Then you guys must have started pretty late. T2 wasn't revamped until AQ patch.
Whish you guys all the best on achieving your goals on Kronos.
Early to mid 2006, if I recall. I really took my time leveling for the first time because everything was so new to me and I wanted to take it all in, while other folk I knew were busy power-leveling to 60.
By the time I was 60, I had a comparatively short time before TBC came onto the scene. I managed to get some 4/8 Dreadmist (Gloves and Bracers bought from the AH!) and some miscellany before vanilla was rendered obsolete. I didn't get my Dreadsteed until 70 due to no demand for Dire Maul, if I remember.
I did manage to do a single MC raid from Garr to Ragnaros (1% wipe!), one or two ZG runs and joined a pug AQ20 for a Kurinaxx kill but that was the extent of my vanilla raiding.
At least in TBC I managed to get the Voidheart Crown/Gloves, Corruptor Shoulders/Gloves along with progression into BT/Hyjal before I quit, so I was quite happy with myself. Would've been nice to get full Voidheart but you can't win 'em all I guess.
In Cata I couldn't find anyone willing to accept me into raiding despite having pre-raid BiS everything, more or less.
On Kronos I'm hoping to get Tier 0.5 (even if initial scouting of best pre-raid gear I can muster shows me items with higher +spelldmg) and maybe the tier sets up to 2 at least. 2 piece Plagueheart would be excellent but I'm not holding my breath, especially considering how late into Kronos' lifespan that Naxx might be.
I don't think any of the friends I plan to bring here will do anything more than PuG raiding but I'm sure they won't mind if I go ahead on that.