Multiboxing in the Outlands ... need some help

[~Sanjoin~]

Hi

Since my 3 shadow priests hit 61 and I am forced to level them somehow in the Outlands, I have encountered problems I didn't think of before.
Many of the quests are collect 20 of this, and 30 of that .. and thats a hell with 3 chars, even with one it sucks often.

And because from lvl 60 on you dont get the extra xp from invite a friend, the mobs give very low xp (normal xp / 3 )
It feels like forever to make even 10% of needed XP to level up.

So, my question, are there some hints or maybe a walkthrough or a good way without too much pain to multibox the outlands?
Lvl 61 to 70.

Thanks alot.

San

[dRiN]

Hi

Since my 3 shadow priests hit 61 and I am forced to level them somehow in the Outlands, I have encountered problems I didn't think of before.
Many of the quests are collect 20 of this, and 30 of that .. and thats a hell with 3 chars, even with one it sucks often.

And because from lvl 60 on you dont get the extra xp from invite a friend, the mobs give very low xp (normal xp / 3 )
It feels like forever to make even 10% of needed XP to level up.

So, my question, are there some hints or maybe a walkthrough or a good way without too much pain to multibox the outlands?
Lvl 61 to 70.

Thanks alot.

San

You can find allot of posts on this subject on these forums.

Try to skip collection quests that don't have followups that are worth your time, gearwise / xpwise (kill quests), check wowhead or a simular site and read the information needed to see if this is okay.

Try to find a buddy healer + tank and destroy instances for the xp gaps you find for not doing all collection quests in a zone.

Relax, and take it easy, outland leveling is allot more work than pre TBC. This is certainly the case if you did the RAF thingy.

These are hints, no walkthrough since there is not yet one. Many use an open guide and skip the collection quests.

[Lorune]

Hi

*I just skipped most of the content, and blew through the content without bother to learn to play my class, or see that sometimes multiboxing is actually a shitty grind and now i want to find some easy mode guide*

San

Ok perhaps my edit is not entirely fair on you. But this question has been asked several times in the past. The search would tell u as much.

And to actually anwser your question. No there is not, but if you follow most mainstream guides you will still be able to make it to level70 without doing the collection quests and doing 1 or 2 extra instance runs.

That being said. I personally did every single quest in HFP/Zang/Terrokar except 3 in Zangramarsh. Yes even the collection quests, it might be a pain in the ass sometimes, but it sure made me get good XP per area. Cause if you skip 1 single collection quest, u generally miss out on some very nice chains/rewards. (Cursed Talisman comes to mind nice blue chest)

[Elix]

I feel you pain having done 3x priests myself.

Just do every other non-collection quest and only do them if you know the drop rates are OK. (check Questhelper comments)

There is plenty of quests, I didnt run out and I skipped alot. Just quest quest quest - dont get stuck grinding mobs anywhere. Remember things will go quicker when you hit 64 and get in Nagrand.

[Otlecs]

Since my 3 shadow priests hit 61 and I am forced to level them somehow in the Outlands,

As you can't just grind instances yourself, I'm afraid there's no magic formula for this.

Do the collection quests with only three characters. It'll help alot. If you're confident in your abilities, try to get a group together for instances. Unfortunately, SPs aren't the most in-demand class for most Outland instances (where humanoid CC is worth more than undead CC), but it's worth a go.

You mentioned RaF. My approach is to take it easy from 60-70 with the teams I have in that range, because I'm not planning to do much of anything until WotLK anyway. I won't be BG/rep grinding, for example.

So I'll be maximising my RaF bonus by simply stopping completely at 60 and creating all the weird teams I ever wanted to create before my 90 day RaF bonus runs out, then I'll take stock of where I am and start pushing whichever teams I feel like pushing to 70

[~Sanjoin~]

Hi

*I just skipped most of the content, and blew through the content without bother to learn to play my class, or see that sometimes multiboxing is actually a shitty grind and now i want to find some easy mode guide*

San

Ok perhaps my edit is not entirely fair on you. But this question has been asked several times in the past. The search would tell u as much.

And to actually anwser your question. No there is not, but if you follow most mainstream guides you will still be able to make it to level70 without doing the collection quests and doing 1 or 2 extra instance runs.

That being said. I personally did every single quest in HFP/Zang/Terrokar except 3 in Zangramarsh. Yes even the collection quests, it might be a pain in the ass sometimes, but it sure made me get good XP per area. Cause if you skip 1 single collection quest, u generally miss out on some very nice chains/rewards. (Cursed Talisman comes to mind nice blue chest)

no, it's ok, you could not know that I already have an 70 shadow, not multiboxed, so I think I can play it a bit.
About the content skipping thing, yes, you know, I have every single class (except WLs) 70 and none of them multiboxed for it. Just normal quests or stupid grinding.
It's linked to some pain each time to do the same quests running over and over the whole Outlands, but that's ok, only the collect quests make it a misery I cannot describe.
And if I skip them, I fear to lose too much XP per area and I don't want to be bullyed in stupid grinding, because, like I said, mob XP is low in a three men group.

I have 2 70 shamis on different accounts so I could do maybe some "boosting" in Instances 62-70 ... but I don't know which one is good, if its good at all or just another pain in the ass ...

I only want to avoid that I crawl, stupid like I sometimes am, with that much pain in the ass through the Outlands and after I hear there was a much simpler/nicer/neater/whatever way to do this.

Ok, Thanks for the answers so far, I guess there WILL be some pain in the ass, whatever I try to avoid it *g

[Lorune]

no, it's ok, you could not know that I already have an 70 shadow, not multiboxed, so I think I can play it a bit.
About the content skipping thing, yes, you know, I have every single class (except WLs) 70 and none of them multiboxed for it. Just normal quests or stupid grinding.
It's linked to some pain each time to do the same quests running over and over the whole Outlands, but that's ok, only the collect quests make it a misery I cannot describe.
And if I skip them, I fear to lose too much XP per area and I don't want to be bullyed in stupid grinding, because, like I said, mob XP is low in a three men group.

I have 2 70 shamis on different accounts so I could do maybe some "boosting" in Instances 62-70 ... but I don't know which one is good, if its good at all or just another pain in the ass ...

I only want to avoid that I crawl, stupid like I sometimes am, with that much pain in the ass through the Outlands and after I hear there was a much simpler/nicer/neater/whatever way to do this.

Ok, Thanks for the answers so far, I guess there WILL be some pain in the ass, whatever I try to avoid it *g

The aim was more as in learn to play a multibox team but anyways, that part was ment to be sarcastic anyways.

As you stated if you skip you will end up having to do all quests in netherstorm/SMV aswell that are no collection quests. But its doable as some already mentioned.

Main problem is that you dont really run a "instancing" team. which 1) doesnt make it intresting for people to take u 2) u cannot solo instances.

All lead up to the conclusion you will HAVE to quest. And in that you got the 2 choice, to collect or not collect

[~Sanjoin~]

All lead up to the conclusion you will HAVE to quest. And in that you got the 2 choice, to collect or not collect

everything seems to be connected to this elemtary phrase, even hamlet knew it ...
ok, thanks, I will try to avoid collect quests where I can an do these I MUST (because of needes follow ups ...)
Maybe I'll write a "how I did it" ... somewhat of a walkthrough if this will work halfways as good as I hope ...

Ok ... some work is waiting for me
And vacancy is over after this weekend *darn*

Thanks for the hints!

[Drizzit]

You don't have to skip all collection quests, just skip the ones that have a drop rate of less then 80%. When the drop is 80% or higher it is almost like a kill quest. I remember there are a couple quests in hellfire where you have to kill voids and collect 40 shards, well every voids always drop 1 some drop 2 and some drop 3. When i was 5 boxing i did that quest cause it wasn't a low drop rate, i know that i need to at least kill 200 voids, but i knew the voids where easy kills and they also drop motes of shadow, which a primal shadow (10 motes) go for at least 35g on my server. So i got about 50 motes and made 175g. I collection quest that i did skip even though it wasn't a drop quest was the zep parts omg by the time 3 of my 5 toons got 40 parts i was falling asleep.

[kaputt]

I am encountering the same thing right now on my dual-boxing team (warrior and priest). I was loving the RAF bonus all the way to 60 and once that was over it was certainly painful. My advice to you is to stick with it because when you hit 70 it will all have been worth it in the end.

As others have suggested, stay away from collection quests (e.g.: the purified hellboar meat quest, the eel filet quest, etc) that have notoriously bad droprates. Collecting items off the ground can be annoying with multiple characters, but it is easy xp....