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Just looking at the ilvls on the gear tells you whether or not PMC is better than the new badge gear (hint: it's not). It's a dumb question. ilvl 115 vs ilvl 141 ... I wonder which one will win?[/quote]
This statement is way too encompassing and perhaps even a bit out of line. As numerous different things in this game have shown (bangle of endless blessings and rejuv gem, which are in brought up in this guide, green off hands for enh shaman, 3 Piece Tier 2 for Resto Shamans, and so many others), ilvl is NOT an all inclusive indicator of an item being better than another. While it would be very reasonable to *assume* these items were better by the significant ilvl difference, these boards are all about hard facts and not assumptions. PMC is (was, pre 2.4 at least) rediculously well itemized for any fight that stamina was irrelevant. People don't know how items stand in the new itemization standpoint, and MP5 was a very solid stat before that, and the lack of MP5 on the new badge gear could easily lead people to draw conflicting conclusions of PMC vs new badge gear, thus comming here.
(I'm not saying your conclusion is wrong: the new badge gear is pretty amazing. Just that people asking about it could easily have some justification for asking).
As for tailoring: its definitley the fastest way to get gear if you have it leveled or are gonna drop the cash to level it. However, with no keying on kara as I mentioned earlier and so many overgeared people running it, its not hard to get carried in a couple karas and soak loot to get to an acceptable gear level to run heroics. So I wouldn't consider it essential, but it will make the first couple weeks of crazy badge farming easier, unless you're very lucky on your first kara.
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