for me I play the game to have fun, I know I will be upgrading all my gear over time. I play solo for endgame radeing I have a lvl 70 shadow priest decked out in full T6 Sunwell Gear and I still play her every day even though I know I will be replacing a majority of my gear as I lvl to 80. as for my boxing team well they are still to low to for me to worry much with, but the one thing I look at is this next upgrade will make it jsut that much easer to lvl to 80 and I will get there sooner. but that is just me. like I stated I play this game for fun.