Infraction for timzc1: 9. Do not sign your posts.

• bartolimu · 05/07/09, 11:50 AM

Post: Hunters: Soloing old instances for fun and profit
User: timzc1
Infraction: 9. Do not sign your posts.
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Original Post:

Hello All:

I have been farming lev 70 heroics! I have had some successes... and some *not so much* I use a BM build and a tanking pet (bear). Use whatever gear you can that will give you and your pet optimal stamina--in most cases optimal stamina seemed to be the key element of success. Remember to get stam scrolls (LOTS), food / drink, buff food (for your pet too), and a flask. I can get my pet to 23K (with buffs etc), and so far it has seemed to work quite well. Obviously you need to have good dps, but so far the higher I have managed to get my pet and Khammon'd stamina, the more successes I have had and less ghostruns.

I wanted to get some feedback from others that are working on these instances. So far, I have tried the following Lev 70 heroics:

Slaves: Not too bad, the first boss needs to be mana drained and / or stay on top of his healing totems; the second boss will often kill you as the bleed effect will only end once you are healed to full... so potions and eating usually won't do the trick; last boss with the nature buff stacked with your own, not too bad.

Underbog: tough, especially the 3rd boss encounter: take out the bear first and use last stand, all CDs asap... once the bear is out of the way you need to get lucky as the humanoid's "aimed shot" can hit for 20K damage.

Steam Vault: medium difficulty, the first boss was the toughest I thought.

Ramps: reasonable easy, a good one to try first.

B Forge: Nightmare! It was reasonable until you get to the 2nd boss encounter and I have tried it ten times with no luck. I can get to the 3rd pull (4 mobs) and it is just too much to juggle--either I pull or my pet gets rofflestomped or etc.,

Bot: tough. The first boss was the real sticking point. After, say, 6 attempts I did it with my pet down and, no joke, prob 100 health when the four boss adds de-spawned! After that, the fights we're not too bad. The third boss was tough, you have to keep your health up so you can take a sacrifice or two...

Mech: not too bad. The gauntlet is tough, but if you are patient you can work through it. The fire boss is a challenge, and I got lucky on my first shot and pulled it off, but it was v close.

Any and all advice, pointers etc., would be appreciated. The gold/hr is not great, but so long as you don't die to much farming these runs is somewhat of a money maker, depending on whether or not some lev 70 dis enchant matts sell well on your server, cloth sells well, etc.,

Thanks for input!

timzc1
Khammond (Fenris)