worldofwarcraft: Flight Form Dilema

Lane (

lane) wrote in

worldofwarcraft,
@ 2008-02-20 11:30:00

Flight Form Dilema
So, my NE druid is 69.5. I've leveled her entirely off of rested experience and as a result she's not even into Nagrand yet. Suffice it to say, she's terribly undergeared.

I've got 3000g on her and the other 2k is just a matter of my selling my Blessings deck. Problem is, I don't know what my chances are of getting a group to do heroic Sethekk Halls. I already know that as a PUG it's absolutely zero. She's feral, she has no tanking gear, and even if I did respec she has no healing gear either.

She's also unguilded and I only know one person Alliance-side anymore.

So, other than bribing people I don't know what my options are to get this done, which is why I hate it when Blizzard forces you to group to do stuff like this. (I'm lucky I got it done on my tauren.)

I could really care less about the mount and I've heard some raiders will run heroic Sethekk Halls whenever they have the chance to obtain said mount, so I suppose that's something. Other than that, I don't know. I could offer to pay all repair bills with a tip on the side?

Anyone ever heard of just running random druids through heroic Sethekk Halls for their quest (with some incentive)?

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	shuspidey1218 2008-02-20 04:45 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe if you catch people on a day when heroic Seth happens to be the daily you can get lucky. Also, use the fact that you can summon the otherwise-unseen second boss to your advantage, to entice people with an extra badge and some more loot. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	z_o_e 2008-02-20 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oooh, yeah, good idea. People will be looking for a group anyway, just mention that you need the druid flight form boss, and remind them that he might drop the mount, and I'm sure you'll be invited. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	lane 2008-02-20 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	I've thought of that, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to take an undergeared, second rate DPS for it. :\ (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	whizzy 2008-02-20 04:53 pm UTC (link)
	i've actually done that just for a shot at the mount the extra boss drops. :) we had a clear instance and someone had to leave, so we advertised in LFG for a druid that could summon it. (Reply to this)

	bryneshrimp 2008-02-20 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	Why don't you spend a little time gearing yourself up first? If you don't know anyone, the only way you're getting into a heroic at that gear level is as a charity case. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	theantipoet 2008-02-20 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	make a post on your realm forums looking for people. I think well-geared, bored raiders are more likely to read the forums than hang out on the LFG channel. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	fordarkness 2008-02-20 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	Gads, that's what one of our hunter officers does. He's a well-known forum troll on several Blizzard forums. Fortunately, he's only once crossed the line in trolling that got him a verbal slapping from the guild leader and officers. Other than that, they let him have his fun. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	puppy_tenchan 2008-02-20 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	What server are you on? Maybe there are even people in this community who'd offer a run. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lane 2008-02-20 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	Ysera, Alliance. I didn't want to make anything formal since I probably won't be 70 until this weekend at the earliest and I still have to sell that deck. >_< (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	fordarkness 2008-02-20 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	Know what I just realized? Any non-druid level 70 can get an epic flyer no matter what their gear is. All they need is 5000g. Druids, on the other hand, need 5000g and the capability to run a heroic level instance. WTF up with that?? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	shotie 2008-02-20 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	I'd just wait until SH is the Heroic Daily, and then ask em if they'd mind doing the Raven God real quick. I'm sure the fact that there's a chance a rare mount might drop is more than enough temptation for plenty of people. :) (Reply to this)

	tsgeisel 2008-02-20 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	You may want to just put yourself out as a charity case - there are nice people out there. Offering to cover repair costs shouldn't hurt either. (Reply to this)

	shuspidey1218 2008-02-20 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	2 bosses in the time it takes to do four in other dungeons. Plus in heroic, those guard duos are a real pain. Also, the unsheepable mobs kinda suck. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	wytchfynder 2008-02-20 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Another idea might be to spend some time with the loot tables and figure out who might be interested in Sethekk. Take warriors: the best pre-Netherspite plate tanking shoulders drop off Ikiss, so a mid-Kara warrior should be an easy "sell" on the place. Likewise, other druids. I agree with the others that Sethekk Halls heroic day is a good bet for you. (Reply to this)

	lane 2008-02-20 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, not leatherworking, but like I said, I don't have a problem paying repair bills and tossing in some extra on the side. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hellfire99x 2008-02-20 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh, if you were on my server, I'd definitely offer to help out. I've main-healed heroic SH a few times on my pally, including the druid boss. He's a bastard though... last time I did it, we only barely scraped by with everybody alive. Randomly, I need to finish saving up for my epic flying mount so I can finally go Holy without regrets. >.< (Reply to this)

	mr_eleganza 2008-02-20 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know if it's comparable to the Warlock Epic Mount quest, but I happily run other locks through that just becaue it makes me sad to see a 60+ lock on a dreadsteed... If I had a druid I'd do the same for the flight form although I realise it's considerably harder... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lane 2008-02-20 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I'm kind of worried that once WotLK comes out it'll be near impossible to get groups for it because everyone will be leveling and/or busy with the new end game to bother with the older stuff. Since it requires heroic Sethekk Halls I doubt it'll be as easy as a 70 doing Dire Maul/Scholomance, but who knows... (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	theantipoet 2008-02-20 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	you know, you could also zone into Sethekk and spam /1 looking for groups that have already cleared the place... maybe they'd be willing to drop one member and invite you just to knock out the druid boss (especially if you say you'd pass on the epic ground mount ;)) that's how I got the scholo part of my warlock's epic mount quest completed back in the day. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lane 2008-02-20 07:21 pm UTC (link)
	:o I didn't even think of that, that'd be great if it worked! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fadeout1930 2008-02-20 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	I'd offer to take you along on our next run but wrong faction. :P If you do herbalism on your druid it's so, so worth it even if you have to PUG it. We one shotted Anzu in our first trip into Sethek heroic so I think it's been substantially nerfed, btw. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bryneshrimp 2008-02-20 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	It hasn't been nerfed, but the difference between having a druid who knows how to keep up the statues and one who doesn't (and having some AoE) is pretty extreme. If you're undergeared, it might be hard to be the druid tank on this fight. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

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