Ok, a bit about leveling on beta (from a 73 ret paladin on beta)

Leveling times DO seem long, but I think it's a combination of being slightly undergeared (my paladin had only holy gear before, almost no str gear at all, so I'm using quest greens), and that we're used to leveling up even Burning Crusade characters while already knowing exactly where to go and what to do, with no wasted time.

Even with those two factors, questing from 72 to halfway through 73, I was managing roughly 10% of a level every 50 minutes, or just over 8 hours a level. Note that this was all with rest xp. Instance xp also seems enormous, so we're putting together an instance grinding group on Sunday to see how well that works out.

As for collection quests... they don't seem to be any more of them than in Burning Crusade. It seems about the same ratio of kill x mobs, kill this boss guy, destroy x buildings with a torch, collect x whatever, with the occasional neat new quest like operating a mechanical suit/mech for cutting down trees and killing harpies, or flying a gryphon to rescue fleeing villagers. It's basically the same as burning crusade with possibly better xp in instances, though how much better, I won't know for sure until Sunday night.