Leveling Guide

I can NOT believe this.  I’ve seen some pretty amazing things in my life, but I have to say that THIS is just crazy. I checked to see if it was a joke first, but no, it certainly wasn’t.

I just ran across a website for these guys offering to powerlevel your character for you.  That’s right, now you can not only pay your monthly fees for your World of Warcraft gaming experience, now you can OUTSOURCE the playing of it to complete and total strangers.  You don’t have to worry about becoming a better player, about getting to know the game any better, or any of those little things.  They’ll just hand you a completely made character that you have little control over the design of, other than name and class choice. They’ll play the quests, they’ll farm the skills, they’ll grind the levels, and they’ll join the guilds for you.  You can be a WoW player without actually having a computer if you want to!  Doesn’t that sound exciting?

Or, if you’re feeling particularly ambitious, you can take a character you’ve already started, and they’ll take over it completely for you!  Sick of actually playing the game?  Don’t want to bother with things like leveling up or actually gaining skills and levels?

All joking aside, I thought this was pretty sad.  I get a real kick out of playing the old Warcrack, even with all the frustration, getting lost, grinding, gathering herbs and skins, mining, what have you.  Those little details are the things that make it a real experience in my opinion, and giving that up to someone else is like giving away the whole game.

And how much are they charging you for this “service”?  Well, it all depends on your needs.  Starting from a level one character and going all the way to 80 will only cost you two weeks and a couple hundred dollars.  An extra COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS.  How desperate do you have to be to pay someone that much money to get your char to a higher level.

Using some basic tools you can pick up for around a quarter of that,  you can do the same things for yourself they claim to do, and you can actually enjoy the journey and the experience of the game at the same time.   There’s no charge for the things you’ll see and do on top of it either.  You can get excited over the best drops, get annoyed at every time you die, and work your way up to a character you can be proud of.  Gamers aren’t renowned as the kind of people that take pride in their work, at least not yet, but the enjoyment that comes from building your own characters and hitting that lvl 80 mark will last with you a long time.  Trust me on this one.  Go find a good guide, a good addon, or even join a great leveling guild.  The game is worth playing yourself.

Go check these guys out if you want to see what I mean.  Click here to find out more.