W.O.W. questions

Originally posted by MPTheory
If I switch servers will I lose my lvling?

Yes.

Leveling is easy - anyone can level from 1-12 in an afternoon.  You can even solo your way to 60 if you want.  

I have a 60 warrior and a 60 mage on Silvermoon - the mage I got to 60 in just under 7 days played (actual playing time) by following some guide I found in the mage forums at worldofwarcraft.com.  

I am now working on a rogue and got him to 15 in 12 hours of playing time.  It also helps if your significant other plays as well - my wife even managed to get a 60 Warlock and she now has a 40 Priest as well.

[MPTheory]

I wonder if I could get her to play... Maybe.  I could set another computer up and we could play together that might be fun

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by GigaShadow
Leveling is easy - anyone can level from 1-12 in an afternoon.  You can even solo your way to 60 if you want.  

I have a 60 warrior and a 60 mage on Silvermoon - the mage I got to 60 in just under 7 days played (actual playing time) by following some guide I found in the mage forums at worldofwarcraft.com.  

I am now working on a rogue and got him to 15 in 12 hours of playing time.  It also helps if your significant other plays as well - my wife even managed to get a 60 Warlock and she now has a 40 Priest as well.

A guide? Doesn\'t take away from the whole indivual aspect of the game?

*Does the math*

That\'s a SHITLOAD of time invested in one character you can\'t even call your own.

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by Phil
*Does the math*

That\'s a SHITLOAD of time invested in one character you can\'t even call your own.

Exactly.
The whole point is to make your character, your own. A guide to get to lvl 60 takes away any personality your character may have. Takes away from any indivual experience you may have with the character.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
A guide? Doesn\'t take away from the whole indivual aspect of the game?

I have been to 60 with my warrior doing the quests and I haven\'t changed my faction from the Horde so in order to level the fastest I just solo and AoE kill at the recommended spots.  I still did some quests and stayed away from those that don\'t give a good reward or xp.  

Back to your question - I want to get as many toons as I can to 60 in the shortest amount of time.  Since I mostly PvP now it is a nice change of pace having multiple characters.  When I get owned by mages while playing my warrior I can always log on to my mage and get owned by rogues, etc. etc. etc.  Anyway, its just a game and I enjoy it.  I guess that is all that matters.  Besides when the expansion comes out I will have many options - ie. hero classes.

Besides faction what differences are there between something I level quickly as to someone who takes their time?  Not much and besides with faction I can always raise it by turning in runecloth in any given city.

[videoholic]

Grinding blows IMO.  I do a bit of farming at some of the Yeti caves for leather, but I hate that I have to do it.  I can\'t imagine grinding for EXP.  So freaking boring.  
To me the game is great because of the vastness of the experience.  Going to different lands in quest of items.  SItting around and grinding on bears is pretty freaking dull.  But to each his own.

[Living-In-Clip]

Can\'t stand grinding - part of the reason I lose interest. Get to a point, need to grind a level, find real life stuff to do and next thing I know, it\'s been a month since I logged in.

I still say CoH has the best premise for a MMORPG (best character creation also), but the overall aspect is lacking. The developers aren\'t sure where it needs to go and it shows.

Originally posted by videoholic
Grinding blows IMO.  I do a bit of farming at some of the Yeti caves for leather, but I hate that I have to do it.  I can\'t imagine grinding for EXP.  So freaking boring.  
To me the game is great because of the vastness of the experience.  Going to different lands in quest of items.  SItting around and grinding on bears is pretty freaking dull.  But to each his own.

Actually AoE killing is much more fun and requires a strategy.  How many classes can kill 10-12 mobs at once?  Nothing like getting 23k an hour in experience and the loot is fantastic.  Then again with my rogue, I haven\'t seen anything kill as fast with no downtime...

Most quests just aren\'t worth doing after level 15 and I won\'t roll an Alliance character - I would be disgusted with myself if I did.  As I said my goal is PvP and building faction in both AV and WSG so by the time I hit 60 with my rogue I will be at least honored.

[MPTheory]

So far, I\'ve gotten a crapload of EXP by doing quests.  Ive done some lvling here and there, but I kind of enjoy the story.  Im getting to the point where Im gonna need to bring a few people along to help with quests. One of my fav things about the game right now is the professions.  Ill be switching up my professions tonight.  I was learning herbalism and Alchemy, but Im a druid, so Im gonna switch to skinning and leatherworking tonight.  Lvling the jobs up doesnt seem to take much time at all... fun times too.

On anther note, I feel stupid asking, but I need to catch up on some of the WoW terminology.. people ask me questions and its like their talking a different language... can someone help me out?  I think we should make a comprehensive guide to WoW lingo here (considering so many of us seem to play the game)

LFG = looking for group
WC = wanna cyber (nah just made that up)

Can\'t remember any others right now.

Yeah quests are good for leveling until about level 15.  There are other quests afterward that are rewarding, but most involve running from point A to B and become tedious with little payout for the time invested.  

Once you have done the quests with a character to 60, its not really worth doing them all again (by all meaning the ones I did do - I don\'t know anyone who has done every quest in the game).  By doing those quest to level 15 or so you will become Honored with whatever race you rolled so you will get the normal discounts for items and mounts from vendors.  

Some quests are truly not worth doing - even if you want to follow the story so to speak.  Others are chains and http://www.thottbot.com is a good place to find out ones that offer a great reward.  The Battle of Hillsbrad for example (Horde side) is a great chain for characters in the 20-30 range because you get a blue item at the end of the chain I believe.  One last word on quests - by only doing quests you will not have enough gold at level 40 to afford your mount.  You still have to grind sometimes just for money and loot.  

For the terminology...  You have to learn the abbreviations of places mostly.

WC in WoW is Wailing Caverns.
UBRS is Upper Black Rock Spire
LBRS is Lower Black Rock Spire
SM is Scarlet Monestary
RFD is Razor Fin Downs
RFK is Razor Fin Kraul
DM is Dire Maul
UC is Undercity
TB is Thunderbluff
XR is Crossroads

Since I play Horde those are the most common places for that faction.

WTS is Wanting to Sell
WTB is Wanting to Buy

Oh and druids suck, especially queer Night Elf ones

[MPTheory]

Okay Mr Smarty pants, What is the most rewarding class then?

Originally posted by MPTheory
Okay Mr Smarty pants, What is the most rewarding class then?

Don\'t go Paladin!

I\'m having fun with a Warlock right now. Rogues are pretty cool too.