How do you survive the grind from 60-80?

[nauren01]

I just realized I was trapped in 5box thinking - there are more options for a 10box !

The pet methods becomes 5 boosters + 5 being boosted, not 2+3

this makes me wonder if a low level 10man raid is a good option, e.g. Kara - the 5box 80 team kills, the rest just sits and watches...

that would be good for 10box training on the side as well - ui, I am getting exited now, need to try out quickly

[Kalyse]

What level are you boostees 60-68 right? And the boosters are 80?

[nauren01]

What level are you boostees 60-68 right? And the boosters are 80?

exaclty - it is the team in my sig, will post results tonight

[Ualaa]

While a 10-box will work wonders, I'm sure, a raid is not the best place as experience is very much reduced in a raid.

[d0z3rr]

I am still working on my second team to get my 10box to 80.

Boosting 1-60 was a breeze, prot pala mania, only limit is 5 inis/hr, /played: 23hr total, really enjoyed it

Then comes 60-65: RAF gone, no more pulls >20 mobs, rested xp becomes really relevant, xp/hr down to 2-3 hrs per level (ramparts, then utgarde).

I even started leveling fishing and cooking to 450 on my main to get distraction - even fishing seems more fun... I might even consider questing, that is how desparate I am now

How do you deal with the 60-80 grind after having brought your first team to 80 ? Some of the seniors here have 4-5 teams, any Über-Tips ?

60-70 is actually very quick, and you make ok gold too. I remember one team I got from 60-70 in exactly one week, all I did was quest, and you can completely skip every collection quest. But 70-80....oy ve.

[kate]

Well yea, thats true, i just suck it up and watch a episode of some gay show while grinding :P(

Queer as Folk was dumber, but more entertaining than The L Word, IMO, and I guess technically Project Runway would qualify, but usually I don't try to figure out the orientation of my television - I wouldn't even know what criteria to use, really! But to each their own, and it's cool that you feel free being out and proud like that!, and while your orientation isn't really relevant to the content of the site, I sincerely hope that you find this to be a safe space.

To the topic: My way to survive, really, is to have entertaining people in my guild and to chat with them while I blow stuff up in game. Also, I really do watch science shows etc. - the one with Morgan Freeman narrating got me through most of Outlands. Ripping through the entire final season of LOST got me halfway from 70 to 80, etc.

If you just want to mix it up in game, do regular quests, maybe mix in some collection quests as grinding sessions, etc. Or level two teams at once letting one team gain rest xp while you work on the other, etc.

[Holmeser]

I assume ZooljinX meant to use it in a derogatory way, as in gay meaning crap tv?
Just my thoughts

[kate]

Edit: I couldn't say anything nice, so I'm not saying anything.

[nauren01]

For the records: I tested the pet method with 4x 80 shamy and 4x65 mixed group.

The shamies burn down the rhinos in two ticks of their totem, you have to be fast to do damage on the lowbies. Just one needs to succeed, but having all try increases the chance a lot. The only limiting factor seems to be how fast you can get to the next rhino group or get respawns.

I ended up with about 50% more xp/h compared to ini boosting with a 80 pala. So yes, much faster, but it still depends on rested xp (without rested xp, questing is faster) and you start dreaming of rhinos at night.

so to summarize: as suggested by many - mixing all methods is more fun and best xp

[Kalyse]

Thanks nauren01.
So if I was to do it with level 80 Shamans, I would do:

2 Shamans, 3 Boostees
3 Shamans, 2 boostees.

It probably seems better then, just to stick with instances on 5 characters, since the time it takes to do this process twice, would exceed the lower Xp of just instance questing.