I'm a casual player, which to me means I can't commit to 25-man raid schedules. I'm very pleased that as WLK approaches I've cleared ZA, have a full set of tanking badge gear, and almost all the DPS gear available to me too. There's just a few upgrades I'm hoping to get, from ZA.
What I'm most proud of is what Cider so eloquently describes as "speed and efficiency". Swiftly clearing an instance gives me a feeling of a "job well done" as a warrior tank. Here are my timings, with mostly badge and heroic gear just before 3.0 hits:
- With a group of raiding DPSers, but also some casuals, we can clear Kara in 2:30 without anyone feeling too uncomfortable.
- With a PuG of good players we can clear heroic Shattered Halls fairly reliably in 0:45, from first pull to executioner.
- On my own, I can down Baron Rivendare and save Ysida Harmon in Strat 45, with a few minutes left on the timer.