1-50 Leveling in Pre-Patch/Shadowlands

[Tin]

Gathering xp is nerfed by 60% in Shadowlands:

https://www.wowhead.com/news=317753/...illing%20mobs.

Not seeing a big neff - or the neff is in SL zone.

Have just lv. a druid was 115 -> 47 - got 1.6K+ from every note with chromie time legion and restet xp - 1% a level
and DK was lv. 119 -> 49 - got 1.6k+ in BFA with restet xp from every note - 1% a level

[Barazanthul]

The new leveling is great. I startet a new group and lvld it to 46 before the prepatch and got squished to 20. Ran around WoD for a bit and ended up level 26 in what felt like no time. Probably took me two hours. Damn those collection quests.

[Lyonheart]

Has anyone figured out which expansion is best for us? I know most the collection quests from BFA> has the item available for the group for example. And click this item x-times will give credit to whole group if one toon clicks it..etc..

[z0k]

Has anyone figured out which expansion is best for us? I know most the collection quests from BFA> has the item available for the group for example. And click this item x-times will give credit to whole group if one toon clicks it..etc..

It's more than likely dealers choice when it comes to Legion vs BFA vs WOD. Your faction is going to play a role in that and any aversions you have to whatever leveling zones. Wrath and BC are older leveling styles. Lots of collection quests, would probably avoid unless you really want to play that content. Cata is probably ok, but it probably doesn't feel very fluid. Hell, I'm doing BFA right now and it feels WAY less fluid for 30-50 than it did for 110-120.

[Tiny_d]

I did legion invasions world quests and I got 2 levels 48-50 in no time like 30 minutes, had rested XP but still, was mental.

[DGiraldo]

Any input on best level paths for MB'ers? Tomorrow I am starting on my 5 groups of 5. DK's, Monks, Shamans, Druids and Priests. Would like to make it as efficient as possible as I will be leveling one group at a time.

Anyone have actual data yet of the best/easiest paths for us to hit 50?

[Purpleflavor]

Any input on best level paths for MB'ers? Tomorrow I am starting on my 5 groups of 5. DK's, Monks, Shamans, Druids and Priests. Would like to make it as efficient as possible as I will be leveling one group at a time.

Anyone have actual data yet of the best/easiest paths for us to hit 50?

i dont see how it wouldnt be WoD by far. Gorgrond just cant be beat for leveling it's the Usain Bolt of all leveling zones. It's like who would win if the earth and the Sun collided. Gorgrond is the Sun.

[EaTCarbS]

I want a watch of video, including webcam, of you doing the stupid quest where you have to poke them with the daggers to tell you the truth. That quest seldomly takes me less than 30 minutes for a 4-5DK team.

Just thinking about that quest hurts. *shudders*

[daviddoran]

So I decided to see how quick it would be to powerlevel 1 character, using a group of 4 level 50 characters (Vengeance DH and a Shadow Priest, Arcane mage, and an Affliction Warlock), with ilvl ~110, just spamming BFA dungeons. The low lvl character is a Priest.

I made an allied race, and manually went through the WoD starter quest to get a garrison started, got to about 18. Then just grinded dungeons, and the /played time was about 16 hours. I did AFK for a bit taking breaks here and there. The character was the healer, but the rest of the group didn't need heals, so I just used /focus to have it heal itself.

Toward the end I also swapped the DH to a level 47 paladin to tank, 3x BM Hunters and that worked even better. You could probably do it with just 2-3 high level geared characters if you wanted. I had a full set of ilvl 72 gear too by the end (though I have so much BoA gear it didn't even matter, other than rings/trinkets)

[z0k]

I really haven't had much opportunity to level thus far. I did get one team from 30-50 in about 8 hours which wasn't terrible. I did it by doing BFA questing. I know, I know, super original.

Prior to the prepatch, early levels (15-80) favored dungeons. Once you hit 80 and were forced into Cata/MOP dungeons it made more sense to level through questing. Dungeons were still viable sure but you would go slower. I think with the leveling speeds now it's probably going to be flipped. I'm thinking the fastest will be to quest up as quickly as possible from 1-30, then jump into dungeons.

Curious to see how other people end up playing it out. I can tell you a lot of dungeons do not feel good at level 10 right now and the speed of questing at low levels is pretty strong, assuming you know what you're doing.