Mrs Zand (she isn’t a gamer usually) and I have been running the 5 man instances with two characters. This is mainly because random groups do not cater to a non-gamer, we tried but the random people just wanted to do their own thing which made it not fun. At first we slightly out levelled the instances, but from Gnomeregan onwards we were within the green range. From Zul’Farrak onward we were in the yellow range
Our team consists of a protection Warrior and a discipline Priest.
After the previous two runs it was quite clear that the difficulty was ramping up. In order to try and stay on top of things I got into the habit of visiting the auction house prior to setting off and buying an gear upgrades I could get. Usually these are relatively inexpensive most items cost 10-15g, basically anything with a stamina increase. I managed to get my unbuffed health to 11.5k and added another 1K to my armour value (an increase of around 15%).
I also made sure I had at least half a dozen battle and guardian elixirs, most runs took in excess of 2 hours.
Both boss fights sounded challenging and there was one trash mob in particular that looked like it would cause problems for a two man group.
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