Halfway mark to 70?

[Gallo]

With all this talk in the other thread about /played time, it got me thinking... What do you think that the exact halfway point is for 1-70?

Pre-BC, it was widely agreed upon that halfway 1-60 was around level 40. I think if you use pure XP as an indicator, it used to be lvl 52 (halfway to 70), before they nerfed XP 20-60.

So whats the halfway point, in terms of /played time? lvl 55?

[Zseth]

Level 35

Honestly, it doesn't really matter, I've been levelin about the same pace for each level. It took me less time to go from 42-43 than it did 41-42. Its just how efficient you are.

[Gallo]

I know full well that it doesn't matter... it's just one of those psychological barriers to a long journey

[Toned]

My fresh toons are already 45 with only 2 and 1/2 or say days played. I did quests 1-15, instances 15-44, and I'm now starting to quest again the kill quests in hinterlands = the win... I plan on doing mara quests then going back to grinding mara till 48/50ish, ST quests, then BRD quests/grinding till 57.

It's hard to tell where the real 1/2 way mark is, but it does feel like mid 40s now. However, the new experience change to quests is insane lowbie quests are giving like 5k a pop.

[Shogun]

These days I see 60 as the goal still, as 60-70 is alot more enjoyable. So 40 is mounts and halfway to 60, 50 is the "yay 41pt talents!" and 60 is "yay more mounts and Outland!"

Helps break it up

[Lost Ninja]

First target is 30... if I get there I'll carry on... I have two accounts of sub 30 alts doing nothing.

Next 35 for 225-300 Crafting (I like to craft)

Next is 40 for mounts

Then 50 for 300-375 crafting (did I say I like to craft?)

Then I don't really care, end game sucks IMO. : )

[amalgam]

PRE 2.3:

01-60: 4 084 700
60-70: 6 762 300
Total: 10 847 000

Half: 5 423 500

Subtract the 1-60 from our half:
5 423 500 - 4 084 700 = 1 338 800

Subtract 60-61:
1 338 800 - 494 000 = 844 800

Subtract 61-62:
844 800 - 574 700 = 270 100

So, the halfway point pre-2.3 is 270 100 XP into level 62 (43.96%).




POST 2.3:

01-60: 3 378 400
60-70: 6 762 300
Total: 10 140 700

Half: 5 070 350

Subtract the 1-60 from our half:
5 070 350 - 3 378 400 = 1 691 950

Subtract 60-61:
1 691 950 - 494 000 = 1 197 950

Subtract 61-62:
1 197 950 - 574 700 = 623 250

Subtract 62-63:
623 250 - 614 400 = 8850.

So, the actual, corrected halfway point is 8850 XP into 63 (0.0136%). My problem before was that I just used 61-62 and 62-63, forgetting about 60-61. My bad on that one.

That's rather depressing.

Numbers from WoWWiki.

EDIT: Number corrections and formatting.

[amalgam]

Are you saying the new half way point is somewhere in the 60s?

Damn. Imagine with WotLK comes out.

Yeah. That sucks, doesn't it?

[amalgam]

I'm thinking about just compiling a whole list of every single "Kill X of Mob Y" quest in the game and seeing how much XP that all yields and seeing how much levelling can be accomplished using that method.

[Diamndzngunz]

The total experience needed to reach level 60 is 4,084,700. The total for 60 to 70 is 6,762,300, making 1 to 70 10,847,000 points in total.

The total number of same-level mobs that must be killed to reach level 60 with no rest or quests is 16,971 which would take approximately 76 hours at 16 seconds per kill.

An amusing but probably not very significant figure is that the half-way point to 60 for raw experience point accumulation is 12,550 XP into level 48. Halfway to 70 for raw experience point accumulation is 344,500 XP into level 62. In actual practice, quests contribute significantly to XP so the half-way point is somewhere below this.