Soloing WotLK content.

Post by p***@gmail.com
Well, I've maxed VPs, got 10 Mogu Runes, a boatload of flask mats.
I'm pretty well set for 5.4.
Out of boredom, I tried soloing Utgarde Keep - I've never soloed
WotLK content before. To my surprise, it was trivially easy. I then
repeated on Heroic. Still trivially easy. Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle?
Trivially easy. *Way* easier than soloing Tempest Keep (which admittedly,
is a 25 man raid).
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.
I wonder if I can now polish off some achievements....
pt

Soloing Wrath raids is fun. Give it a shot! A lot of them are easier than
Tempest Keep, strangely.. (particularly Naxx)

Catriona R

2013-09-09 16:55:24 UTC

Correct, I've soloed most of them (didn't try all) and collected all
achievements except Moo-rabi (I was on a priest - no interrupt!) and
that one that needs 5 people to get impaled in one fight, thus,
impossible to solo.

Raids aren't bad either, although I've mostly gone as a pair with my
bf instead of solo; Naxx is easy, Ulduar is fully duoable, including
many hardmodes (my bf and I now have our protodrakes), and I soloed
the first 2 bosses in Icecrown without even trying one day (was bored
so thought I'd see how hard it was... well, not all that hard to start
with, it seems), keep meaning to go back and see how much further I
get.

p***@gmail.com

2013-09-09 18:34:23 UTC

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.
I wonder if I can now polish off some achievements....

When I did Moo-rabi as a cleanup during Cata, we had a small group, and
downed the boss before he ever got to the first transformation. He may be
soloable even by a priest now.

It looks like the only 5-man ach I still need to get in WotLK is Ruby Void.
I'll have to give it a shot, but killing the (flying) dragon with a
solo melee player sounds tricky (I got the no-healer-mount one by
standing on one of the platforms, and using my regular Holy Pally
spells when players flew past).

Post by Catriona R
Raids aren't bad either, although I've mostly gone as a pair with my
bf instead of solo; Naxx is easy, Ulduar is fully duoable, including
many hardmodes (my bf and I now have our protodrakes), and I soloed
the first 2 bosses in Icecrown without even trying one day (was bored
so thought I'd see how hard it was... well, not all that hard to start
with, it seems), keep meaning to go back and see how much further I
get.

I'll have to try that. I'm still a pretty lousy dps - its my offspec, and
currently stands around 50k on a good day. Very slowly gearing it up.

pt

Catriona R

2013-09-09 19:58:39 UTC

Post by Catriona R
Correct, I've soloed most of them (didn't try all) and collected all
achievements except Moo-rabi (I was on a priest - no interrupt!) and
that one that needs 5 people to get impaled in one fight, thus,
impossible to solo.

When I did Moo-rabi as a cleanup during Cata, we had a small group, and
downed the boss before he ever got to the first transformation. He may be
soloable even by a priest now.

By shadow, perhaps, but my dps isn't great yet, maybe next expansion!

Post by p***@gmail.com
It looks like the only 5-man ach I still need to get in WotLK is Ruby Void.
I'll have to give it a shot, but killing the (flying) dragon with a
solo melee player sounds tricky (I got the no-healer-mount one by
standing on one of the platforms, and using my regular Holy Pally
spells when players flew past).

I got that one at the time luckily, there was a tactic of using only
amber drakes and a group I was in did that. I'd guess it may be
soloable with one of the drakes; I soloed with ruby drake for my
experienced drake rider achievement a while back, but of a pain but it
worked eventually. Possibly using one of the other drakes you can get
him down low and then carefully dismount to finish him off? Drakes are
fairly powerful with high itemlvl, so maybe the amber is strong enough
dps...

I'll have to try that. I'm still a pretty lousy dps - its my offspec, and
currently stands around 50k on a good day. Very slowly gearing it up.

Try your healing spec if dps doesn't work - I guess holy pally isn't
quite so good but Disc is excellent for soloing stuff, ok dps (about
45-50k) and really good selfhealing, only thing I lack is an
interrupt. I only hope they keep Disc as good for a while, it's great
being able to do stuff solo for a change, even if the self-healing
elites are hopeless for me.

Lewis

2013-09-09 22:00:24 UTC

Post by p***@gmail.com
Well, I've maxed VPs, got 10 Mogu Runes, a boatload of flask mats.
I'm pretty well set for 5.4.

The only thing I've done recently is get to 60 exalted reps (got The
Black Prince last night). I still don't like the Island dailies (1, I
don't like the travel time to the island, 2 I don't like the no fly
zone, 3 I don't like most of the quests). I've had a quest to get the
piece of the chamberlain for two months and I've gotten exactly ONE
piece, taking up room in my inventory. I also have what is, by all
accounts, and entirely useless legendary thingy that I need another
legendary thingy and some specific loot items to be able to use.

Post by p***@gmail.com
Out of boredom, I tried soloing Utgarde Keep - I've never soloed
WotLK content before. To my surprise, it was trivially easy. I then
repeated on Heroic. Still trivially easy. Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle?
Trivially easy. *Way* easier than soloing Tempest Keep (which admittedly,
is a 25 man raid).

I wasn't able to solo The Eye in TK, but I also did not know the mechanics for the flying phoenix boss.

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.

Some of the boss fights have mechanics that might require two people,
and a few will require.

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particle.' --Guards! Guards!

p***@gmail.com

2013-09-10 01:15:00 UTC

Post by Lewis
I wasn't able to solo The Eye in TK, but I also did not know the mechanics for the flying phoenix boss.

I've done the whole thing, I farm Kael'thus Sunstrider each week to try
to get the Ashes of Alar. There's a good solo strategy laid out in
Wowhead. You can skip the all the other bosses, including the phoenix
(which I also took down without too much trouble).

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.

Some of the boss fights have mechanics that might require two people,
and a few will require.

Wouldn't be surprised (there's one in Black Temple I can't get past).

pt

Catriona R

2013-09-10 10:08:49 UTC

Post by Lewis
I wasn't able to solo The Eye in TK, but I also did not know the mechanics for the flying phoenix boss.

Yes, they're all soloable, the phoenix is the easiest, frankly, there
isn't really any tactic for him, just hit him, follow him when he
moves, hit him again, he "dies", respawns in the middle, get back to
hitting him :-) Void Reaver is my most annoying, as I have very very
few instant cast spells and if you don't want to be perma-silenced you
have to run around the room constantly to avoid the silence orbs, so
it takes forever. Kael is a pain but perfectly doable, if you are not
a pet class; if you are, then have fun as you'll either be
mindcontrolled, resetting the encounter, or you'll have to do this
without your pet ;-)

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.

Some of the boss fights have mechanics that might require two people,
and a few will require.

Wouldn't be surprised (there's one in Black Temple I can't get past).

If you mean the 1st boss, that was nerfed a couple of patches back and
is supposed to now be soloable - I haven't tried it myself but imagine
it's not too bad these days.

p***@gmail.com

2013-09-10 15:21:43 UTC

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.

Some of the boss fights have mechanics that might require two people,
and a few will require.

Wouldn't be surprised (there's one in Black Temple I can't get past).

If you mean the 1st boss, that was nerfed a couple of patches back and
is supposed to now be soloable - I haven't tried it myself but imagine
it's not too bad these days.

Nope, Reliquary of Souls. The first boss was indeed nerfed, and is now easier
to solo than to duo.

pt

Catriona R

2013-09-10 16:02:13 UTC

Post by p***@gmail.com
My suspicion is that I can probably handle any WotLK 5-man, even on
Heroic.

Some of the boss fights have mechanics that might require two people,
and a few will require.

Wouldn't be surprised (there's one in Black Temple I can't get past).

If you mean the 1st boss, that was nerfed a couple of patches back and
is supposed to now be soloable - I haven't tried it myself but imagine
it's not too bad these days.

Nope, Reliquary of Souls. The first boss was indeed nerfed, and is now easier
to solo than to duo.

Ahh, RoS sucks indeed. Never tried it solo, my bf got through it
though, with my help on tactics (I was researching on wowhead while he
was dying :-P). Key point - in the hardest phase he puts a debuff on
you that increases damage received by 100%. At the same time he
reflects dmg done to him throughout that phase, so do NOT nuke him
with all your biggest attacks when you have the dmg taken increase
debuff on you, or you'll kill yourself ;-) Slow dmg and much
self-healing is the key to this fight, I think.

Lewis

2013-09-11 03:12:42 UTC