To Skip or Not To Skip? Tips for Heroic Slave Pens - The Burning Crusade Anniversary

Posted 2026/03/21 at 2:05 PM by Jurdi

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Comment by NurmatI like this article. "You can bring anyone, just don't forget mage, hunter, shaman and paladin"Comment by JumbocactuarSP skip-runs has a culture problem.

Skip runs are great when 5/5 know what to do, but it only takes a single person to do to create a disaster run

Skipping has become so expected that people are incentivized to lie and say they know it, rather than say no and have it explained or potentially be replaced. Half of the people I've seen screw up the jump have said upfront that they know what to do.

Sometimes it's objectively worse to wait 40 seconds for the patrols/mobs to align, than kill them in 20 seconds. The aversion to killing things has gone off the rails, to the point where people prefer a slower skip-run over a faster few-kills run.

Skip runs diminish in value the better geared you become. When undergeared, killing a few packs takes longer, and thus skipping packs has a higher value. As you gear up, it's in some cases faster to kill a few of the packs than to wait for patrols to pass or align up perfectly.

lostComment by ShankitSkipping the game has become classic culture. It's disgusting.Comment by SinRMy favorite is telling the group "I need to turn in SSC Attunement quest" even when I've already done it. I can usually get away with it as a healer since we're important.

I don't mind skipping trash here and there but the jump 9 out of 10 times ends up costing FAR more time than its worthComment by magicottermewYes, you should skip.

I'd highly recommend you create a section in this article for doing the skips. It'll be far more valuable information for people.

Skipping the game has become classic culture. It's disgusting.My favorite is telling the group "I need to turn in SSC Attunement quest" even when I've already done it. I can usually get away with it as a healer since we're important.

I don't mind skipping trash here and there but the jump 9 out of 10 times ends up costing FAR more time than its worthComment by ClassicallyGaminYes, you should skip.

I'd highly recommend you create a section in this article for doing the skips. It'll be far more valuable information for people. Comment by magicottermewIt is quite literally the very first section of the article. The one titled "how to do the slave pens skip" with a video embedded showing how to do the slave pens skip.

The banner or whatever of this article literally says LEARN THE SLAVE PENS SKIP. the video in the article has a thumbnail that says SLAVE PENS SKIP RUN.videosComment by ClassicallyGaminIt is quite literally the very first section of the article. The one titled "how to do the slave pens skip" with a video embedded showing how to do the slave pens skip.

The banner or whatever of this article literally says LEARN THE SLAVE PENS SKIP. the video in the article has a thumbnail that says SLAVE PENS SKIP RUN.videosComment by ClassicallyGamin-Comment by FurydeathWe already know most people dont wanna PLAY this gameComment by magicottermewWhy would someone type out an entire explanation of how to do the skips when a video is just all around better in every aspect?we don't need wowhead articles just linking to or embedding videos.We already know most people dont wanna PLAY this gameComment by ClassicallyGamin
It's good to include the video (for those who prefer the format), but if you're going to write articles for seemingly every dungeon and include a brief description of how to handle the significant encounters, I see no reason not to do so for skips, as well.
Comment by magicottermewThere's genuinely no reason to include a written guide when a video just covers it better in every way possible.The same could be said for doing the dungeon without skips.we don't need wowhead articles just linking to or embedding videos.Comment by MikeMJGWhen I search for TBC guides and TBC articles, nothing comes up, as it does when searching for artcles/guides for the other expansions.

Instead, I get show TBC Classic results. If I didn't know any better, it would be fine. But many of us DO know better and know that TBC classic is NOT THE SAME as the real TBC. With hundreds of tweaks, changes and adjustments, including encounter changes, none of the articles or guides can be trusted if they are about TBC classic.

WoWhead people - please let the TBC articles and guides remain on the site. If there needs to be additional version of articles/guides updated for the TBC classic realms, then fine. But it sucks that I can't even look up a TBC guide for anything. Every search leads to TBC classic.

And as you guys should know, the majority of WoW players avoid ALL so-called "classic" realms like the plague because none of them are the real WoW.Comment by ClassicallyGamin
"we dont need wowhead articles just linking to or embedding videos made by the author of the article, they should use the more antiquated and obviously less efficient method of writing it down instead"Comment by magicottermew"we dont need wowhead articles just linking to or embedding videos made by the author of the article, they should use the more antiquated and obviously less efficient method of writing it down instead"The same could be said for doing the dungeon without skips.Comment by Blueletter1. TBC wowhead "news" isn't even news anymore. It's just people's opinions of crap that's discussed on the Forums & reddit since the TBC devs have completely abandoned it with total radio silence for over an entire month so far.

2. The comments here are toxic af. Go camp some lowbies or something, little kings.Comment by magicottermewNothing of value. Again.That's a lot of words to say "I am still a nochanges cultist in 2026"Comment by PootisPOWhahaSkipping the game has become classic culture. It's disgusting.Comment by ClassicallyGamin I live off of wowhead articles, commenting on as many as possible, hoping to get noticed by the people in charge