Solo Princess Theradras in Mauradon? Hell yes!Follow

One of the things I love about the warlock class is the immense ability to solo just about anything. If it can be feared, it will die. I've solo'd mobs that were meant for raid groups in the past, which shows just how powerful the class can be.

I was thinking about things to try, and someone in the guild mentioned the Princess in Mauradon. I thought it was a pretty cool idea, and I went along with thoughts along the line of "I'm going to die a horrible death". Strangely enough, I didn't. And I was rewarded with a Gemshard Heart[ http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=17707 ] for my troubles - an Item which I had all but given hope up on getting. To show how rubbish the itemisation is in the higher level instances, this necklace can be compared with a Star of Mysteria, which drops on the liveside in Stratholme [ http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=12103 ], which often takes a considerable amount of time to do in a 5 man party. Risk vs Reward issues here? Hmm..

2 other Blues dropped, which I vendored for 7g. It came to me that this is a ridiculously good way of making money, possibly on par with SM.

So, I went again. And then again. Since the first try, I've got the time down to 6 minutes from entering Mauradon to the death of the princess, which is quite ridiculous.

Quite a few from my guild didn't believe me, so I loaded up fraps and recorded a run. If people want a copy, I'll try find somewhere to host it.

Regardless, this has pretty major implications for the economy, and people could get rich very quickly with hardly any effort.

Here's hoping Blizzard fixes it soon! :\

Edited, Sat Feb 26 11:09:20 2005 by twofold

Edited, Mar 23rd 2012 4:12pm by Xsarus Lock Thread:

I have the video, but I'm not sure about releasing it yet. I sent a GM thingy in about it, and the GM sent me a /tell while I was having a bite to eat, and in the email I was sent it said :



I'm just wondering if releasing a video would be the quickest way to get it fixed or not :o

Well, one thing's for sure is what you're doing isn't 'illegal'. Nobody got banned for farming Doan's Illusionary Rod/Blade.

So keep doing it ;p... get the word out, people will notice and it will get fixed.

I'm pretty sure sending the video is going to be the quickest way to make it get fixed yes... but even then, the fix could be a long time in coming. You see, SM was abused by Rogues, which easily make 20% of the player base. Warlock are a rarity, the problem isn't as urgent I would think.

The items are BoP. Some sell for 1g50s, some sell for 4g+.

I've been toying around with mauradon a bit more too. I think a few of the other bosses might be farmable too x.X

I did try going up to Landslide, but unfortunately, he hits way too hard and is immune to fear :\

About the offhand item - I have a http://wow.allakhazam.com/item.html?witem=15805 which I like to use :o

Goes well with the +11 stamina sword from the EPL cauldron quests & the +11 stamina dagger from the Hakkar questline,

I didn't actually fear her.

www.apby07.dsl.pipex.com/mauradon.zip

I sped it up to 2x, and then checked my mp3 directory, and that song was the closest in length to the video, so I just put it on :P

The quality isn't great since I don't want it using up all my webspace heh.

I think any class that can kite effectively could do it.

That means priest/hunter/warlock/mage(?) could prolly do it. I don't know about the other classes though, and I imagine that a mage/priest would take a long time to do as well.

Kiting/marathoning.

Basically running away from the mob out of melee range so it can't hit you with attacks & abilities, while doing damage to it. Warlocks have a lot of instant cast curses that can be cast while running, so kiting is very easy.

My warrior and I friend spent a few days farming the Princess.

At 58+, you can run straight to her without aggroing any other mobs.

One time, I got spell-locked by her, and my Warrior died with Princess at 25% health.

I cast my Shadow Word: Pain on her, and ran. And ran some more. And recast Pain. And ran some more. Didn't actually use my fear because she never got within range for me to use it. After a few minutes, I took her down and I was still at 75% life and 50% mana. I was getting enough Mana regen between casts that I could probably solo her all the way, although it would take a long time.


The problem, however, is getting the instance to reset. I've been able to do it a few times by being partied with a different person, but it after two runs it seems to give me the "Your party is not in this instance" message and ports me to Org.




Edited, Sat Feb 26 13:12:24 2005 by trickybeck

Maraudon wasn't in at release, it was added in the first content patch.

I think Blizzard purposefully made the drop in it Uber so that even the people that had already hit level 60 and were complaining about content would want to do it.

The same thing will probably happen to Dire Maul, a level 56-60 instance supposes to show up next content patch... my guess is the drop there will make most of Scholo/Strath/BRD look silly.

Yea mages can't solo elites at all...

Or has a mage managed to solo this?

I would suggest grabbing enchanting and farming the BOP blues for shards, you will make $$$ much faster

Yes, priests can solo her very easily. I can get to her and kill her in <8 minutes. Then disband group and get ported to shadowprey. rinse, repeat. easily 20g an hour.

- Eryx, Silver Hand