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• Calantus · 12/12/07, 5:12 PM

I tried doing the DoT and run strategy and I have to say it is amazing. My warlock is sporting something like 700 +damage as SL/SL without a pet so this exact sequence might not work if you have more damage:

15-27 Stockades (really goes down after 27)

- Cast low rank siphon life (I think it was rank 5?) on 4 mobs and pull them to the entrance, making sure to run past the lowbie getting experience. You can get up to 8 mobs, but only 4 of them can be hurt early.
- Cast max rank curse of agony on the 4 and run out. If you have more than 4, cast low rank siphon life and the agony on them first. This is so that they all die at roughly the same time.
- The lowbie will get 400-500 experience per mob killed.

I didn't bother with the East corridor as it has lots of stunning mobs. What I pulled was pull the first corridor in full (7-8 mobs), then pull the first 2 rooms opposite eachother, then the 2nd set of rooms, did the same for the West corridor, then in the last room I pulled it in 3-4 pulls depending on mood. All up it's about 8-9 pulls worth about 3k-4k experience a pop. That's basically completing a quest every pull, and the pulls only take 1-2 minutes each. I was leveling my brother's alt this way (I also did one of my own on a seperate account but I wasn't paying attention to speed) and he was getting levels in 12-15 minutes all the way to 27. After that though the experience dropped a heap, down to <300 I believe, so we went off to SM. I didn't like library too much as the beastmasters were annoying and once you get past them mobs seem to bug out if you pull them to the entrance. Instead I did armory.

- Pull 4-5 mobs with max rank siphon life and take them to the entrance.
- Once there cast siphon life on the group again, then cast agony on the group. It is important to get the siphons on everyone before casting any agonies as otherwise the HP levels will be too different.
- ~500 per kill again.

This is slower than stockades was before the xp turned to crap because you have to run further and pull in smaller groups. This is a little more dangerous as healers can keep people alive long enough to get to the alt or even keep them from dying if every healer targets one guy at the same time. If that happens I like to cast corruption on the one healed as I leave the instance. The lowbie needs to be in the courtyard, NOT in the corridor, and they will likely need to pay attention. An enraged myrmiddon can and will kill then in 2-3 hits if he gets heals.

12/12/07, 5:12 PM	#108 (permalink)
• Calantus Custom User Title No main until WotLK Dwarf Priest <Too Far Jaded> Frostmourne	I tried doing the DoT and run strategy and I have to say it is amazing. My warlock is sporting something like 700 +damage as SL/SL without a pet so this exact sequence might not work if you have more damage: 15-27 Stockades (really goes down after 27) - Cast low rank siphon life (I think it was rank 5?) on 4 mobs and pull them to the entrance, making sure to run past the lowbie getting experience. You can get up to 8 mobs, but only 4 of them can be hurt early. - Cast max rank curse of agony on the 4 and run out. If you have more than 4, cast low rank siphon life and the agony on them first. This is so that they all die at roughly the same time. - The lowbie will get 400-500 experience per mob killed. I didn't bother with the East corridor as it has lots of stunning mobs. What I pulled was pull the first corridor in full (7-8 mobs), then pull the first 2 rooms opposite eachother, then the 2nd set of rooms, did the same for the West corridor, then in the last room I pulled it in 3-4 pulls depending on mood. All up it's about 8-9 pulls worth about 3k-4k experience a pop. That's basically completing a quest every pull, and the pulls only take 1-2 minutes each. I was leveling my brother's alt this way (I also did one of my own on a seperate account but I wasn't paying attention to speed) and he was getting levels in 12-15 minutes all the way to 27. After that though the experience dropped a heap, down to <300 I believe, so we went off to SM. I didn't like library too much as the beastmasters were annoying and once you get past them mobs seem to bug out if you pull them to the entrance. Instead I did armory. - Pull 4-5 mobs with max rank siphon life and take them to the entrance. - Once there cast siphon life on the group again, then cast agony on the group. It is important to get the siphons on everyone before casting any agonies as otherwise the HP levels will be too different. - ~500 per kill again. This is slower than stockades was before the xp turned to crap because you have to run further and pull in smaller groups. This is a little more dangerous as healers can keep people alive long enough to get to the alt or even keep them from dying if every healer targets one guy at the same time. If that happens I like to cast corruption on the one healed as I leave the instance. The lowbie needs to be in the courtyard, NOT in the corridor, and they will likely need to pay attention. An enraged myrmiddon can and will kill then in 2-3 hits if he gets heals.