A question of Valor

With one day left to spend your valor points or have them converted to gold in 6.0.2, I am busy trying to upgrade my gear: I found it easier to earn VP than lesser charms of good fortune, so I reckon I might as well make the most of them today. I'm not short of gold, anyway.

Incidentally, it was reported that adventurers who started on the legendary quest will still be able to complete it, if they do so before 13 November, and those who have not yet started will not be able to acquire the quests. But what if you're on "A test of valor"? How can you complete this?

Attunement is back

It's not called attunement any more, and it's not a hard requirement now, but attunement is back, in a new guise, and it's called Reputation. Let me come right out up front and tell you I welcome this.

I just finished the questline to earn my Sha-touched gem. It took me 108 raid boss kills to earn the requisite amount of sigils and the chimera of fear required for Wrathion to forge my Crystallized Horror (I could have done in in fewer kills, if I'd known what I was doing). Now he has me on two new quests: Earn 6000VP! and kill horde until I'm revered by him. Why would I do that? And why would I earn reputation with any of the other factions? the short answer is, for their rewards. Great weapons and armour are locked behind these reputation grinds. And why do we want these weapons and armour? Because we're stuck on a particular raid boss. Any edge we can get is worth the grind.

Now we can get into any raid instance without attuning to it. But getting far into the instance is another matter. If you're like me, you'll need to earn the reputation to get the gear. In fact in my case, because I'm raiding with another guild, I need the gear to keep my performance high enough to keep my raid spot!

The True Master

I finally completed Wrathion's quest to forge the sha-touched gem from the power, wisdom and fear of my vanquished foes. Nothing bad can come of helping Deathwing's son, right? Where's his brother, these days?