Leveling Guide

Power leveling has become an event unto itself in the World of Warcraft. Most World of Warcraft players will remember their first character forever, especially those who’ve been playing for a while. We all started out as complete beginners, and made a lot of common mistakes. Eventually, though, after a lot of hard work, we were able to scratch and claw our way to that level 60. The REALLY cool guys could do it in three or four months, but only because they were playing CONSTANTLY. For the day, they were pretty fast, too.

But recently, our lovely little Azeroth has grown into a whopping MONSTER of a world, adding new continents and worlds to journey to. This opened up a whole new world of leveling and questing possibilities for World of Warcraft players.  If you’d like to skip over a lot of this stuff and just find out how you can double your leveling speed, click here.

Then it became a matter of honor for some players to be the fastest levelers ever on their servers and in the game. Horde and Alliance players battled it out on every server, running marathon gaming sessions, trying tricks, strategies, and any other dirty deeds they could to get to 80 faster than anyone else. Then the secret was revealed. A humble team of players/programmers called Team Idemise built the fastest leveling guide in the WORLD, and hit level 80 in less than 7 days of playing time.

It didn’t involve hacking Blizzard, it didn’t involve grinding away hours of their time killing the same beasties over and over again. They simply put the right quests in the right order at the right time for the right characters. It was really as simple as that. Of course, they had some other preparations as well, because they were good World of Warcraft players, and had learned from previous experience. Here are a few preparations you should make whether you decide to use this amazing in-game guide or not.

Addons- – Find out which addons are valid with the current patch. Most free addons go out of date rather quickly, which is partially why I use paid addons more often. They usually include free updates as well as the initial product.

I like to use Wowecon, a free download available online along with my leveling guide addons.

Gear – Don’t look for gear! Most of the time the gear you get from the first few levels is enough to last you through SEVERAL levels higher. Most of the time, you’ll get the upgrades you need from questing or just from drops. If worse comes to worst, put some armor kits/sharpening stones in your bags with you at all times. Have a friend enchant your gear to make it last longer. Just don’t waste your time trying for better stuff. Stuff will come to you. Focus on damage dealing gear when you have a choice. Remember, the shorter a battle is, the less likely you are to die.

Save your pennies, you’re going to need it to buy your riding skill, your mounts, and eventually your FLYING mounts.

Potions and Food – Keep these on hand at ALL TIMES. Use them whenever you can. They’re cheap and effective.

You can get good deals at the Auction House most of the time when you’re passing through a big city. Buy in Bulk stacks if you can. You WILL use it eventually, and if you don’t, you can always repost it. Talents – Choose talents that will work best for your class when SOLOING. Every class has something with a solo emphasis. This will cut down your play time immensely!

Focus on Damage. If you deal enough damage, your armor will have a much lower effect on the outcome of the battle. Key Combinations – Set up your macros for maximum efficiency. You’re probably going to be spending a lot of time on your own if you’re going for speed leveling, and knowing how to kill a lot of people at a time is going to REALLY help you out. The more you can kill at once, the faster you’re going to level. See how that works? Applying these tricks and tips and the Team Idemise In-game leveling guide, you should be able to level at double or even TRIPLE the speed you can on your own. Once you have these skills down, you just need to know where to go, what to do, and how to get there. It doesn’t matter where you are geographically in Azeroth. Having a good leveling guide will cut down your time significantly. Having a step-by-step guide can make all the difference in the world in your gaming time. It’s like having the fastest player in the world right next to you telling you where to go next. Just follow the arrows and mini-map waypoints to get where you need to be. Make sure you’re not using a leveling guide from a PDF document, though, as all of that alt+tabbing will slow you WAY down.

In the end, make sure you’re having fun. That’s the real key to building up skill in any area of life, so enjoy yourself. For the Horde/Alliance!  If you do need more information on a good leveling program, the best one I’ve found so far is Team Idemise.  Click here to get more information.