What are you doing to get ready for Cataclysm?

[Mercurio]

As Cata approaches, my goals are:
1) to continue to push my 3 10-box teams into more bosses in ICC (at least through Rotface)
2) complete some professions for the 5-6 toons above that don't have professions maxxed
3) level up another team of 5 from 70 to 80 to give myself options for 10-boxing team tweaks - 1 pally, 2 priests, 2 mages

[David]

- Leveling a warlock, warrior, rogue, priest and hunter to 80 to have one of each class on 80.
- Getting proffs up on all of them

Then in cata 10boxing with 1 of each class :-)

[Tonuss]

So i'm curious to learn from your experience during earlier expansions:

- were the questlines available upon release (i.e. were thotbott, wowhead updated, ...)
- is running previous expansion dungeons at start an option (i.e. will killing a lvl 81 mob in icecrow give the same xp as a lvl 81 mob in the new zones?)
- is there a lot of debate on various forums going on about the fastest leveling routes?
- will we have clear profession 'guides' on how to boost them to the nex maxlevel? Also.is farming in icecrown a viable option to lvl up mining/herbalism/skinning to a certain extend above 450)
- will there be movies/howto's available about how to clear the new dungeons, and moreover how to box them?

I realize there is no 'ready to go answer' to my questions, but just curious how it was with the release of tbc & lich king.

That's the kind of info i'm going to research for the fast leveling part. And i guess thats depending on the beta (which i have little to no interest to play)

From previous experience, what I would expect to see is:

- Sites like Wowhead and Thottbot will have lots of info on quests from day one, mostly from beta but filling up quickly as players rush to try the content. There will be gaps and some bad info, but I figure most of it will be useful.
- "New" mobs will give much more exp per kill, close to 2x or so. Grinding or questing in old zones will not be as efficient from a per-kill or per-quest perspective. However, it might be more efficient during the early rush, since the extra exp per kill is not useful when there is nothing left to kill.
- I've yet to see any discussion of the best leveling route, but I figure there will be some once the open beta is available. I'm sure there will be a mad rush to be the first level 85 on each server.
- Profession guides should be updated within a few days/weeks of release, using beta info mostly.
- You should be able to get your gathering professions most of the way to max in WotLK zones, though it won't be terribly efficient. Still, Rich Saronite veins are yellow at 450 and Titanium veins are orange, and those should provide a fair number of skill-ups. It will be a lot faster to level up in the new zones, especially once the mad rush of farmers slows down.
- Info on dungeons and bosses will probably be spotty and unreliable for a few days/weeks, but it will fill up in time.

I figure we'll see videos here pretty fast, multiboxing seems to have gone to a whole new level with this expansion.

[lacitpo]

I just finished 5x epic fliers and 5x duel spec. Thats all my major expenses unless you count professions which are still in the mid 100's on most with the exception of my enchanter/tailor which is almost maxed.

[Myc]

o man.. endless leveling of professions.
at least I have guild banks stocked with mats. but it always seems to be less stacked on the specifics I need.
Just leveled 1 Enchanter max. (bout time had no bag space from loots) and 1 JC 1/2way.. and alchys up to about 100 lol
want to level a Tailor.

[Powerwar]

lvl 80 teams
My pala + 4 shamans team is all in T9 or better gear.
My warlocks team has been just geared with pvp gear except the weapons and trinkets... something I will sort this weekend.

lower level teams
my lvl 70 druids team will level to 80 as soon as I finish my warlocks team gearing and icecrown quests with them.
my priests team is waiting for the druids team
my mages team is waiting for all the other teams

So far the teams will have the following uses:
pala + 4 hamans --> pve
5 shamans --> pvp/pve
5 warlocks --> pvp
5 druids --> pvp/pve Aiming for an useless arena team with 5 resto druids just to piss people off being unable to kill me.
5 priests --> dunno, could be fun in pve and could use these as healers for some content where resto shamans don't cut it.
5 mages --> pvp

[zenga]

thanks tonuss for the detailed reply

[Shodokan]

Anyone else planning anything big?

[laaglander]

Currently i'm finishing of my raf time.
Atm a has 10 x60+ with 3 80's
b has 8x60+ ( still no dk on it )
c has 6x 60+ ( still no dk on it )

Finishing my shaman team to 60 this sunday.
- Finish my 3x druid team to 80,
get them proffesions + some gear.

-Finish a 2nd team so i can mix up.

- get skilled, so i can start 5 boxing.

[Tonuss]

Anyone else planning anything big?

I'm not planning anything big, but I do intend to level up some teams if I have the time. Currently working on a priest and four mages, all of them with jewelcrafting and alchemy as professions. If I can get them leveled up in time I'll see if I can make some gold before the xpac goes live. Additionally, if I can get them to 80 before then, I may try to level up another team so that if any other professions seem to be potential early money-makers, I can take those as well.

But I'm not sure if I want to level up another team before the expac, because it will probably be a lot more fun to level up a team or two in the new zones and with the new quests. My long term goal is to have at least four or five characters at max level of any profession that creates stuff, so that I can take advantage of any opportunities as they appear, as well as having a bunch of characters that I can run as either mixed or homogeneous groups.