Originally Posted by
Tankitbetter
Why in the world would you not require 530+ for flex? You can get a free 535/543 piece for every slot but 1 trinket and a weapon from Timeless Isle and 553/559/561/567 pieces from the easily killable world bosses. Even if you discount Ordos, the 535/561 pieces from Celestials is a lot. You can get a full set of 528/536 pieces from LFR.
To get an average of ilvl 530, you would only need 3 timeless pieces for every 5 pieces of LFR gear - not counting the +8 ilvls from LFR.
I'm ilvl 555, thanks to six timeless pieces, gloves+legs+chest from world bosses, and a super cheap crafted belt.