Post by gemana on Oct 18, 2019 2:27:28 GMT -5
I started running Iron Man back in Cata, but after getting randomly one-shotted by Deathwing I decided it was something I’d pick up again later. Now is later. Patch 8.2.5 as of this writing. A lot has changed. But one thing has not, I’m still an Iron Man Loser. My best attempt remains a lvl 55 Worgen Warlock from back in Cata. After several more Worgen attempts in the current patch, I gave up on that and went Night Elf Priest. OMG! I have seen the light of Shadowmeld! This is going to be easy, I thought, and… it was… all 20 attempts so far that ended with some stupid death. Best current attempt so far lvl 50. That’s right, I have never made it as far as Outlands. Grr. Guess I take too many chances. That being said, I’ve learned a lot and if it helps anyone else, here’s some notes on my route….
DARKSHORE 11-22
Looting of Athalaxx. Should probably skip this quest, but I like it so I do it. The key is to wait for either the boss or one of the adds to walk down to the mid tier and pull him solo, otherwise two or three mobs will aggro on you. Without Shadowmeld I wouldn’t go there.
Extinguish the Flame of Bath Alam. Spawns two mobs, nothing too serious as long as you’re ready.
Emerald Dream. Do NOT go in there. If things go wrong there is no escape.
ASHENVALE 22-29
There are a lot of things that can kill you in this zone.
- Respect for the Fallen. SKIP
Dal Bloodclaw, the furbolg at the back of the cave hits hard and fast especially on low health. Save an interrupt for then.
- Thagg hits hard, you will need to work to stay alive and be warned he respawns quickly so move along.
The Lost Chalice. Many rogues in this area. Move slowly around the back of camp to find unguarded wood.
Agents of Destruction. Too many mobs in center of building where boss is. SKIP
- Skip the quest to take the Demons weapons up in the hills. The first one is doable but the second is surrounded by adds deep in a cave.
Bear in the cave. Remember to have the “possum” gadget ready if you need it.
While doing the quest with the Water Elemental assistant, beware that wildlife will aggro on the Elemental so stay in the lava area.
- The rare water elemental Eck’Alom hits very hard. Avoid.
ELWYNN FOREST 27-28
After Ashenvale I head over to Stormwind to unload my bags in the AH, and then do the Eastvale Logging Camp quests.
- Careful around Murlocs.
- Skip the quest that has three Defias mobs in a shack. I think its called The Collector?
REDRIDGE 28-30
spider and murloc rares hit hard.
I do the Gnomecorder, cave, mind-control Etim quests. Use the Etim to kill Yowler!
Skip all those quests to free the prisoners, Weapons of War, etc. Although I must admit I don’t always do so! They are fun but Jorgenson is retarded and pulls extra mobs.
DUSKWOOD 30-35
There’s a rare called Watcher Eva that likes to roam around Blind Mary’s shack. Don’t mess with her, she has a Fear ability that can send you into nearby mobs.
Be very careful in the Rotting Orchard. Many rogues. Maybe better to skip, unless you’re a thrill junkie like me.
Mor Ladim hits too hard with too much traffic around. SKIP
Can do Stitches on a Night Elf priest if patient. Spam heals and hit him when you can, go into Shadowmeld when he starts going berserk. Wait two minutes and repeat as needed.
NORTHERN STRANGLETHORN 35-37
Young Panthers hit hard. Always a couple hanging around the road coming down from the rebel camp and they are jerks. Expect to clear them everytime.
The Kurzen Commandos in the cave hit hard and the mini-bosses even harder. SKIP
Don’t run through mobs on your mount in a rush to turn in quests, if you need to stop they’ll probably be more than one after you.
The rare Ogre hits like a truck. AVOID.
I skip all the Troll tablet and Water Elemental quests.
DUN MOROUGH 37-38
Got into some trouble in the Wendigo cave, as someone had cleared before I went in and the respawns came at bad times. Also the Wendigos have a frost spell that hits hard.
Realize that White gear scales, will come back at lvl60
LOCH MODAN 39
Just passing through but do the first couple Trogg quests, and some of the ‘Hunting’ quests as I travel north to Wetlands.
The Stolen Keg. This quest is death trap. Do not go upstairs in that building.
WETLANDS
Just passing through, check in flight paths, and do part of the killing the green moss monsters as I run
ARATHI
Just run through, save it for later…
HINTERLANDS
- Gan Anda has an enrage when he gets to low health, I was NOT able to heal through it and died. Did it the second try using an interrupt (Psychic Scream).
WESTERN PLAGUELANDS
SKIP that town under attack by undead
SKIP boss up in the hill by the Argent Dawn area
Quest to free some pigs from cages, be sure to bring ZenKiki along
DUSTWALLOW MARCH
The Deserters. SKIP. The tower is full of mobs!
Skipped the quest down by Onyxia
Many gadget quests, check instructions around tabethas farm and the zeppelin crash
SKIP the Grimtotem quests.
THOUSAND NEEDLES
Defend the Drill. SKIP
Had a very scary moment. Was swimming back to the barge, pulled aggro on a shark but just kept swimming because I was close. Run up onto the barge no problem, but then DC. Log back in immediately and… my toon is still in the water and the shark has chomped me down to 20% health!!
Whatever that quest is that takes you up top of the Needles, skip it. Leave the zone.
TANARIS
Secrets in the Oasis. When the mob spawned, I noticed his badge had a skull on it, so I just feared him and ran away. Not sure if this is doable, but when I see skull, I skip.
STONETALON
When you enter this zone from Ashenvale, be AWARE that there’s a Horde camp on the left so keep to the right side.
First quest in there are a bunch of Elite Orcs, you can’t beat them by attacking directly, you have to target the Oil Tanks on their backs.
The mine is very hard now. Mobs just keep coming and aggroing. I skipped and no other quests were available at other camps, so I skipped Stonetalon.
While attempting to run through Stonetalong to Desolace, I almost died in Shishir Canyon, there are Horde NPCs guarding a town there and the canyon is very narrow. I was able to get around the one at the bottom of the hill by going down the cliffs on the right. Probably better to go a different way.
DESOLACE 48-49-50
Satyr Rogues hit like trucks in the first quest zone. Be very careful in this area.
Early Adoption: Swoop Eggs Protected. Clear a wide radius of mobs otherwise they all come.
You’ll Know It When You See It. It’s doable, but I skipped because door guarded by two rogues and couldn’t pull them one at a time. Rogues hit hard.
Kharnitol Shipwreck. Those Naga in the water hit a LOT harder than the ones on land. I lost my lvl 50 attempt on one of these bastards. Went back tried again with cooldowns, still died. SKIP.
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Anyways, that's more or less the same route I'll be following on future attempts. I am specifically leaving the zones I know best (Westfall, Loch Modan, Arathi) for the grind from 50 to 60. But now... back to the Night Elf Starting zone one more time, sigh! Current Toon is Irondennis on Nagrand/ Oceanic
Good Luck all.
DARKSHORE 11-22
Looting of Athalaxx. Should probably skip this quest, but I like it so I do it. The key is to wait for either the boss or one of the adds to walk down to the mid tier and pull him solo, otherwise two or three mobs will aggro on you. Without Shadowmeld I wouldn’t go there.
Extinguish the Flame of Bath Alam. Spawns two mobs, nothing too serious as long as you’re ready.
Emerald Dream. Do NOT go in there. If things go wrong there is no escape.
ASHENVALE 22-29
There are a lot of things that can kill you in this zone.
- Respect for the Fallen. SKIP
Dal Bloodclaw, the furbolg at the back of the cave hits hard and fast especially on low health. Save an interrupt for then.
- Thagg hits hard, you will need to work to stay alive and be warned he respawns quickly so move along.
The Lost Chalice. Many rogues in this area. Move slowly around the back of camp to find unguarded wood.
Agents of Destruction. Too many mobs in center of building where boss is. SKIP
- Skip the quest to take the Demons weapons up in the hills. The first one is doable but the second is surrounded by adds deep in a cave.
Bear in the cave. Remember to have the “possum” gadget ready if you need it.
While doing the quest with the Water Elemental assistant, beware that wildlife will aggro on the Elemental so stay in the lava area.
- The rare water elemental Eck’Alom hits very hard. Avoid.
ELWYNN FOREST 27-28
After Ashenvale I head over to Stormwind to unload my bags in the AH, and then do the Eastvale Logging Camp quests.
- Careful around Murlocs.
- Skip the quest that has three Defias mobs in a shack. I think its called The Collector?
REDRIDGE 28-30
spider and murloc rares hit hard.
I do the Gnomecorder, cave, mind-control Etim quests. Use the Etim to kill Yowler!
Skip all those quests to free the prisoners, Weapons of War, etc. Although I must admit I don’t always do so! They are fun but Jorgenson is retarded and pulls extra mobs.
DUSKWOOD 30-35
There’s a rare called Watcher Eva that likes to roam around Blind Mary’s shack. Don’t mess with her, she has a Fear ability that can send you into nearby mobs.
Be very careful in the Rotting Orchard. Many rogues. Maybe better to skip, unless you’re a thrill junkie like me.
Mor Ladim hits too hard with too much traffic around. SKIP
Can do Stitches on a Night Elf priest if patient. Spam heals and hit him when you can, go into Shadowmeld when he starts going berserk. Wait two minutes and repeat as needed.
NORTHERN STRANGLETHORN 35-37
Young Panthers hit hard. Always a couple hanging around the road coming down from the rebel camp and they are jerks. Expect to clear them everytime.
The Kurzen Commandos in the cave hit hard and the mini-bosses even harder. SKIP
Don’t run through mobs on your mount in a rush to turn in quests, if you need to stop they’ll probably be more than one after you.
The rare Ogre hits like a truck. AVOID.
I skip all the Troll tablet and Water Elemental quests.
DUN MOROUGH 37-38
Got into some trouble in the Wendigo cave, as someone had cleared before I went in and the respawns came at bad times. Also the Wendigos have a frost spell that hits hard.
Realize that White gear scales, will come back at lvl60
LOCH MODAN 39
Just passing through but do the first couple Trogg quests, and some of the ‘Hunting’ quests as I travel north to Wetlands.
The Stolen Keg. This quest is death trap. Do not go upstairs in that building.
WETLANDS
Just passing through, check in flight paths, and do part of the killing the green moss monsters as I run
ARATHI
Just run through, save it for later…
HINTERLANDS
- Gan Anda has an enrage when he gets to low health, I was NOT able to heal through it and died. Did it the second try using an interrupt (Psychic Scream).
WESTERN PLAGUELANDS
SKIP that town under attack by undead
SKIP boss up in the hill by the Argent Dawn area
Quest to free some pigs from cages, be sure to bring ZenKiki along
DUSTWALLOW MARCH
The Deserters. SKIP. The tower is full of mobs!
Skipped the quest down by Onyxia
Many gadget quests, check instructions around tabethas farm and the zeppelin crash
SKIP the Grimtotem quests.
THOUSAND NEEDLES
Defend the Drill. SKIP
Had a very scary moment. Was swimming back to the barge, pulled aggro on a shark but just kept swimming because I was close. Run up onto the barge no problem, but then DC. Log back in immediately and… my toon is still in the water and the shark has chomped me down to 20% health!!
Whatever that quest is that takes you up top of the Needles, skip it. Leave the zone.
TANARIS
Secrets in the Oasis. When the mob spawned, I noticed his badge had a skull on it, so I just feared him and ran away. Not sure if this is doable, but when I see skull, I skip.
STONETALON
When you enter this zone from Ashenvale, be AWARE that there’s a Horde camp on the left so keep to the right side.
First quest in there are a bunch of Elite Orcs, you can’t beat them by attacking directly, you have to target the Oil Tanks on their backs.
The mine is very hard now. Mobs just keep coming and aggroing. I skipped and no other quests were available at other camps, so I skipped Stonetalon.
While attempting to run through Stonetalong to Desolace, I almost died in Shishir Canyon, there are Horde NPCs guarding a town there and the canyon is very narrow. I was able to get around the one at the bottom of the hill by going down the cliffs on the right. Probably better to go a different way.
DESOLACE 48-49-50
Satyr Rogues hit like trucks in the first quest zone. Be very careful in this area.
Early Adoption: Swoop Eggs Protected. Clear a wide radius of mobs otherwise they all come.
You’ll Know It When You See It. It’s doable, but I skipped because door guarded by two rogues and couldn’t pull them one at a time. Rogues hit hard.
Kharnitol Shipwreck. Those Naga in the water hit a LOT harder than the ones on land. I lost my lvl 50 attempt on one of these bastards. Went back tried again with cooldowns, still died. SKIP.
---
Anyways, that's more or less the same route I'll be following on future attempts. I am specifically leaving the zones I know best (Westfall, Loch Modan, Arathi) for the grind from 50 to 60. But now... back to the Night Elf Starting zone one more time, sigh! Current Toon is Irondennis on Nagrand/ Oceanic
Good Luck all.