Originally Posted by
Kagthul
It really depends on where you plan to end up.
For instance, iplersonally detest raiding, but i still like to progress my characters and achieve the best iLevel/performance possible given the fact that i dont raid.
Getting full 700 PvP gear is easy (kif youre PvPing inAshran, yer doin it wrong - treasure hunting is the name of the game); if you treasure hunt, you can be in full honor gear in 5-7 hours played.
Problem is a lot of times, the stats on the PvP gear are garbage. As an Afflock, a piece with Crit/Multistrike is almost useless to me; a 695 Baleful piece with Haste/Mastery is actually better, and can be upgraded via Valor to 705; PvP gear is stuck at 700. You can usually get e Ashran weekly done and will herefore also get he occasional 710 piece, which, if stated right, is great.
If youre just looking to get into "good enough" gear to farm/dungeon/LFR - Ashran is absolutely the way. Couple of hours and youre 700.
If your goal is "be as good as i can pre-Legion without raiding", then youre looking at a mixture of Ashran (for 700/710 pieces that are statted well), Tanaan (Baleful with perfect stats), Kazaak (705 neck, cloak, wrist, and trinket - the stats one, not the garbage tertiarry trink), and crafted (Weapon, Trink and Ring) + the legendary ring (you can do up to the pre-HFC version with just heroics and garrison/Tanaan catch up quest, only having to LFR forme boss kills, once).
You can get to an average iLevel in the 720-ish range without ever setting foot into a 'real' raid, and only having to do Highmaul and BRF once each.