Comments on: Ding! And victory!

By: Pirim

Pirim — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:54:43 +0000

I only started playing in WotLK and I was relieved to hit the Outland. Quest hubs! Dungeons-which-are-like-under-your-nose! Hordes of mobs to AoE-farm if I’m bored. I actually thought 60-61 took less time than 50-51.

And now, with heirlooms and LFD, I got my priest to terrifying 66-and-a-half not even stepping out of Hellfire Peninsula. Strangely, Northrend requires more time, but in terms of “how many zones” is quite close. I usually get to ~75 finishing Borean Tundra/Howling Fjord duo.

By: Qwicksylver

Qwicksylver — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:22:24 +0000

I just got my warrior Alt to lvl 80 this weekend, funny the word alt doesnt mean all that much any more, this marked my 5th 80 and I don’t even remember which one my “Main” is. I did get a big boast from the bon fire quests and holiday BG. I see BG exp as comparable to buy gold, cheap easy and no one really admits to leveling that way. I started last week at 74 and by Sunday night had a 80. Now on to my 74 Pally. When I finish with him I will have lvl 80 Hunter x2, Pallys x2, Druid and Warrior.

BTW got both 232 capes from frost lord on my newly dinged warrior WooT!!!!!!!!!

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:20:29 +0000

I finished leveling my druid from 58-68 with HFP quests completed, Terrokar Forest almost done, and a hint of Zangar. Oh, and someone boosting me through the Ring of Blood. I didn’t do too much instancing, either. Unreal! The heirlooms really make an enormous difference.

Getting to 70 also went fairly quickly – I think I was almost done with those levels by the time I had finished about 1/2 to 2/3 the quests in Borean. From there, it slowed waaaaaaaaaay down. Having epic flight though really, really, really helped. I still managed to hit 80 though after Borean, a light breath of HF, all of DB, all of Sholazar, and about the first third of ZD, IC, and SP. Not much instancing involved, really, because instancing as DPS is so dicey.

I think the key to faster Northrend leveling, other than epic flight, is taking advantage of all the dailies you unlock, especially when you start getting into the neighborhood of 80. Argent Tournament dailies start becoming available at 77(!) and are pretty fast for the xp return. The cooking daily is pretty quick too, as well as some of the fishing ones (provided you’ve leveled fishing, but if you have, I can’t imagine speed is your goal).

By: Wellsee

Wellsee — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:22:36 +0000

As someone who started a few months before Wrath, I think leveling goes way too fast. Heirlooms are a great system to speed leveling alts, but otherwise, I wish it was tougher. When I was getting World Explorer on my main, I was amazed at how little of the Outlands I had seen, and how many quests I hadn’t done.

By: Cowsareus

Cowsareus — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:41:16 +0000

I have leveled two alts recently, and I’m now on my third one. I use heirlooms and stop playing when my rested XP is gone.
Typically, I run through Hellfire Peninsula, and a bit of Terrokar Forest. I do the quest where Thrall meets his grandmother in Nagrand, and that’s all in Outland.
This was with a DPS char, that needed some questing. With a Tank / healer, I do very few quest and lvl only in instances.
I feel like the Outland phase is really short.
In Northrend, the progression is indeed a bit slower, but not by much, I think. The elites mobs in Nexus with the rested xp and heirlooms give a big chunk of XP per run.
It all goes a lot faster if you can fly there at lvl 68, of course.

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:22:45 +0000

If you haven’t leveled recently, well, let me just let you in for some fun. Levels 76-78 are about as easy and enjoyable as a rectal exam. 79 was pretty much cake though.

Then you ding 80 try to tank a heroic and get laughed at for having a pathetically small e-peen.

Sigh…

By: Lara

Lara — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:59:42 +0000

I agree with Siobhann…the Northrend brick wall is real! I have marks on my forehead to prove it :)

I find that 68-70 goes very quickly in Northrend, but that 70-73 are a huge drag. Once you get to 73 or 74 I find it starts to pick up a bit, and by 75 I’ve found it pretty smooth sailing. Unlike Outland, though, it’s really not very good xp to chain-run dungeons; I do each one for the quests and one random a day for badges. :) More than that and the Pug Patrol is likely to eat my brain.

By: Steevee

Steevee — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:02:00 +0000

I actually think 70 to 80 is faster/easier than 60 to 70. I juts leveled 2 alts to 80 over the last couple months and I dread the time in Outland. It still feels slower than molasses to me. It is probably all mental, but this post after all was about thee “feeling” of thee time it takes to level.

Also… I didn’t comment on the last non WoW related couple posts, but you had me in stitches! Thanks for that, and keep the great posts coming!

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:00:59 +0000

I think the horde allowed the alliance to win. The horde are nice like that :D

By: Faelivrin

Faelivrin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:41:16 +0000

Ok as no one mentioned that before but …. what the heck are you doing online at 05:30????????

I mean ok its 02:40 local time atm but still.

BBB

oh and grats to your WG ownage ;)