Boost grinding a 62 in Northrend.

[Marious]

Ah but there is safety in numbers, while you can't really solo those area's at his particular level and you will get ganked left and right once opposite faction finds out but if your boxing even with your low guy getting killed you will be sure to kill them over and over until they go away

[Schwarz]

I am saying give up on the grinding levels route and try just solo questing leveling. I have heard from people that 60-70 is stupid easy now. Takes like 3 zones and you are already 70. The new old world (BC content) is probably just as isolated as the old old world. You shouldn't have to worry too much about pvp.

[cmeche]

Went out there again this morning. I kept track for 30 min, in which i made 180k xp. 99% of that was unrested.. I grinded for a little over a hour only had to stop twice for respawns, but never for mana.

I really dont know.....but i dont think you can solo quest anywhere in outlands and produce anywhere close to 180k xp an hour much less 30 min.
I hit 67 today, 1 more lvl of this grinding crap and then ill start questing for upgraded gear. Once i hit the 71-80 pvp bracket i plan on hitting that up big time since Isle and AV are won majority of the time by alliance.

[Schwarz]

Is there a group of 3 shaman then a seperate group with the lowbie shaman and the priest? Or all of them in the same group?

[Schwarz]

Also where are you grinding?

[cmeche]

Yes two seperate groups....read this
Shaman's totems are considered "pets" so the same concept applys.
The rhinos i am grinding are in borean tundra......between warsong hold and amber ledge......there are TONS of rhinos there.

[Schwarz]

Well I reactivated my 5 accounts and tried this out today. I didn't keep track of any numbers but I got from level 61 to half way thru 63.

I have 3 shaman in tow and they drop five nova totem while my paladin/druid cast concentrate. I think i am a little low on dps b/c I have to usually drop a magma totem after the novas go off. I am going to install fubar and keep track of xp. The only snag that I hit was I kept pulling some level 72 elite.

[Schwarz]

I finally got fubar to work correctly. I am looking at around 350k an hour on a level 65 toon. It took me just under 80 mins to level from 65 to 66. My paladin kinda runs out of mana so I am having to stop and drink every once and a while also. Plus I have deaths every once and a while.

Not the funnest thing to do in the game but the levels seem to be going fairly quick. Started with a level 61 saturday and have a level 66 sunday morning (and I slept!!!). Hopefully I will grind out 70 today. Then I am not sure what I should do.

[cmeche]

i dont drop nova totem at all. I drop 3 magmas then1 stoneclaw..... then its off to the next set of rhinos. The stoneclaw taunts enought to hold aggro the whole time the magmas dps them down. Plus, my low lvl shammy drops tow...so each mob has an additional 3% chance to get crit. Each group takes a max of 2 seconds to tag/totem drop....then about 5 seconds later they are dead.

I came close to hitting 400k xp an hour unrested yesterday. With the right path, there is no waiting for respawns.
Only thing better would be ungrouped, aoe tag the mobs...then have a lvl~70 mage and/or boomkin aoe them down. You would almost get twice the xp per mob....but its a lot harder this way and mana is an issue.

[Ualaa]

This is a very nice method for me too.

I decided to take a mage and druid, both level 60 (RAF boosted), so almost 61st but no spells etc.
Much cheaper to buy ground mounts in 3.2, which is nice.
Ran them to the AH, purchased anything cheap with Stamina on it.
Trained them in the spells relative to their spec.

For the mage, took the arcane talent to increase chance for arcane spells to land.
Also took the frost talent to increase the chance for any spell to land.
That works out, will probably be 21/50 or 20/51 (Arcane/Frost) eventually.

The largest issue at the moment is running into a group.
Drop a Stoneclaw Totem.
Wait a second for several mobs to come on over.
Spam Arcane Explosion until the Stoneclaw is about to go.
Drop the 2nd Stoneclaw and the three Magma's.
With Target Target on, I'm ready to drop the 3rd Stoneclaw if necessary.
Most often it is not.

Unfortunately with a 61st level toon, 5 or 6 arcane explosions...
Tags anywhere from 2 to 5 mobs, with an average pull of 4-6 at once.

The mobs seem to be 67th and 68th on average, so the exp's per mob won't diminish until 63rd or 64th.
With the bonus that as I gain levels, I'll be hitting more mobs, which should mitigate this nicely.

Had a somewhat annoying time with this towards the end of my first session.
I had a hunter tagging along, who was skinning things.. none of the toons present can skin.
Except he'd send his pet onto one mob in a group and then shoot another himself - just before I got to the group.
Kind of annoying, that basically worked into a 30% exp penalty.
I asked him to stop, but he basically said.. the mobs are free for anyone.
So I said, I had to log for a bit. He did say he leveled skinning from 375 to 448.
But he got annoying at the end, the last 10 or 12 pulls, taking two mobs per pack.

This is definitely faster then questing.
The toons dinged 61st on the first couple of pulls.
They ran out of rested (1.5 levels worth) in under 90 mins.
I'd say I'm averaging 61-62 and 62-63.. maybe 70-75 minutes a level.
It would be faster if I on 5 arcane explosions I could tag more then half the mobs in a pack.
And it would have been faster if the hunter was not stealing two per pack.

Overall a very good experience.
Thank you for sharing.