08-11-2006, 11:11 PM
Quote:Prior to the last patch, I would agree. But now getting exalted also reduces the amount of insignias you need for Aramaments of the Dawn purples by quite a bit. At revered you need 90 insignias; at exalted you need 45 (iirc).
So if you are going for a purple or three, it could be easier to grind exalted than grind/buy all the mats for extra insignias.
Well let's see. Suppose you wanted 2 epics from Armaments of the Dawn, and wanted Naxx entry as well.
At revered you need 45 AD and 45 SC insig for 1 epic. 90 AD and 90 SC for 2 epics.
At exalted, you need 27/27. 54 AD and 54 SC for 2 epics.
Exalted rep saves you 36 AD insig and 36 SC insig.
Let's say (semi realistically)
An AD insig costs you 30 x 0.25 gold buying Core of Elements (= 7.5 g)
A SC insig costs you 30 x 0.50 gold buying Savage Fronds. (= 15g)
So Exalted saves you 36 x 7.5 + 36 x 15 gold = 270 + 540 = 810 g on your two epics.
Add in the Naxx ingredients necessary at Revered, (attunement is free for exalted) which we will lowball at 100g.
Assuming you spent 40 hrs grinding cauldrons (because you had a lot of scourgestones/valortokens saved up), this would be a equivalent pay rate of 22.75g/hr for your grinding. Not too bad, but not great. These cauldron UD aren't worthless for loot either, they'll drop runecloth and silver and vendor-grays and the occasional world epic. So ....
So the grind to Exalted is kind of "meh" if you're getting two epics. Getting one epic and not caring yet about Naxx (like me) and it's really utter folly! Spend the time grinding out some cash and just buy mats for the extra 18 AD and extra 18 SC insignias needed (probably only about 400g.)