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

[Zub]

So i bought a few shields, drink a major agi elixir, use an +20 agi food and scroll go in def stance and agro.
I seem to block/dodge/parry most of the attacks and eventually those that go through eat through me. is it that my warrior just needs more avoidance?
ow and i tried gift of arthas, and does NOT seem to work :-(

[Stabface]

For fun and to see just how fast I can push myself, I started a new batch of alts tonight. 1-18 in 6 hours so far, not great but not so hot either. The Draenei starting zone sucks, I ended up mob tagging to L10 using my L70 Shaman + Magma Totem. Still, I'm under the 24 minutes per level rate needed to hit 60 in under 1 day, right?
It might be impossible, but, I'm hoping to do this:

Stockades -> L24, 2 hours ?
Scarlet Monastary -> L35, 4 hours ?
Sunken Temple -> L58... 10 hours ?
Underbog -> L60, 1-2 hours ?

This should put me under 1 day if I push it ! But how long it's going to take in ST is the unknown to me. Anyone done solid 35-58 here and have a time estimate on it? I see 35-49 in 6 hours, with a repair. I'm hoping to bring a repair bot and an inventory full of shields so I don't have to go anywhere to repair.
It's approximately 2.2m XP from 35-58 BTW... kind of scary to think it all comes from a bunch of skeletons

[nomenquis]

Well, moot point since you already bought them. But http://www.wowhead.com/?item=17189 has the same 85 durability and costs 1/7th the price - which makes repairs cheaper too. Instead of spikes, can you just use rank 1 Thunderclap every 15 seconds or so to tap everything? It means you'd have to actively play though.

You're right, I could have got these instead. But if I had to do it all again I'd honestly invest in sporregar shields. They last 25% longer and you don't have to put spikes on them.
Spikes for 20+ shields is not really cheap either, considering a stack of iron runs at 20g+ on my server. Now for a pally the situation might be different

Also, thunderclapping will _not_ work. To reach maximum efficiency you have to tag (or tap?) one mob each second (220k/hr / 63ep/mob). Thunderclap only hits 4 targets every cooldown, and you can not controll which ones.

So i bought a few shields, drink a major agi elixir, use an +20 agi food and scroll go in def stance and agro.
I seem to block/dodge/parry most of the attacks and eventually those that go through eat through me. is it that my warrior just needs more avoidance?
or and i tried gift of arthas, and seems to work:-)

To not get hit you'll need a lot more avoidance I'm afraid. How long did you last actually? And how much durability did you loose on your normal equipment? I'm asking this because I'll be leveling my 5th team member either with a prot pala geared similar to your warrior or I'll account transfer my warrior to level with him.

For fun and to see just how fast I can push myself, I started a new batch of alts tonight. 1-18 in 6 hours so far, not great but not so hot either. The Draenei starting zone sucks, I ended up mob tagging to L10 using my L70 Shaman + Magma Totem. Still, I'm under the 24 minutes per level rate needed to hit 60 in under 1 day, right?
It might be impossible, but, I'm hoping to do this:

Stockades -> L24, 2 hours ?
Scarlet Monastary -> L35, 4 hours ?
Sunken Temple -> L58... 10 hours ?
Underbog -> L60, 1-2 hours ?

This should put me under 1 day if I push it ! But how long it's going to take in ST is the unknown to me. Anyone done solid 35-58 here and have a time estimate on it? I see 35-49 in 6 hours, with a repair. I'm hoping to bring a repair bot and an inventory full of shields so I don't have to go anywhere to repair.
It's approximately 2.2m XP from 35-58 BTW... kind of scary to think it all comes from a bunch of skeletons

I've been running 220k xp/hr in the 47-49 range. At 35 I got less xp/hr (180?) and I'm pretty sure that ones the skellies are green to my party they'll give a lot less xp. I'm going to boost again today, so I should be able to give you some data after I'm done.


kind regards

[shaeman]

I've been running 220k xp/hr in the 47-49 range. At 35 I got less xp/hr (180?) and I'm pretty sure that ones the skellies are green to my party they'll give a lot less xp. I'm going to boost again today, so I should be able to give you some data after I'm done.


kind regards

Really, 220k xp/hr. That's incredible. I must get me a 70 warrior/paladin.

My shaman, no rested bonus boosting 2 lowbies pretty much hit about 140k xp/hr. I even minimised downtime by dying,ressing and repairing with a repair bot. I need to find some way to get my shaman to last longer than 30-40 minutes against Zolo, as it takes a while from pulling him for him to start dropping skeletons, then even longer before you have that huge mass of skellies to contend with.

I've got earthen elixir on for the reduction of 20 damage per hit. Does anyone know of any other elixirs that may help and be usable in conjunction (I'll take a look tonight).

I know I can get +500 armour elixirs which might be good - e.g deflect more damage.

I've been chugging mana pots, perhaps there are potions that can help provide more armour (and would they stack with an elixir).

I'll have to take a good look at my alchemist tonight

[Trashbag]

I find that if I don't use my epic shields (S2 Shieldwall and Crest of Sha'tar), i take way too much dmg my armor tends to break after about 1hour 25mins of straight zolo'ing, which forces me to reset the mobs and then hearth to repair. My pally is pretty badly geared, so I'm looking to offset some of the dmg mitigation with potions.

I've tried the earthen elixir, but it doesn't seem to stack with BoS. Seals + super mana potions is what I use to keep myself alive and going, but unless I use a realy bad weapon then the skeletons just die to quickly. What weapons do you guys use ????

I've bought some 'Club' s from the noob zones, but they only have 25dura on em, so they break quickly :T Anyone got some suggestions ???


perhaps even a mod that will pop up a raid warning when my shield or weapon is about to break

[Zub]

To not get hit you'll need a lot more avoidance I'm afraid. How long did you last actually? And how much durability did you loose on your normal equipment? I'm asking this because I'll be leveling my 5th team member either with a prot pala geared similar to your warrior or I'll account transfer my warrior to level with him.

Yeah i'm getting some 15-20 dmg in here and there, even with the earthen elixir and demo shout.
According to tankpoints i'm standing at 92% avoidance on those lvl 49.. 8% of shitloads of skellies mean i still take a lot of damage oevr time, which i can only pot through.
With a Paly you should be fine tho, every bubble you can heal back to full.

I bought a cheap 12hp/5 neckpiece to give it a try, and was using lesser ward of shielding as well (200dmg/90sec), but still didnt last long. 6-7 min maybe. about 5 bubbles of my lvl 40 toons.
Durability? the shield was at 40/120 when i jumped down (missed the stone, died lol - forgot i had toggled autorun off for placing on the ledge >.<) the rest had about 95-97% left

Thunderclap only affects 4 targets max so indeed doesnt work. back to my shaman i guess. expensive, but works .. some.

[shaeman]

Thunderclap only affects 4 targets max so indeed doesnt work. back to my shaman i guess. expensive, but works .. some.

Zub,

I'd be interested in comparing findings with your Shaman tanking zolo.

How long do you last before your gear goes red like mine I'm kind of getting 30-40 minutes before dying. I use repair bots instead of hearthing to stonard.

Are you using a fair amount of mana potions?

[nomenquis]

Really, 220k xp/hr. That's incredible. I must get me a 70 warrior/paladin.


I know I can get +500 armour elixirs which might be good - e.g deflect more damage.

It gets a lot worse as you level up, At level 50 I'm only getting about 200k/h and I only expect it to get a lot slower
*edit* 180k at level 51

Also, before you use armor pots check how much armor you already have. The armor cap for 49 is about 12,5k (http://www.wowwiki.com/Formulasamage_reduction)

I've bought some 'Club' s from the noob zones, but they only have 25dura on em, so they break quickly :T Anyone got some suggestions ???


perhaps even a mod that will pop up a raid warning when my shield or weapon is about to break

Just make sure youre using a melee weapon and not a bs hammer / skinning knife. They last forever, but you'll be taking a lot more dmg since you will not parry.
Sadly I dont know of any good mod for that

kind regards

[Zub]

hum, now that i think of it, my clones are shamies... ther fore they have stoneskin and healing totems...
surely those should take agro, my healing totem on the main never gets killed.

Obviously the little shamies will die once i jump down, but they can pop/rez each other..
hum.. must try :-)

[bodefeld]

Thanks to this excellent thread, I managed to boost my new team of four warlocks to 58 in just over two days played. That's my personal record and the locks are now questing on the hellfire peninsula.

For the Zolo/Mijan part, I used my T4 prot pally it worked really well. Basically hours of nonstop XP, virtually only limited by the amout of shields I bought in Stonard. After twenty shields, my first "real" piece of gear was broken.

I found this trinket very helpful, as it obiously does not have an internal cooldown (procced about 20 times in 10 minutes) and slows down the damage to your gear:

http://thottbot.com/?i=4936

It seems worth checking for the "right" instance where Zolo is on the very first platform you see before going further up to the circular hallway. When he is there (and Majin can be dragged to him from one of the neighboring platforms) all you need to do is park your toons near the entrance of the instance in the appropriate corner. Now when you eventually need some repairing done, jump down, hearth and have the locks port you back into that very instance.

Thanks so much!