Monday, November 2, 2009

Warp Speed levelling

Get that Epic landmount at 40! Do this for every alt you have. The recent patch change is just awesome. How many times have I walked a character thru Stranglethorn vale or Desolace because I didn't have a landmount at level 40. Now we can get 100% movement Epic mount? Get to Zul Farrak and have soemone CRUSH Granzilla for your Carrot on a stick + some mithril spurs. Now you can have 107% Movment whenver you're just travelling on quests.

At level 60, get your Flying mount at Honor Hold / Thrallmar. 150% speed and you can now get your faction rep discount. That's Regular flying for hundreds less. Epic flying for almost 800g below cost. Seriously. Speed at movement = speed levelling. Also, running thru the valley of fecund orcs at level 58 is painful. Flying over the whole mess makes the zone a ton easier. Money is easy to get. The cost of the 225 speed riding skill is relatively inexpensive and would make things a great deal more efficient.

More levelling boosters? Keep a high level toon on hand. Too many times in the past I've been waiting for 5 people to kill Knig Bangalash or some other "hard" mob. Now I keep a 73 pally, 80 druid, or 71 Mage on hand for fast travel / buffs / or general killing. Now here's the TRUE secret about keeping a high level toon on hand. Use him/her sparingly. If you keep a level 80 DK on hand, don't use him for even level mobs. Properly geared, you should trounce creatures your level for max XP gain. I have taken out five mobs my level on one occasion in EPL. Use your High level toon for Elites, Giants, and (Group) quests. Solo everything you can. It takes about the same time to solo 5 mobs for 640 xp or than kill 10 mobs for 82 xp with your level 80 partner. For things clearly out of your league, bring in the big guns. Then send him back. Don't get used to a high level crutch. Learn your class.

Quest XP + Mob xp = Win. The best way to level is to kill things on a shopping list. I'd rather grind 10 mobs and then get 6k quest xp. Then grind another 10 mobs for another 6k quest xp. I've leapfrogged from 40 to 50 in no time. Now I'm coming up to outland zones thinking about which items to pre-stock and which quests I can multi-task. Kill 20 orcs THEN set towers ablaze THEN collect 16 scraps. Or we can play it smart and nuke, collect, and burn as we go. Really, once you've run thru Hellfire Penninsula once, you can run it a hundred times. Very easy. You get faster and more efficient at it.

Lastly, recapture your rest bonus by logging out at a city or Inn whenever possible. Blue xp is huge. 200% xp gains rock. Coupled with the 20% Relic armor set, you get levels in a fraction of the time it takes everyone else. Now to get my first few drops in Outlands under my belt.

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