On 2 Nov 2006 05:43:36 -0800, "Orion Ryder" <orionryder@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I see three, excuse the spelling
>
>Zul Forkorin (Tanaris)
>Maraudon (Desolace)
>Lost Temple of Atal' Lothic (Swamp of Sorrows - Pool of Tears)
>
>It appears that Maraudon is lower level than ZF by a very slight
>amount.

In my experience ZF is slightly the lower - it's a tough one to complete,
but normally groups there can get away with people as low as 42-43 (if the
rest of the group is high 40s), while Maraudon really needs to all be high
40s.

>I can't get a list of all the quests for the one in the Swamp of
>Sorrows so I can't tell where it relates level-wise compared to the
>other two. No quests listed on Thottbot other than by finding the
>location of where each one is given. They don't have a selection for
>the dunsgeon to find all the quests there.

Try Allakhazam, it lists quests related to the dungeon too. I generally
find Sunken Temple to be about low 50s, not too bad from 48 up. You'll get
a class quest at 50 which will send you there (at least I think every class
has one), so you may as well wait until then to go, will save an extra
trip!

>Which of the three dungeons is the shortest one - or smallest?

Urgh, none of them... probably ZF I guess, Maraudon usually takes hours in
a pug, and I only did ST once and it was a horrendous maze that we spent
hours in and completed only one quest lol. Strangely enough I never went
back ;-)

>And by shortest could also mean "can be broken down to different
>sections". Such as the Scarlet Monastary has three different places
>(was it three?) where one could go to. So one could make three spearate
>visits to that place.

Technically Maraudon can, as it has two entrances that lead to the same
place. Unfortunately most of the quests require you to visit both
entrances, plus if you happen to have done one entrance you might not
always be able to persuade your group to do the other one next time.

Have to say I'm not a fan of any of those instances, it's where things
start getting tougher in pugs and most my visits have been very tough. To
be fair last time I went to maraudon was fine, only deaths came right after
we finished the last boss anyway (hunter's pet took a long way round and
brought friends, doh :-)), but ZF is a constant wipefest unless everyone
knows what they're doing, and ST was no fun the one time I went.
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