Gearing Alts in 5.4

As I said before, the Timeless Isle is a fantastic resource to gear up your undergeared alts. Arguably, it's too good, as you can put a fresh 90 in full 496 gear (other than the weapon and one of the two trinkets) without even going to the island on that toon.

But beyond that, there are many other options for gearing.

First of all, Justice Points will now purchase all 5.0, 5.1, and Kirin Tor Offensive/Sunreaver Onslaught gear, and none of these require any reputation anymore. While the Timeless pieces will likely be better than what you can get from the 5.0 factions (which give 489 gear,) Justice Points are so easily attained these days (I believe 100 JP per dungeon boss before you factor in guild bonuses) that it's not such a bad idea to buy those pieces anyway to make soloing or dungeon-running easier.

Additionally, the Shado-Pan Assault gear, while it still costs Valor Points, has been reduced in price, such that it will take fewer dungeons/scenarios/raid wings/daily quests to get what you need out of there. That 522 gear will boost your iLevel very significantly. Additionally, all gear from SPA now requires only neutral or friendly reputation (with the exception of the shoulder pieces, which still require exalted but cost gold instead of VP.) After a single Raid Finder wing, you will be at friendly with the faction, so you will have access to this quite easily.

Stepping away from JP/VP rewards, the droprates on useful gear in LFR from both the tier 14 raids and Throne of Thunder have both been increased. The tier 14 drops had already had their rates increased in 5.2, and now will be dropping with very high frequency. While your Timeless pieces and JP rewards will probably be better than this stuff, it does mean that weapons or tier pieces will be easier to attain. While Throne of Thunder's rates are not quite as high, you should be seeing drops more frequently than you did in the past.

You are still not guaranteed to get the particular drop you want, so you might spend your bonus roll trying to get that cool staff but wind up with a dinky necklace instead, but overall you're in better shape.

Now, regarding bonus rolls:

Elder Charms of Good Fortune remain attainable on the Isle of Thunder, particularly in the Treasure Troves of the Thunder King solo scenario. I wouldn't waste too much time on this, as you can probably qualify for ToT with a blue weapon.

Mogu Runes of Fate are now acquired on the Timeless Isle for the cost of 1,000 Timeless Coins. Before you complain that that's a lot, don't. A quick circuit around the island will probably get you far more than that.

You may hit some bad luck in ToT, but overall, it's easier than ever to gear up alts. The more alts you have, the more circuits around the Timeless Isle you can make. At this point, I have more Timeless pieces than I know what to do with.

With the storm of Timeless armor pieces and the reduced cost of SPA gear, and with a little determination on your part, you'll be geared enough to run Siege of Orgrimmar in no time.