Advice now that Zolo is 'fixed'

[Millz]

This may be a dumb question that i'll regret asking, but what's Zolo?

Check the last post in my blog for a long description (link in my sig), or search the boards here -- Anyways, it's old now, don't work :P

Ah - Didn't know about that, nevermind - mine are all at 64 now so its a bit late.. To be fair though, it's definately a bit of a dodgy way to level.

[Caspian]

The 2 alternatives I can think of off the bat are the baron in strat and the lycerum (sp?) in BRD. I ran my daughter through BRD last week and spent some time in there and she was getting XP fairly fast. There is no boss to dodge and is easy to reset. There are some ranged mobs you would need to run around and LOS to you. The downside to both of these is that they are a huge PITA to get to. Especially with toons on the low end of the instance's level range.

I also do not know if they have also been nerfed, it would make sense.

[Thulos]

On the upside look at all those repair bills saved! I think my zolo boosting cost me around 1200gp for my shaman team.

[Sanctume]

The Zolo worked out great for Prot Paladin even with crappy gear.

And since it's about boosting lowbies with a Prot Paladin, the next boosting from 35 to 50 will be:
35-40 SM Cathedral & Armory
40-45 BRD - 6 pull then reset
45-55 LBRS - 6 to 8 pull, then reset
55-58 Ramparts / Scholo / Strath / EPL turn-in quests.

[Drizzit]

The Zolo worked out great for Prot Paladin even with crappy gear.

And since it's about boosting lowbies with a Prot Paladin, the next boosting from 35 to 50 will be:
35-40 SM Cathedral & Armory
40-45 BRD - 6 pull then reset
45-55 LBRS - 6 to 8 pull, then reset
55-58 Ramparts / Scholo / Strath / EPL turn-in quests.

Well at lvl 80 being the new cap how long do you think you can farm SP? Think steam vault will be able to solo with a lvl 80. If it is then one might be able to instance grind all the way to 73/74 that is if the lvl 80 instances cannot be soloed. Well you might also be able to grind on the kara mobs too (not bosses, but just mobs). Even though you cannot reset kara, the mobs respawn rather quick.

[Caspian]

it only takes 30 minutes out of the instance for a soft reset of Kara, or any raid instance. A lot of those mobs hit very hard, and should still hit fairly hard at 80 too I would think.

The Zolo worked out great for Prot Paladin even with crappy gear.

And since it's about boosting lowbies with a Prot Paladin, the next boosting from 35 to 50 will be:
35-40 SM Cathedral & Armory
40-45 BRD - 6 pull then reset
45-55 LBRS - 6 to 8 pull, then reset
55-58 Ramparts / Scholo / Strath / EPL turn-in quests.

Well at lvl 80 being the new cap how long do you think you can farm SP? Think steam vault will be able to solo with a lvl 80. If it is then one might be able to instance grind all the way to 73/74 that is if the lvl 80 instances cannot be soloed. Well you might also be able to grind on the kara mobs too (not bosses, but just mobs). Even though you cannot reset kara, the mobs respawn rather quick.

[mackenziemi]

Ok I must have missed something, how did they fix Zolo?

[Perrigrin]

Ok I must have missed something, how did they fix Zolo?

The skeletons summoned now only gives 1 xp, regardless of con.

[Greythan]

The Zolo worked out great for Prot Paladin even with crappy gear.

And since it's about boosting lowbies with a Prot Paladin, the next boosting from 35 to 50 will be:
35-40 SM Cathedral & Armory
40-45 BRD - 6 pull then reset
45-55 LBRS - 6 to 8 pull, then reset
55-58 Ramparts / Scholo / Strath / EPL turn-in quests.

I was never able to get a paladin to help me. (Had a guildee offer but we hadn't hooked up yet.)

So, my team (halfway through 43 now) has only my Warlock to boost. Any thoughts on BRD and/or LBRS with such a booster?

[Greythan]

Did they reset all the PL'd toons that were using the AE "zone out" method?

I didn't get to do this, so I don't have a dog in the fight. That said, I don't think this would be considered on the same level as afk'ing and win trading. Those two things had immediate imbalacing impact on other players in PvP. This is an apple compared to those oranges.