PSA: Don't level in Icecrown in Chromie Time

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So as most of you probably know, the scaling is pretty wonky in some areas of the game. However, there is nothing worse than Icecrown.

There are so many elite quests, and most of the elites are far too difficult to solo, even if you’re a tank spec. Overthane Balargarde in particular is the worst offender, as he has as much if not more hp than dungeon bosses and hits like a freight train. Pretty much the whole section of the zone dealing with Corp’rethar is dealing with elites, and the only way I was able to complete it was by turning off Chromie Time and killing everything with the legacy buff.

This would be fine if they weren’t mandatory to complete the zone. Other zones have quests like this but they were all optional, like Amphitheater in Zul’drak or the arena in Grizzly Hills for Horde.

Just avoid this headache unless you don’t care about getting the zone achievement.

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I am surprised there are wrath elite quests left in retail. Outside of the AoA and the Grizzily hills horde arena

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I’m surprised there’s still difficulty in the few elite quests that remain in old content, those were designed for a party, not for solo play.

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:thinking: I don’t remember which section you mention here based on name, but I do remember going through Icecrown on a new baby priest I made. I did everything in the bottom right, including setting up the questline for Crusader Bridenbrad. And then I did the stuff around the Shadowvault or whatever the name is. I didn’t have much of a problem.

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That isn’t scaling being wonky, that’s somebody having the bright idea to lock premade group to level 50, while at the same time having half the zones /1 not work.

Icecrown, just like shadowmoon valley, should be packed with elites, elite quests, as it’s a late tier zone.

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Sounds like you should group up for the group quest.

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To be honest Ivled two toons by exploring with flying and doing pet battles along with bgs easy as.

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Yeah bro let me find the one guy leveling in the zone with me. Or use the premade- oh wait it’s locked.

You expect me to stay in a group for an entire zone of quests?

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Weren’t those originally group quests? Solo “elite” quests (with the elites being “paper elites”) weren’t really a thing until Cata.

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Wow, one guy? I see people all over the place. Move to a higher pop server or play with friends. Or skip the quest.

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Wow, you must be a professional fixer!

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To be fair many people did that for icecrown, and even dragonblight to a lesser extent. So really it isn’t that far fetched to group for an entire zone.

But yeah, the premade group being locked is absolutely disgusting when it comes to these zones.

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I am actually. Just be ready for my “turn it off and turn it back on again” solution. It’s a big winner.

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You seem to think every zone is packed. It’s not.

There’s barely anyone leveling outside of BfA and Legion zones.

I can’t skip the damn quest because I need it to complete the zone. Can you read or are you here to just throw around your ego?

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I’m leveling in BC and I see tons of people still.

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so far the only chromie expansion that seems to go ok is WoD

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Ya I imagined as much. Thanks for the PSA.

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I’ve had no problems at all in MoP.

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I’ll have to keep that in mind, I’ve done wod, legion, and wrath so far

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Some of these were a huge pain back when WotLK was current.
Phasing in that area meant everyone had to be doing the same quests at the same time to help each other.
I guess party sync might help, but it almost feels like an oversight for those quests to still be filled with those uber elites.