JB was front and center this weekend. On Friday she upgraded her relic from i316 to i346, moving her gear score up another notch to i327. JB can now use the Dungeon Finder for both normal and Heroic Cata dungeons. Her first priority is to continue the rep grind. However, she also wants to fit in dungeon runs, too. The plan is to get comfortable with normal dungeon runs, maybe get a few gear upgrades, but more importantly, build up the justice points to get two pieces of T11 gear (i378). That would give JB a nice two piece set bonus, and by then she may be ready to start on the Heroic dungeons and valor points. We're talking a minimum of four weeks, probably five. That is, if JB doesn't come down with the same OHNO!-itis Wild has in regard to Cata dungeon runs.
Speaking of Wild, JB was curious about when Wild reached the i325 gear level, which opened the Heroic dungeons to him. Hmmm, Wild?
Wild thought about it. Well, he mused, I know when I entered my first Cata Heroic. It was Throne of the Tides, on 19 Jan 2011, but Wild's gear was already at i346. Getting the exact point that Wild hit i325 was a bit more challenging, but Wild has extensive records, and finally found it - 2 Jan, 2011. Wild noticed another interesting milestone - at the time Wild was getting his gear score to i346 and entering cata Heroics, JB DINGED to - level 81. It took her almost a year longer to reach level 85.
Saturday/Sunday - JB has continued to make progress on her gear, and is now at i331. This has come from mostly small upgrades from questing, and rep upgrades now that she has achieved Revered with the Therazane faction. That faction offers six dailies every day, which help her not only with faction rep, but with gold and rep with the guild. She is almost to Friendly with the guild. At Friendly, JB can get a guild tabard that increases rep awards by 50%.
JB has run into a problem, however. JB needs Ramkahen faction rep in order to get access to the +agi head enchant. The Ramkahen faction is based in Uldum. Normally JB would earn rep through questing in Uldum and doing dailies. Well, JB has done a ton of Uldum quests over the weekend, and they yield no Ramkahen rep at all. JB doesn't get much guild rep, either. JB was resigned to grinding dailies to get the rep, but the Ramkahen faction only has two dailies. Two! The faster way to earn Ramkahen rep is running dungeons while wearing the Ramkahen tabard. JB may be pressed into dungeon runs sooner than she wanted.
JB spent most of Sunday night in Uldum, completing the Raiders of the Lost Ark quest chain that is my favorite all time. I wish there were a way to experience that quest chain without having to level a new character to level 85 each time. It is a blast! and JB had as much fun doing them as Wild did when he did them. JB took a screenshot at the end of the quest chain:
JB with "Harrison Jones" and his "Father"
When JB retired for the night she had reached Friendly with the guild and had improved her gear score to i335.
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