Grinding Heroics

[Drommon]

In the starting area for WotlK ? Howling Fjord/Keep? The one from the Ship in minithil harbor...

anyways, you can go there, and just tag the mobs at around lvl 63-64 and level up pretty quick to 68.

The guards help kill, but as long as you hit them first, it's xp fast and furious.

Hope this helps.

Stephen

Yes, I did this to get some shards for the warlock. I noticed that I got about the same XP from those mobs that I did from the mobs in Mana-Tombs. I thinks its a good idea. However for me, I like doing instances because it really pushes my limits on creating macros, useing the right tactics and abilities at the right times. I am also doing the instance runs to prepare me for the heroics later on. In addition I like getting the rares. This is not an issue of time for me, it is more of an issue of avoiding collection quests in NR and strengthening my skills for instances. I RAFed my toons to 60th level. Did some instances and quests to 66th level. Then I dual boxed warrior and priest to about 71st level. From there I soloed my priest to 76th level until I learned about AV leveling and thats when I took my 71 warrior and BGed him to 80 in 2 weekends. I was going to do the same with the priest, but I decided she would hit 80th level when the other toons were about 78-79th level. And since I didn't get to enjoy any of the BC content since I started playing WoW Sept 2008, I decided to do the BC instances and heroics. A personal choice thats all. But yeah, I see that your idea works well for leveling fast.

Drommon

[Moorea]

I would get the 3 laggard to 71 through questing, with the changed xp curve, questing 66->69 in nagrand and 69->71 in northrend is very fast and then 4 box AV while doing quests (and the northrend instances) in between

[Drommon]

I did Mana Tombs again last night. No toon died or took much damage at all. Clearing the instance took about an hour and my toons leveled to 67. The second time yielded the exact same type of rares as the first run oddly. I have also done the quest chain for Auchindoun: Auchenai Crypts. Getting the Aged Cleftfoot blubber was stupid insane to complete the quest chain. Although you don't need the quest to enter, I did it just for the extra content. Plus it has some cool rares at the end. The low level toons are 30% to the next level. I will go to the crypts tonight.

Drommon

[F9thRet]

Yes, I did this to get some shards for the warlock. I noticed that I got about the same XP from those mobs that I did from the mobs in Mana-Tombs. I thinks its a good idea. However for me, I like doing instances because it really pushes my limits on creating macros, useing the right tactics and abilities at the right times. I am also doing the instance runs to prepare me for the heroics later on. In addition I like getting the rares. This is not an issue of time for me, it is more of an issue of avoiding collection quests in NR and strengthening my skills for instances. I RAFed my toons to 60th level. Did some instances and quests to 66th level. Then I dual boxed warrior and priest to about 71st level. From there I soloed my priest to 76th level until I learned about AV leveling and thats when I took my 71 warrior and BGed him to 80 in 2 weekends. I was going to do the same with the priest, but I decided she would hit 80th level when the other toons were about 78-79th level. And since I didn't get to enjoy any of the BC content since I started playing WoW Sept 2008, I decided to do the BC instances and heroics. A personal choice thats all. But yeah, I see that your idea works well for leveling fast.

Drommon

No way I can fault you at all for that, as I've done much the same myself.

I do both to be honest, as I get tired of running back to back instances after a while, and this is a cool way to burn through rested.

The draw back is, you miss out on gold, gear , etc.

Stephen

[Drommon]

So far I took my toons through all the instances in Auchindoun and Utgarde Keep two times each. Leveled them from 66-69 and 76-77, see signature for toon make up. Got enough blues, greens, grays and cloth/skins to earn me about 1200 gold. I did a little bit of questing in Howling Fjord and a few low level NR dailies. Once my low level toons reach level 70 I will be doing the outland heroics for content mostly. My plan is to run them normal mode once and the heroic mode once. I then plan to move back to NR and begin the instance grind there after questing for the needed instance quest. One thing for sure though, after running instances and tuning your macros to them, questing becomes a breeze as your toons just one shot everything lol. I just send my warrior out on his mount and round up the local mobs for a meltdown. I am not sure, but I think this method is really good for earning a lot of XP if your in the right area with lots of mobs with fast respawn rate.

Drommon