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Old 09/27/06, 7:19 PM   #51
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yeah, but that was clearly a one time action that can't be repeated so it doesn't count :D

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Old 09/27/06, 7:26 PM   #52
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My guildie (mage) found Faxmonkey to be an inspiration...

So he's soloed all of Scholomance (I think, he was having issues with evades but I THINK he did it), using Holy Water to kill the magic-immune mobs. He's done all of BRD including the emperor, he can take the baroness and the frost guy, as well as the magistrate, though the bug boss gives him fits. Hes' 2manned Live Strath with a shadowpriest, and has 2manned to emberseer (with me) and we brought in a priest to 3man emberseer (suprisingly, those mobs around him are kinda hard without many people, that stun sucks!), then we kept clearing and wiped on Rend. All the tree packs/elemental packs in DM west, tree boss and I -think- the magistrate (don't quote me on that).

I think he's cleared some LBRS bosses but I can't swear to it. I do know that out of all of that the Emp in BRD gave him by far the most trouble.

I can dig up videos here and there, most of it's kiting/terrain though it's not evade-level exploiting. Just stuff like jumping off walls and blink to gain ground.

Falconis- He actually prioritizes Stam extremely highly and I belive keeps a solo suit dripping in it specificly for that reason.

Anyway, my guildie made up some videos a while ago, if anyone's interested I can probably still find the links...

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It makes me want to hit Marge Thatcher on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

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Old 09/27/06, 7:34 PM   #53
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I'd quite like to know how he solos the tree boss in DM west, I'm guessing it would be before they made him blink and root you because he hits for about 1k and those roots are evil.

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Old 09/27/06, 7:58 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by ex-Falcon24
Interested in what mages can do. I haven't bothered trying anything harder than completely demolishing RFD (can snag about 5 small radiants a pass in there), the limiting factor is always my hitpoints. Having to rely on the occasional ice barrier soak and blink when on cooldown can be limiting in some higher level instances where kiting isn't an option.
One of my favorite accomplishments on my mage was soloing Emberstrife for the Seal of Ascension quest.

The hard part was the night elf hunter who jumped me mid-fight. Still managed to kill them both.

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Old 09/27/06, 8:17 PM   #55
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I'm really interested in trying to solo an instance one of these days, maybe Scholo. What I'm concerned about is respawn timers. I would figure trying to clear trash would take a long time and the bosses even longer. If I was to reach Gandling and screwed up, I expect a long hallway of respawned trash in my way again. It won't take as long as the first time, considering I won't have to redo the minibosses and Rattlegore, but how long would it take "normally" to clear a place like this?

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Old 09/27/06, 8:28 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by Nataliah
I'm really interested in trying to solo an instance one of these days, maybe Scholo. What I'm concerned about is respawn timers. I would figure trying to clear trash would take a long time and the bosses even longer. If I was to reach Gandling and screwed up, I expect a long hallway of respawned trash in my way again. It won't take as long as the first time, considering I won't have to redo the minibosses and Rattlegore, but how long would it take "normally" to clear a place like this?
Scholo is nice in that if you die after opening the locked door you can jump down from the starting bridge, thus dodging the respawn pats.

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Old 09/27/06, 8:30 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Nurru
Originally Posted by Nataliah
I'm really interested in trying to solo an instance one of these days, maybe Scholo. What I'm concerned about is respawn timers. I would figure trying to clear trash would take a long time and the bosses even longer. If I was to reach Gandling and screwed up, I expect a long hallway of respawned trash in my way again. It won't take as long as the first time, considering I won't have to redo the minibosses and Rattlegore, but how long would it take "normally" to clear a place like this?
Scholo is nice in that if you die after opening the locked door you can jump down from the starting bridge, thus dodging the respawn pats.
:o New to me, it's been so long since I've been there. Guess I'll try it tonight!

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Old 09/27/06, 9:02 PM   #58
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I actually have a copy of the hunter soloing ebonroc video, it's only the MMOsite "this is how it's done" strat, not the complete fight.. since that would take hours, and a single mistake would ruin it.

It's exactly as explained earlier, but the hunter gets hit with a shadowflame at the start, and survives on 300ish HP :/ Luck would play a huge factor in doing this solo.
And the video came with a warning that if it's done, the loot belongs to the raid group, not just you (lol!)

It's 29 meg, in Chinese, and I have no idea about hosting it where, so if you want it, email me or PM or something with a way to get it to you :)

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Old 09/27/06, 11:54 PM   #59
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Solo stuff that shouldnt be soloed has always been one of my main hobbies ingame. A reason I was macespec for a long time. :)

Ironman stuff: Whole BRD ink emp. DM all but last boss eastside, 1st one north, treeboss west. Strat: Unforgiven, heartsinger, stonespine. Volchan

Moneyfarming: Prophet, the LBS dropping bosses in BRD, AQ20 Trash.
Old moneyfarming stuff: ZG trash, voodoo piles, Arcanite reaper plans

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Old 09/28/06, 3:15 AM   #60
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Probably already said, but any skilled and semi-geared warlock can solo the entire front courtyard of Dire Maul West; and the clever, better ones can do all of the mobs surrounding Tendris Warpwood, including some of the ghost packs in the side areas. Has the potential to be incredibly profitable with a little luck--living essences, savage fronds, random greens and BOE blues, librams (sigh), and a ton of vendor greys as well as a lot of silver per clear. Plus, it's just a lot of fun.

All of Dire Maul East, although Wildshaper is tough unless you're DS specced. The lady + imp is a joke, really, as is every mob in the service entrance (by Camp Mojache) area; clearing every mob leading up to Zevrim Thornhoof (sacrifice dude, mentioned above by another poster) can be incredibly profitable. If you're fast, the Phase Lashers and Fel Lashers yield great vendor trash and occasionally a solid green or BOE blue. Most of the cash I make, however, comes from Imp Lady/Hydrospawn/Zevrim; de'ing the greens and occasional blues yields quite a bit of cash, and the Imp Lady herself can be skipped to and farmed every 15 minutes if you're fast.

This was, of course, much more profitable back when librams sold for 500g plus...

Scholomance: the first 2 rooms + entrance are easily soloable by a warlock, and you'll get almost as much runecloth as a DME clear. The ghosts in the first room also drop the lifestealing enchant, which sells for a bit of gold. Enslaving the Blood Steward of Kirtonos makes for a very interesting room-clearing experience to say the least; and if you're smart, you can re-use her over and over.

I take pride in never being short on gold and discovering these farming techniques by myself rather quickly (I know I wasn't the first, now, but back when I was putting it all together I was very excited). If I hadn't gotten curious one day to see what I could kill all by myself, I probably would have quit playing a while back for lack of funds due to relatively unlucrative farming sessions, which surely would have driven me to hate this game.

Quite a few of the mobs in Dire Maul North can be soloed as well, including some bosses--but the inherent risk of death seems less in your own sphere of control than some other options, and you rely on some rather sketchy LOS usage to succeed.

I've cleared the entrance to UBRS/LBRS a few times, but it's not as profitable and having to run out and save your ass when you grab too many mobs only to be ganked by alliance before you 'wake up' is pretty discouraging.

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Old 09/28/06, 4:31 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by ex-Falcon24
Interested in what mages can do. I haven't bothered trying anything harder than completely demolishing RFD (can snag about 5 small radiants a pass in there), the limiting factor is always my hitpoints. Having to rely on the occasional ice barrier soak and blink when on cooldown can be limiting in some higher level instances where kiting isn't an option.
Theres a nice video somewhere of a frost Mage solo kiting packs of crocs in ZG.

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Old 09/28/06, 4:51 AM   #62
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What kind of gear level is necessary for some of these? I'm not particularly geared out, since my guild is only about halfway through BWL, and I'm daggers at the moment, but a large number of the bosses named here I've tried and been utterly demolished by. My main accomplishment is soloing dark coffers to get Fr enchants for guildies. I've tried soloing Incendius and he utterly wiped the floor with me. I haven't tried Noxxion, but I get the feeling he's just barely out of my range. Maybe I just don't have the stamina...

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Old 09/28/06, 4:55 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by Daboran
Theres a nice video somewhere of a frost Mage solo kiting packs of crocs in ZG.
My mage friend earned 4k gold and my unyielding jealousy for doing this a few months back.

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Old 09/28/06, 4:58 AM   #64
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Are there any Shaman out there who have some experience in soloing bosses?

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Old 09/28/06, 5:18 AM   #65
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Originally Posted by FooBar
Are there any Shaman out there who have some experience in soloing bosses?
Likewise with Warriors, could use the money :/

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Old 09/28/06, 7:21 AM   #66
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How do you prevent the spectrals in scholo from regening back to full though? I've never been able to burst them down in time before they split.

When twoboxing on my warlock+priest these are the worst along with the first 4-pack in the first room - yay for dark mending.

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Old 09/28/06, 7:36 AM   #67
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Originally Posted by FooBar
Are there any Shaman out there who have some experience in soloing bosses?
Lethtendris in DM west is extremely doable as an Iron Man thing for shaman; perhaps if I had better gear I could get away without the Greater Fire Protection Pot. If you took the time to take a Greater Fire and a Greater Shadow beforehand, it would be a cinch.

One of the rogues mentioned Volchan. Volchan's a cinch, probably easier for a shaman than for a rogue actually.

Not many instance bosses at the level 60 end that a shaman can clear to to try, unfortunately. You can almost make it to Lord Roccor in BRD, but the 4-packs are hideous; if you're a better kiter than I (and have a spec more conducive to burst damage), you may be able to burst kill one and zone out, then come back in and rince and repeat, but that's kind of cheesy.

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Old 09/28/06, 8:14 AM   #68
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What Bosses can i Solo as a def-tank?

Well...if you spam shield block and got a thunderfury, hold demo-shout on mob and got full t3 you can solo nearly every melee mob.

It just needs forever, cause you only got rage through auto attacks. blocked/dodges/parried attack don't give you rage.

hmm...


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Old 09/28/06, 8:34 AM   #69
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Originally Posted by Ronarden
As a Warlock:

DM East: The nice Lady with the Imp, that is very easy.
That's fun. Do you jump down and solo Hydrospawn, too? Or do you go around the upper balcony?
Hydro is/was to hard for me. I enter DM East in the back entrance and going through the Demons up to Lethendris.

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Old 09/28/06, 8:40 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by zork
What Bosses can i Solo as a def-tank?

Well...if you spam shield block and got a thunderfury, hold demo-shout on mob and got full t3 you can solo nearly every melee mob.

It just needs forever, cause you only got rage through auto attacks. blocked/dodges/parried attack don't give you rage.

hmm...
You are forgetting the 1 rage from blocking :P

I've soloed the giant in Burning Steppes (Volchan?) There is a video of a tank soloing the dragon near Onyxia's Lair, by jumping down to bandage and using Conc Blow to run back up safely.

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Old 09/28/06, 9:25 AM   #71
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How about a DW Fury warrior?

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Old 09/28/06, 9:35 AM   #72
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Hmmm...Furies dont have the specials rogues have (evasion etc) but i think if there DPS is good enough they can solo alot of mobs, but furies got very low HP and very low Armor so...it can be bad.

Furies will outperfom Def-Tanks on every Caster mob though.


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Old 09/28/06, 9:38 AM   #73
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Originally Posted by zork
What Bosses can i Solo as a def-tank?

Well...if you spam shield block and got a thunderfury, hold demo-shout on mob and got full t3 you can solo nearly every melee mob.

It just needs forever, cause you only got rage through auto attacks. blocked/dodges/parried attack don't give you rage.

hmm...
The MT in my old guild could solo the first guard in DM north, I'm pretty sure he used tuber cooldowns though but still an achievement.
He could've probably soloed more but it was 4am when he did it.

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Old 09/28/06, 10:23 AM   #74
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Regarding DM East, I think as you move up in gear might be better than BRD due to more LBS drops. The Elf Chick and Hydrospawn appear to be straight forward, but Azaziel mentioned Zevrim Thornhoof. How do you deal with his sacrifice? Or does he not sacrifice if you are solo?

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Old 09/28/06, 10:43 AM   #75
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The hunter video I saw had Zevrim ping pong between his pet downstairs and himself up on the ledge at Zevrim's spot. He would LoS the Sacrifice as Zevrim started to cast it. He did get Sacrificed once, but just feigned when it was done (so Zevrim ran back toward the pet) and bandaged up.


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