Quote Originally Posted by Bradster
Ding 56 x5

I said man screw this i'm heading to the outlands! so I go ahead and upgrade my accounts with BC. Run to the Dark portal all happy, thinking "Finally some real quest gear!".

I reach the portal as I run in to it with my hands in the air

You must be level 58 to enter the outlands.

#@$#@$%
You can be summoned / portalled there even if you are less than 58...you just need a friendly mage / lock to help you out.

Remember that once you hit level 50, you can get the mastery level in your professions (raising skill cap to 375). It's worth a quick trip to the outlands to do this, especially for the gathering professions, so you can continue to skill up past 300 while performing gathers in Kalimdor / Eastern Kingdoms.

Cheers,
Stealthy