I spent hours lf a deadmines group and nothing. I hardly see anyone leveling. Even resorted to asking in stormwind wtb deadmines run pst. Still nothing.
Any advice or if anyone could help me run the dungeon? I’m on Herod alliance
You have to really put the effort into forming your own. I even ran deadmines on this Horde too. Just gotta form your own groups.
“If you build it, they will come”
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Honestly, this is why I love dungeon finder.
Everyones like "oh no, it took away from the group finding part of the community.
No, it ensured that you could always find a group.
Plus most % of classic players i think are max already or busy with aq effort to be leveling. And classic doesnt have the numbers of people constantly at all different kinds of levels like retail.
The later you wait for leveling in classic, the more likely your leveling companion will be. Amage youre paying than a group
At this point, I’ve started to accept that I’m just not going to be able to do all the dungeon quests. Especially if you’re leveling a dps class. With that being said, I’m really surprised you can’t get a group for Deadmines. Maybe everyone is focused on the war effort?
Instead of LFG, do LFM. You’ll always be more successful making your own groups.
But mostly you missed the curve to have a dynamic leveling/pre-bis experience. Classic is mostly a nostalgia trip for some people, and those people have generally already finished leveling.
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Dungeon finder didn’t affect the time it took to form a group.
Duel spec and 10/25 man raids did that.
This. This this this this this.
You have to make your own. Period. I’ve watched people spamming “LFG dungeon”, at least 3 of them! And not one formed the group! They just sat there waiting for someone to pick them up.
Unfortunately it seems for Classic, a lot of folks have gotten lazy.
“LF3M for Deadmines - Need Tank etc” grabs way more attention than “LFG Deadmines.”
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You’d actually level faster by not doing the dungeons and its quests anyway. Find a spot and farm for a few hours. Level up, move onto another spot. Do quests in that area as they become available and keep levelling. I avoided dungeons while levelling because it hinders speed and efficiency.
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yeah nothing like racing to the finish for no reason. the leveling dungeons are well designed and fun to do, skipping them feels bad
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Yep.
I’ll utilize every resource possible. I’ll start in Trade, LookingForGroup and LFG (two different channels). Once I get one to join, I’ll them to stay in the city and spam Trade, while I head out into the world and ask every Zone I can. While still hitting up LookingForGroup and LFG.
You gotta go where the people are. A lot of them are out Questing and not sitting in cities to see these ads. Or, even know about the two different LFG Channels.
Is it honest to post LFM when you have no members other than yourself? Seems like a good way to build a bad reputation, or end up with group conflict from the get go.
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I’d have to disagree here. Some dungeons are well designed and fun. After scarlet monestary they’re pretty bad and are more of a time sink.
Noone cares about this. I’ve probably done it literally hundreds of times. Don’t overthink it. You’re not insulting anyone, you’re just looking for people. You’re far more likely to get dungeons going because there’s a lot of people who don’t want to take the initiative to make a group, but they’ll join one if someone else is organizing it.
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tbh i might sound like a negative nancy but dont bother running dungeons esp at low lvl. waste of time. you get more exp per hour if you solo q+grind
fear not, you will get PLENTY of your dungeon fills once you hit 50s…i honestly didnt run a single dungeon until being lvl 56
Even if you’re an efficient solo leveler its still by far the most efficient thing to do each of the dungeons at least once for the quests and/or certain quest rewards. There’s no reason not to start spamming for an upcoming dungeon once you’re in the level range for the quests.
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Deadmines, gnomer, and stockades are the only dungeons worth doing because of the large amount of quests and the rewards. Other dungeons have lower amounts of quests and are so far out of the way that its not worth the travel time + dungeon time. If you’re a warrior or a ret paladin i wouldn’t oppose to doing a few SM Armory runs because the armor upgrades are just too good.
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Clarifying this is for Alliance Side.
There’s two Deadmines Quests that require one to plow through the Quest Chain “The Defias Brotherhood”. Those two are to collect Van Cleef’s head and 10 Red Bandanas.
There’s one Quest (in SW, from a Gnome) that doesn’t require one to plow through a Quest Chain, and it’s to collect from the Sneed boss. Then, there’s two Quests (in SW, as well but from a Dwarf) that aren’t for the actual dungeon, itself but in the elite area section, just outside the instance.
Really, there’s only 3 Quests for the actual dungeon, itself, but only 1 can be picked up without doing any kind of Quest Chain.
I’m saying all of this 'cause BFD has 4 Quests to it, and none of them need to be unlocked through Quest Chains. The only “hard part” is picking up the one quest from IF (Eastern Kingdoms, though it is shareable) before heading into BFD (Kalimdor) with your other 3 BFD Quests (2 from Darnassus and 1 from Auberdine, Darkshore). All for the actual dungeon, itself and not outside of it. The only exception being the Darkshore one, but that one can be completed either way both inside and/or outside the dungeon.
Scarlet Monestary is ran often, and there’s only two Quests for there. And, one is locked behind a Quest Chain.
Meanwhile, Mara has 6 quests in which 2 of them require some pieces of just outside the instance, and 1 is strictly just for outside of the dungeon. None of which are locked behind any Quest Chains. The only “hard part” is remembering to pick up two of the Quests, ironically the same two that requires bits of the “outside the instance” portion because they’re not shareable. Fortunately, enough, both of those Quests reside in Desolace. At least it’s in the same zone as the dungeon. There’s only one that isn’t in Desolace, but that’s the one not for the actual dungeon, anyway, just outside of it. I say the Mara Quests are quite generous.
I think the trick is to continue your questing/grinding while looking for/forming the dungeon group.
Too often I see people sitting in org spamming for a long time, then complaining.
Join the world or LFG channels, and continue to quest while forming the group. That way you are still actively leveling, and when your group fills, you do the dungeon, then pop back out and continue your questing. It’s relatively seamless this way, as long as you are questing close-ish to the dungeon, or in an a zone close by.
And yes, you will have more success forming your own groups, especially for any dungeons below BRD.
heh, you mean “dual” spec. not duel spec. unless that spec is specifically designed for dueling other players
This is the retail mindset. Leveling is something to rush through to get to the end game. For me it’s not about exp or getting to 60. It’s about having fun along the way. Dungeons are the most fun thing in the game and the main reason I’m playing wow. I’ve done every dungeon up to my level several times. Having some trouble finding a ST run now but hopefully I’ll find one soon. I’m still on the low end for it.