[RAF] when to go to outlands.

[HTeam]

I'm always wary when people say how easy a class is. It can be a case of jealousy, or people not knowing how to play the class, So I tend to assume that any class takes skill. (I know there is a particular prejudice against Belf Paladins )

Paladin tanking it very easy compared to other tanks. You don't have to aim Consecrate at all. A warrior has to mash a half dozen buttons. A warrior has to tag each mob individually. A warrior also starts each fight with no capacity to do any specials. Duid is much the same as a warrior, but they seem to be able to get the agro going quicker.

As far as belf paladins being discriminated against, there was nothing funnier on the boards when BC came out. All the Alliance paladins were screaming at how bad paladins were and every belf paladin was just happy as anything, which just ticked off the alliance even more.

[Seraphaw]

I would say level to 60 in Azeroth, WPL and EPL are great finishers and will last you even 54-60.

[Xar]

I would say level to 60 in Azeroth, WPL and EPL are great finishers and will last you even 54-60.

I agree with this, yeah go through the portal at 58 as a celebration but go back to Azeroth, do your EPL turn ins at least if you can afford the stuff off the AH (savage fronds, bone fragments, etc.), quick and easy xp before you hit 60 and the RAF bonus is gone. You'll run out of quests in Hellfire if you just blast through them without rested time starting at 58 before hitting 61 if I remember correctly. Having hit Hellfire at 58 with two toons and now at 60 with my 5 shaman, going at 60 is a lot easier and flows better to 61 and beyond with the quests. If you're going to heavily grind instances then it doesn't matter much (if you're geared enough to do them).

[moji]

I've never waited to 60, always going through the portal at 58. I've never run out of quests on my way to 70. Just do some instances here and there, and with a little rest xp, getting to 70 shouldn't be a big deal.

[godnf8]

Regarding skilling up boosted characters or other characters for multiboxers, In the blasted lands near the portal. You'll notice servants up on the ledge around the crater. (There are 5 or 6 around the upper edge of the crater near portal)

All of the servants are near pylon looking objects.

These guys are for a quest, they cannot be killed unless you have quest and can click on pylon, they will stay alive forever at 1% unless you run away in which case they'll reset.
They don't hit that hard, they are level 57, you can skill defense and weapon skills on them all day. They attack fast.
It's a one stop wonder for pre outlands =)

I just went over there pre outlands and skilled up all 5 of my guys weapons at the same time lol

[Sanctume]

58 In Hellfire and doing all the quest can maybe get you to 62, but if you're not 62 by the time you're ready to Zangarmarsh, you will not get most of the quests available there.

That's why I prefer to be 60 when I start in Hellfire. Unless you're Ramparts boosting from 55 for the faction.

[Thulos]

I went to Hellfire at 58, but my plan was to spend a lot of times grinding instances to ensure that I have the faction for the pvp sets. I'm 68 now and have only quested in Zangarmarsh and Hellfire. I'm honored with all the factions for the pvp gear except the helm which requires Sha'tar. Honestly my eyes are about to bleed from doing so many instances and I would recomend questing a decent bit to break up the monotony.

With the RAF bonus I see no reason for jumping into outlands before 60. You should be no where near running out of quests on Azeroth.

[sampheran]

I went to Outlands at 59, with like 4 bubbles to go. WPL was giving me so much exp, I didn't want to start wasting Outland quests and end up in Zangarmarsh at 60 or something.

Here's what I did:

1-8 Quests
9-16 RFC
17-22 SFK
23-40 SM
40-59 Quests (STV, Feralas, Tanaris, Ungoro, Winterspring, WPL)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

pro the mobs/quests in outland give about double the xp then old world. So you will be able to get to 60 really quick if you go to outland at 58.

con if you start doing quests at 58 you will have to do some grinding because you will run out of quests (or you can do the collect quests, which some of the drop rates suck).

Not to nitpick, but aren't those two statements contradictory under the triple xp rules?

[Gatzu]

con if you start doing quests at 58 you will have to do some grinding because you will run out of quests

Never had that problem, even without RAF. Since 58-60 is going to go reaaaal quick with RAF, you're not missing out on much. Just leave the zone when you run out of quests, no big deal.