shaeman
02-19-2009, 07:13 AM
I know this won't be interest to seasoned boxers with all the teams they wanted but thought it might be useful for those starting out.
(Perhaps I should have posted in the new multiboxers area - mods feel free to move).
I decided to try Shadowfang keep instead of Dead Mines for boosting a couple of alliance rogues.
I found despite the half hour or so run it took to get my lowbies there (I'm now stationing level 1 RAF summoners at each instance for future groups) that it was far quicker gaining levels in SFK than Deadmines - for the following reasons.
1. Shadowfang is made up of elites, Deadmines is full of non elites.
2. shadowfang is a very small instance while Deadmines is a much larger, sprawling instance in comparison.
3. Shadowfang has a large number of elites that can be collected together at the start of the instance. Deadmines has multiple doors getting in the way.
4. Shadowfang is quick to get out and reset, Deadmines requires a run back round to the beginning and killing trash respawns outside of it to get back in.
Given that I have to run my lowbies up from ironforge to Scarlet monastery anyway I figured I'm not losing any time by running them that bit earlier.
(WIth low levels stationed for RAF summoning I wont have this run time anymore)
Net result I went from 10-20 the quickest I ever have on the alliance side.
With my druid I cleared up to the courtyard doors in cat form.
Stationed the lowbies there. Then went in bear form and did a big loop through the courtyard, up the ramp on the right, back down through the baron's dining room and out into the courtyard. Picked up those I missed in the courtyard, brought them back to the stairs at the entrance of the couryard and swiped the mobs down.
This yielded most of a level (if not a level) each time. I then swapped back to cat and cleared to the end of the instance to avoid hitting the instance reset limit.
At about 17-20 I just did the initial loop pull.
All in about 6 hours something for 1-22. I'm sure others have done this quicker, but It's the quickest I've managed so far.
(Perhaps I should have posted in the new multiboxers area - mods feel free to move).
I decided to try Shadowfang keep instead of Dead Mines for boosting a couple of alliance rogues.
I found despite the half hour or so run it took to get my lowbies there (I'm now stationing level 1 RAF summoners at each instance for future groups) that it was far quicker gaining levels in SFK than Deadmines - for the following reasons.
1. Shadowfang is made up of elites, Deadmines is full of non elites.
2. shadowfang is a very small instance while Deadmines is a much larger, sprawling instance in comparison.
3. Shadowfang has a large number of elites that can be collected together at the start of the instance. Deadmines has multiple doors getting in the way.
4. Shadowfang is quick to get out and reset, Deadmines requires a run back round to the beginning and killing trash respawns outside of it to get back in.
Given that I have to run my lowbies up from ironforge to Scarlet monastery anyway I figured I'm not losing any time by running them that bit earlier.
(WIth low levels stationed for RAF summoning I wont have this run time anymore)
Net result I went from 10-20 the quickest I ever have on the alliance side.
With my druid I cleared up to the courtyard doors in cat form.
Stationed the lowbies there. Then went in bear form and did a big loop through the courtyard, up the ramp on the right, back down through the baron's dining room and out into the courtyard. Picked up those I missed in the courtyard, brought them back to the stairs at the entrance of the couryard and swiped the mobs down.
This yielded most of a level (if not a level) each time. I then swapped back to cat and cleared to the end of the instance to avoid hitting the instance reset limit.
At about 17-20 I just did the initial loop pull.
All in about 6 hours something for 1-22. I'm sure others have done this quicker, but It's the quickest I've managed so far.