Fresh 70 perspective vs geared out Aelli's

I've recently hit lvl 70 on some 4x Shaman alliance side. Instead of playing a bunch of classes I didn't enjoy, I went with the same class just a different BG and the opposite side. I still Arena with the Aelli's don't worry They hit 2151 this past weekend.

Upon hitting 70, first things first were to do the Kara quest line (which is no longer needed to gain access, but I needed to run the instances anyways for reputation to hit honored. Afterwards farmed Mechanar until 4 Totem of the Voids dropped (still use this item on my horde). At this point I'm sitting at 7.3 hp unbuffed with the full Seer's set and roughly 116 resilience.

From this point on it becomes an honor grind as all items will be filled from pvp activities. Obtaining 8k honor my first purchase is the PvP trinket. An additional 4k later and I am done with the weekend grind and want to get my 10 games in for Arena Points before it's all said and done.

6 wins - 4 losses, 1526 rating. This was also with an extremely geared out priest healer Suvega (whom most should recognize here :P )

I just want to point this out as a drive, or expectations some might have. Once you hit 70 it is just the begining, gear plays a huge and crucial part in sucess and a fresh 70 won't make it far until a baseline of gear is obtained. Hopefully I will manage to chronicle my adventures a little more detailed, but at this point in the game with S4 being out I'd shoot for 9.5 - 10k hp unbuffed is a requirement to be effective without gear being a determining factor in a win/loss scenario, at 7.3 hp and 130 resilience, Ret Paladins were able to windfury me in down from 100% hp to 20% in 1 swing.

The good news for my newly made Shamans and the rest of the community out there, S2 gear is obtainable with honor which was not a luxury I had in the past - so gearing out is that much easier and can be done at any pace you desire since honor points are rewarded instantly instead of weekly The big question then pops up, expansion is less than 2 months away - what is the point? Well the point or drive for me is that I hate losing with a passion and do everything I can to min/max my characters, I see that it will be obsolete in 2 months and replaced by better looking shinies, but that doesn't change the current atmosphere so I drive to improve my character.