A couple of tips after helping a friend:
prot pal can solo rotate through CDs for the grip test, spellwarding for one test, then defender and kings for the next test, but divine shield seems to break it. tried some pre-shielding and healing with tyrs as hpal but still died, but probably possible. cost me about 300k including the awakened for tests, on us-tichondrius. also during final encounter during echo fight it reset the encounter on me a few times during his fear if i tried to get out of it with steed and BoF, so I ended up just eating the fear to clear the encounter. hot smokes this thing is +15% dps off the rip
what about mats quality? does it matter?
If you're a warrior, switch to Prot and pick up the Second Wind talent and you won't need the salve nor need a healer to complete To the Test: Symbiotic Glowspore Grip
I have been wanting this so bad but after seeing the article of drop rate for it and knowing i wont get it until like another or two xpacks is so depressing that i dont even want to play wow anymore
Don't make "To the Test: Symbiotic Glowspore Grip" sound harder than it is. You can complete it without outside help and without the expensive Salve - just queue for a FOLLOWER DUNGEON right at the quest giver. Turn dungeon assist off, and do the quest. The NPC healer will heal you, and since the tank is a paladin usually, he will help healing you, too. Then, drop group and hand in. Done in 5 minutes.DON'T LET THE GOBLINS SKIN YOU ALIVE!This goes without saying, but even with crafting materials being region-wide joined AH, there's already goblins out there that are rich enough to try and rape entire region, and materials required for the legendary - particularly the rarer shadowflame essence and cosmic inks, are their primary targets. To give you an example, last night I nearly fainted when I ran to the AH to grab "Graceful Avoidance" for my new cloak, which costs like 20g to make, and saw it listed at 10'999 the cheapest. I immediately logged my enchanter and started buying mats and undercutting by thousands, while 2 or 3 people immediately either bought me out or matched my price. 100'000 gold more in my pocket, I watched as people jumped in and flooded the AH eventually getting the price back to around 50g which is still more than fair.And this is going on ALL THE TIME, on all crucial mats for the leggo too.Just don't let them skin you, and while you're doing everything else like rare farming or everblooms, do check the AH as often as you can, over a few evenings if needed, and at different times too.I'm in EU, and I didn't spend even 100k on all the mats. Granted, I actually gathered the shadowflame essences since the patch start and since details of the questline emerged, but even if I had to buy those, I've seen a point when there were over 2000 essences posted at around 5k gold each.Keep your eyes open, and stab any goblin you spot in the eye rather than letting them skin you alive.
this is probably the worst way to aquire a legendary i've ever seen.
Maybe a bit late to the party but the "easiest" way to finish To the Test: Symbiotic Glowspore Grip is to join a Follower dungeon and let the npc heal you up everytime
Are other players mandatory for this questline? or can I solo it (just taking a long time of course)?
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