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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 10, 2017 5:53:09 GMT -5
Alright, after dying on the same quest twice, it's clear I'm gonna need a scout.
This thread is basically my own guide, so I've written up a list of milestones to look forward to, save up for, remember to buy, etc.
Milestones: Level 9 - Hunter's Boomstick Weapon Level 10 - Kill Command Spell Level 11 - Laminated Recurve Bow Weapon Level 12 - Dire Beast Spell Level 12 - Chainmail Set Armor Level 13 - Tame Beast Spell Level 14 - Mend Pet Spell Level 16 - Fine Light Crossbow Weapon Level 17 - Scalemail Set Armor Level 18 - Freezing Trap Spell Level 20 - Heavy Recurve Bow Weapon Level 20 - Riding Level 21 - BKP 2700 "Enforcer" Weapon Level 22 - Polished Scale Set Armor Level 23 - First able to wear a cloak with a defence of 4 Armor Level 24 - Exhiliration Spell Level 28 - Feign Death Spell Level 29 - Heavy Crossbow Weapon Level 31 - BKP 42 "Ultra" Weapon Level 31 - First able to wear a cloak with a defence of 5 Armor Level 32 - Augmented Chain Set Armor Level 40 - Fast Riding Level 42 - First able to wear a cloak with a defence of 6 Armor Level 45 - Recurve Long Bow Weapon (Junk) Level 45 - Brigandine Set Armor Level 48 - Exhiliration Spell Level 52 - Primed Musket Weapon (Junk) Level 60 - Daedric Light Crossbow Weapon Level 60 - Flying Level 61 - Eroded Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 67 - Corroded Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 70 - Dalaran Bow Weapon Level 70 - Fast Flying Level 71 - Icy Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 77 - Frigid Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 80 - Super Fast Flying Level 80 - Clammy Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 82 - Sooty Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 87 - Inferior Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 90 - Grime-Fouled Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 100 - Fel-Corroded Mail Set Armor (Junk) Level 100 - Soggy Mo'arg Eyepatch Armor (Junk)
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Post by Towny on Dec 10, 2017 19:38:12 GMT -5
Hey welcome back! and good luck, now is a good time to get leveling before it gets tougher with the imminent zone scaling.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 12, 2017 20:16:12 GMT -5
Thank you! Though I don't know, it seems the nature of Ironman for the challenge to change. Right now, for example, the whole thing feels a lot easier than it was last time I tried it. (Please don't let this be my famous last words.)
So tin man is surprisingly fun. I've made one to scout for my ironman. I have died a few times, but only because I take risks I normally wouldn't take, just to make 100% sure what my ironman can do. What makes tin man great is I tend not to panic, even when I'm in a situation that seems impossible. Right now my big challenge is to get through the Durnholde challenge flawlessly a few times so that I can send my ironman in, but that is proving harder than it initially seemed.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 14, 2017 9:38:27 GMT -5
Level 40. Can't believe how easy Ironman is now. While I'm still following my own guide in general, I've already skipped two zones completely. Don't want to get too over-confident, but there's also no reason to play as safely as I did before.
So far the only deaths on my Iron were those two at the beginning - one because I forgot about an area having hostile, high-level elites in it, and another because a quest glitched out. I did die a few times on my tin while trying to complete the Durnholde challenge, but it was worth it, since I wound up completing that challenge not only on my tin but on my iron as well.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 14, 2017 23:57:32 GMT -5
Level 42. My god I hate Eastern Plaguelands. The ghosts around Pamela's Doll nearly killed me, AGAIN. Whoever designed the zone seems to have convinced themselves that hearthstone points and mailboxes are the devil. They also seem to think questlines should be as long-winded, time-consuming and boring as possible, and that anything hostile to the player should hit hard and have a tendency to mob. And if I find one more Mr. Grubbs, I'm going to scream.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 19, 2017 14:58:00 GMT -5
Level 60. Not 100% sure what to do now. Usually I'd race to 61 and then go ahead with completing all level 55-60 zones, but with zone scaling coming up I'm not sure I should do that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2017 15:55:38 GMT -5
Level 60. Not 100% sure what to do now. Usually I'd race to 61 and then go ahead with completing all level 55-60 zones, but with zone scaling coming up I'm not sure I should do that. There is still some time until 7.3.5. Blizzard said they'd be leaving it up on the PTR over the holidays.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 22, 2017 1:34:58 GMT -5
OK, I finished up the quests in Blasted Lands and Silithus. Devilsaurs in Un'Goro crater not being squished means I'm not going near that zone. (When did that happen?) I also outlevelled the one quest worth doing there (Horde equivalent of Winterspring Cubs) and it's impossible to complete now, so that really sucks. All the Twilight mobs in Silithus aren't squished either, but the plus side to that is killing them was worth quite a bit of XP. I got to level 61 easily without even exploring Outland zones yet.
While exploring Azeroth zones, I dismounted not once, but twice. The first time I was panicking so much I couldn't even manage to pop a goblin glider, but I landed in water. Freaking amazing.
As far as I can tell, I'm heading into the trickiest part of the challenge. I just hope I don't wind up dying in Hellfire Peninsula.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 25, 2017 15:46:06 GMT -5
At level 66, the challenge is so easy, I haven't skipped a single quest. Not Cruel’s Intentions or Foot of the Citadel. Not even the cave quests in Zangermarsh. My tin man did die once, but only because I was checking how close I could get to a Fel Reaver before aggroing it.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Dec 28, 2017 11:56:28 GMT -5
Level 72. Last time I did this, I stayed in Outland completing Loremaster and doing dailies until I reached level 78, but I can't face that now. Instead, I'm taking Ster's advice and heading over to Northrend.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Jan 6, 2018 0:27:52 GMT -5
Level 82. Once realizing that early Northrend was offering the same sort of XP as a lot of the later quests in Outland, I decided to go back to Outland and finish questing there after all. Obviously I avoided Netherwing Ledge, but otherwise I was able to do absolutely everything. I wound up heading to Northrend at around level 77, where I immediately started on the Argent Crusade. At level 78, I spent some time half-heartedly searching for Loque'Nahak and was quite blown away when I found him on my first day of searching. I also collected the daily that involves leading a male seal to a female, and once I hit 80, headed straight over to Storm Peaks, where I skipped a lot of the K3 quests in favour of speeding ahead to quests that give full XP again. That zone, along with dalies, has taken me to 82. On to Icecrown.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Jan 7, 2018 23:52:54 GMT -5
Level 85, on both my Iron and my Tin.
My iron dinged first, but since that squished Icecrown xp for her while my tin was still getting full xp, my tin wasn't far behind. Now my tin is about half a level behind my iron, while when I entered Northrend she was almost 3 levels behind. It's interesting to see, since I skipped almost all Outland dailies and exploration on my tin, how eventually this gap is closed. Mind you, I have died on my tin a fair few times. (Though usually because of disconnecting at the wrong time, or taking a risk I wouldn't usually take, like running up to a fel reaver to find out how close I need to be before it'll aggro me.)
I finished up Icecrown anyway, (though I think I am missing one small quest chain, I really couldn't be arsed to go hunting for it) and I'm testing out the intro quests for Pandaria to see which ones I should do now, then it's straight on to Mount Hyjal. I suspect I'll be skipping Vashj'ir completely, but we'll see. The idea is to start on Cata dailies as soon as possible, so I'll also have to swing by Tol Barad as well.
I'm hoping to get Skoll on my tin. I found him once, but didn't realize he's a level 80, and I was level 79 at the time. Frustratingly, I haven't spotted him since.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Jan 8, 2018 22:57:33 GMT -5
Level 86. I took my scout to Mount Hyjal and completed a few quests, during which I died twice. The first time, I got too close to too many mobs, became surrounded very quickly (one of the attacking mobs being an elite), and died before I could even play dead. The second time, I died in Baron Geddon's fire. Then I discovered the way he throws you into the air, causing falling damage, when you finish his quest. That's when I decided I'd rather my iron be 86 before doing these quests, juuuust to be on the safe side. So I went and did all Tol Barad dailies, then I did a handful of quests in Pandaria. I returned when I was very nearly 86, and, of course, didn't ding before Baron Geddon at all. In fact, it was the Baron Geddon quest that dinged me. I also didn't know that his fire damage can affect you even when you're flying, and lost almost all my health before realizing it. Right now, it's a race to see how high a level I can get before that new patch comes out, because that patch will be a game changer in many ways.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Jan 12, 2018 2:40:29 GMT -5
Level 91, the same level I reached before dying last time.
Sped through Firelands and collected the dailies, then I debated which other Cata zones to do. I skipped Vashj'ir. Deepholm is always good, because it's so straightforward and quick to do. I did all of Ulduar, but kinda regret it. That's a zone that adores giving you one quest at a time, half of which are "go talk to this guy" and offer almost no xp, plus a ton of vehicle quests which aren't really dangerous, but are time consuming. The entire zone is just very, very slow. Went on to Twilight Highlands, where I dinged first on my iron and then on my tin. Straight away, I went and did the Thrall and the Stranglethorn Vale quests. Immediate priority after that was to unlock Pandaria dailies. I unlocked the Arberetum dailies first. I wound up following the wrong questline around Serpent's Spine, but that gave me quite a nice chunk of XP so I'm not complaining. My tin died several times testing out The Thunder Below, and I've read about Survival Ring: Blades glitching out, so I skipped on both of them. My tin also died during the Halfhill dailies as I wanted to test to see if something would kill me - it did - but knowing to stay away from it was enough, and I managed to complete them all on my Iron.
Still haven't explored Pandaria yet. Thinking I might go back and speed through the rest of Twilight Highlands, follow that with exploration, and then see how things are. I am still keeping up with Cata dailies.
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Post by Discordiankitty on Jan 12, 2018 2:45:27 GMT -5
Can confirm Devoured deaths don't count as real deaths, which is great, because it leads to quests that give a little more XP.
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