WANT... PURPLES...

I downed Gruul last night. No, that's not entirely true. My guild downed Gruul while I lay there as a useless corpse, watching helplessly. See, I'd been unlucky and ended up near way too many other players during his first Ground Strike / Shatter -- and I didn't have the hit points to withstand it, and apparently also didn't have the DPS to justify a battle rez. So I died after landing about 5 dots on him and then just sat there while my guild 24-manned it without me.

But whatever, I looted anyway -- the Collar of Cho'gall, woo!

So, I have some ultimate loot goals which I've outlined in previous wish-list posts, but today I just want to think about how quickly I can, if not max out my gear, at least get to the point where I'm all purples or very high blues.

Here's what's left that's old and outdated:

Neck: Still wanting one of the neckpieces from Kara (Moroes or trash).
Back: Ruby Drape of the Mysticant from the Prince. -- Dropped last night (5/16)!
Waist: Belt of Divine Inspiration from the High King.
Gloves: Handwraps of Flowing Thought from Attumen or Voidheart Gloves from Curator.
Trinket: Icon of the Silver Crescent for 41 badges.
Weapon: Really, any of the one-handed daggers or swords that drop from the Prince, Gruul, or in Zul'Aman. I'm not picky. They're all drool-worthy.
Off-Hand: Orb of the Soul-Eater for 25 badges. Delicious.
Wand: Carved Witch-Doctor's Stick for 25 badges.

I'm favoring badge gear over random raid-boss drops because you only get to kill the boss once per week, you never know if he's going to drop the item when you kill him, and there are plenty of other warlocks/mages rolling against me in this guild. On the other hand, badges are guaranteed. Too bad I'll now need 91 of them.