2008-01-30 GF's Dungeon Plan

With Wailing Caverns completed and the Ghostlands questing area pretty much farmed out, the GF met to discuss where we would go from here. There are several choices for level 20 somethings, and given the pace at which we are levelling, we will probably skip some areas as we will level past their usefulness before we get there.

We sketched out the following plan, which we'll revise if needed as we go along.

The focus of the GF is instances, so our questing areas should coincide with the order in which we want to tackle the dungeons available to us.

Shadowfang Keep (18-22 recommended level) - We decided that this will be the next instance we attempt, probably as early as this coming sunday. SFK is in Hillsbrad Foothills, south of the Undercity and Silverpine areas, where we will quest thursday night. SFK is similar in mob levels to WC, and it is not as long. However, the mob pulls are more complicated and the end boss, Arugal, is one of the toughest bosses a group will ever face at this level. We should be ready for it, though, and the rewards there are very much worth going after. There are only three dungeon quests to collect, but in addition, this is where Arq needs to start getting his paladin quests done.

Blackfathom Deeps (22-24) - BFD is next on our list. This dungeon is in Ashenvale, on the other continent and north of Orgrimmar. We may continue to quest in HIllsbrad Foothills for a week if we feel the quest rewards are worth it. Then we'll shift to Ashenvale. I recall BFD as being a lot of fun. A relatively short instance with several interesting quests. There are 6 dungeon quests, and more pally quests.

Razorfen Kraul (24-27) - Like Hillsbrad, we may need to spend an extra week in Ashenvale before moving back to the Barrens and RFK. For some reason I didn't like this dungeon. Maybe it was because the quests require carrying around a whole lot of stuff, or the layout. Or that it took several tries with several groups before Wild got everything I needed done in there. Hopefully it will be more fun for Philly. Questing will be in the Barrens, and perhaps in Stonetalon Mountains, which is where a lot of the Barrens quests lead to. But we may skip Stonetalon depending on where we are level-wise.

The above should take us a minimum of three weeks, but more likely 5-6 weeks, to get done. It will depend greatly on the continued attendance of everyone, and how much back tracking we will have to do to get Kon up to speed when he gets back.

On the horizon could be Gnomeregan, which is in the alliance zone of Dun Morogh and which I've never been in. And then Razorfen Downs (a sometimes forgotten or ignored instance right next to RFK) and Scarlet Monastery.