Instance Boosting Questions:

[JackBurton]

Useful Looting Addons

Loot filter - auto deletes loot you don't want as you loot it.
Genie- actively auto organizes and consolidates items in your bags.
combuctor - a clean bag with items organized passively.

My Non RAF Boosting Plan

* slaves dont need to follow too deep (example: SM: Cathedral)
* heavy concentrations of mobs per square unit (not so much idle moving. example: lower blackrock spire)
* able to lockout in less than an hour (example: SM: Cathedral)

Found this great addon. When you enter an instance for the 5th time in an hour it will tell you how much time till 5/hr limitation will reset.

01-11 Questing or Farm a Cave for copper and xp.
11-21 Shadowfang Keep (SFK) 11, 16-26*** ~50%xp a Run

Upgrade Riding Proficiency
21-33 Scarlet Monastery: Cathedral (SM) 21, 35 (?) ***~50%xp a Run
33-39 Scholomance (Scholo) 33, 38-48 (?)5-4***~50%xp a Run

39-42 Zul'Farrak (ZF) 39, 44-54 (30-49)*~50%xp a Run
Upgrade Riding Proficiency
42-48 Blackrock Depths: Detention Block (BRD) 42, 47-57 ***~50%xp a Run
48-57 Lower Blackrock Spire (LBRS) 48, 55-65 (51-62)***~50%xp a Run
57-61 Hellfire Citadel: Hellfire Ramparts (Ramps) 57, 57-67 (57-72)***~50%xp a Run

• At this point be sure to log out toons at an inn or city to receive rest bonus between sessions. You still earn rested xp by just logging out but you would gain 400% more xp if you logged out at an Inn or anywhere in a major city.
61-63 Auchindoun: Mana-Tombs (MT) 61, 62-71 (61-72)**~20%xp a Run

63-67 Auchindoun: Sethekk Halls (AS, Seth, Seth Halls) 63, 65-73 (65-72)*

~20%xp a Run

67-71 Utgarde Keep (UK/UTK) 67, 68 (70-72)

~20%xp a Run

Upgrade Riding Proficiency

70-85AV+Quests(Hyjal)(quit AV if takes over 10 min)
70-74 Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom (ANK/OLD/AKO/OK)(73-75)
71-74 Drak'Tharon Keep (DTK) 71 (74-76)*
74-77 Halls of Stone (HOS) 74 (77-79)*
77-80 Halls of Lightning (HOL) 75 (80)

"pit arena" quests chains
65 The Ring of Blood - Nagrand
73 The Conquest Pit: Bear Wrestling - Grizzly Hills
75 The Champion of Anguish - Zul'Drak.
84 The Crucible of Carnage - Twilight Highlands

sources

http://www.wowwiki.com/Instances_by_level
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/4...-Non-RaF-70-80
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/3...tance-boosting
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/2...g-still-viable
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/3...tance-Boosting
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/1...tance-Boosting
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/3...still-possible
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/4...stances-no-EXP
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/47205-DK-Boosting
info on good world AoE and grinding spots
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/2...70-80-grinding
http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/3...-spot-deepholm

[3box]

Very nice Jack, thanks.

Would like to add for alliance, 10-15 SFK. I get my warlock + 2 others there to summon the group. Can't use the summoning stone until 15.

And 15-20ish, Stockades.

[zenga]

I believe you need to be lvl 11 to enter shadow fang keep. That instance is made for boosting. Would go there asap.

I tend to stay a bit longer in the first tbc dungeon, till about lvl 63 after which I start with mana tombs.

In wotlk an awesome dungeon to boost is Drak'thraron keep, definitely if you have a tank. (since you can skip 2 bosses).

[JackBurton]

edit: updated main post incorporating some of Zenga's plans.

[alcattle]

When you turn in guests be sure to DROP your high level group member this way you will not incur the xp penalty[/COLOR]

Did you mean "Quests"? What is HGWT?

[MiRai]

Did you mean "Quests"? What is HGWT?

Have Group, Will Travel

[JackBurton]

deleted nexus from my list. and extended UK to 71. nexus was just too much running around and the density of mobs was less than i thought I remembered. UT had same or similar xp per kill.

[SaraiE]

I would also recommend you add in the Sunken Temple at level 45. All you have to do is the top portion, leave boostees at entrance, have tank run around (one circle) and gather all the dragonkins, kill them back at the entrance, profit. If you want to do the trolls, you can too, not too far of a run. I do this circle, kill trolls, and the five dragons. FYI, if you want leathers, this is the place to get it, leveling skinning and the leathers...forgot what kind of leather for level 50 mobs...

SaraiE

[Mokoi]

I posted this today in another thread.. but it's relevant here.

This is what I do, and have been doing all week with my new RAF groups. ( I am Alliance, horde must substitute their own lowbie instances)

10-15: Deadmines - move alts to the first boss when you kill him, stay there until second boss is dead etc. Leave them at the mouth of the final cave for all the exp and then collect them for the run back (through the instance, it's faster than going outside again)

15-23: Stockades - Don't move unless you are getting / turning in quests

23-33: SM Cathedral - Yes, I move them to the first door, and then leave them there the whole instance (you can pull the last boss out of the cathedral to get full exp)

33-42: Scholomance - Move alts 10 feet in to the area with the quest givers. Then stay there for the second-best boosting area in the game.

42-48: BRD - I usually just follow my main through the instance. Be careful of patrols, they will one shot a fresh no gear no talents lvl 42 lol.

48-57: LBRS / UBRS - For LBRS, I clear the first room (patrol and the pack at the back) and head to LBRS with my main, alts following. Then I drop them off at the first ledge you see in the main .. area of LBRS (you will see on the video) Clear LBRS, and then I follow my main through UBRS, but staying a boss behind, so they dont pull aggro and die so easily.

57-63: Hellfire Ramparts - nope.. enter.. kill.. leave repeat. then WAIT a long time because instance timers will ramp up fast.

63-65: Sethekk Halls - Yes, follow the main again staying one boss behind, so you don't pull aggro when you are new. (You CAN skip this if you like, but it's actually faster to go here than to slug through another instance lock of Hellfire to get the last couple levels in there.

65-68: MAgister's Terrace - I move my alts to where i killed the first set of mobs, and then leave them there. GREAT EXP!!

68-71: Utgarde Keep - I have my alts auto-run about 20 seconds after my DK, so they both just basically auto-run through the while instance. DK stops to kill, but he has unholy aura, so he's faster anyway. This is a good spot to stop boosting.

71-80: Quest.. or Dungeon Finder if you have enough gear and an appropriate group (I never plan that far ahead, and I'm always naked when I get here haha) I find questing from 71-80 a lot more interesting, since you no longer get a lvl or two per run, I find grinding UK and other WotLK instances really REALLY boring. And if you have RAF... it's really easy and you can skip most collection quests.

[Destahd]

I run with Master Looter always on and always loot bosses and distribute.

My teams are all blood elves, so I always get the Silvermoon tabard first... followed by Org/Bilgewater/Darkspears. Undercity/Thunderbluff when I remember.

You can easily max out all 6 factions by running some of the heroic instances in TBC, just one heroic run per instance makes it so you max out all 6 factions.

I did this with RAF, but no heirlooms whatsoever and with a mediocre-geared paladin, with just a few season 11 honour pieces.

01-11 Quests in starting area. For Blood Elves, 2 hours-ish, ends in Falconwing Square.
11-15 RFC - Slaves on follow, 2 full clears if you go back for the quests at 13, 2.5-3 clears otherwise.
15-20 SFK - Leave slaves on entrance at 15. One full clear, then pick up quests on second run. Second clear with quests gets you to 20.
20-40 SM - I do full clears of all four instances, doing quests when available.
- Graveyard leave at entrance, clear to stairs before graveyeard and leave slaves at top of stairs.
- Library leave at entrance clear to next quest giver, move to quest giver and leave slaves there.
- Armory Leave at entrance, clear to stairs after courtyard, leave at stairs.
Seven full clears, includes quests.
40-45 Scholomance - 4 full clears, including all quests
45-50 Stratholme - 1 run 'live' side, 3 runs 'dead' side. All quests included.
50-60 BRS - 4 full clears, includes quests. For Upper, leave toons at the bridge by the entrance. For Lower, bring toons to the ogre section, leave them on the bridge in there.
60-61 Hellfire Ramparts. - 1 run with quests.
61-63 Blood Furnace - 2 runs, including quests.
63-65 Mana Tombs. - 2 runs -> 64, get quests. 3rd run -> 65
65-66 Auchenai Crypts - 2 runs with quests.
66-68 Sethek Halls - 5 runs with quests.
68-70 Shadow Labyrinth - 4 runs with quests.

--- From here forward, I loot everything. ---
70-71 Utgarte Keep - 2 runs with quests.
71-72 Nexus - 1 run with quests.
72-73 Azjol Nerub - 2 runs with quests.
73-74 Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom - 1 run with quests.
74-75 Drak'Tharon Keep - 2 runs with quests.
75-76 Amphitheater of Anguish in Zul'Drak quest chain: http://www.wowhead.com/quest=12974
- Violet Hold one run. The quests get you 84% of 75, this gets you another quick 30%.
76-77 Gundrak - 1 run with quests.
77-78 Halls of Stone - 1 run with quests.
78-79 Halls of Lightning - 2 runs with quests.
79-80 Utgarte Pinnacle - 1 runs with quests.

You can do HoL three times, or UP twice, up to you, either way works.