Post by Delaios
1. What did you solo, or tried to? (obviously)Molten Core, Zul Aman, Magtheridon, Karazhan (stopped after Curator), Tempest Keep (Void Reaver and A'lar)
Utgarde Pinnacle, Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron (up to Tyrannus), Azjol-Nerub, Old Kingdom
2. How good was your gear, what kind of spec did you use, and which pet did you have?I'm in 359 gear mostly, with a few 346 items. I use a Marksman spec with points in Survival (stamina talent) and Beast Mastery (healing talent) and at least one point in Rapid Killing. I use a beetle for soloing.
3. Did something cause you problems, and if so, how did you overcome them? (if you could)Zul Aman has one boss that throws you into the air resulting in fall damage. Disengaging before landing or using a parachute negates the fall damage.
Scourgelord Tyrannus isn't possible. Damage to pet is high, but you can't heal your pet most of the time (because of Overlord's Brand).
4. Was it hard at all?None of the bosses I succesfully did were hard. Al'ar is very annoying at first and if you don't jump down when you need to, you will die quickly, even at 85.
5. Tactics for boss fights.Molten Core, Karazhan and Zul Aman don't require any special tactics. At Magtheridon clear all trash and make sure your pet gets aggro on all the channelers (tab-target and use Kill Command a few times on each) before Magtheridon becomes active, don't DPS them yourself. Healing from Mend Pet will aggro the elementals that spawn during the fight, just keep moving with Fox Aspect and kite them around. The passive healing from the BM talent and healing from Chimera is more than enough to heal up any damage you take during the fight.
6. How long did it take?Molten Core takes about half an hour. I haven't been running Zul Aman, Tempest Keep and Magtheridon regularly, so can't really tell how long it took me. I won't be running Karazhan anymore now that I have the Fiery Horse mount (just doing Attumen takes less than 15 minutes including trash).
7. How much gold did you get?The following is excluding gold gained from vendoring/AHing drops:
- Molten Core doesn't yield that much gold (some bosses don't drop any), but it gives rep.
- Zul Aman and Karazhan bosses drop an average of 40 gold or so. Zul Aman has added gold drops if you do a timed run.
- Magtheridon drops around 500 gold each kill.
- Void Reaver and A'lar both drop 250 gold.
- Humanoid trash in Zul Aman and Tempest Keep drop over 1 gold each. In Zul Aman Hex Sticks will drop regularly which can be used on frogs in the centre of the instance. The frogs will transform into NPCs that either drop a box (containing a temporary buff item), a bag of gold or buy/sell stuff. If you're lucky you'll end up with http://www.wowhead.com/item=33993#comments
Lich King heroics aren't worthwhile in my opinion. There are plenty of achievements in them that can be gotten solo though. Skadi in UP can drop a mount and Bronjahm in FoS can drop a 22-slot bag).