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I'd say back during vanilla WoW, my very first character was 39, and I had no idea how I was ever going to afford my mount, because it seemed like a crazy amount of gold, far more than I'd ever had before... I'd never seen anything epic before, and right before I hit 40 while killing nagas in Stranglethorn along the cost, a Ring of Saviors dropped, which I auctioned for 90g and happily rode from then on!
Back in the days b4 BC when ZG was new I was the 2nd person on my server to get the Swift Razzashi Raptor. I rolled 99 in a 20 man raid for the win, having a raptor as alliance was and is still cool. It is still one of my most prized possesions.Athlan
Perhaps the most interesting purple item i got was on my first run into kara. I got an epic cloth for my warlock that almost all the other clothies were dying for. I rolled the highest number in the 90's and won it. I was suprised and happy at the same time... It was way better then my then green items.
The most epic drop I have is any day I look into the pantry only to find that there is no Reese's Peanut Butter puffs for breakfast and I'm pretty much ready to slay someone... Soooo I hop on WoW :-p
The most epic loot that I have ever received, and I know this makes me sound like a noob is the Vengeful Gladiator's Waraxe on my Hunter. I know this probably isn't much to most, but for me that was my first epic. My friend basically taught me how to play Arenas and it took me a while, but that was the first piece I got with my Arena Points and I'm still using it now at level 74.