[WoW] AOE Paladin Boosting, when to move on to next instance?

[sargorn]

i also have a Karazhan geared Prot warrior (~13k hp, 15k armor)and might give her a try as well, just to see if it is doable, but i think it's gonig to hurt big time with no heals.

Any kind of warrior with the Figurine trinket and a shield spike should be able to pull zolo off.

Likely 100x better than a shaman, warlock, druid, or any other class.

[sargorn]

After i dinged 40 i decided to go and try the ever spawning mobs in the Lycaeum, BRD. It took me a good hour to have them all in the lava under Incendius, to what point i realized that you can only side walk for so long, at some point you need to laval jump for a little while, and that ticks for 600dmg every 3sec.. no way my little 40s can go through with 1500hp. So i canned it. maybe some other day.

Practice actually lava jumping. You can -time- your jumps so you don't take the 600 damage 'tick'. Basically going right across undamaged.

Of course you'd probably have to jump them across one by one, oh and remember there are a bunch of destroyers in the lava, and on the island there.

[nomenquis]

i also have a Karazhan geared Prot warrior (~13k hp, 15k armor)and might give her a try as well, just to see if it is doable, but i think it's gonig to hurt big time with no heals.

I'm just boosting in ST with my warrior. I do have badge / kara gear, but equipped quite a lot of other stuff (quest reward blues and the like) to boost my avoidance (and block) up.

I'd suggest using the tankpoints addon (wowace.com) and use the calculator to see the attack table vs level 49 mobs. It will show exactly how much more avoidance (and block) you need to never get hit. I'm running with something like 65% avoidance and 40% block against 49. If you can get the gear to reach this level of avoidance / block you do not even need the figurine. Basically the only time I get damage in this fight is when my shield breaks and I've to use another one. Also, not getting hit at all also means that your normal equipment gets no durability loss. I think I could continue this for a looooong time (but only have 24 shields with me at the moment).

xp/hr is around 170-180k for me, running with 4 lowbies.

Also, if you're kiting mijan with a blacksmithing hammer to zolo, make sure that you're equipping a normal weapon afterwards. I kinda found out the hard way that one can not parry with a blacksmithing hammer equipped

kind regards (and happy boosting)

[Lokked]

Anyone mind explaining the Lycaeum (sp?) method of boosting? I've heard mention, but nothing useful found in this forum.

Thanks

[sargorn]

Anyone mind explaining the Lycaeum (sp?) method of boosting? I've heard mention, but nothing useful found in this forum.

Thanks

you go into brd. go to the room with all the fast respawning nonelite dwarves. kill them. wait til they respawn and kill them again.

[Zub]

Anyone mind explaining the Lycaeum (sp?) method of boosting? I've heard mention, but nothing useful found in this forum.

Thanks

you go into brd. go to the room with all the fast respawning nonelite dwarves. kill them. wait til they respawn and kill them again.

The mobs in that room are level 52-53, non elite, and have a 20second respawn timer. They are very easy to kill ~1k hp and there is a CRAP-TON of them :-)
Hard part is getting there with low toons >.<

i think this is them Anvilrage Reservist

[Zub]

I'm just boosting in ST with my warrior. I do have badge / kara gear, but equipped quite a lot of other stuff (quest reward blues and the like) to boost my avoidance (and block) up.

I'd suggest using the tankpoints addon (wowace.com) and use the calculator to see the attack table vs level 49 mobs. It will show exactly how much more avoidance (and block) you need to never get hit. I'm running with something like 65% avoidance and 40% block against 49. If you can get the gear to reach this level of avoidance / block you do not even need the figurine. Basically the only time I get damage in this fight is when my shield breaks and I've to use another one. Also, not getting hit at all also means that your normal equipment gets no durability loss. I think I could continue this for a looooong time (but only have 24 shields with me at the moment).

xp/hr is around 170-180k for me, running with 4 lowbies.

Also, if you're kiting mijan with a blacksmithing hammer to zolo, make sure that you're equipping a normal weapon afterwards. I kinda found out the hard way that one can not parry with a blacksmithing hammer equipped

kind regards (and happy boosting)

ok thanks for the info, will try it tonight i think :-)
Here's my warrior

[ChaoticMonk]

What level range can the boostees be before they start killing each other's xp? eg would lowbies ranging from level 40 to 50 cause eachother to lose out on xp? would it be better to catch up the lower one before bringing in the higher level one?

I finally got my prot pally to 70 yesturday night so cant wait to get home and give Zolo another shot (last time I tried it I was 62...didnt last long).

[nomenquis]

ok thanks for the info, will try it tonight i think :-)
Here's my warrior

My warrior: http://armory.wow-europe.com/charact...Morogh&n=Rinai (in the gear used for boosting)
I'm pretty sure you're lacking avoidance / block in the gear currently equipped by your warrior. So you will get hit, and thus take dura loss on slots other than the shield.

Aw, some additional info. I've just finished boosting from 35 to 49 (3x shaman and one pala, all the same level). The only thing that was holding me back was the amount of shields i could get. I've been at 40% block for these mobs and would waste about 1 shield every 8 minutes or so.

Well, to be exact:

At 40% block I'd run through the 85 dura http://www.wowhead.com/?item=30775 provides (took 20 with me, with a iron spike) in about 8 minutes.
I've then used the sporregar shields (5x) with a mithril spike and mijan was able to keep zolo and himself healed. So, I'd suggest getting sporregar shields since they have 100 dura and thus last longer.

After these were wasted I had the pala in my group give me bos (blessing of sanctuary) and used my two epic shields without a spike. I'd rather not do that the next time though, since the pala will aggro mobs, and a dead pala won't get xp

All in all, I've had to invest about 180g in the shields (8.xx g each) and about 50g in repairs. Had to repair once, about after 3 hours of (not) getting hit by them (only got actually hit when a shield broke)
Took me about 6 hours from 35-49.

[daviddoran]

What level range can the boostees be before they start killing each other's xp? eg would lowbies ranging from level 40 to 50 cause eachother to lose out on xp? would it be better to catch up the lower one before bringing in the higher level one?

I finally got my prot pally to 70 yesturday night so cant wait to get home and give Zolo another shot (last time I tried it I was 62...didnt last long).

Are you talking about mixed lowbies? As long as the lowbies all get xp, it won't really matter. Once any of them get high enough above the mobs, and no longer get xp, they will hurt the overall group xp and should be kicked, and possibly replaced with another toon between level 35 and 57, either one of your own, or any random 3rd party.