Farming rep in Icecrown Citadel (10) by myself (5-boxing)

[Maxion]

Back to making movies again ^^
This time I've made a couple videos showing how to get the Ashen Verdict rep for those sweet rings/recipes if you have decent tank+healing on your team. :D
This proves just how far up in the current PvE content a 5-boxer can get by themselves if they want. ^^

Part 1 showing the first few pulls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YPd2EuggrM&hd=1

Part 2 showing some harder pulls:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaz-L7f4eq4&hd=1

Please let me know what you think :)

[Chronic1337]

Cool!

Last video has bad quality :(

Did you got any BoE epics from the trash yet?

[Fizzler]

Maybe I should switch back to my Pally tank with the exception of your healer did your toons stay at max mana?

[HPAVC]

Well done, some bad timing with the Servant of the Throne guys and my group goes bad.

I didn't know what to expect what I saw you playing with that pillar back and forth for a while there in the second video.

[Maxion]

Cool!

Last video has bad quality :(

Did you got any BoE epics from the trash yet?

The quality was bad when you looked because it had not finished processing on youtube yet.

BoE epics from trash only drop on 25 man.

Thanks for the feedback and comments everyone! ^^

[Maxion]

Maybe I should switch back to my Pally tank with the exception of your healer did your toons stay at max mana?

Not sure exactly what you are asking, but yes, even without blessing of wisdom or mana spring totem, my characters have really good mana efficiency and regen for some reason ^^

[Clone]

The quality was bad when you looked because it had not finished processing on youtube yet.

BoE epics from trash only drop on 25 man.

Thanks for the feedback and comments everyone! ^^


Unless they changed something the boe's drop on 10 man trash also Ive seen loads drop whilst farming rep :)

With regards to the dps staying at max mana, I believe the paladin tank is judging wisdom and the frost mage is providing replenishment, then there is mana spring totem or blessing of wisdom on top of that. Any dps would find it hard to go oom with all those buffs :D

[ciscokid454]

Very nice

[Multibocks]

In all of my raids I have never seen a BoE drop, so good luck with that!

[Svpernova09]

We've seen a couple BoP drops off trash, and we have seen the holy paladin BoE waist in 10 man. It is possible to get BoE's in 10 man.


Edit: This belt: Belt of the Lonely Noble

WoWhead comments say others have seen it drop in 10 man as well as 25 man.

[crowdx]

Btw, do you have to have completed HoS, PoS and HoR before being allowed to enter the Citadel?
Just wondering :)

[Multibocks]

No

.....................msglength

[crowdx]

So what rep are you now with the Ashen? How long to friendly?
I have often thought due to the coordination of firepower multiboxing provides that 5 man multiboxer is more like 7 in a PuG lol
Good Job :)

[Multibocks]

friendly doesnt take long, like 1.5 hour or so of farming trash depending on your kill speed.

edit; oh maxxion, drop reckoning on your paladin. It gives mobs parry haste (resets their swing timer) so it increases the damage you take. Although these are trash mobs so reseting one mobs swing timer isnt huge. Bosses are a whole nother ball of wax.

[Naysayer]

holy fuck, for the love of gawd

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/project-8021.aspx

or

#showtooltip Fireball
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/cast Fireball
/console Sound_EnableSFX 1

[Maxion]

Hehe, I figured someone might get annoyed by that sound :p

[Maxion]

Unless they changed something the boe's drop on 10 man trash also Ive seen loads drop whilst farming rep :)

With regards to the dps staying at max mana, I believe the paladin tank is judging wisdom and the frost mage is providing replenishment, then there is mana spring totem or blessing of wisdom on top of that. Any dps would find it hard to go oom with all those buffs :D

Normally, and in this video, I do not actually use mana spring totem or blessing of wisdom.


We've seen a couple BoP drops off trash, and we have seen the holy paladin BoE waist in 10 man. It is possible to get BoE's in 10 man.


Edit: This belt: Belt of the Lonely Noble

WoWhead comments say others have seen it drop in 10 man as well as 25 man.

That belt is a 25 man drop. (see the ilvl)
Also, the wowhead comments are likely to be from before the change that got rid of trash drops in 10 man and reduced the drop rate in 25 man.

[Maxion]

friendly doesnt take long, like 1.5 hour or so of farming trash depending on your kill speed.

edit; oh maxxion, drop reckoning on your paladin. It gives mobs parry haste (resets their swing timer) so it increases the damage you take. Although these are trash mobs so reseting one mobs swing timer isnt huge. Bosses are a whole nother ball of wax.

Personally I like that talent, but I'll look into if it really does all that.
I would think that with enough expertise, mobs won't parry and thus not get any such haste, and I'm pretty sure blizz changed that functionality for at least bosses.

[MiRai]

That belt is a 25 man drop. (see the ilvl)
Also, the wowhead comments are likely to be from before the change that got rid of trash drops in 10 man and reduced the drop rate in 25 man.
I was present when this belt dropped last week in 10 MAN Ice Crown Citadel. If I remember correctly it dropped off the frost wyrm thing right before the Gunship Battle.

EDIT:
And to add...the first time we were in the 10 man raid the same Frost Wyrm dropped Harbinger's Bone Band

[Multibocks]

Personally I like that talent, but I'll look into if it really does all that.
I would think that with enough expertise, mobs won't parry and thus not get any such haste, and I'm pretty sure blizz changed that functionality for at least bosses.

Boss mobs have like 12% parry(ya I made that up but its near that), so it is possible to hit that with expertise. My tank is sitting at 45 expertise or something like that without even trying. Now my DK is screwed, only 15 expertise or so. =(

[Fursphere]

I was present when this belt dropped last week in 10 MAN Ice Crown Citadel. If I remember correctly it dropped off the frost wyrm thing right before the Gunship Battle.

EDIT:
And to add...the first time we were in the 10 man raid the same Frost Wyrm dropped Harbinger's Bone Band

I was there as well. I can confirm the same.

ilvl 264 BoEs drop in 10 man ICC off trash.

[Dorffo]

had a go at this last night with my Pal / 4x ele crew and managed to do alright, going back in tonight with some guildies for some real heals and a bit more dps. Thanks for posting this!

[Maxion]

I was there as well. I can confirm the same.

ilvl 264 BoEs drop in 10 man ICC off trash.

Ah okay, so probably just not the trash before the first boss then. :)

[Dor]

Ive had the shammy legs and the belt drop on 10 man but that was a lot of farming and very few drops

[knopstr]

I watched the video....thought "what the hell", I'll give it a shot...

Why are so many extra "The Damned"(s) running through the entrance?

I'm trying to duplicate what Max is doing and I'm seemingly capable of tanking the two at the top of the stairs...but mid-fight I get like 3 extra "The Damned" running into room and they wipe me quickly.

Please help.

Thanks

[Maxion]

I watched the video....thought "what the hell", I'll give it a shot...

Why are so many extra "The Damned"(s) running through the entrance?

I'm trying to duplicate what Max is doing and I'm seemingly capable of tanking the two at the top of the stairs...but mid-fight I get like 3 extra "The Damned" running into room and they wipe me quickly.

Please help.

Thanks

The damned will keep coming (up to 3 extra in addition to the two at the top of the stairs) until the main two are dead.
So it is best to mark the main two, and kill them first. Until they are dead, you just gotta blow cooldowns and stuff to survive the rest of them. When the main two are dead, you will have unlocked the rest of the trash and can go on in whichever fashion you want.

[Klesh]

Just pull the 2 at the entrance back to the NPCs and kill them without having to fight any scripted adds.

[knopstr]

Thanks for the responses...I'll give it a shot.

[SideWays]

I didnt read all of the comments but did you ever try to kill 2 of the giants at once? I can kill 1 of em without a problem..

But I had bad luck once and 2 of em spawned within a few secs.. They raped me cause my healer couldnt get my tank up again :s And they are immune to shackle too i think..

[Maxion]

The giant skeletons are indeed immune to shackle, and even taunt.
My best try on one of them was wiping at 3%. Not killed any without anyone else in the party yet, but then my gear is still pretty low compared to what it could be.

[SideWays]

The best way to kill them is too spam greater heal almost through the whole fight and dont forget to jump when they cast their disrupting spell. Maybe even use BL on them :D

[Maxion]

I've used BL every time I've tried, I suppose greater heal might work better, but I don't have it bound to a key atm since I haven't needed it for anything else yet.

[Sly]

good work.. but im sorry!! how the hell can you play with that constant error noise from spamming your keys! there are ways to disable it.. i certainly would!! especially seeing your probably using the mouse wheel.. but if thats not the mouse wheel you must make your girlfriend very happy :)

[Maxion]

Hehe yes, I have since disabled it.
And no, I do not use the mouse wheel, I spam regular keys. ...and you are right about the gf ;)