Difficulty of heroics?

Sam_
04-17-2007, 04:08 AM
Can someone tell me what the rank of heroics are.. I know slave pens is pretty damn easy but i was wondering shit like BM and Durnholde are? any guides etc

Rho
04-17-2007, 04:33 AM
If you're farming badges, you should do Mechanar every day.

Tekno
04-17-2007, 08:53 AM
SP and mech are by far the easiest. mech mobs are tougher than bosses.Easy 5 badges though. I haven't done BM because no one ever wants to go..heard it's pretty retarded. I want to do Durn because of bracers, but haven't got a chance to yet. Come to think about it, I think the only heroics I haven't done is BM, durn. SH only to first boss for nightbane quest...even that was meh...

Thrakesh
04-17-2007, 08:56 AM
Some of them are retarded in terms of difficulty, some are stupidly easy.

SP and Mech are easy (Mech especially, if your tank knows the exploit on the aoe boss). Bring a lock to Mech.

Smaqaho
04-17-2007, 09:08 AM
Mechanaar and Black Morass are the fastest badges you'll ever get from the 2 easiest heroics.

Slave Pens and Steamvaults are both super easy as well.

For item farming though nothing beats wall climbing to farm the last bosses of Ramparts, Blood Furnace, and Underbog and skipping 90% or more of the instance.

The first half of Shattered Halls is some of the hardest 5man content available, and the trash in heroic Arcatraz is easily 5x harder than any bosses in there.

Tekno
04-17-2007, 09:20 AM
so BM is pretty easy for you? wtf do people on my server say its too hard and dont want to do it :[

Terra
04-17-2007, 09:34 AM
Mechanaar and Black Morass are the fastest badges you'll ever get from the 2 easiest heroics.

Slave Pens and Steamvaults are both super easy as well.

For item farming though nothing beats wall climbing to farm the last bosses of Ramparts, Blood Furnace, and Underbog and skipping 90% or more of the instance.

The first half of Shattered Halls is some of the hardest 5man content available, and the trash in heroic Arcatraz is easily 5x harder than any bosses in there.

I'll agree with this.

Thrakesh
04-17-2007, 09:54 AM
Haven't tried BM on heroic, but it sucks to get to the instance, so that may be why no one runs it.

Smaqaho
04-17-2007, 10:53 AM
so BM is pretty easy for you? wtf do people on my server say its too hard and dont want to do it :[
I've ran it 5 times I think and have yet to see anyone die. Warlocks for the adds is great but we've had hunters do that as well and succeed. The biggest pain in the ass about Black Morass is getting everyone down there, but it's probably the fastest heroic available at maybe 45mins or so (guessing).

Astrial
04-17-2007, 11:11 AM
For item farming though nothing beats wall climbing to farm the last bosses of Ramparts, Blood Furnace, and Underbog and skipping 90% or more of the instance.
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anyone got any video on this? would like to see how/where this is done

Blotter
04-17-2007, 12:52 PM
just have a priest levitate up the wall and the rest of the group dies so they can be res'd up there?

neat :o

Shoddy
04-17-2007, 01:04 PM
Sounds like an exploit. Don't they occasionally decide to ban people for such things?

Smaqaho
04-17-2007, 01:06 PM
Hmm never tried levitate. In Underbog get to the 2 giant pull before the first boss but skip the boss (last couple times we didn't even pull the giants). Before the boss on the right is a ledge that circles around and over the ramp you just came up (you jump onto it, run around, and jump across). People who can't do this just run back down the ramp and aggro the pathing bog lord below you. People up top rez and you run away from 1st boss, jump down, and end up directly outside Black Stalker's room. Full run about 20 minutes.

For Blood Furnace clear a 2pack and the 2 2+imp packs leading to the ramp that heads up. Clear the ramp and the pack on the right side of the small room at the top, ignore the left side. Follow the wall on your right and as you get to the corner keep walking forward and jumping. You'll catch the lip of the wall right next to you and eventually jump up, up, up and finally fall down - landing just inside the last boss' room. Heal up, shadow protection buff, and go~! Full run about 10-15minutes.

Ramparts I can't climb because it's not a simple run in place and jump a certain direction like bog and furnace. I just let a paladin get up and I die to a patrol so he can rez me up top. Clear a couple packs and done. Full run maybe 30 minutes.

Blotter
04-17-2007, 01:17 PM
:o:

PessimiStick
04-17-2007, 01:19 PM
I believe I shall try the Furnace one. Would be an easy way to get Nethers.

kyuss
04-17-2007, 01:20 PM
i need nethers like a mofo too, i don't have any yet :[

furnace is the best way? easier than bm?

Noyjitat
04-17-2007, 02:32 PM
Two questions here:

1. Are heroics doable with mostly greens/blues, is pretty decent gear a requirement? (If it varies based on the instance, knowing which are more approachble would be appreciated)

2. For those Badges do you need to have a certain rep requirment with anyone to turn them in?

ragingbunny
04-17-2007, 04:30 PM
kyuss, do ramparts, u can skip a ton of shit, and nether drops off 2nd boss

kyuss
04-17-2007, 05:08 PM
thx!

Surge
04-17-2007, 05:15 PM
kyuss i <3 u