List of AOE spots for mageFollow

No max out frost channeling and artic reach before you get shatter. to be honest i never got shattered until i respec'd into full frost for pvp/pve raiding. But now actually knowing what shatter does, yes get it but frost channeling and artic reach will be more of a use aoe grinding.

Yay gj echou! Thx, im glad that i could help ya out. Welcome to end game XD

Try to get +STA gear to help you with taking hits. Prior to AoE grinding I had geared up with +INT and +SPI to increase mana regen. But with AoE, you will expend almost all your mana on one pull so SPI is useless. I switched over to +INT and +STA gear. At higher levels, I even gave +STA higher priority than +INT as my mana base was so high already I didn't need the extra INT.

Potions help you survive any adds or bad pulls as well. I never had to buy potions since they dropped regularly from the humanoid mobs. In fact, once you get the routine mastered, you will rarely need a potion. I was selling them on the AH because they kept piling up in my bags :P

Keep working at it, Jizzy, and it will definitely get better. Exciting times for you ahead! ^^

P.S. I dinged 60 last night (YAY!) and had to say "bye bye" to my AoE spec *sniffles*. I'm now Frost/Arcane raid spec'd to go raiding with my guild. I already went to MC once before and will be going again this weekend. The points moved from AoE talents to Arcane hopefully will help with my mana efficiency/regen as I found I was running out of mana much quicker than the other mages in my first MC raid. Our guild will also be attempting Onyxia this Friday :)

Edited, Aug 30th 2006 at 9:29pm EDT by echou

An important place to AoE grind that I don't think has been mentioned is the scorpid camps south of Camp T in the barrens.

(Level: 20-25) Field of Giants (Barrens)

What makes this place so great is that the cash is excellent and the vendor items that the monsters drop all stack to at least 5. Also if you take the time or have already done the quests Tribes of War and Blood Shards of Agamaggan then you can use bloodstones to get Razorhide and Spirit of the Wind. This damage shield and +25 spirit helps out alot with killing these guys.

I leveled from 21 to 25 here in about 3 hours at a leasurely pace and made about 3 gold doing so. The only shortcoming of this place is that green drops are rather rare, especially compared to humanoid AoE spots.

If you can't find the place, it's directly south of Camp T, not quite halfway to Razorfen Kraul.

Edited, Sep 9th 2006 at 12:07pm EDT by JossyB

Are you talking about the ones in Swamp of Sorrow? If so make sure you go all the way to the right side of the coast and work your way up and down it. I usually went all the way left until i ran into the magic user ones and make my way back to the right side of the beach. It was constant pulls for me usually. You can even do one more level at the ones in dustwallow marsh.

After seeing the same questions come up on multiple boards, I started updating the WoWWiki mage articles on Blizzard AoE grinding techniques and general AoE spots. Between the old official forum's "Comprehensive" list and yours and my own experience, the list is rather extensive. I sourced this thread, so for as long as it's still on the boards, the WoWWiki list will be linked back here.

Just wanted to let you know and say 'great job on the list'.
-Zougar, happy Frosty-AoE mage from 22-60

http://www.wowwiki.com/Mage_tactics#Blizzard-based_Solo_Frost_AoE_Grinding
http://wowwiki.com/Mage_Aoe_Locations

I'm lvl 52 now, and started with Dalson's Tears. My major problem is the disease de-buff, which gets in my way of recovering health. Is there any way to counter this debuff, apart from having a priest friend?

The disease debuff from the undead at Dalson's Tears is excruciatingly annoying :P but that is not the worst part of it.

It interrupts your casting as well. So if you get hit with it early on in the pull, you have to time your Blizzard casts so that it won't tick in the middle of channeling it, or else it will cut short your Blizzard. This may cause you to die if you're not careful.

I never looked into a way to counter/cure it. I just learned to time my Blizzard casts so that it won't interrupt it, and kept drinking/eating a new water and bread every 15s after the fight was done.

As for the SoS Lost Ones, I was never able to find a good camp there either. There were always too many ranged mobs near them. I eventually gave up.

What about Ice Barrier? I haven't tried it but it seems like it would do the trick.

I haven't tested it in a methodical fashion... but yes, now that I think back, the only time the debuff landed on me was when my Ice Barrier was down and I got hit. Maybe you have to get hit for physical damage for the debuff to proc? Not sure.

hit 55 the as I post this. Yup, Ice Barrier helped, though usually it means i have to give up a few seconds of dmg. I noticed if I stand too long on one spot, or if I don't attack the mob who casts the disease, I will get the poison-debuff.

Jizzy, maybe chaing you're time tables will help. I live on Australia, so whenever I play, most of the populace are sleeping :D

Edited, Sep 18th 2006 at 7:00am EDT by Vrarg

I'm curious about what you meant by this. I don't understand how Ice Barrier makes you give up a few seconds of damage... you have IB on you before you start the pull and you usually won't need to recast it mid fight.



I'm not sure what actually triggers them to cast the debuff but yes, I noticed that if my pull is smooth and there are no brief moments of pause when I'm going through the AoE cycle (e.g. trying to target my blizz properly, or having to adjust to an add or a resisted Frost Nova) then I won't get the debuff cast on me.



I was also lucky because I am on the west coast and my server is based on eastern time so when I start playing at around 8PM, people are already starting to go to sleep.

I'm not in school, but I usually go home for lunch (my office is 5mins drive from my apartment) so I usually squeezed in an hour's worth of grinding during mid day and that helps too.

I don't think there is any decent alternative to Rigger's Cove. If you can't adjust your play time, then you can just accept that it will take a bit longer to gain your levels. When it gets too crowded, you can also go to some group instances and pickup some gear and experience or do some quests and start building up your reputation. Or even PvP. You can also level a profession/craft. You'll be doing all of those things when you hit level 60 anyway so if you think about it, you're not really losing any time even though you'll get level 60 at a later date.