Violet Hold Boosting?

I just completed my first team with under 200 quests completed. About 120 were in EK and 80 in BT. After BT, because I had been doing so much dungeons, I didn't have a clue where to go.

I just got confused with quests and ended up instancing. Violet Hold was actually pretty decent to me. I liked it as a grind spot. The only time I got annoyed was when Ichoron spawned. I never wiped once, but I did have a 6+ minute kill once on him and 3 additional portals spawned. I pulled that one off with only four men too since my friend was AFK in the entrance playing one of my other toons.

I think it would be really good if there was an actual thread on the possibility for people. Like I haven't heard of IC Glacier Converted Heroes? Is that good? What level would you start?

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Originally Posted by Kalyse

I just completed my first team with under 200 quests completed. About 120 were in EK and 80 in BT. After BT, because I had been doing so much dungeons, I didn't have a clue where to go.

I just got confused with quests and ended up instancing. Violet Hold was actually pretty decent to me. I liked it as a grind spot. The only time I got annoyed was when Ichoron spawned. I never wiped once, but I did have a 6+ minute kill once on him and 3 additional portals spawned. I pulled that one off with only four men too since my friend was AFK in the entrance playing one of my other toons.

I think it would be really good if there was an actual thread on the possibility for people. Like I haven't heard of IC Glacier Converted Heroes? Is that good? What level would you start?

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usable from a really low level... if you summon them into the cliffs above, but that limits your kill radius. 68 is the lowest i'd start there.

Ahh, converted heroes. How I miss Sense Undead on the paladin.
Violet Hold is okay and all, but like someone said it's kind of a pain waiting for the next group to spawn (Especially after bosses). Some bosses are really quite haX too, like the void reaver guy who will shoot your alts at the zoneline through that door. Or Ichoron who will just put up that shield the second you start damaging her, sometimes requiring a 5th phase 2.

One rule that's never changed: If the enemies are green or yellow to your high-level, your alt will get a lot more XP. So Violet Hold is good this way, and HoL/HoStone are a little better.

I think something that might help determine where to go is http://www.wowwiki.com/Championing, since reputation translates quite well into XP. So somewhere like violet hold that only gives 1300 rep per run but somewhere like Drak'tharon keep (available at 72) gives 2000. (yeah I know stuff like Old Kingdom gives 2300, but who would do a full clear of that place?)
Incidentally, DTK is one level below VH in terms of enemies.
Gun'Drak feels faster to me than VH, also. Pre-4.0 it was available at 71. Lots of corners where you can hide the alts, which requires more micro, but you could just get through the entire dungeon only having to move them about 3 times.
(i'm thinking bottom of the ramp, then bottom of Elemental Big Statue Guy's stairs, then top of the stairs after the spear-jerks on mammoths are dead)

So honestly I think at 77, HoS or HoL are the way to go. I know I know it's horrible, bear with it for just a few runs. No more than 10. After that, 78+ Utgarde Pinnacle is amazing.

Voilet hold would suck to boost in. The fact that you gotta wait pisses me off everytime I get it lol. Good for justice points tho.

The wator gobule boss is a pain in the crack to box lol.

Like everyone else said Ichoron is a major pain in the ass. Thanks for the feedback guys.

Uh... Ichoron is ridiculously easy... Stand by the clickers...dps her down to like 5 click it and continue dpsing... (keep your back facing the wall at all times)... When she knocks you back run to the next clicker as the adds die. Rinse Repeat Profit.

I would think that a good spot for grinding would be right by Freya in Sholazar - you will continually be fighting because the mobs constantly respawn. Hover your slaves in the air, slaughter the endless stream of undead until you get bored. Not bad for farming cloth and green items, either.

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Originally Posted by kate

I would think that a good spot for grinding would be right by Freya in Sholazar - you will continually be fighting because the mobs constantly respawn. Hover your slaves in the air, slaughter the endless stream of undead until you get bored. Not bad for farming cloth and green items, either.

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didn't they change that summoned creatures give no xp anymore ?