Instances

I can’t count how many times I have run Deadmines with my various Alliance toons, and I am getting the sense that Hellfire Ramparts will soon be that kind of instance. To make such a statement is in no way a slam, as I still find Deadmines to be an incredibly fun instance. The boss fights are varied, creative in their abilites, and for the level, the loot is pretty darn good. You’re not going to find a better ring or wand from questing at that level.

Yet Ramparts is not quite as varied as Deadmines. So it is curious that I am enjoying it so much. I like the constant multiple pulls, mana conservation as a healer, and the boss fights are the best I’ve personally seen outside of ZG and MC. Granted, I was not  a hardcore raider with Gitr, but I would expect that many many players taking a liking to Ramparts are not, either.

Let’s do a quick rundown of the bosses for Ramparts:

[Read more…] about Hellfire Ramparts Is my New Deadmines

I had installed DamageMeters this week to get some idea of what my dps is now. It was purely for informational purposes, as I’m not really interested in healing % or damage dealt in 5-man runs. I was flipping through the stats this morning from our run through Hellfire Ramparts and noticed something SUPER odd.

I had done less than half of the healing, but it was because our druid was healing right behind me an awful lot. In fact, he had something on the order of 78% overheal. My overheal was around 24% because I couldn’t aways stop the heal fast enough because of my slow framerate. The heal was over before I could move after seeing that the drood was healing.

That’s not the odd thing, though. [Read more…] about Droods Can Deal Damage, Right?

I just read a very nice (as far as I can tell, never having been there) guide to Hellfire Ramparts in Hellfire Citadel. It says that a group of 62+ can easily power through the instance and that it is good for 59-62s. Hey, I’m 59! I’m pretty sure an instance like that would come close to dinging me, too.

I get about 250-300 XP unrested from like-level mobs right now, so I’m pretty sure the XP would be nice in a group killing elite 62s. I have never run with Core before and I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I got in because I’m a fellow blogger of the GM and we ran together in a bloggers’ guild on Sen’jin last year. This whole time leveling Deadr with a bunch of 60s doing PvP and end-game content has been a long and hard-fought battle.

I’ve had power-leveling help at times from Rhone, Boxter, Brym, Aeigelus, Korgg, and Vorenis to get me through some fun quests and escorting me through some of the lower level instances. Man, Wailing Caverns is boring!

[Read more…] about Hellfire Citadel, Here I Come!