Gear is not a problem. If you're gonna raid, on a regular basis, the gear comes automatically. Svper got a priest from a nub 80 to ICC 25 ready in a couple weeks. We can run chain heroics to get full T9, you can run ToC 25 in GDKP runs and grab some trophies, and go straight to the ilvl 245 T9, etc. The ICC heroics give great weapons, as well as other gear slots.