View Full Version : Instance grinding vs quests
badashh
01-07-2008, 05:34 PM
I currently have a 70 mage and am wondering what is the fastest way to help level my 16 drood. It seems that running my toon through instances and not doing the quests may be the fastest way to use my /played time.
I was thinking...
WC 16-19
SFK 20 - 21
BFD 22-25
RFK 26-28
Quests 28- 33
RFD 33-34
SM 34-40
Ulda 40-43
ZF 44-48
Mara 49-50
ST - 51-53
BRD - 54-55
Please let me know if you have tried this, or have any suggestions. Thanks.
marvein
01-07-2008, 06:44 PM
I currently have a 70 mage and am wondering what is the fastest way to help level my 16 drood. It seems that running my toon through instances and not doing the quests may be the fastest way to use my /played time.
I was thinking...
WC 16-19
SFK 20 - 21
BFD 22-25
RFK 26-28
Quests 28- 33
RFD 33-34
SM 34-40
Ulda 40-43
ZF 44-48
Mara 49-50
ST - 51-53
BRD - 54-55
Please let me know if you have tried this, or have any suggestions. Thanks.
for power leveling aoe'ing an instance will be faster than quests. And you can just stay in SM for a long time instead of moving around unless you need gear from RFD. just do SM starting with GY at 28 and end at cath at 40. Same goes for ulda, I personally like ZF over ulda so just go there early and stay longer then go to mara. And you can go to mara before 49 easily since you are just PLing. Make sure to bring an enchanter though since you will have a lot of loot you cant use, might as well make some money off it to pay for training :)
http://www.wowwiki.com/Instances_by_level is a handy reference to use btw
Nepida
01-07-2008, 06:51 PM
I currently have a 70 mage and am wondering what is the fastest way to help level my 16 drood. It seems that running my toon through instances and not doing the quests may be the fastest way to use my /played time.
I was thinking...
WC 16-19
SFK 20 - 21
BFD 22-25
RFK 26-28
Quests 28- 33
RFD 33-34
SM 34-40
Ulda 40-43
ZF 44-48
Mara 49-50
ST - 51-53
BRD - 54-55
Please let me know if you have tried this, or have any suggestions. Thanks.
You put Mara way to late. Purple can be done at 43ish and at 49 wouldn't be worth it. One thing you can do is run orange/purple at 45 to get keyed for Inner Mara and then go back to ZF.
Also the list is kinda dependant on your group, depending on drops you may prefer one over the other (I only ran Uld once). But overall up to ZF, which is where I'm at currently, it looks good.
marvein
01-07-2008, 07:03 PM
I currently have a 70 mage and am wondering what is the fastest way to help level my 16 drood. It seems that running my toon through instances and not doing the quests may be the fastest way to use my /played time.
I was thinking...
WC 16-19
SFK 20 - 21
BFD 22-25
RFK 26-28
Quests 28- 33
RFD 33-34
SM 34-40
Ulda 40-43
ZF 44-48
Mara 49-50
ST - 51-53
BRD - 54-55
Please let me know if you have tried this, or have any suggestions. Thanks.
You put Mara way to late. Purple can be done at 43ish and at 49 wouldn't be worth it. One thing you can do is run orange/purple at 45 to get keyed for Inner Mara and then go back to ZF.
Also the list is kinda dependant on your group, depending on drops you may prefer one over the other (I only ran Uld once). But overall up to ZF, which is where I'm at currently, it looks good.
hehe read the OP again, he is talkig about PLing a single 16 drood with a 70 mage, no groups involved ;) But i agree. id say remove ulda and do ZF from 40-44 then mara till 48/49 then move to ST for 49-53 then BRD till whenever, and depending on your mage maybe even LBRS
Nepida
01-07-2008, 07:17 PM
I still say do Ulda at least once (well you would need a 3rd) simply because the quest after Archaides gives mad XP.
marvein
01-07-2008, 07:56 PM
I still say do Ulda at least once (well you would need a 3rd) simply because the quest after Archaides gives mad XP.
your right it does (like 12k I think) but Id say with the time lost in travel to the instance, getting a 2nd person even if they /follow the whole time and traveling around to finish that quest outweighs its benefit when you instead would just be zoning out of ZF or mara, clicking 'reset all instances' and running right back in for another clear. If ulda were closer in level to BRD id say go with nothing but ulda over mara because once you hit the level cap there you can run over to BRM and keep going but making the trek down there for one or a few runs before having to go back to desolace/tanaris kills the benefits.
vindicated
01-07-2008, 08:35 PM
fastest 1-60 was in 1 day 20 hours 50 minutes using this set up
70 tauren fury warrior power leveling threw these instances
20-25 in RFK
25-40 in Scarlet Monetary (Library -> Armory -> Cath, reset)
40-46 in ZF http://totallosers.net/upload/zf_path.jpg
46-51 in BRD http://totallosers.net/upload/brd_path.jpg
51-60 in Scholo http://totallosers.net/upload/scholo-path.jpg
could be edited a bit i suppose before 20 - maybe if you're horde throw in rfc
and wc
source: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3547602078&sid=1&pageNo=1
Ughmahedhurtz
01-07-2008, 09:14 PM
Crap. Voted before I saw the "PL with 70 mage" thing.
With a 70 to PL you (especially AoE classes) instance bombing runs are the fastest and best in terms of money from loot.
Without a 70, straight questing is the fastest way to solo/duo/trio to 70.
With a 4-/5-box group, quest until it's instance time then run the instances at your level or just when the lowest quest starts turning green to you.
With the changes to the 20-60 XP rates, questing positively FLIES through the levels, even multiboxing AND doing the collection quests. ;)
Skuggomann
01-08-2008, 03:27 AM
From lvl 10-40 powerlevelign is WAAAAAAAAAAAAY faster, specially if you have a mage and better yet a epic one :)
Id take one of these speccs :)
(fire/frost)
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=oZVgGubc0obZbAMccbxsbo
this wud be even better:
(arcane/frost)
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=oV0icRczLIziZZbAMc00xz
Diamndzngunz
01-08-2008, 05:25 AM
Seems like we all have different opinions.. So far I think Instances.. But Im not 70 yet so I dono.
Skuggomann
01-08-2008, 09:05 AM
Rily fast way wud be to get work as a GM and then jstu cheat alittle :P
Wilbur
01-08-2008, 09:11 AM
Negative.
GM's can't just give you XP for free.
badashh
01-08-2008, 10:21 AM
Wow, thanks everyone for your helpful responses. I found that using my drood as "bait" so to speak is a great way to draw in mobs and aoe them. Just have to watch for casters/ranged.
I made my drood a chanter, and really the only thing that slows me down is looting. I guess when I get to higher levels I will be drinking while the drood loots.
Also I guess I have to run Ulda to level my chanter, right?
I may just skip mara because I don't know it too well and I know I can run ZF in 20-25 mins.
Then go straigt to ST after that, cause the drops in ST have been buffed and are really great.
My mage has over 1000 SD so I may try Strat for the fun of it.
Thanks again
Skuggomann
01-08-2008, 10:33 AM
Negative.
GM's can't just give you XP for free.
but i reccont hey can port you to BT at lvl 1 and do /kill or sometign simular, i bett clearign all teh trash in BT at lvl 1 sud give you about 20 lvl's each time XD
Wilbur
01-08-2008, 10:41 AM
GM's cant Port you to zones you aren't keyed/flagged for. They can only summon you to GM Island or places that you are flagged for. The max XP you can get is from your level + 5 mobs. Anything more and XP is capped. The GM /kill command kills the mob and doesn't give you XP, no matter how much you tagged it / grouped with the GM, whatever.
marvein
01-08-2008, 12:34 PM
Wow, thanks everyone for your helpful responses. I found that using my drood as "bait" so to speak is a great way to draw in mobs and aoe them. Just have to watch for casters/ranged.
I made my drood a chanter, and really the only thing that slows me down is looting. I guess when I get to higher levels I will be drinking while the drood loots.
Also I guess I have to run Ulda to level my chanter, right?
I may just skip mara because I don't know it too well and I know I can run ZF in 20-25 mins.
Then go straigt to ST after that, cause the drops in ST have been buffed and are really great.
My mage has over 1000 SD so I may try Strat for the fun of it.
Thanks again
no, they removed that enchanting requirement. I know for a fact there are some in shattrah but I think they put them in org/SW as well. Well let sjust say I dont remember where they put them but I do know going into ulda for enchanting is no longer required.
badashh
01-08-2008, 08:16 PM
Come to think of it in TB there is someone just called enchanter trainer. And I was able to get my training from 0-75 and at 75-150 from the same guy. So that's nice.
Sanctume
01-09-2008, 07:09 PM
1-14 Quests
14-20 Shadowfang Keep AoE Grind
20-40 SM Cathedral & Armory AoE Grind
40-58 BRD AoE Grind
58-70 Outlands Questing and some grinding.
70 Prot Paladin + 1 to 4 lowbies.
marvein
01-09-2008, 07:25 PM
Come to think of it in TB there is someone just called enchanter trainer. And I was able to get my training from 0-75 and at 75-150 from the same guy. So that's nice.
yup that is the one, there is one in org as well rght next to the starting enchanter.
Skuggomann
01-10-2008, 04:11 AM
Best and fastest shit ever is to boost!
Go form lvl 1-8 iwth 4 caracters (pref 4 mages or 3 mages and a lock/shaman) and then:
RFC from lvl 8-17
RFK from lvl 17-20/25
SM cath and armory From lvl 20/25 - 40
Rily good to swich the lvl 70 mage out with a lvl 70 warrior and if you ahve a shaman put down strenght and WF! :)
40-46 in ZF http://totallosers.net/upload/zf_path.jpg
46-51 in BRD http://totallosers.net/upload/brd_path.jpg
51-60 in Scholo http://totallosers.net/upload/scholo-path.jpg
go back to the mage and go Ramparts 5x mages shud own ramparts or have 4x mages 1x warrior (lvl 70) and put him in prot gear, collegt 5-10 mobs get aggro and mass aoe (Nova + cone of cold recomended and arcane expl. til they are dead)
Sanctume
01-10-2008, 10:49 AM
Best and fastest shit ever is to boost!
Go form lvl 1-8 iwth 4 caracters (pref 4 mages or 3 mages and a lock/shaman) and then:
RFC from lvl 8-17
Is there a link that lists what is the lowest level one can enter a dungeon? I can't find any.
Also, I'm curious if I can invest in a Boost-Twink, say a level 29 or 39 (keeping it at those level for lowbie BGs, while being able to boost my own lowbies in lower instances like RFK.
I'd like to know what xp/hour once can get. It might be a good project to next time.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Instances_by_Level
Sanctume
01-10-2008, 01:48 PM
Thanks Los. I swear I've been googling for a list like that.
I'm going to do some test this weekend and see hot much exp is gained with different Boost-ers.
http://www.wowwiki.com/DifficultyColors
Now I need a mod addon that logs my exp / hour.
I have TitanXP whichs gives me xp/hour, but I need something that saves it in the disk.
badashh
01-10-2008, 04:02 PM
I have been running SFK so far and it take about 10 mins to run. this can probably work with a mage or pally. I have been using my down rank aoe , rank 1 Arcane Eplosion. Have your alt(s) on follow when some mob starts going for your bait, hit the aoe. regular arcane explosion to kill them all. This way I don't even stop running through the instance. I really don't even loot because that almost doubles the time the instance takes. unless you care about deing or cloth it's not worth it.
Sanctume
01-10-2008, 05:29 PM
I can pull SFK fast also with Pally Consecration, but remember that you can only reset 5 instances per hour.
So if you're clearing it in 10 minutes, you have 2 minutes to loot. I only loot the bosses and some random ones before I start to head out and reset.
Auto follow at level 14 is rough though, so I pull and park my pally while I manually move the alts to safer spots before finishing the pull.
SM Cathedral is a 2 pull, and done in less than 8 minutes; with 4 minute to spare to clear Armory before a reset. Armory is a 2 pull, plus one pull for Herod which I skip after getting all the items I need from him.
badashh
01-11-2008, 12:16 PM
Well the drood is up to 21 now, didn't take long at all. At 21 though I don't think he'd get all the exp the the cath cause there maybe some mobs to high for him to get exp, I think I'll wait til 25 to head over to SM, please correct me if I'm wrong.
badashh
02-08-2008, 12:17 PM
Well I have my Drood up to 45 now, I kinda stuck with the mostly instance strat, but ended up wasting time running to too many different instances. I ran almost every instance, just so next time I boost it will be faster. here are my opinions on each instance.
RFC - not that great of EXP, but it will help you plow through 10-18
WC - there are good quests here, but I would skip it because it's too big and not friendly to aoe grinding(just too much running around for not enough exp).
SFK - Great for aoe grinding. If I had to do ti over again I would have skipped WC and gone SFK from 18-24
RFK - also a good aoe grinding instances good for 24-27. Lots of blues to DE, if you're into that.
SM - As many people have said the best for AOE grinding, and you could come here after SFK, but I like a little variety. Stay here til 40
RFD - I thought doing the quests for here would make up for the time it took, I was wrong. Skip it.
Ulda - I know it is a long walk, but now that you're 40 you can mount up and get there in 15 min or less. There are a ton of quests for it and I think it's really worth it. Plus the quests you can do just between Kargath and Ulda make it worth the trip. 2 times through + quests got me to 43
ZF - Pretty aoe friendly instance, plus all the quests are mostly in Gatgezan. Stay here til 46.
Note: it helps to have a mage and wowhead so he can port you to the differenet cities to grab the quests for each. Those quests can save a bunch of time.
Atorifan
02-08-2008, 06:00 PM
My feeling on instances and looting via plevel is greed. I found two boe blues in sfk, not the best ones ass blade and w/e. But the de mats alone pays for enchanting. And someone in another thread mentioned soemthing about what you can earn gold per hour vs what you farm mats trying to save money. Well, I'm not quitting tomorrow. I don't have to move or work tomorrow, in game, I'm immortal. Time is irellevant and I'm still going to play tomorrow, so I may as well suck up every resource I possibly can. Because today's gains are a bulwark against tomorrow's needs. Or something. So I loot everything, esp bosses. And while so far, only duo boxing, I do every collection quest. It's rep, xp, items to wear or de. Even tho xp/rep is shorter scale than old, it's worth my time to be in that sense a completionist. :)
darkboxer
02-23-2008, 12:07 PM
what is the lowest possible lvl to go into deadmines as alliance, looking to boost with a 70 pally
bryanc
02-23-2008, 12:14 PM
what is the lowest possible lvl to go into deadmines as alliance, looking to boost with a 70 pally
look it up ('http://wowwiki.com/Instances')
Klamor
02-23-2008, 12:26 PM
what is the lowest possible lvl to go into deadmines as alliance, looking to boost with a 70 pallylevel 10
Shalman
02-23-2008, 03:12 PM
SM Cath I find boring but like someone said that it's possible to go lvl28-40 there sounds correct, Library should also be good place since it has the fastest respawns of all the dungeons (around 15 minutes so you could AoE to the last boss then run back without resetting.).
Negative.
GM's can't just give you XP for free.".setlevel" is available in the admin console.
mlwhitt
02-25-2008, 10:56 AM
I personally leveled my Paladin ZenTank and Lock ZenDot to level 20 before starting instance grind (they are both BE and the BE starting zone is quick leveling with few drop collection quest). At level 20 I started tri-boxing with my level 70 mage doing AOE. My mage is not all that greatly geared, he just has Netherweave set etc.
I only did one WC run at level 20 for my Paladin's Class Quest.
SFK I ran from 21-24
BFD I ran one time at 24 (hate that instance)
RFK I ran from 24 - 27
I intend now to run
SM from 27 - 31
Take a break from SM and run RFD from 31-33
Then go back to SM until 40
Then...
Uld to 43
ZF to 46
Mara to 47
ST to 50
BRD to 53
LBRS to 55
Strat/Scholo to 60
At 60 I will head to Outlands. I like waiting to 60 not so I can make a ton of gold by dinging in Nagard but because dinging in Nagard will leave me with BEM/SMV/NeStorm to do when the Xpac comes out instead of fighting for mobs in the new zones.
Boylston
02-25-2008, 01:12 PM
I think you can stand to make MORE money by going to Outlands at L58. I have never really understood the desire to stay in Azeroth until 60, unless Hellfire Peninsula is a PvP gank-fest and you think you might be safer staying on the main continent. Even so, I think it's very worthwhile to do the L58 quest chains that give you significant gear upgrades and then bop back to the main continent.
I've taken several characters, including my multibox shammy team, to Hellfire at L58 and never looked back. Money, quest XP, and quests to level with have never been a problem.
mlwhitt
02-25-2008, 01:35 PM
For me it was doing those initial Outlands quest for the gear upgrade and then going back to the old world until 60. After 2.3 the quest in WPL/EPL can ding you 60 without much problem. My main reason on my second 70 was to save 3 zones for when the next Xpac comes out so I can ding in them.
Eteocles
02-25-2008, 01:52 PM
My reason for waiting till 60 is, I'd rather be on or ahead of the curve quest lvl req-wise than behind it. If i don't have a quest to do, I have nothing to do. I can't stand to grind without a quest-related reason. So if I start Hellfire at 60, not only will the mobs resist my spells less and the fights'll go smoother, but the quests will be constant, so that I can quest quest quest, move on to nextmap, repeat smoothly.
If I start at 58 I'm gonna get alot of resisted star/moonfires/wraths and I've been having my alts help dps for about 20lvls now, saves time and gets practice in; if they resist I have to waste more mana killing mobs myself when one or both of their wraths would have killed the mob had it not resisted. Plus, it means more of the good exp quests will be available at 70 for money-grinding; I spent a weekend questing on my rogue in SMV and went from like 200g to 1300g without even realizing it till the next day when I wondered wheretf all that gold came from lol, and he's barely scratched the beginning Netherstorm quests to boot so I've got another bit of gold waiting on me when I get around to it ;p
mlwhitt
02-25-2008, 01:58 PM
Yeah I remember on my first 70 who was a Balance Druid (take it you are balance or resto) how sucky questing was by heading to Outlands at 58. Of course that was back in the pre-2.3 days now I don't see any reason to head to outlands at 58 other than those first few green items.
My reason for waiting till 60 is, I'd rather be on or ahead of the curve quest lvl req-wise than behind it. If i don't have a quest to do, I have nothing to do. I can't stand to grind without a quest-related reason. So if I start Hellfire at 60, not only will the mobs resist my spells less and the fights'll go smoother, but the quests will be constant, so that I can quest quest quest, move on to nextmap, repeat smoothly.
If I start at 58 I'm gonna get alot of resisted star/moonfires/wraths and I've been having my alts help dps for about 20lvls now, saves time and gets practice in; if they resist I have to waste more mana killing mobs myself when one or both of their wraths would have killed the mob had it not resisted. Plus, it means more of the good exp quests will be available at 70 for money-grinding; I spent a weekend questing on my rogue in SMV and went from like 200g to 1300g without even realizing it till the next day when I wondered wheretf all that gold came from lol, and he's barely scratched the beginning Netherstorm quests to boot so I've got another bit of gold waiting on me when I get around to it ;p
badashh
02-25-2008, 02:17 PM
Well I got my Druid up to 58 now. This is the first time I have power leveled a toon and my /played is at 3 days 23 hours. I know it not very impressive, but there were some things I did that wasted time(not that I regret them) just learning. I pvped some, and I quested up to 18(It took me 18 hours to get to 18, almost no rested). Had some trouble dying and what not. I started a pally did starting zone -11, RFC -> 16, 1 WC run -> 17 and that took 7.5 hours.
I have also charted my progress, and as long as you knock out 3-4 levels per instance it makes the trips between worth it. I ran WC(the second time) because I am levling my JC/Minining, and I was there.
**Rested bonus - I really struggled with not using my rested bonus. Because double the exp is so sweet. Well I took a mage from 1-60, 100% rested just doing quests) pre patch 2.3 and it took 5 days 15 hours. Although once you hit 60 I think it is totally worth waiting on the rested bonus. For instance in SM, you could hit level 35 non rested in 45 mins, or you could wait a week and a half and knock it out in 25 mins. But you would also have to get to an inn and run back to the instance which would take 5-6 mins...
Again this is with an aoe class, pally or mage. I also do all the quests for the zones, because they can usually be found in major cities and my mage can port them.
1->11 Starting zone
12->16 RFC (auto follow spam rank 1 aoe) never stop to loot, except bosses. I really hardly break stride in this instance. At 16 the progress starts to slow.
17->24 SFK (again auto follow spam rank 1) once you get enough hit your higher rank aoe. Again no need to loot unless you loot while the main drinks. With this strat you main should have a ton of mana left over. Also remember the aoe cap is intended to effect when you have 10+ mobs, so if you have 10 or 15 mobs its the same total damage, just spread out over 15 units rather than 10.
25->28 RFK If you are trying to set some record, stay in SM. If you want some varitey and good loot go to RFK. I auto followed, spammed rank 1 aoe.
25 -> 28 SM, because you toon is a lower level, and there is a good aggro/death chance. i reccommend the main round up groups then aoeing. This avoids corpse runs and really doesn't add much time. Also skip graveyard, and only do library as little as possible(I had LOS issues, and missed some guys wich caused deaths).
29->40 SM Back to the cath/armory. Now you can finally wear all the blues that have been dropping.
from a powerleveling perspective you could go to ZF and grind that out. But I found that power questing can move things along very quickly. You need to go to Arathi to level your first aid(knock out some quests there). You might as well take your new mount go to badlands knock out the 4-5 uldman quests(with one more friend), also do the quests in the badland(some you just have to buy some things from the AH).
Arathi/badlands/Ulda->43
or ZF ->40->43
At 43 there is a quest chain that starts on the east coast of tanaris that leads to the ST. get that and go to Feleras.
There are a bunch of quests in feleras(sorry allies) that you can knock out quick.
Next feralas(quests)/ZF/Tanaris(quests)->47
Go to the hinterlands and knock out all the quests for JintAlo... whatever it's called. The MOBs are non elite now, and the quests still give the same rewards.
ST 48->50 This zone is pretty friendly to aoe grinding. I'm sure for a pally it would be much easier. The drops are great and there a some good quests for here as well.
Ungoro Crater 51-52 there are a ton of quests here and with your main leading the way they should be knocked out quickly. The exp from dungeons vs the time it takes just seems to be a waste without quests.
Felwood 53->54 There are enough quests here for 2 full levels.
Winterspring 55->56 More good quests/exp
Well I know you aren't supposed to go to the outlands until 58, but did you know you can get honor earlier?
Hellfire Pennusla, if you are trying to level as fast as possible this probably isn't the way to go, but if you care about honor and being in a good position for tradeskills/rewards when you hit 70 then you may want to follow this.
The path to glory had orcs on it that give 5 honor thrallmar/HH up until 2999/3000 neutral. Might as well have your main grind them while following. this got me to 57,and you'll have some greens to wear.
Zangarmarsh - you need 360 unidentified plant parts fro CE rep to get to honored. you could gind out the bog lord in western Zangarmarsh, they will drop the plant parts AND give sporregar rep. You really don't want to do any CE quests until you do these plant part turnins. It makes hitting exalted much easier.
you should be at 58 now and ready to start knocking out quests. GL and I'll keep you posted on what I learn.
Zuxto
02-25-2008, 02:48 PM
I've been trying to level my 5 box combo through quests and casual instance running but I'm thinking of dumping the druid and boosting my shamans with my level 70 paladin. I think what slows questing down the most (other than collection quests) is the large amount of attention from strangers when they see a multi-boxer. Although this attention is expected and welcomed, it becomes tedious replying to the same "WTF??!?!?" every few minutes. After replying to whispers (some ppl ignore my dnd and whisper my shaman clones instead of my main too) I find myself only finishing a handful of quests when I would have cleared half the zone if I was leveling solo.
Stabface
02-25-2008, 02:56 PM
I went to Outlands with 4x L58 Shaman and L70 Paladin. After doing most all HFP quests (I skipped some annoying collection ones, like the food quests from goblins) and Ramps/Furnace a couple times each I was halfway through L61. I like to be L62 before starting Zangar, so I went to UB and ran until I dinged. Only took a couple hours and put me halfway through Friendly with CE as well. Turned in enough plant parts to hit Honored and I'm right where you'd usually be in the normal Outlands progression. I did over 2 days, had a little bit of rest XP but not much at all.
I'll be skipping a few collection quests in Zangar as well (collect bug parts, mushrooms, etc), hoping to make L64, if not then I'll go grind Mana Tombs or something. I don't get a lot of playtime during the week so I should be able to rack up some rest XP to help out.
Boylston
02-25-2008, 03:18 PM
The XP required per level has been reduced from L20-60, this includes L58-60... The concern that you'll "run out of quests" is just largely unfounded. I even skipped some collection quests that were particularly annoying and never had any issues.
Granted, I did a fair number of Ramparts runs with my shammies from 61-63, but I also basically completely ignored quests in Zangarmarsh. In my past experience, there's more than enough quests in the first few zones to carry you through to Nagrand at L64/65. After that, there is an even greater surplus of quests to level off of. The caveat there is that some of them are "group quests" that you may want help with. For example, Hellfire has a couple 58 quests for great gear/XP that you may need help on, but you should grab a main or guildie and have no problems. Another good example is the Ring of Blood line, which you can get at L65-- I *always* get a group together of friends/guildies to knock this out ASAP. I can see that you may need some grinding sessions if you elect to skip some collection quests AND these group quests.
Post 2.3 with my multiboxers, we were basically L60 by the time I completed all the gear quests that the team wanted. Post 60 is a little slower and there's no XP reduction in effect, but it's still easily doable with the many, many quests available.
mlwhitt
02-25-2008, 03:45 PM
Some of the things to look is if you have an alt or your main is leveling Enchanting. Instance grinding will gather you a lot more mats than questing will. The other thing is it helps having leveled a few times to 70 and having a leveling guide. Planning ahead those quest that have great drop rates or just plain old kill quest will go a long way. You don't want to completely avoid collection question but you have to weigh the XP gain/Reward vs. time. Can you gain just as much XP doing an instance over and over with better loot drops?
For my part I have leveled in Azeroth so many times now that I am just sick of doing the same quest for the tenth time again.
Nindenumene
04-06-2008, 04:29 AM
Hi
Leveled my shamans from 8-15 in 1 hour or so in RFC, manly because i need to take them in turns.
if i go level 1 char it takes shorter time... i usally level 2 lvls each pull.
from 11-15 with 1 char did take me around 10 min or so ..maybe less.
Iam 5 boxing..so can only take 3 at a time since i need my 70 paladin and 70 something to do it.
Kinda nice that my toons get full xp, as they would kill them alone.
But Icant tell you guys how I do that, its the way athene used to level 1 char to 1-70 ijn 1 day and 2 hours.
maybe some of you know already---- but want it to last until my 5 shamans get to 70 atleast=P
Best regards
Ninde Numene
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@Ang@
04-06-2008, 04:50 AM
But Icant tell you guys how I do that
Best regards
Ninde Numene
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thanks for share ?(
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