Is leveling supposed to be kind of slow?

[Impulze]

I'm leveling 3 mages, and I have just about everything down, other than extremely advanced stuff.
It takes me about 3 hours to get a level, possibly even more.
This is my 5th day since starting, and I've gotten to 12, and its still going pretty slow, maybe its just the collection quests, but I just have a feeling if I skip those I will regret it.
I've been doing every quest plus more than I usually do when leveling from 1-70, which I've done alot.
Anything Im doing wrong?

[Crayonbox]

Depends how you look at it.

If you're leveling 1 character by yourself, you get through all the easier quests quite fast, but you will always need help with the harder group quests which are quite hard to solo.

If you multibox toons, you have to do the quests x amount of times but you can get them all done without much effort.

Depends how you look at it. When I get a quest now i just look at the quest objective and multiply it by 5 and just take it as 1 quest now >_<

[JD50]

I skip the collection quests, unless they seem very easy. They just aren't worth the time for me. It does seem a little slow to me too, but keep in mind that you're leveling up 3 toons, not just one.

[Impulze]

yeah I get that aspect, but have you ever leveled toons like that before? Skipping collection quests?
Im a real hard ass about not finishing up a zone when I think I can finish it, which usually takes awhile.
But I guess I'll see, I just get bored easily, maybe once I hit 20 things will kick off.
I would pay another 20$ for a Dual and Multi-Boxing guide rofl.

[Crayonbox]

I enjoy doing the collection quests in a sort of masochists sort of way. It's a way to grind up a little bit of xp you lack from always being in a group.
But compared to other multiboxers, I tend to skip doing instances more than once unless I'm leveling 4 or less characters.

Since you're leveling 3 characters, you could always use the Athene's method of leveling. But this requires a prot pally and a mage friend willing to help you out.
I really hate this guy's attitude but the leveling method is solid. It uses the tap system bug.

Also mods, from what I've seen and heard this method does not break any rules, however it is a bit on the iffy side of taking advantage of game mechanics bordering exploitation. If any mods deems this as against the rules, please feel free to remove it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj6OkLKCecI

[Maz]

This is the first time I've played Draenei so I'm milking the starting zones for everything. I'm doing all of the collection quests on all my toons. This should take me to about level 20 and I'll hit the DM/WC/SFK/BFD/RFK grind after that. I'm looking forward to doing the instances.

I'm not in any rush to level. I really should spend some time on my macros and set up my X-Keys Pro though.

Off-topic: I'm a big fan of Athene. His boundless self-belief is a refreshing change to all the whiners who hide behind their level 1 alts and the anonimity of the forums.

[Knytestorme]

At this stage I doubt the Athene method will be banned from discussion here but Blizzard are examining it and blues have posted that it is borderline exploit so I'd recommend not actually using it, especially given there are already methods proven to work safely for getting 1-60 in about 2 days.

[Crayonbox]

Hmm. Do a lot of multiboxers grind out instances a lot?
I find doing quests would be simply easier, although on my server ,due to the lack of multiboxers, I tend to attract a lot of attention from horde and alliance alike. Horde attention usually ends up with all 5 of my shamans dead though

[Maz]

Horde attention usually ends up with all 5 of my shamans dead though

This is specifically what I want to avoid. It might have been more sensible for me to roll on a PVE server but I didn't. I'm quite happy leveling solo on a PVP server but as my progress so far has been quite clumsy, I can guarantee that I would not hold my own against gankers whilst five-boxing. Besides, it's a long time since I spent any real time in instances at the correct level. It'll make quite a refreshing change.

[spudstar99]

@ Knytestorme

can you pltz describe the 2 day leveling ... the athene stile is known to me ... but since i know maybe is exploration and you can maybe banned 4 it ... you can imaging

Thankyou 4 answer