Top 5 Instances

[Seldum]

I don't know if a topic about this have been created prior (probably), but im bored and want to know your top 5 fun/cool Instances and the worst 5.

1 = best/worst

Best - Top 5:
1 - SM
2 - etc.
3
4
5

Worst - Top 5
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -

If you like, add a comment or two why you think they are good or bad :)

[Otlecs]

If we were including raid instances, Kara would be at the top with Naxx, Mount Hyjal and Blackwing Lair not far behind, but I'll set them aside here and assume 5 man :)

Best - Top 5:
1 - Deadmines (can't wait to go to the 80 version in a few weeks time!!!)
2 - Scarlet Monastery Cathedral.
3 - Scholomance
4 - Old Hillsbrad Foothills
5 - Pffft.... no idea which one to put here. None of the others are all that great.

Worst - Top 5
1 - Oculus
2 - Old Kingdom
3 - All of the Trial instances (how dull is it to be stuck in one place?)
4 - Blackrock Depths (always got lost there....)
5 - Upper blackrock spire (always got lost there too....)

That was tougher than I though it would be!

[David]

Best - Top 5:
1 - Gnomeregan
2 - Culling of Stratholme
3 - Mount Hyal
4 - Moltencore
5 - Zul Gurub

Worst - Top 5
1 - Oculus (mounted combat bleeehh! I want to play WOW)
2 - TOTC (mounted combat bleeehh! I want to play WOW)
3 - Old kingdom HC (OMG at the trash past boss 2)
4 - HOS (box nightmare)
5 - Everything with a PUG
(worst can be in any order really)


1 - Deadmines (can't wait to go to the 80 version in a few weeks time!!!)
Weeks? Maybe months :-)

[Seldum]

1 - Gnomeregan - Hmm interesting choice :)

The instance I hate above all currently is definitely: Sunken Temple, I hate running around and around and around.... getting lost all the time!

[Whowantstoknow]

Best - Top 5:
1 Durnholde
2 CoS
3 Gundrak
4 SM Cath
5 Strat

Worst - Top 5
1 - Oculos - its easy just not fun
2 - Steamvaults - do not want to think how many times I ran this to get my Earthwarden
3 - Mechanar - My Cloak just would not drop from the first boss
4 - Sunken Temple - instance I skip. Last time I tried to do this was on my shammy team - nuture immune bosses fail so hard though Ive heard theyve nerfed him
5 -Wailing Caverns - Ive run it hundreds of times and still end up going the wrong way

Im also a big fan of Kara but did not include any raid instances (I recently reran Kara to get Mongoose (dropped first time :) ) and cleared the place just for fun. I skipped Netherspite and Nightbane (no urn)

[d0z3rr]

Cool thread idea.

Best - Top 5:
1 - Maraudon - Best instance of all time, great design, super fun, lots of bosses, I love it!!
2 - Blackrock depths - Awesome design, love the many different areas, tons of loot
3 - Uldaman - Awesome environment, cool bosses, nice loot
4 - Stratholme - I like the whole scarlet theme, and this is their best instance, have not done culling yet...
5 - Wailing Caverns - Cool looking, fun, nice skinning

Worst - Top 5
1 - Gnomeregan - Too long, annoying, ugly
2 - UBRS - stupid people = hell of a time, drakk is annoying, large pulls
3 - Scholo - long, I hate the last rooms
4 - Shadow Labrynth - everything fears you, annoying bosses
5 - Stockades - Terribly boring, horrible loot

[Coltimar]

Best - Top 5:
1 - UD Strat
2 - Dire Maul East
3 - BWL
4 - Mechanar
5 - Zul'Gurrub

Worst - Top 5
1 - Gnomer
2 - Naxx
3 - Sunken Temple
4 - Utgarde Pinnacle
5 - Mauradon

[-silencer-]

I'll just go with how it related to my boxing experience so far..

Top 5: (including at least 1 from vanilla WoW, BC, Wrath)
- UK. EASY xp runs for early 70's. Good DE's for enchants/gold. Not annoying to box and fun to run.
- MT. Had fun running this one in mid-60's pre-WotLK.
- SM. Who doesn't love this one? Good gear & rewards, great xp, lots of cloth & DE's, and QUICK to run.
- Gnomeregan. I used to *hate* this instance. Until I ran it enough to know it. Good gear & rewards for the level.
- BM. Timed fights showed how strong of a team you had.. fun to run.

Bottom 5: (including at least 1 from vanilla WoW, BC, Wrath)
- AC in Terokkar. Boxing the behold boss SUCKED. The rest of the instance was bland and boring.
- Maraudon. Again, boxing as nature shammies wasn't fun on Princess. Flame shocks & searing totems? Ugh.
- Sunken Temple. Nature immunes everywhere, and not easy to learn the layout at first.
- ToC. Mounted intro is boring. Next to no rep since there's no trash. Not very creative for an instance.
- BFD. Way to damn long with far too much swimming involved. I refuse to run this one.

[Starbuck_Jones]

Best:
1. Stratholme
2. Culling of Stratholme
3. Shadow Fang Keep
4. Razorfen Krawl
5. Ramparts

Worst.
1. Wailing Caverns
2. Violet Hold
3. TOC
4. Any Troll themed Instance
5. Any Troll themed Instance

I dont like WC. Takes forever to do and it has that jump. Sucks for boxing. I also dont like any sit and wait instance thats like an arena. Trolls should all die in fire. The only mobs in the game that never get rid of their run away flag.

Stratholme is the best in my opinion. SFK is awsome as well. Ramparts was put together very well I think too.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Top 5:


Upper/Lower Blackrock Spire - such an awesome place, especially pre-nerf 15-man
Scholomance - actually has variable fights without the stupidity of vehicles
Blackrock Depths - Lots to do and very challenging at level
Stratholme - So much to do in a relatively short instance
Maraudon - So much variety in environments and tactics

Bottom 5:


Gnomeregan - blech. the very DEFINITION of too much trash. And non-tauntable mobs suck. Balls. Not to mention trash loot that fills up backpacks far too quickly. /wrists x 10^32
Stockades - WHAT camera angle????
Any Outland or Northrend instance - BC/WotLK: Revenge of the Gimmicks.
Gnomeregan - yes, it deserve to win double-acclamation as the most painful (and painfully monotonous) instance in the entire game. Oh, the pain of actually trying to complete the quests/cards/etc. in there with a 5-box group. Highly painful. Sensing a pattern here?
Scholomance pre-nerf. Sure, was fun if you went in there in mad purples but as a fresh 60 with 2.3k HP? Not so much.

[David]

- SM. Who doesn't love this one? Good gear & rewards, great xp, lots of cloth & DE's, and QUICK to run.
If you run SM cath with a normal group it`s quite slow as I recall correctly. I haven`t grouped in a normal way with vanilla content in years.

BTW am I the only one who loves gnome?:eek:

Guess your all like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPdRz3G4BXQ

[Seldum]

I actually had a guy boost me through Gnome :) For like 5g or something.

It's actually quite fun to see theres alot of the "classic" instances in the top 5.

My personal favorite is: Shadowfang Keep. SO much to skin :D

[Kang]

Top 5
1.Durnhold – I haven’t run this very much, but I found it to be fun with a well thought out story line.
2.Ramps – it’s tough as a new 58-60 group, but gets easier very quickly. It provides a surmountable challenge, for that reason I like it.
3.BRD – the size of it makes this place epic. There is so much going on in it.
4.VH – easy to run and convenient to get to.
5.Gundrak – Interesting bosses, nice layout.

Bottom 5
1.Occulus – still haven’t finished this one. I hate the vehicle combat. It’s laggy and poorly implemented.
2.Gnomer – I never liked this place. Not sure why, but it’s just not fun for me. I think the whole aspect of a race’s home city being over-run is interesting, but not when you have skull-level faction bosses living within spitting distance. Take it back already! I can suspend disbelief for only so long.
3.RFD – nothing special about it. It has no flair or interest.
4.BRD – it’s size. It’s a blessing and a curse. I still have not successfully run this place at the appropriate level. The reason is the corpse run if you die near the end. It’s too f’ing long! It needs to be split up like SM into wings where you can easily port into one.
5.COS – I don’t like the ever respawning skeletons. That’s my only real complaint.

In general, I don’t hate or love any of the instances. They all have faults and blessings. I tried to think of the ones I run most/least and why.

[Maxion]

I'm pretty sure the high level version of deadmines that people are thinking about is the heroic lvl 85 deadmines and shadowfang keep in cataclysm. Not sooner than that, sorry.