, Ancient Aligned Girdle, Rod of the Fallen Monarch.
3 badges: Utgarde Keep. Sharp-Barbed Leather Belt, Staggering Legplates, Annhylde's Ring, Drake-Mounted Crossbow.
4(5) badges: Culling of Stratholme. Plague-Infected Bracers, Legguards of Nature's Power, Band of Guile, Greed, Royal Crest of Lordaeron. With timer, Reins of the Bronze Drake.

MEDIUM
4 badges: Drak'Tharon Keep. Overlook Handguards, Leggings of the Wind Serpent, Limb Regeneration Bracers, Keystone Great-Ring.
4 badges: Utgarde Pinnacle. Girdle of Bane, Gilt-Edged Leather Gauntlets, Sovereign's Belt, Red Sword of Courage.
5 badges: The Nexus. Gloves of Glistening Runes, Interwoven Scale Bracers, Flame-Bathed Steel Girdle, War Mace of Unrequited Love.
5 badges: Gundrak. Sash of Blood Removal, Gored Hide Leggings, Horn-Tipped Gauntlets, Hemorrhaging Circle.

LONG
4 badges: The Oculus. Cuffs of Winged Levitation, Gauntlets of Dragon Wrath, Leggings of Protective Auras, Staff of Draconic Combat.
4 badges: Halls of Stone. Leggings of the Stone Halls, Bands of the Stoneforge, Sjonnir's Girdle, The Fleshshaper.
5 badges: Ahn'Kahet, the Old Kingdom. Skirt of the Old Kingdom, Fiery Obelisk Handguards, Bracers of the Herald, Wand of Ahnkahet.
5 badges: Halls of Lightning. Woven Bracae Leggings, Advanced Tooled-Leather Bands, Mail Girdle of the Audient Earth, Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver.

REPUTATIONS
Argent Crusade: Boots of the Neverending Path, Polished Regimental Hauberk, Helm of Polished Thoughts, Signet of Hopeful Light.
Kirin Tor: Robes of Crackling Flame, Ghostflicker Waistband, Boots of Twinkling Stars, Fireproven Gauntlets.
Knights of the Ebon Blade: Belt of Dark Mending, Darkheart Chestguard, Kilt of Dark Mercy, Death-Inured Sabatons.
The Wyrmrest Accord: Sandals of Crimson Fury, Dragonfriend Bracers, Grips of Fierce Pronouncements, Legplates of Bloody Reprisal, Reins of the Red Drake.

There's definitely some wiggle room in how long or short these are; those labels are mostly from personal experience and number of trash pulls from memory. Experience, shortcuts, gear and the like can cut down on time categories. This is just a handy thing to look at when you're trying to decide where to go.
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  Arkhain edited this message on Sunday January 18, 2009 at 17:36  
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Thanks Ark
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Tribal
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Is it just my imagination or is there a serious lack of healing leather (meaning it has spirit)? :/

I do see a staff I want :P

Or have I been gone long enough that trees no longer need spirit? :P

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Redfang
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Holy crap, Ark, nice post.

I'm going to take the liberty of moving it over to the PVE tactics forum so I can sticky it there.
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Arkhain
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Thanks, Red!

DW, it's pretty true. At least you can roll on that cloth, right? ;)
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Nice post, Nexus is 5 badges tho =)
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You forgot to add Tora's mom.
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Tribal
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quote:
Originally posted by Arkhain:
Thanks, Red!

DW, it's pretty true. At least you can roll on that cloth, right? ;)



Well bugger me blue!

I suppose I can wear cloth if Tora can. >.>

I hate to lower my standards, though. :P

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Tenatia
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great info, thanks! I just hit 80, and was looking for info like this:)
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Nomoreheals
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Tora wears mail as far as I know... cloth?
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Arkhain
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Tenatia, this list leaves out a lot of blue items that are excellent for pre-raid slots, since heroic epics only cover a handful of slots. MMO-Champion's loot list is probably going to be your best friend for gearing up all over.
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Tenatia
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thanks:) did my first heroic yesterday, and still a couple instance I haven't hit yet on regular. My blacksmithing has served me pretty well while levelling as prot, but really hoping to see worthwhile items dropping before I start raiding. I'm getting close to the defense cap, (like 3 points away or something) and it would be nice to stop fretting over that 0.25% crit:)
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Arkhain
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YO DAWG WE HEARED YOU LIKED TO DO HEROICS FOR EPICS SO WE ADDED A CHAMPION'S TABARD SO YOU CAN GET EPICS WHILE YOU GET EPICS
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Dharielle
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One correction:

Every instance with ark = long instance :/


oh and as a general loot guide as well I love kaliban's class loot list.

http://www.wow-loot.com

It gives you the list of quests rewards, regular instance + heroic dungeons that may be worth checking out for your particular spec, interest in loot as well.
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