Hellfire Peninsula has been slow going for Bob. Ok, I have bashed out lots of quests and gained 2 Levels, killed more Deranged Hellboar than you can shake a sharp polearm at, but last night Bob was on fire. I completed 13 quests in a 4 hours averaging 50K xp per hour. The quests in no particular order were:
Digging for Prayer Beads
The Exorcism of Colonel Jules
Trollbane is Looking for You
Invasion Point: Annihilator
Deadly Predators
The Longbeards
The Arakkoa Threat
Rampaging Ravagers
The Path of Glory
The Temple of Telhamat
The Pools of Aggonar
Cleansing the Waters
Looking to the Leadership
I was impressed with this performance, but others might want to know what I have been doing with my time in the Outlands.
Hellfire is rich in quests, but in my opinion still has crazy respawn times due to the initial mass appearance of thousands of Level 60's finally let off the leash. In particular I am thinking of "Invasion Point: Annihilator " - which I part completed by Slaying Arix'Amal, taking the Burning Legion Gate Key, but not having the time to step in the Portal to find out how to close it, before Arix'Amal and all his buddies are back and ready to pound on my head. I received some help in the form of a minder from my guild - Lifebane, who bought me enough time to deactivate the portal. I am still unsure exactly how I did it because I was so busy left and right clicking buttons whilst moving around looking for a cog to appear. This was not a very accomplished performance but a very easy quest with help.
I had the same respawn problem previously with Cursed Talismans and Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Level 58 and 60. I can imagine on Day 1 of The Burning Crusade that there were more Alliance than Orcs in this camp, but now you are more likely to be on your own.
Also I have spent several hours grinding on Hellboars and Ravagers. Hellboars due to the close proximity to Honor Hold and Ravagers for the Ravager Flesh to make tasty Ravager Dogs. So, large amounts of cooking, skinning and leatherworking and not much questing.
Back to last night, in researching this piece (WOW readers are normally very pedantic about facts and opinions) I noticed that my methodolgy for completing The Exorcism of Colonel Jules was a little unusual. The correct method seems to be using the Prayer Beads to kill the slime/pea soup vomit. I on the other hand was fortunate to have Bobcat and Explosive Trap for AoE. I can safely say I had no idea what was going on, and the lesson learned is Allakhazam is my best friend.
This is also true for Cleansing the Waters, and without the co-ordinates I might have been going round Aggonar all night slaying Terrorfiends and Slimes looking for some bones which I never actually found.
The only downside of the night was my search for the Longbeard Dwarves. In trying to be smart and riding around the edge of the ravine I was mobbed and killed twice by the Stonescythe Alpha/Ambushers which is a terrible confession and then a further slaughtering at the hands of the Haal'eshi Windwalkers/Talonguards. In hindsight it may have been easier to take the Ressurection Sickness and start again.
Digging for Prayer Beads
The Exorcism of Colonel Jules
Trollbane is Looking for You
Invasion Point: Annihilator
Deadly Predators
The Longbeards
The Arakkoa Threat
Rampaging Ravagers
The Path of Glory
The Temple of Telhamat
The Pools of Aggonar
Cleansing the Waters
Looking to the Leadership
I was impressed with this performance, but others might want to know what I have been doing with my time in the Outlands.
Hellfire is rich in quests, but in my opinion still has crazy respawn times due to the initial mass appearance of thousands of Level 60's finally let off the leash. In particular I am thinking of "Invasion Point: Annihilator " - which I part completed by Slaying Arix'Amal, taking the Burning Legion Gate Key, but not having the time to step in the Portal to find out how to close it, before Arix'Amal and all his buddies are back and ready to pound on my head. I received some help in the form of a minder from my guild - Lifebane, who bought me enough time to deactivate the portal. I am still unsure exactly how I did it because I was so busy left and right clicking buttons whilst moving around looking for a cog to appear. This was not a very accomplished performance but a very easy quest with help.
I had the same respawn problem previously with Cursed Talismans and Warlord of the Bleeding Hollow Level 58 and 60. I can imagine on Day 1 of The Burning Crusade that there were more Alliance than Orcs in this camp, but now you are more likely to be on your own.
Also I have spent several hours grinding on Hellboars and Ravagers. Hellboars due to the close proximity to Honor Hold and Ravagers for the Ravager Flesh to make tasty Ravager Dogs. So, large amounts of cooking, skinning and leatherworking and not much questing.
Back to last night, in researching this piece (WOW readers are normally very pedantic about facts and opinions) I noticed that my methodolgy for completing The Exorcism of Colonel Jules was a little unusual. The correct method seems to be using the Prayer Beads to kill the slime/pea soup vomit. I on the other hand was fortunate to have Bobcat and Explosive Trap for AoE. I can safely say I had no idea what was going on, and the lesson learned is Allakhazam is my best friend.
This is also true for Cleansing the Waters, and without the co-ordinates I might have been going round Aggonar all night slaying Terrorfiends and Slimes looking for some bones which I never actually found.
The only downside of the night was my search for the Longbeard Dwarves. In trying to be smart and riding around the edge of the ravine I was mobbed and killed twice by the Stonescythe Alpha/Ambushers which is a terrible confession and then a further slaughtering at the hands of the Haal'eshi Windwalkers/Talonguards. In hindsight it may have been easier to take the Ressurection Sickness and start again.
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Well said.
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