Originally Posted by
harky
Uh... starting out in Northrend mobs only have 6-8k health, not 9k. Those numbers are also low, both on realistic gear and the values given the low-ball quality gear. 9k is the high end of health on the high end level of monsters available in the starting zones. Assuming you go in at 68, you'll be 72 (not 70) by the time you're finishing out the areas. If you do both you'll be around 74 by the time you finish them. By 70 assuming you're either an oldschool character, or didn't NPC your quest gear, you should have 1k SP by the time you're done with one of the starting zones. Higher if you do any instances.
I think sketchy is the perfect word for that... for comparison when first hitting Northrend I was averaging over 400 DPS higher than your numbers imply is 'normal.' That means that yes, starting mobs easily dropped to VT>MB>MF. They'd usually die on the second, or third tick of VT if I didn't crit. Considering you'll be hitting much harder by 75 and mob health doesn't raise dramatically, I wonder about the numbers even more... Even the Disc/Holy ones... HF>Smitex3 is around 8k damage, not the 5k you're showing.