Has anyone kept a running total of the # of SM runs it takes to go from 25-45?

[knopstr]

Title pretty much says it all.

I was hoping that there's someone in the community who has counted the approx # of SM instance runs it takes to actually get from 25-45.

I just hit 25 on my 5 druids last night and took everyone up to SM. I use my 80DK and round robin every 2 runs or so substituting the odd man out. Not worried about the 5 runs per hour just the sheer # of runs that it's going to take.

Thanks.

**************WITHOUT RAF**************** Forgot that in the OP

[Jubber]

There are too many factors to give an exact amount of runs. Alot of things change the amount of XP you can gain from boosting. You get more exp the closer your boostee is to the level of the dungeon. So my lvl 60 booster will give more exp than my lvl 80. having a full group vs 2, 3, or 4.

Without RAF it will be brutal. Doable of course but brutal. Good Luck!

[ILikeTwins]

I would love to find this out as well as I am dragging a 25 druid through SM Cath (2 pulls) and Graveyard (1 pull) with my 80 Druid (just 2 boxing). Doing both puts me right at the instance cap so it works out well but I think I only get about 1/2 level each reset so it is painfully slow. I may just have to get another account to RAF with so that I can level faster. Man I wish they would just let you pay to reactivate RAF on your linked accounts... X(

[Stabface]

I can't give you an exact number, but I'll get you close... I did 24-40 on 4 toons in just under 2 hours /played with recruit a friend there. I believe at the time it took ~45 minutes for me to do 5x runs and get locked out, this means ~13-14 clears of both Cathedral and Armory. You'll need 3 times as many without Recruit-A-Friend. So, around 40+/- clears should do it.

Unless having an L80 instead of a L70 booster affects the XP much, I don't think it does though.

[knopstr]

I'll be more specific.

I'm using an 80DK and will always have 4 druids at any one time. I simply swap out a druid every 2 runs. I keep track of which druid by taking the druid captain and moving her around using PiP inside of keyclone and I boost on the 6th acct which I leave on the left monitor overlapping the Main Screen.

I don't use any damage dealing auras or buffs. I simply run and aggro everything...run back and D&D and try to spread diseases. One thing that's really helped is the essence of gossamer tanking trinket.

At levels 20-25 in Stockades with the DK, the 4 druids were getting 59-63 XP per NPC per kill. I guess I'll be the one to let you guys know how many runs lol...

[Stabface]

How many runs through Stockades for 20-25? Each run through with RAF gives ~18 bars of XP, somewhat less for 23-25. I think it would take ~7 runs with RAF so if this took you ~20 without it then the L80 isn't affecting your XP. Which means you can expect to run SM about 40 times if you do both Armory and Cathedral full clears.

[knopstr]

Stab...ty very much. Yes, it was around 20-22 times through Stockades.

One last question...do I have to even bother with Armory? I hate that one and it's long and painful...or can I just immediately go to Cathedral?

Is the gap in XP that much diff because of the toons level -- 2 -- instance factor?

[Stabface]

Armory is faster than Cathedral even, run to end of instance and then pull everything back to entrance and kill it. You can pull Herod too if you like (but it's not really worth it xp-wise).

If you don't run Armory you'll spend 30+ minutes waiting on max # of instance reached timer. Both Cathedral and Armory only take around 4-5 mins each.

[knopstr]

Awesome ty.

[knopstr]

I think I'll get a rhythm going then and once I figure out how many times each...I can loot to fill in the hour. I parked an old rogue and lock outside for easy porting for repairs and selling stuff.