Quote Originally Posted by 'Rin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=202240#post2022 40
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isn't it more effective to take 1 of your characters and simply PuG 6-9 of the Heroic dungeons (to get decently equipped) in one night? There's at least 1 upgrade in just about every heroic dungeon (not going to include badges here), and at this point in the game, odds are you will be the only uber needy character in your group. In theory (provided you gain at least 5 items in the night + enough badges to buy a shield :P ), wouldn't this make things easier to deal with for your multibox group?
Heroic PUGs are generally very slow, so you probably won't do 6 in one night(about 4 hours?). Just gathering 1 group for a heroic can take 30 minutes or longer. That's not counting the ones that fall apart before you get to the end boss.
My experience with heroic PUGs (with 1 character) is that average DPS is about 800-1200 and most tanks don't even know what "aggro" means or what happens when plate wearer's defense rating is below [s]520[/s] 535 in a heroic.
This can be solved by doing PUGs as tank or healer of course. Especially if you're a good healer, you can make a difference. Even with crap gear and especially with 'utility' healing classes like a priest or a druid.

For example, take a look at my non-Ulduar, "raid ready" (only 2,500 dps) character that I mentioned earlier: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...ellowsh%C3%AEp

7 (6 drops, 1 badge) of her items she received in 1 day of running Heroics with random people. She also has some offspec enhancement naxx stuff. As you can see, most of those items come from the "harder" Heroics, that aren't going to be doable (without lots of dying) multiboxing, right away at 80. I guess that's why I feel it's more effective to take one character and gear it up. Please let me know your thoughts.
The key characters to running your own heroics effectively are your healer and your tank. Get those 2 geared (with PUGs and/or crafted gear) and you're set to go. DPS isn't very important if your healer and tank are well-geared.