In case you DIDN’T know already, the Rep you get with Ashen Verdict is being nerfed TOMORROW with the server resets, so GRIND FOR THAT RING NOW!

All told, it takes approximately 5 runs (about 1 hour) to get to Friendly with the Ashen Verdict which gets you an ilvl 251 ring at Friendly, upgradeable to a 258 at Honored, then 265 at Revered, then 272 at Exalted (you turn in the old ring each time and if you pick the wrong ring, it’s 200G to get a different one) I had such a hard time choosing on Dreddnought, because I was healing the 10-man and doing about 3.3K HPS and tanking too as we were rep farming. We’d nuke all the mobs up to Marrowgar, then run out, reset and run it again to get everyone and their alts to Friendly for starters, and I think there’s one of us with the 258 already…

As for gear (this is for Redauroa) believe me when I say that 232s to 245s are highly recommended. I cheat a little because I’m a bear tank and seeing as the only REAL damage mitigation I have going for me is Dodge that’s been cut 20% (dropping me from 42% to 22%) I have some Polar gear (your friendly local LW can make you +Stam and +Frost Resist gear) that, while my Dodge drops even FURTHER to 16%, gives me +129 Stam PER PIECE plus whatever Gems I socket (the Polar Belt has 2 sockets, plus a belt buckle giving me +129 Stam PLUS 3 +30 Stam gems, the Boots have +129 Stam PLUS 2 +30 Stam gems, my pants have +112 Stam PLUS 2 +30 Stam gems, and my chest has +129 Stam PLUS 3 +30 Stam gems) so while my Dodge sucks, my armor and HP are through the roof giving me just that much more survivability…just a thought.

I won’t post strats until we have the first wing’s content down and at least the first 3 bosses on farm. That’s so I have the most understanding of the fight’s mechanics and actually have time to see how everything works. The only strat I could do right now with any accuracy is Lord Marrowgar, but I prefer to separate bosses by wings and do the strat for the whole wing. It just makes more sense to do it that way.