Quick update: Still using 1H/shield. I'm getting down mobs in plenty of time (yes, slow, but I honestly don't notice much of a difference between the time it takes me to kill them w/1H and shield vs the 2H). Most times I finish fights with full hp and about 80% mana. Things have been going smoothly....so yes, it's definitely possible to get a pally to 90 in MoP. I know there were some questions about it, but I've had very little trouble in Northrend.
Quick update: Still using 1H/shield. I'm getting down mobs in plenty of time (yes, slow, but I honestly don't notice much of a difference between the time it takes me to kill them w/1H and shield vs the 2H). Most times I finish fights with full hp and about 80% mana. Things have been going smoothly....so yes, it's definitely possible to get a pally to 90 in MoP. I know there were some questions about it, but I've had very little trouble in Northrend.
Yes, I wonder has there been a patch, which we did not notice, I also seem to have an easier task now as compared to just after MoP came out.
Classic: Angrend NE Druid Angren NE Hunter Oldrusty Human Paladin Rustymoo Tauren Druid
Quick update: Still using 1H/shield. I'm getting down mobs in plenty of time (yes, slow, but I honestly don't notice much of a difference between the time it takes me to kill them w/1H and shield vs the 2H). Most times I finish fights with full hp and about 80% mana. Things have been going smoothly....so yes, it's definitely possible to get a pally to 90 in MoP. I know there were some questions about it, but I've had very little trouble in Northrend.
Yes, I wonder has there been a patch, which we did not notice, I also seem to have an easier task now as compared to just after MoP came out.
I wonder if I just improved, But I doubt it. Last time around I wrote:
Update at level 32. at level 32 you get Seal of Insigth. Use it! I killed Mor Ladim at lvl 31, and almost died (he found me!). Then I handed in the preQuest to killing him, levelled to 32, and killed him with Seal of Insigth active. What a difference. I had about 3/4 HP left and a bit more than a quarter of my Mana, which was totally depleted (below 8 - the mana needed for Reckoning at 31) first time around.
and yesterday I killed Mor'Ladim at level 28 without that much trouble, it only took a long time and left me OOM.
Classic: Angrend NE Druid Angren NE Hunter Oldrusty Human Paladin Rustymoo Tauren Druid
Just a shout-out to all pallys. I was reading 5.4 patch notes. D: Seal of Insight will no longer regen mana in combat. YIKES! Why didn't I read the notes long ago?? This makes me a little anxious to start working on Ironkyrie again. Sigh. I am going to try not to feel pressured...but I do a bit. I am really hoping this won't hurt my IM as much as I think it may. I know there were a lot of changes in MoP and other patches...but sheesh...leave my seal alone! *hoping to ding 90 before it comes*
Urgh! It has hit It is next to impossible to kill anything. If you choose that other seal (of Truth), it is easier to kill someone, but , you'll have to stock up on food and drink as one fight totally depletes you. A pull of two will almost certainly be deadly. I survived at level 50 pulling 2 level 45's, but only by using LoH and a bandaid. (with my dead "tester").
How fares you, Ironkyrie?
Classic: Angrend NE Druid Angren NE Hunter Oldrusty Human Paladin Rustymoo Tauren Druid
Oh Dranina, tell me about it!!! I am kicking myself for not really pushing to 90 this last summer. When I read the patch notes, I just about cried. Seal of Insight helped SO MUCH in getting to 85. I've been too scared to try to play my pally now. It was already difficult to kill lvl 80 cata mobs at 85 with it. I imagine I won't last until I get to 86 or 87. I just started a new job irl so I haven't been on WoW at all in a week. Once things settle down, I'll hop on her and take her back to Northrend to see how it goes.
Killed a couple of mobs in Hyjal when I dinged 86 today. Was a bit rough and VERY slow. I can definitely tell a pretty significant difference not having the mana regen from Insight. Gonna push on though! I was very excited to ding 86 and am looking forward to getting back to questing. The only thing that stinks is I was doing really well at 85 (pre-patch) in Vash and Hyjal, but I think I'll have to take it much slower now. Even at 86, if I get more than 1 mob it could be death. Don't think Im going to do the one quest where you have to take on the 2 mobs with the chance of the next set coming along the path. Good luck and safe travels!
That IS an accomplishment. I have put daily Brewfest quests to good use on all my IMCs but I have still a long long path ahead of me before I ever reach the summit. 53 is still my all time record
Classic: Angrend NE Druid Angren NE Hunter Oldrusty Human Paladin Rustymoo Tauren Druid
I've now made it to level 40 on my Pally number 18 Even if I'm now able to ride a fast horse, neither my migthy axe nor my spell is able to one-shot a level 5 Cutpurse outside of Stormwind
Classic: Angrend NE Druid Angren NE Hunter Oldrusty Human Paladin Rustymoo Tauren Druid
wow, didn't realize anyone else was working on a pally. Grats on 40. At 82, it still takes 3/4 of my mana to down the mobs in wintersprings for the cub daily. Of course, I could just auto attack to death & not use any mana, yuck, takes too long.
wow, didn't realize anyone else was working on a pally. Grats on 40. At 82, it still takes 3/4 of my mana to down the mobs in wintersprings for the cub daily. Of course, I could just auto attack to death & not use any mana, yuck, takes too long.
Thanks, yes, I'll at least see how far I can get. Record so far 53 *Sigh* I envy you the levelling speed. I'm now only minutes shy of two whole days for level 40! Auto Attack to death - yes that's what I often do when 2 mobs come around. Only using enough spells to give WoG and finishing off with Hammer of Wrath. Slow levelling indeed. A Pacifist will have more chance of success once the new expansion roll over us. Sorry to sound so pessimistic. It really cheers me up to read your musings.
As I said when Ironlife asked me to resume Rustypal's musings:
That is a very good question. I'd like to give the word to my main. Bredil. But he's a very frustrated paladin, who spend most nights on Sunsong Ranch, drinking and swapping tales with Jogu, crying in his cups every time a new Pandaren godchild has bitten the dust at the tender age of 20 or thereabout. He had high hope for one of his sons, Warets, but he ran afoul of a couple of dragon kids in Badlands some time ago. No news has been heard from his Draenei friends for a long time.
I'm afraid poor Bredil needs some serious repairs and more then one cup of Kafa to get him fit for fight again. The same goes for most of my IMCs.
MoP has hit hard on Paladins, removing the mana regen from Seal of Insight. My Peaceful IMC gets almost all my playtime nowadays, as it actually seems faster/easier than Pally, when the first 4 levels are done. But I did not begin IMC because it was easy. I did it because it brought colour back to my surroundings again. And my peaceful is doing just that. Yesterday she swam The Forgotten Reef for a long time, picking a Stranglekelp here and there, evading the omnipresent murlocs and enjoying the views. I'll be back at the Pally IMchallenge once I adjust to no mana regen - but it might be some time yet.
Now I have returned to see how far I can make it before said expansion hits us ...
MotherOwl is Dranina on hubby'scomputer
Now playing: Paci: Fredeligst (ER) 34 IMC (paused): Danni No-gear Hunter (SWC)36 Warecs: Pally (ER) 18 Draninae: Pally (ER) 36 Mizudaijuuichi: Monk (ER) 31 Best: 53 with Warecs III
Oh no, you have every right to be a pessimist. A pally was hard before, but darn near impossible now. I think we're one step above a warrior in that at least we have a few decent heals during a fight. The problem is in auto attacking causing us to take more damage than we have enough mana to heal through. ATM, Northrend mobs are about 7 levels lower than I am, which means they have decent misses. If there's no risk of adds, I'm able to crusader strike once, then judge on every cd, and finishing it off with hammer of wrath. Mostly that kills them, but sometimes I go oom & back to auto. If there's any possibility of an add, well, you know, it's back to auto attacking.
Go slow, go slow, go slow. For the first time in my iron career, I am working on multiple toons--a dead iron, a druid, and a monk. And now I can see the advantage to going slowly. With one toon, I had a tendency to get cocky & thinking I was all that. Well, not really, but I did tend to get less cautious and take risks I shouldn't have taken. Now, every time I get on iron pally, my anxiety already starts, making me think each kill & quest through before I engage. If I'm thinking about doing a risky quest, I sleep on it first. Sometimes I end up doing it like Escape from Silverbrook, and other times I don't, like probably this Freya quest.
The expansion, yuck for irons. It's quite possible to be the end of us. Pretty sure I'll be dead or 90 on pally, but I sure would like to get a druid & monk to 90. And those may take multiple deaths. At this point, I'm going to assume that at least what my pally can do, then those two should be able to do as well.
Dranina --- So glad you're still pushing on!! <3 By the way, I switched to 2H awhile back and it's def the way to go since Seal was taken away. I am taking a page out of Ironicow's book and am going to grind IC mobs and do dailies til I hit lvl 88 (expected to hit by Christmas). Then, I'll move forward in Cata. I worked on some Hyjal mobs at 87 once this last patch hit. It is very slow-going to kill with autoattacks and you have to CS once in awhile so you can WoG heal. I had an add come on me at the end of one attack, and I was able to finish the 2nd one off but I went oom. Scary stuff Just have to be more cautious than I already am.
Happy to hear of your cautious progress. I also switched to 2-hander, burt still with 1-hander and shield in bag and a shortcut on my bar if too many adds come aruond. I think I'll never make it to 90, as I've never done any dailies on my main and don't know the mechanics behind them. I levellled said main mostly by figthing, herbing (large chunk) and exploring. But let's see hov far I'll have come when next expansio hits us. Of course I can always kill off a zillion harpies like Notso
rastafaria: question, before shadowlands release I took all the gear off of my greenman characters to reduce the risk of gear being changed with this xpac, but now they are yellow flagged? I just equipped all their gear and they are still flagged?
May 16, 2021 19:00:43 GMT -5
verik: Where would I find information on when I need to leave a zone while doing the Ironman challenge?
Aug 24, 2021 13:15:00 GMT -5
Xaya: using Chromie time, you can go just about anywhere. As you get higher, named mobs gets harder and harder, so you'll probably end up skipping them
Aug 31, 2021 6:00:25 GMT -5
raiuser: can some one answer this pls?: regarding to the rule that buffs are not allowed, is a healing spell, considered a buff? - while lvling, a random druid gave me the healing over time buff, while i was in combat. am i red flagged?
Sept 24, 2021 12:32:50 GMT -5
Xaya: no you are not flagged is another player randomly buff or heal you
Sept 28, 2021 5:44:18 GMT -5
rosikpirigol: Have a great one, guys!
Oct 22, 2021 4:27:48 GMT -5
listener: Can you remove yourself from a challenge? I have a red flagged Pacifist that I thought I could move to the Working Man, but I can only be on one challenge.
May 19, 2022 8:30:34 GMT -5
Xaya: sorry for the late reply, but if you log in with battlenet, on the 'My characters' page, you'll be able to remove the toon from a challenge
May 26, 2022 16:57:43 GMT -5
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Xaya: of course the toon will have to be green or yellow flagged to register for the new challenge. If you can't register because of not enough kills, just kill mobs until you can register. Workingman must be registered at lvl 20 or below
May 26, 2022 17:00:38 GMT -5
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twofrog: Hi folks. I seem to be having a problem finding the discord server from the info on the main site. Do you have a direct link please? Thanks
Jun 24, 2022 4:14:08 GMT -5
joemor1212: no much active
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saffyre2244: Not having any luck adding my toon to the ironman challenge.. Dimsüm lvl 17 monk on Moon Guard US..I can see it on the armory as its updating my level..so I am baffled as to why it's giving a message 404 character not found
Aug 9, 2023 1:56:21 GMT -5
Dranina: I tried adding him, got a 404 as well and went to the US Armory ... where I cannot find the character Dimsüm on Moon Guard. Are you sure he's still there?
Aug 16, 2023 8:11:20 GMT -5
sittingup: Received Sprouted Fronds from a quest in Teldrassil. Do they count as a potion/elixir, or are they counted as a food?
Sept 21, 2023 22:25:00 GMT -5
Xaya: I've never really checked. Better to not use them and buy food from vendors
Sept 22, 2023 5:42:20 GMT -5