bodhisattva wrote:
A normal entry level raid guild should be able to clear Naxx in 3-4 hours over 1-2 nights. So take an hour clear a wing, take smoke break, come back clear the next. Come back the next day and finish off the rest.
5 hours is really only acceptable if it is an extremely poorly organized trade chat pug made up of newly leveled 80's and the dregs of the worst raiders on the server. Such as yourself /wink. We also can't be ignoring the fact that from either Naxx or H:ToC there are a number of direct upgrades that beat out the Titansteel Destroyer or are at least slightly better than it. I believe there are 2-3 upgrades in Naxx 25 that beat it if I recall. Also important to note that while I hate Naxx there are a number of pieces (that are not weapons) in 25 man that you don't see replacements for until 25 man Ulduar, which you won't feasibly be making serious progress in with a Titansteel destroyer unless again you are in a middling guild that can carry some dead weight in order to gear them up. Hell my paladin didn't get rid of his Naxx bracers until ToC 25 man, same with the shield (since HM loot tables didn't favour me).
Here's the skinny of it though, it in no way requires massive inputs of RL time, IF you are good at a simple video game, have semi normal socializing skills and can interact with people in game. Like I have stated before I raid at a fairly high level but I probably raid less than people far less advanced than me since we go in down things fairly quickly while telling d'ick and fart jokes or telling stories about banging married women and then get out so we can do our real life thing, since most of us are married, have kids, or have nattering girlfriends who need attending to.
/shrug
Edited, Oct 4th 2009 11:59am by bodhisattva
Yes, there's lots of upgrades in Naxx25, but...
If you DON'T get a Titansteel Destroyer, what ARE you going to use Until you find those upgrades in Naxx?
Please don't tell me you're walking in there with a Saronite Mindcrusher or something stupid, lol.
The Purple Sword from the AT works, but some people don't want to use their Champ Seals on that, if they've got the money for a Destroyer.
A Destroyer is meant to be a BoE item that you can get Pre-Raids so you're not being carried by the other 24 people, lol. Same with Titansteel Helm/Boots, the Titansteel Shield, and the other crafted BoEs.
You have to start -somewhere-, and the Destroyer is a good place to start.
The Edge of Ruin is better, of course. But yet, it doesn't always drop, and H-ToC is not something I enjoy seeing people walk into with blue or (*shudder*) green weapons. I hate getting H-ToC runs where people are doing <1k DPS, because it can be hard to get the champions, let alone confessor or the BK down if people are treating H-ToC like the AH, when they're fresh 80s. It doesn't work like that.