Comments on: Revisting Maraudon: Purple Crystals

By: Revisiting Maraudon: Pristine Waters

Revisiting Maraudon: Pristine Waters — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:20:47 +0000

[...] Waters (levels 41-53) begins south of where a Purple Crystals (levels 39-49) or Orange Crystals (levels 41-51) run would end. This is also where you’ll [...]

By: Revisiting Maraudon: Orange Crystals

Revisiting Maraudon: Orange Crystals — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:25:23 +0000

[...] some of the lengthy classic dungeons. Maraudon has been split into 3 separate dungeon runs: Purple Crystals (levels 39-49), Orange Crystals (levels 41-51) and Pristine Waters (levels [...]

By: PapaNasty

PapaNasty — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:38:36 +0000

I remember the first time I did Mara, I don’t even know what color we did.

But it was 4 hours of hell

Myself and the friends I was levelling with (This was during Vanilla) swore we would never go back there, ever. This kind of guide is the sort of thing which could have saved us hours and hours!!

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:23:15 +0000

@Channii/Zhan’ane Lathere and I were also handed Orange Crystals the moment we reached level 41. Can I say “miss miss miss miss miss”? We couldn’t kill Noxxion because our healer ran out of mana – the fight must have gone for about 5 minutes. However this is because Blizzard made a mistake and had the level requirements for Purple and Orange around the wrong way when Patch 3.3 was released. It is now fixed/correct for future generations of Dungeon Finder levelers!

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:43 +0000

@Analogue Dire Maul is definitely an instance/s that I’m unfamiliar with – I’ve already got maps printed out in preparation for those guides. I’m coming to love BRD, although I hate how it’s been split into 2 uneven segments, and I know my way around. I usually don’t aim to take my parties through a full clear when I get “Upper City” – it’s just too long.

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:18:14 +0000

@Darush Hehe usually if I know the dungeon a bit better than my other party members I will intentionally drag them to optional bosses before getting within site of what the Dungeon Finder says is the “final” boss, just to avoid people dropping group immediately! Unfortunately there’s just no way to sneak past Vyletongue in Purple Crystals – you walk right past him to keep going to Celebras.

By: No, you Kings me, then I’ll Wisdom him and me, you can Sanc yourself and I’ll Kings you. Got it? « Pugging Pally

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:22:48 +0000

[...] over at HoTs & DoTs has been putting up lowbie instance guides for awhile now, the latest for Maraudon Purple Crystals. So if you came here looking for any clues to Maraudon, she’s the one to talk to. I just [...]

By: Cayleb

Cayleb — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:54:53 +0000

This post is a godsend for leveling alts in the Dungeon Finder. Inevitably, someone is new or has forgotten the way back for the corpse run. Thanks! .-= Cayleb's last blog ... Je suis en vie =-.

By: Melvyl

Melvyl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:33 +0000

One suggestion: I was in an Orange group that wiped and I had already up found the Purple Entrance a few days before. I zoned in, stepped back through the portal to Dalaran, and then used the LFD icon to teleport back in. That does help.

But I hope Blizzard rethinks this whole mechanic soon. BFD and BRD are both complicated and lengthy runs. With low-level players from opposite factions running RFC and Stocks, they are completely confused on how to return to an entrance in a city they have never been.

By: Channii/Zha'ane

Channii/Zha'ane — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:26:28 +0000

I’ve been fighting Blizzard on Mauradon for about a year now. Why would you have an instance with level 46-50 mobs open up before Zul’farak? My wife and I got shuffled into orange side on our 41 Warrior and Priest. The mobs started at 44… And by the time we gave up they were 46 before we reached the first boss. Can you say crushing blow? From trash…?

Don’t get me wrong, I always liked running this at level, even if it was a pain to navigate. Finding a way back into the instance after a wipe took longer than the run itself it seemed! But at level it was great. It’s just a matter of getting Blizz to understand what that level is…