Guess the ding :)

[Vyndree]

Someone once did a comparison of all the zones & instances and how easy/difficult it is for Alliance and Horde to get there, they are actually about even all things considered.

I was just talking to Suvega about how, even on a PvP server, horde can instance level 8-45 without ever hitting a PvP flagged area. (WC, SFK, RFK, SM, RFD)

Alliance get Deadmines, Stockades, and Gnomer, which will (at max) get you to level 33.

Contested: BFD, Ulda, and onwards (ZF, temple, etc)




Horde have it way better for instance leveling and/or powerleveling (boosting). Having to traverse into horde territory to make up for the instance level gap, and finding your lowbie self camped at the meeting stone by a level 70 powerleveler... it really, really sucks.

[Knytestorme]

... Also for Alliance getting to SM you don't have to go through WPL / Bulwark, it's a bit longer run but you can either head west from Southshore and go north through Tirisfal and all the mobs are L30 or below....

As I posted on my blog, thanks for this tip. In all the time I've been playing (since initial release) I have never thought of doing that since the map shows Undercity covering the gap north so I usually go up through WPL and Bullwark, hence I almost never go to SM.

Now I know about this though I'll take back most of my complaints about SM and it's unfairness vs what Horde have, so thanks Stabby...seems one truely can learn something knew every day