Tuesday nights are my guilds “off” nights. As is the case with most Raiding Guilds the off nights become 10 man and heroic nights. On Tuesday nights after spending most of the evening hanging out with my wife and our pets I usually sign-on and try to run something for badges.
I was running Karazhan religiously because there were still a few gear upgrades available to me and I like it. Last night I strayed and healed for the regular Tuesday night ZA group who had lost their usual druid healer to WoW burnout.
I’ve been underwhelmed with ZA since it released for a three reasons-
- Loot Table- There aren’t any real gear upgrades for Resto Druids. At release there were a few decent upgrades but with the changes to mana regeneration in 2.4 I’m no longer stacking MP5 and the ZA gear is riddled with MP5 and Spell Haste neither of which are priorities of mine.
- Badges- Badge Count per Hour has aways been better in a Kara run. Before the announcement of 2.4 this wasn’t a priority for me as I’d already bought all the badge gear I wanted for Restoration and was buying gear for off-spec use. Now that 2.4 is here I find myself itching to pull in at least 20 badges per week. With only one night available Kara was an easy choice for this.
- Encounters- I don’t enjoy the Boss encounters in ZA. The mechanics might be newish, but new does not mean better or more interesting for that matter.
Just today I went through the loot table and realized that there is exactly one Healing upgrade available for me in ZA the Life-Step Belt. It still has MP5 meaning that even if I get it I’ll be looking for an upgrade somewhere else.
This brings me to a quandary: Do I ran ZA because the group leadership is good and for the most part the people going are the core guildies who are upgrading gear even if I’m not? Or do I run Kara on Tuesday because it’s fun, I’ll get more badges, probably get to roll on loot for my Balance set, and it’s so easy that with a little practice I think I could heal it solo…?
Is there some great aspect of of this instance that I am missing? Are my leafy appendages blocking the light that is the splendor of ZA?
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April 25, 2008 at 5:26 pm
zedwards
I love ZA. You do it for the challenge. But gear wise, is more unique. I have 3 things so far from there that top my Kara gear. 2 are from the timed events (belt and the staff <3) and the vest is pretty nice to. I am hoping to get the mace and helm from there as well.
April 28, 2008 at 1:31 pm
lifebloomer
I guess that I look at ten mans as an opportunity to pwn some content. I enjoy the challenge of raiding 25 man content, but for whatever reason the challenges that ZA hold have never captivated me. To each his own I guess, you do what you enjoy. Thanks for reading!
April 30, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Pookies
The belt is BEAST. If for no other reason, run ZA for that belt.
My group had cleared the first timed chest for months … and the belt never dropped for me. I’m still wearing the Karazhan one … 😦