A mysterious mage is waiting in the dungeons of World of Warcraft – he plays the tank of the group and does everything solo.
That mages often want too much in World of Warcraft is old news. When a mage takes on the role of tank, a lot typically goes wrong. However, there is supposedly a hero who pulls this off as a mage. But he doesn’t just tank; he also kills all the dungeon’s enemies solo.
Where does the story come from? In the Subreddit of World of Warcraft, crappy-throwaway recounts his experience a bit incredulously.
I am currently leveling a Highmountain Tauren Protection Warrior and doing the standard XP grind through dungeons with the current XP boost. I join a group for the Shrine of Storms with a level 10 mage named “Boostlord” or something similar. He asks if he can tank, and I incredulously say, “Go ahead, lmao,” assuming we would wipe…
And what I saw then was a mage who was 27 levels lower than me, mowing down elite enemies as if there were no tomorrow. By the second boss, I was speechless; by the third, just happy about the free XP. By the last boss, I finally caught up to the mage while they killed the boss with 3 hits and reached level 40.
At this point, I had overcome the shock and just wanted to watch him to see that he was fully decked out with gems, enchantments, and completely blue gear… at level 10… (…)
I don’t know who you are or how you do it, but thank you. You are doing God’s work here. Helping people level during the XP boost. May our paths cross again.
Others also comment under the post that they have had similar experiences.
How is this possible? That a mage is so strong in normal dungeons is indeed possible. The reason for this is a combination of different factors. At low levels (around level 10), characters deal much more damage to enemies compared to higher-level players. This is because characters at low levels have only a few spells and therefore cannot use their entire rotation – to compensate for this, Blizzard makes these characters particularly strong with the few spells they have.
This scaling can be exploited and maximized. Because whoever, for example, activates the “level brake” at level 10 and can no longer gain XP can remain in this powerful state indefinitely and dominate in dungeons.
More is possible if one moves in the dungeons of “Warlords of Draenor” and hopes that items become “warforged” – then one can already use a set with an item level over 60 and sockets at level 10.
Theoretically, it would be possible to achieve a massive power level and do other heroes a considerable favor while leveling in dungeons.
The only catch is, however, that you cannot “deliberately” exploit the system to level up with friends. Because when the player with the XP stop teams up with friends, everyone in the group gets a hefty XP penalty – so it’s not worth it.
In random dungeons and with random players, however, this is not the case. And thus, unsung heroes like Boostlord emerge, who is out there just waiting to complete the whole dungeon for you in turbo mode… just because that’s his name.
