Weekly quest, daily heroics and weekly VoA.
Not saying I agree with this, but still, you can get a fair amount without touching ICC.
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Well yeah, 14 weeks assuming that you play every single day. A bit less if you're lucky in VoA. It's entirely possible to get nice gear just from EoFs and ICC 5 mans.
But still if I wanted to raid I'd rather join a guild, no matter how bad and "casual", it's still better than PuGs. ICC 25 with a guild takes like what? 1.5-2 hours? That's how long it takes a PuG to even pull Marro, lol. And then people are leaving, lagging, disconnecting, wiping, arguing... it's a nightmare.
What I mentioned is actually more casual and time friendly than actively raiding.
I do agree. Finding a guild is definitely a better way to get started than trying to deal with PUGs. Even downing the first few bosses in ICC 10N drastically increases the rate at which you get the emblems.