Thou Shall Just Enjoy Thyself! Sometimes we get so caught up in getting to level 60, 70, 80… or whatever our goal is, we forget to enjoy the game along the way! Don’t fall into this trap! If you’ve: Chosen a WoW character class simply because its the fastest, Gotten frustrated because its taking you [...]
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The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 9 – Pro Guides
Thou Shall Use A Pro Leveling Guide That’s right folks – I’m recommending you go ahead and get your hands on one of the professional leveling guides available on the Internet. But not just any guide, you need a guide that is widely known & respected as being one of the best. What makes a [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 8 – Map Mods
Thou Shall Use a Map-Mod Map mods, such as cartographer, are an essential tool to help you navigate around the edge of that leveling funnel I talked about earlier. Apart from the handy side effect of being able to see where your guild mates are, anywhere on the WoW map, Cartographer tells you exactly where [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 7
Thou Shall Add-On, and On, and On There’s many different add-ons you can find for World of Warcraft, and they range from handy, amusing, and playful, all the way through to immensely useful and almost indispensable. My top pick for add-ons for fast leveling, is the auctioneer add-on. I like auctioneer because it helps you [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 6
Thou Shall Have Friends In High Places This is not the easiest of commandments to follow, but it IS one of the most powerful. Twinking, as its known, is the act of having friends in high places take you under their wing, and shower you with gold, gifts… and most importantly for our purposes… Taking [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 5
Thou Shall Be a Hunter or a Warlock! While I always recommend that people should choose a class they believe they’ll enjoy, or a class they like the idea of, there are those who quite simply want to get to level 80 in the absolute fastest manner possible. This will be a short commandment: Choose [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 4
Thou Shall Pick Talents Well Talents! Those juicy extra toppings you get every level which can either make the perfect leveling sandwich or spoil your fun like off mayonnaise. How do you choose them, and which ones are right for your class? First off, we need to establish that we are in fact picking talents [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 3
Thou Shall Make Gold Ah, gold! Sweet, shiny gold! The answer to almost all of World of Warcraft’s leveling problems! I’m serious… And its why making gold is number 3 on the “10 commandments of horde leveling” list. Gold: Puts us in the best gear available, which helps us kill monsters quicker, protects us from [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 2
Eat, Drink and Be Merry The classic, “Oh Brother…” commandment. “I know this already”, “I always do that”, “It doesn’t help that much anyway.” All comments from people who have never stopped to think about the power of food and drink… or they THINK they know, but never USE their own knowledge. Food and drink [...]
The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling – Part 1
Thou Shall Use The Funnel The Funnel System for power leveling is the system the best speed levelers in the world use to break records day in day out. I invented the analogy of a Funnel to describe and imprint on World of Warcraft players how important it is to follow good leveling routes. But [...]