Best way to use up rested XP

[TheBigBB]

I want to get rid of the 150% rested XP so I can build up more rested XP since the cap is 150%. I try to play but am not doing very well in WoTLK, I can't do UK after trying over 100 times to take down the first boss, and the collection quests are killing me. It is taking me 1 day per level /played in this expansion and I'll never get to 80 if I can't maximize me rest XP.

If this is the case, I would suggest just trying to find as many managable quests as you can, and maybe do some research on which collections lead to nice chains later on. It doesn't sound like your team is very good for PVE if you can't beat that first boss, so don't mess around with instance grinding until you get more gear. OR just kill the first mobs over and over, but this is too boring to imagine... There's a lot of content out there to go check out.

[Littleburst]

Dungeons. Don't focus to much on it though.

I had like 140% rested, lvled up 2 lvls in 3 days and still have 80% left or so. It really takes long to grind it all away in instances. Since i tried that to lvl up, since i got bored of the questing aswell.

[BGuru]

I'm totally confused.

Your problem has nothing to do with needing to gen back up rested exp, it has to do with finding efficient ways to burn through it.

So, find more efficient mobs to grind exp with (burns through rested exp). Most typically, that is found in instances. If you can't clear the boss, you could max your four resets in an hour and kill all the trash up to the boss. Find mobs to grind. Pretty simple. Hell, back down to a heroic BC instance or something if you need to.

I would have never even thought about going back and running the old heroics for XP. Does anyone know if the XP from the old heroics is good or is the XP in WoTLK a lot more from instance mobs?

Dungeons. Don't focus to much on it though.

I had like 140% rested, lvled up 2 lvls in 3 days and still have 80% left or so. It really takes long to grind it all away in instances. Since i tried that to lvl up, since i got bored of the questing aswell.

I was hoping to burn through the rest XP on the weekends and let it build up through the week. I should just concentrate on leveling I guess and not worry about the rest XP. Everyone I know is level 80 now and for me the game is boring to play when you play alone all the time. My reason for boxing was to run any instance any time and that doesn't seem feasable anymore with this expansion. Maybe it is time for me to play something else besides WoW.

[TheBigBB]

My reason for boxing was to run any instance any time and that doesn't seem feasable anymore with this expansion. Maybe it is time for me to play something else besides WoW.

The instances in WOTLK are boxable; many people have succeeded already boxing heroics. The only one that I think we're having a big problem with is Oculus due to a vehicle-based final boss.

[accretion]

I ground most of 73 doing a circuit in The Nexus. The nice side effect is a decent haul in Frostweave, Borean Leather and a few herbs to boot. Zone in, clear the 5 Dragonkin in the "diamond" then grab the large tree on the right side of the diamond (add the elite group if you wish), then the Mage + Dogs on the other side. That should take you around 7-10 mins and net you nearly 40K xp, all at very little risk. This works out to roughly 200K/hour, which isn't phenomenal, but it ain't bad. And, like I mentioned, it provides a few mats for your professions.

(edit: fixed my math)

[larifari]

I got the same team like you. There were nearly zero questrewards with deffgear for my pala I wiped in Utgarde and nexus, some bosses i killed - many not. Today i am lucky that i was unable to grind the instances. I quested my way to 80 and ok it took tons of playtime.
What i did, i made the game little more time-intensive and started reading every quest . Finaly i enjoyed some of the best quests blizzard ever made, i met arthas himself nearly every day.
Well, i realy have to say that this was one of the best games i ve ever played.

[Marious]

Yes quest after some time can get to be a headache but the expansion has a lot of great quest and I have only done the beginning, unlike a lot of people I am not that eager to get to 80 or I would already be 80, its not that big of a deal, I enjoy taking it slow and doing quest and even leveling the alts which is what I have been doing this week, took the 62's to 64 over 2 evening of playing a few hours. But if you really want to get to 80 and fast then I would say solo it when it comes to instances and MB for the quest, sorry its gonna take some time regardless of how you do it. Most people are not even experiencing the game and going to 80 to raid and that's just not fun for me, and then I have family that I have to worry about so I have not been on as much.

[TheBigBB]

Yes quest after some time can get to be a headache but the expansion has a lot of great quest and I have only done the beginning, unlike a lot of people I am not that eager to get to 80 or I would already be 80, its not that big of a deal, I enjoy taking it slow and doing quest and even leveling the alts which is what I have been doing this week, took the 62's to 64 over 2 evening of playing a few hours. But if you really want to get to 80 and fast then I would say solo it when it comes to instances and MB for the quest, sorry its gonna take some time regardless of how you do it. Most people are not even experiencing the game and going to 80 to raid and that's just not fun for me, and then I have family that I have to worry about so I have not been on as much.

EXACTLY the same with me. I am taking it easy to 80, with one time only just about to 79, and I've even leveled another priest from scratch since I got WOTLK to fill in on my second team. I'm also planning on doing every quest at some point.

[Boylston]

I like instance grinding on a PvP server anyhow, plus it's more of a challenge for me than just dominating my way through quests designed for solo players.

I'll do them later when I can enjoy the lore and rake in the cash...