Experiment. How fast could you get the Battle Tabard of the Defilers and the The Defiler Achievement from scratch.
The answer:
14 Days.
Armory Link
Facts:
Reached level 24 = 4/30/14
Achieved exalted with the defilers = 5/21/14
Time between reaching the required level/achieving exalted = 22 days
Code:
22 days
-4 (wsg weekend = arathi bg's didn't pop)
-3 (days I didn't have time to play WoW)
-1 (reaching level 24/gearing process/farming professions)
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14 days
Statistics:
Arathi basins played = 228
Arathi basins victories = 130 (57%)
Honorable kills gained = 10059
The Bracket:
I've chosen to play in the 20-24 xp off bracket instead of max level for multiple reasons.
- The queue times for an arathi basin battleground range from instant to 5 minutes.
- The bracket population is gigantic due the fact that WoW is free to play up to level 20.
- A geared level 24 twink can make quite the difference in a bracket populated mostly by free to play level 20s.
- The win loss ratio is pretty much exactly 50/50.
- Both factions tend to keep 2 bases all game long due the fact that only the slowest mount speed is available at this level.
- The bracket is pretty balanced (besides hunters) and the absence of extensive crowd control effects (again besides hunters) is great.
Gearing/Items
- Certain best in slot items require extensive grinding/instance farming but in general you can purchase all the heirlooms appropriate to your class/buy some decent enchants and you're good to go.
- The only 2 items that you need besides gear would be the Battle Standard of Coordination for the extra rep gain and eventually the Horde Battle Standard for the extra health.
Closing words:
I've quite enjoyed farming the tabard for a second time.
It's definitely worth stopping your xp at level 24 for 2-3 weeks just for the purpose of getting exalted with the defilers/obtaining this beauty of a tabard.
I can't really judge how long it would take to farm this particular reputation at max level due the fact that
I haven't really played max level in years but I'm just gonna assume that it would take much longer than 2 weeks.