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I think the original question of the thread was how long would it take for an entire guild (30-35 people) all rerolling new characters to "complete the game" before WotLK. Obviously it wouldn't take long at all for a single character to get geared out enough to participate in progression raids (Sunwell), if his guild was good enough to run him through the T6 level content.
I basically server transferred at the beginning to TBC in order to play with my cousin and some other RL friends. When they all began to quit a year later, I decided to go back to my old server. Luckily my old guild was still around and willing to take me back in. I didn't expect to raid until WotLK, because we had 3-4 well geared mages already, but one stopped raiding and another has a difficult RL schedule and can't always be on time. So I got my chance.
They ran me through Hyjal and BT when I was in PvP/Kara epics (and maybe 1-2 blues). After about 2 months my character is almost fully geared. There are obviously upgrades still available, but because of the rarity of a weekly Hyjal and the wonderful RNG, I consider my character to be capable of progression raids.
They started taking me to Sunwell on Kalecgos first just as a full time decurser. I didn't see another fight in there for 3 weeks, until they had no other option for dps except me on Twins. After that, I've been to every raid that my RL schedule allows and have since seen Hyjal/BT multiple clears, and Killed Kalecgos, Brutallus, Felmyst, and Twins on repeat occasions. So my Mage is living proof that it's possible to gear out a single character for progression or end-game content in only a couple weeks/months (less time if the RNG likes you).
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