hammong
09-16-2005, 05:29 PM
<DIV>I was mentoring my 30 Fury friend last night in southern Thundering Steppes, near the Ruins of Varsoon entrance. We were pulling the ^^^ Heroic Skeletal Troopers, Footsoldiers, Lieutenants, and Captains. 95% of the mobs conned blue to us, with an occasional level 25 ^^^ Heroic that would con green, holding true to the information that at 30, blue stretches 4 levels down. So far so good. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Prior to the Sept 13 patch, these same mobs were beginning to lose their challenge, although they still yielded good XP (~ 2% per kill at 29). Frankly, we were scared to try them last night, but I insisted that we had to give the Heroics a shot and see just how much difference there is vs. the experiences we had the weeks before. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Woot! Jobaber, my Adept III Undying Adherent, did just fine tanking these suckers with the defensive (Adept I, Grisly Brace) aura going. Now, keep in mind, I had a full fledged level 30 Fury to handle pet heals, and I was tossing a Mend Bones (Adept I) at the pet constantly. All said in the end, after 1.5 hours of chain pulling these ^^^ Heroic blues, I had died once, healer died once, and Jobaber died 3 times due to insufficient healing capacity/timing. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I call that pretty good challenge. Despite the fact that things were more taxing on mana/life/hitpoints, I found the challenge to be EXTREMELY fun. We had a great time - taking on these heroic skellies really made me feel heroic! At level 30, when taking on a level 27 Skeletal Captain or Lieutenant, after the fight we'd often be at 10-20% mana, pet 1/4 to 1/2 dead, and breathing hard. It was great! Experience was about the same as pre-patch, 1.5-2% for my friend and about 0.5% for me as a mentor. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>