Comments on: What do you like to solo?

By: Finwe

Finwe — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:32:00 +0000

At 60 I always liked going into BRD and soloing the elemental boss that drops the idol.

Now that I’m 70, I really want to go back and finish my UBRS key. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to solo LBRS, but after reading these, I’m pretty confident.

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:57:00 +0000

What’s the hit cap for a feral druid in cat form vs a lvl 73 mob?

By: Delos

Delos — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:16:00 +0000

I’m soloing LBRS and Baron now to get shards for leveling enchanting. I wish I could do UBRS I have the key, but need 2 more friends to click the pedestal by Pyroguard Emberseer in order to get by that point. Boo, soloing the Beast would be epic!

By: James

James — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:01:00 +0000

As a rogue, I always wonder if I don’t miss out on loot/money/xp when I stealth through all that crap.

It makes things go faster to quest though.

Also, it makes it harder to play alts now. I play mostly solo, so switching to an alt that can’t stealth into a camp and take out one guard (instead having to kill the 50 going there and back) is kind of tough.

By: Gillir

Gillir — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:19:00 +0000

When I was level 40 I went into SM: Library to grab the book for the Mythology of the Titans quest. I was able to solo Arcanist Doan, too.

Stealthing is nice, too, for those quests that require you to pick up some object in the middle of a camp or on top of a tower. Get in, get out, quest complete.

By: BigBearButt

BigBearButt — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:44:00 +0000

A last word, the big difference between now and then on the black forge run… back then, I cuoldn’t easily solo the fight against the one elemental that stands guard right on top of the forge. It was always a pretty solid fight, using all my skills to win. A feral build with Natures’ Swiftness seemed to be the key back then.

Now, of course, it’s a snoozer to take him down. /sad

By: BigBearButt

BigBearButt — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:42:00 +0000

Oh yes, the short cut to the forge ni BRD is easy as pie for Druids, actually.

A little pulling/smashing of the wandering fire elemental in the lava pool, HoTs on self and /bound away!

Even in the pre-BC level 60 days soloing the run to the forge was a piece of cake... in fact, that is another thing I helped my rogue buddy Melpo do, to get his MC key attunement.

Wow, time sure does fly, don't it?

By: Maevet

Maevet — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:59:00 +0000

not sure if a druid can take the ’short cut’ to the forge easily or not. Myself I have to cut through the summoners tomb….

By: Kelderek

Kelderek — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:52:00 +0000

There’s something about playing in stealth that’s just plain thrilling. It’s not about how much damage you can do, and it’s certainly not about what gear you’ve accumulated.

Because at 70 it often doesn’t matter if they spot you — you can probably take them. But if you’re forced to fight, you’ve already lost the game. And you really, really want to win the “You can’t see me” game.

I used to wonder (when I only had my druid) how other classes managed without stealth. Now that I have a few upper-level alts, I just pity them a little.

But to answer your question, I think the most fun I’ve had soloing was pre-BC when I soloed RFD in caster form to build up weapon skill. Hitting the bone pile and seeing if I could take all those skellies (bear form ftw!) was great, great fun.

By: Mera

Mera — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:20:00 +0000

I have farmed the end boss of sethekk halls with 3 rogues, myself as a feral tan & a resto.

They all got Dungeon Set 3 legs, and I got a pretty healing cloak (Im now resto, and I still have it)