Two guild firsts were achieved with kills of both Maiden and Moroes on Saturday. This was preceded by a warm-up on Maiden on Friday, Attumen down on Thursday and an encouraging first look at Opera on Sunday. All in all a great team effort from all the guildees who were able to come along over the entire weekend’s raiding.

Special congratualations to Arvariena, Ragnesis and Bestiarius who got drops of [Shard of the Virtuous], [Barbed Choker of Discipline] and [Emerald Ripper] respectively

And for posterity, here are a couple of pictures of our happy faces post-boss fights - click the image for link to larger versions.

Probably the most popular post on this site to date is the Minimum Stats for Karazhan post, re-posted from World of Matticus, which aims to suggest minimum stats that people should be aiming for before entering Karazhan. I started expanding the post to also include links to suggested gear that can be accumulated (without raiding) to help achieve these stats.

The entire post has started to become a little cluttered, especially for classes like druids with multiple specs, so I’ve decided to divide it into two separate posts. The minimum stats will remain in the previous post, whilst this new post will link to suggested gear-lists that you can aim for to help achieve those stats. As always if you have any suggestions to add to the list, please let me know in the comments and I will add to the list. At the moment where I have gaps I’ve included links to Kaliban’s Class Loot Lists

The links below should all refer to gear that can be obtained before entering Karazhan. To get an idea of equipment you can be hoping to obtain in Karazhan, along with a view on which class has ‘first dibs’ on particular drops, check out Kaliban’s Karazhan Loot List

• Warrior
  • Tank: Gearing your Warrior from The Care and Feeding of Warriors @ WoW Insider
  • Tank: Polar’s Easy Pre-Karazhan Tank Gear List from TankSpot
  • Tank: Pre-Karazhan Warrior Gear Checklist from WiredAfterMidnight.com
• Druid
  • Bear-Tank: BigBearButt’s guide on Druid Tank Starter Gear
  • Bear-Tank: Adventure’s in Azeroth’s guides for Bear Gear
  • Cat-DPS: Adventure’s in Azeroth’s guides for Cat Gear
  • Feral (Bear / Cat): Full gear selection lists for gearing feral druids @ gurgleblaster.net
• Rogue
  • Rogue Pre-Karazhan Gear @ Parry, Dodge, Spin
  • Wow Forum thread on Gearing your rogue at 70
• Priest
  • Healer: Gearing your holy priest
  • Healer: Galadria’s Holy Priest Raiding Guide - scroll down to section E for the Gear guide
  • Healer: A Dwarf Priest - Best Casual PvE Healing Gear - ranked gear list including pre-raid, heroic, crafted, kara, gruul, mag, zul drops - very helpful
  • Shadow: Shadow Priest Gear - from ShadowPriest.com
• Hunter
  • World of Matticus’ Gearing your hunter
  • BigRedKitty’s Gear up for Karazhan
• Shaman
  • Healer: World of Matticus’ Gearing your resto Shaman
  • sample shaman gear at Kaliban’s Class Loot Lists
• Mage
  • sample mage gear at Kaliban’s Class Loot Lists
  • Mage Level 70 Pre-raid Gear from WoW EU Mage Forum
• Paladin
  • sample paladin gear at Kaliban’s Class Loot Lists
  • Healer: Paladin Healing Gear at Mystic Chicanery
  • DPS: WoW Insider gearing your Retadin Guide
• Warlock
  • sample warlock gear at Kaliban’s Class Loot Lists
  • Affliction Warlock Gear at Mystic Chicanery