Paladin Stratholme Boosting

[Multibocks]

Well I finished my boosting today. Stopped at 59.9 so I could boost my guy to 60.9 and then realized (after I had hearthed out) that I didnt have any horde characters left with extra levels. ARRRGGGH.

[heyaz]

You don't have to be too close to the slaves, they get experience for 100yrds regardless of LoS, if you zoom your default minimap all the way out and can see the DoTs for the chars to be boosted they should be getting experience from all the kills. Try it one round just park them somewhere safe and kill a couple things as you go in until you see where they stop gaining xp, It should reduce the deaths and make the runs faster...read that as give you more time to loot :P

Also if you don't want broken shields wear gear without block on it, dodge and parry don't do any dmg to your shield, and blocking isn't really keeping you alive that much longer, it's the not getting hit thats doing the majority of the work for you.

XP range seems to be less far with RAF. When I kill the unforgiven in that first pull, they get XP but not RAF xp. Since I pull the first room last, I end up where I started so it's not really an issue, plus the alts can come out and loot easier.

Also, the shields will broke no matter what. I have no block rating on my gear and they still break. Blocking does keep you alive, I can definitely tell right when the shield breaks because my hp starts dropping very fast. It does a little extra damage as well with a shield spike and a sporregar shield. Honestly though, shield repair cost is about the least of my concerns - the point of powerleveling is to save time, not save a few gold on repair costs.

[Bettysue]

Ahh ya wasn't thinking about the RAF range, it did seem to be quite short when my wife was levelling her characters. So I will caveate my previous statement, you don't need to be too close unless you are still RAF boosting :P.

I run this instance in about 3 pulls on my shaman, and have never once had a shield break, not really sure what I'm doing differently, aside from sheer numbers at one time. The total time spent getting hit is probably higher for me, and it's the same over all number of guys...no idea. Maybe shamans have a different block/gear damage formula.

[heyaz]

Ahh ya wasn't thinking about the RAF range, it did seem to be quite short when my wife was levelling her characters. So I will caveate my previous statement, you don't need to be too close unless you are still RAF boosting :P.

I run this instance in about 3 pulls on my shaman, and have never once had a shield break, not really sure what I'm doing differently, aside from sheer numbers at one time. The total time spent getting hit is probably higher for me, and it's the same over all number of guys...no idea. Maybe shamans have a different block/gear damage formula.

Well unless you have 540 defense on the shaman, his block is going to be a lot lower. 540 def gives you like 5% more block against level 80s, and a heck of a lot more on level 55s. All i know is with the sporregar shield I just see a giant green cloud from all the blocks, and I can watch the durability count down, so I know I'm blocking a ton.