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Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
October 20 2011 22:21 GMT
#1
It's just the starter edition, but it's looking pretty good.

I'm thinking of buying the whole package and playing my way to level 85. How long will that take?

I'm a lvl 9 dwarf paladin at the moment.

*
rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
Thaniri
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1264 Posts
October 20 2011 22:23 GMT
#2
With the friend bonus I got to 85 in a month.

Honestly, WoW is a game that is fun while levelling, but once you get into high tier it will lose all of its purpose. Each item you get at level 85 is obsolete next patch.

Thats why I quit after only 2 months.
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
October 20 2011 22:24 GMT
#3
For casual play it might take you about a month to get to 85, i'd guess
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Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
October 20 2011 22:24 GMT
#4
If you do it to enjoy the game, then it will take a fairly long time

if you just want to powerlevel as a prot paladin like a mofo, not more then a week.
WriterXiao8~~
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
October 20 2011 22:26 GMT
#5
If you get RAF bonus, it'll take you not nearly as long(next patch i think they're making it work till Cata so not but like a week max) usually its not the leveling that kills you, but youre going to have to grind dungeons for hours to get gear to do some of the nerfed raids(which arent fun anymore)
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Arnstein
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Norway3381 Posts
October 20 2011 22:27 GMT
#6
How many hours? I have really tough studies, so I can only play an hour a day.
rsol in response to the dragoon voice being heard in SCII: dragoon ai reaches new lows: wanders into wrong game
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
October 20 2011 22:28 GMT
#7
On October 21 2011 07:27 Arnstein wrote:
How many hours? I have really tough studies, so I can only play an hour a day.

uhh.. like 20? or so
RAF bonus will make it probably like 12-13 i think(if youa rent using it it'll be alot longer)
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Celial
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
2602 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 22:35:34
October 20 2011 22:31 GMT
#8
heh, with full heirloom + guild boni (max +exp and best dmg gear while leveling) i need about 30-50 hours, depending on how i decide to level (do mostly bgs nowadays). but pure questing should take you about 35-40 hours. then on the other hand, you dont know a single quest and have to look up everything and search and shit, so lets up that to 40-50. 80-85 alone takes you about 9-12 hours questing. 1-60 can be done in another 10, burning crusade is on the faster side, 8-10. in northrend you can think about 2-3 hours per level.

Edit: leveled 3 chars over the last two months to 85, one to 80. as alliance, you lose all bgs on europe, sadly - thats why it takes me so long.
Do not regret. Always forward, never back.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
October 20 2011 22:37 GMT
#9
On October 21 2011 07:31 Celial wrote:
heh, with full heirloom + guild boni (max +exp and best dmg gear while leveling) i need about 30-50 hours, depending on how i decide to level (do mostly bgs nowadays). but pure questing should take you about 35-40 hours. then on the other hand, you dont know a single quest and have to look up everything and search and shit, so lets up that to 40-50. 80-85 alone takes you about 9-12 hours questing. 1-60 can be done in another 10, burning crusade is on the faster side, 8-10. in northrend you can think about 2-3 hours per level.

Edit: leveled 3 chars over the last two months to 85, one to 80. as alliance, you lose all bgs on europe, sadly - thats why it takes me so long.

Actually ingame,(maybe its just mine?) it shows you all the quest npc locations if you have tracking enabled.

you can power through any of the zones pretty quickly, depending on how much you get side tracked truthfully
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
ShadowWolf
Profile Joined March 2010
United States197 Posts
October 20 2011 22:40 GMT
#10
On October 21 2011 07:21 Arnstein wrote:
It's just the starter edition, but it's looking pretty good.

I'm thinking of buying the whole package and playing my way to level 85. How long will that take?

I'm a lvl 9 dwarf paladin at the moment.


Do yourself a favor and don't. To be quite honest, there's nothing to do at top level because you'll be fully dungeon geared in about 2 - 3 weeks of playing. After that, you'll either join a mediocre or worse raid group and kill all the normal modes within a few weeks or you'll join a really good raiding group and clear everything not heroic rags in a couple of weeks. The new content is uninspired and the new dungeons are pretty bland.

Sadly, considering that, it's still the best MMO on the market now. Consider waiting for the new Star Wars MMO, which might not be better but at least has the potential.
Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
October 20 2011 22:46 GMT
#11
The best part is end game stuff. The whole point is to acquire the best gear at endgame. Raiding is the best part of the game imo
HuK Fighting~~!
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 22:49:13
October 20 2011 22:48 GMT
#12
On October 21 2011 07:23 Thaniri wrote:
With the friend bonus I got to 85 in a month.

Honestly, WoW is a game that is fun while levelling, but once you get into high tier it will lose all of its purpose. Each item you get at level 85 is obsolete next patch.

Thats why I quit after only 2 months.

Barely anyone quits when they reach 85 cause what's the point of putting in all those hours. After you hit 85, you get to raid and farm for gear, etc. It's pretty fun if you have friends
Kipsate
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands45349 Posts
October 20 2011 22:49 GMT
#13
Find some friends who also play WoW or would like to try it out with you.

MMo's get fairly grindy, and stale after a while unless you play with friends, it will make it much much more entertianing.
WriterXiao8~~
gds
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Iceland1391 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 22:52:59
October 20 2011 22:52 GMT
#14
My only experience with wow was with that starter edition, it didnt last too long, maybe few minutes, there was that guy that stand at my respawn area having fun killing me again and again... so i just quit, maybe he saved my life that day
Whole
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States6046 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 22:53:46
October 20 2011 22:53 GMT
#15
If you're going to play casually, it can be a really fun leveling experience for the first time. Just don't get sucked into the endless end game grind. I only find the end game content fun if you have a group of really close-knit people,
Korinai
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada413 Posts
October 20 2011 23:01 GMT
#16
The game gets really boring at max level, trust me. I played for 5 years, and after hitting the max level after a month or so (I was 12 or so and really stupid at the time) all I did was raid a couple hours every night and do a few battlegrounds here and there. It was fun at first, but it quickly becomes more like a job.
"There is nothing more cool than being proud of the things that you love." - Day[9]
Uranium
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1077 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 23:03:15
October 20 2011 23:02 GMT
#17
On October 21 2011 07:53 Whole wrote:
If you're going to play casually, it can be a really fun leveling experience for the first time. Just don't get sucked into the endless end game grind. I only find the end game content fun if you have a group of really close-knit people,

Gotta disagree with these guys. Yes, leveling is fun *the first time* but end-game content is far more enjoyable. And it's hardly a "grind" unless you are in a hardcore guild doing heroic progression. The sense of satisfaction felt when downing a difficult raid boss is not comparable to leveling dungeons.

I run BoT, BH, BWD, and FL in pick-up groups every week and it takes me ~10 hours to complete all of them. No guild commitment, no specific raid times. Considering that I spend close to 40 hours a week gaming, it leaves me plenty of time to level an alt (got a 30 mage now) or play SC2/LoL.

Another suggestion for you if you get bored is to go and run the old content. Many classes can solo level 60 content, and you can do 70 content with a small group. I ran Black Temple in a 5 man a few weeks ago. It was really easy but it was cool to check out the atmosphere of the dungeon and the raid bosses. I earned about 1k gold doing it too
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
October 20 2011 23:13 GMT
#18
On October 21 2011 07:52 gds wrote:
My only experience with wow was with that starter edition, it didnt last too long, maybe few minutes, there was that guy that stand at my respawn area having fun killing me again and again... so i just quit, maybe he saved my life that day

there's no possible way you can be killed at the very first area unless you make the first attack on an enemy player
canucks12
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada812 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-20 23:25:45
October 20 2011 23:21 GMT
#19
The pvp is the only thing worth doing in WoW because it doesn't get bland. This is my opinion.
2500 rated warrior <--

I play probably one or two days a week for a few hours, the whole dump loads of time into the game was spent in Burning Cruasade... otherwise known as WoW's best years.

If you play 1 hour a day, without the recruit a friend bonus, it will take you a long time, and I highly disagree with those who say that pre-max level is where the fun is at, because almost all of the fun I had in the game was at max level. Also, there are tons of dicks who will hate on you because you're just starting the game throughout the entirety of your leveling.
John Madden
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
American Samoa894 Posts
October 20 2011 23:23 GMT
#20
It gets kinda boring between 20->78 for a lot of people unless you are on RAF
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