[WoW] Battle for Azeroth - Page 49

On February 27 2016 00:04 akatama wrote:
Leveling the the 2.3-end of Wrath era was not that slow. You had plenty of overlapping quests, you just needed to know where to get them from. Travelling was a pain indeed though, you could finish Un'goro in 2 laps of the area but had to go back and forth between Gadgetzan in Tanaris and Org/Darnassus to turn in the quests.

What I believe many people don't realize was that you had to travel a ton to level efficiently. As Horde, 20-30 was a ping-pong between Ashenvale, Stonetalon (and associated quests from Ratchet, ugh), Hillsbrad then back to Ashenvale (and laps around Org/Undercity to pick up more quests, yay). Fortunately it also meant you could be efficient by taking breaks on flight paths. Spend 6-8 mins auto-running to the far end of Ashenvale, spend another 15-20 mins killing Naga and other assorted creatures, take a small break while on the flight path back to Org where you turn in quests.

Personally I could get through all that in about 3-4 days for 1-58, then another 3ish days for Outlands and Northrend. Heirlooms also helped a ton (especially weapons, as melee live and die by them and spell damage weapons were very rare in pre-TBC content).

Pre 2.3 was pure pain on the other hand. Only leveled one character in that time frame, my very first one so it took extra long as I learned the game. Took me an almost and entire summer break to get to cap. You pretty much had to do each and every quest in the game (and I'm not exaggerating, even those ridiculous ones in Desloace or Blasted Lands) AND grind a few levels every now and then (or find groups for instances). At least post 2.3 you could skip a few zones. Early TBC was not far off either, you had to clean every zone if you wanted to leave most of Shadowmoon and Netherstorm for lvl 70 (so you get extra gold from quests to afford 5k for epic flying).

On April 18 2016 21:05 Gorsameth wrote:

Heroic is the stag mount, mythic is the Felsteel Annihilator