Raiding 101

[Treesh]

two instances does not a pattern make, and I truly believe you will have the uber gear you seek. 
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You are correct. Two instances doesn't make a pattern. What makes the pattern is I managed to win the roll for Doan's rod the first time we killed him and then the next item I picked up in an instance that was an actual upgrade for Aleri (and even that wasn't much of an upgrade at all) was in BRD. Yes, I ran through all the instances between them (even Maraudon, although I was vastly overlevelled for that the first time we did it) and besides donations from buddies, quest rewards and just buying pieces at the AH at level 50-something because I was tired of wearing the same equipment from my 30s, my gear didn't get upgrades from instances. I got some handy things outdoors (epic plate shoulders that Gnolack is wearing, the underworld band from STV, managed to get an ankh of life out in the world for my first trinket, epic gloves and a rare belt for Etheramwen), but in instances cloth does not drop for Aleri, over the entire span of her career. The circlet or whatever it actually is, did drop from Princess when we were zerging Mirajj and Mitzy through after I had hit 60, but even that wasn't much of an upgrade for her head (because I was wearing a quest reward from a higher leveled quest so if it had dropped the first time I ran Maraudon, I would have counted that as a great instance upgrade). I wasn't just talking about Strat or Dire Maul. I was talking about her entire career. Instances have never been for upgrading equipment for her simply because cloth doesn't drop. It was for quests and getting my tank gear, since that's what would drop instead. It is just frustrating to do all that work and get zero usable loot for it. I'll admit it, I like my feeder bar to be pressed and items can do it, but for Aleri, there's too little reward in instances to even think about the feeder bar getting pressed.

Edit: I took too long to type this up and GG beat me to it. :) Also, Dire Maul shouldn't be counted as a failed loot run for Aleri. I bailed and went to bed after the wipe so really, it was only Strat that was a failure for loot for the high-end instances.