<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Horde Leveling Guide&#187; leveling guide</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/tag/leveling-guide/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog</link>
	<description>Level Fast by Choosing the Best</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:01:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Warlock Leveling Guide: The Affliction Spec</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/16/warlock-leveling-guide-the-affliction-spec/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/16/warlock-leveling-guide-the-affliction-spec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Warlocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affliction spec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affliction warlock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leveling Up With An Affliction Spec So you want to level a new Warlock&#8230; You love their demons, their curses and their crowd control abilities, and they&#8217;re just plain cool looking in high level gear. SO&#8230; today I&#8217;m going to write you up an affliction spec for warlocks who love their DoTs (damage over time [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/31/warlock-leveling-guide-affliction-demonology-vs-destruction/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Warlock Leveling Guide: Affliction Vs Demonology Vs Destruction'>Warlock Leveling Guide: Affliction Vs Demonology Vs Destruction</a> <small>Ever feel like your Warlock just don&#8217;t hold a candle...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/06/12/afflication-warlock-casting-rotation-mid-level/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Afflication Warlock Casting Rotation: Mid Level'>Afflication Warlock Casting Rotation: Mid Level</a> <small>Welcome Warlocks &#8211; today I&#8217;m continuing my recent series into...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/priest-leveling-guide-shadow-and-holy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Leveling Guide: Get Holy With A Shadow Spec'>Priest Leveling Guide: Get Holy With A Shadow Spec</a> <small>Class Guide: Priest Leveling Guide How to Level Up Your...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Leveling Up With An Affliction Spec</h2>
<p>So you want to level a new Warlock&#8230; You love their demons, their curses and their crowd control abilities, and they&#8217;re just plain cool looking in high level gear.</p>
<p>SO&#8230; today I&#8217;m going to write you up an affliction spec for warlocks who love their DoTs (damage over time spells), which will level you fast.</p>
<p>First up I&#8217;ve read a few guides lately that tell you to swap spec at 60 or 70 and go demonology or destruction.</p>
<p>If you actually enjoy the affliction spec, just don&#8217;t do this. Your leveling times will be <em>vaguely&#8230; BARELY </em>faster, and you won&#8217;t be leveling a spec you enjoy as much.</p>
<p>Just choose affliction and stick with it. Its a super effective spec, and the jury is out on whether the other specs are faster.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-811" style="border: 2px solid black; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;" title="aff lock" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/aff-lock.jpg" alt="aff lock" width="220" height="220" />What I&#8217;ll talk about in this leveling guide and affliction spec article:<span id="more-809"></span></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#race">Races</a></li>
<li><a href="#professions">Professions</a></li>
<li><a href="#glyph">Glyphs</a></li>
<li><a href="#talent spec">Affliction Spec for levels 1-80</a></li>
</ul>
<p>So lets kick off with race selection for affliction locks.</p>
<h3><a name="race">Race Selection</a></h3>
<p>Horde locks have what I think are the best warlock races &#8211; undead are just the coolest looking race for the class to my mind, but you&#8217;ve got flexibility with orcs and blood elves.</p>
<p><strong>Undead:</strong> Will of the forsaken for fear/sleep/charm breakers is a great talent, but for affliction locks whose DoTs &amp; pets will do plenty of damage even if you&#8217;re running away, its not the greatest racial in the world.</p>
<p>On the other hand you&#8217;ve got your corpse eating skill which can really speed up leveling &amp; save you food by letting you regen health quickly.</p>
<p>On the whole I think undead are the best affliction spec choice we have. If you like undead, then choose it, you&#8217;re definately not gimping yourself.</p>
<p><strong>Orcs:</strong> Neck &amp; neck with undead for a good warlock leveling choice are orcs.</p>
<p>Blood fury, giving you a big spell power boost for 15 seconds, plus command which gives your pets 5% extra damage are a great 1-2 combo for leveling a little quicker.</p>
<p>Command <em>would </em>be a better Demonology warlock choice since the felguard pumps damage, but 5% extra is 5% extra&#8230; and a welcome addition to damage over 80 levels of grinding.</p>
<p><strong>Blood Elves:</strong> Many people discard blood elves as good warlocks because they forget that their silencing ability also increases your mana at the same time. This is obviously excellent for leveling a new toon, as you don&#8217;t have to sit &amp; drink as often to get your mana back up.</p>
<p>Simple, but effective&#8230; and a good choice that blood elf lovers should feel happy making without fearing a &#8220;gimped&#8221; leveling choice.</p>
<h3><a name="professions">Professions</a></h3>
<p>Like most classes I&#8217;ll make the dual gathering profession suggestion. Rather than going a crafting plus a gathering choice, I suggest you choose mining and skinning.</p>
<p>Mining can be quite useful for grinding your warlock, since the extra health from stamina is really handy for using with lifetap. Definitely go mining.</p>
<p>Skinning is a little more useful for affliction locks thanks to the extra crit chance, but herbalism isn&#8217;t so useful since your pet will be taking the lions share of damage as you grind (this is why locks are so great for leveling fast).</p>
<p>You might actually consider as a lock to go mining/enchanting, and use the small buffs to your gear as you level up, or just take mining and forget leveling another trade skill until you ding 70 or 80.</p>
<p>Its always easier leveling up professions when you hit 80, for obvious reasons&#8230; having lots of gold being one of the top&#8230; so don&#8217;t be scared to wait till 80 before you start leveling a profession.</p>
<h3><a name="glyph">Glyphs</a></h3>
<p>Affliction Warlocks have some awesome glyphs, especially at high level with stuff like Glyph of Haunt&#8230; but what should you use for leveling up faster?</p>
<p>I recommend:</p>
<p>Glyph of Siphon Life. 25% extra healing from your siphon life talent.</p>
<p>Glyph of Corruption. 4% chance per damage tick to proc a 100% cast time reduction to shadow bolt.</p>
<p>Glyph of Agony. Lasts another 4 seconds, which is a nice extra damage boost for an ability thats constantly used.</p>
<h3><a name="talent spec">1-80 Affliction Build</a></h3>
<p>The affliction spec is what many people associate warlocks with, and because its such an effective build, you&#8217;ll find this spec is one of, if not the fastest leveling specs you can take.</p>
<p><strong>Affliction:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>3/3 Suppression</li>
<li>5/5 Improved Corruption</li>
<li>2/2 Improved Drain Soul</li>
<li>2/2 Improved Life Tap</li>
<li>2/2 Soul Siphon</li>
<li>3/3 Fel concentration</li>
<li>1/1 Amplify curse</li>
<li>2/2 Nightfall : Great to pair up with the glyph of corruption!</li>
<li>3/3 Empowered corruption : If you&#8217;re an Orc use Blood Fury regularly before casting corruption to maximize this choice.</li>
<li>5/5 Shadow embrace</li>
<li>1/1 Siphon Life : epic ability that heals you fast and lets you constantly grind down mobs without stopping.</li>
<li>5/5 Shadow Mastery</li>
<li>3/3 Eradication</li>
<li>5/5 Contagion</li>
<li>3/3 Malediction</li>
<li>3/3 Deaths Embrace</li>
<li>1/1 Unstable Affliction &#8211; your high level bread and butter, huge damage.</li>
<li>1/1 Pandemic &#8211; more UA love &amp; a must have.</li>
<li>5/5 Everlasting Affliction</li>
<li>1/1 Haunt : one of the best spells in WoW imho. If you want to do a little PvP in AV spam this like crazy.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Demonology:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>2/2 Improved Health Stone</li>
<li>3/3 Demonic Embrace (also excellent for doing some AV leveling)</li>
<li>2/2 Fel Synergy : another <em>killer </em>leveling talent that rejuvenates your pets health</li>
<li>3/3 Fel Vitality</li>
<li>1/1 Soul Link : 20% of damage reduced is seriously useful, especially for PvP levelers where players will target<strong> you, not your pet.</strong></li>
<li>1/1 Fel Domination</li>
<li>3/3 Demonic Aegis</li>
</ol>
<p>As you&#8217;ll see, following this affliction spec/demo spec build will mean that you&#8217;ll do excellent damage, and most importantly for leveling fast, you&#8217;ll barely need to stop to regain mana, and you&#8217;ll always have high health thanks to your variety of life and mana regenerating talents.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/31/warlock-leveling-guide-affliction-demonology-vs-destruction/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Warlock Leveling Guide: Affliction Vs Demonology Vs Destruction'>Warlock Leveling Guide: Affliction Vs Demonology Vs Destruction</a> <small>Ever feel like your Warlock just don&#8217;t hold a candle...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/06/12/afflication-warlock-casting-rotation-mid-level/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Afflication Warlock Casting Rotation: Mid Level'>Afflication Warlock Casting Rotation: Mid Level</a> <small>Welcome Warlocks &#8211; today I&#8217;m continuing my recent series into...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/priest-leveling-guide-shadow-and-holy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Leveling Guide: Get Holy With A Shadow Spec'>Priest Leveling Guide: Get Holy With A Shadow Spec</a> <small>Class Guide: Priest Leveling Guide How to Level Up Your...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/16/warlock-leveling-guide-the-affliction-spec/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Announcement: Zygor&#8217;s Leveling Guide 2.0</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/10/16/announcement-zygors-leveling-guide-2-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/10/16/announcement-zygors-leveling-guide-2-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wow guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zygor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zygor's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=732</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This came like a shot out of the blue &#8212; one of my favorite leveling guide authors has just announced version 2.0 of Zygor&#8217;s leveling guide! (read my Zygor leveling guide review to see what to expect when launch comes) If you aren&#8217;t familiar with Zygor&#8217;s leveling guides, you should be, because they&#8217;re one of [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/03/zygor-guide-2-0-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Guide 2.0 Review'>Zygor Guide 2.0 Review</a> <small>It feels like only yesterday that I reviewed Zygor&#8217;s first...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/06/18/zygor-vs-joana-leveling-guide-comparison/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Vs Joana &#8211; Leveling Guide Comparison'>Zygor Vs Joana &#8211; Leveling Guide Comparison</a> <small>Welcome to the Zygor Versus Joana Leveling Guide Showdown! Today&#8217;s...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/02/zygor-guides-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review'>Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Are Zygor&#8217;s Guides the Fastest in the WORLD? Can You...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This came like a shot out of the blue &#8212; one of my favorite leveling guide authors has just announced version 2.0 of Zygor&#8217;s leveling guide!</p>
<p><em>(read my <a title="Zygor guides review" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/02/zygor-guides-review/">Zygor leveling guide review</a> to see what to expect when launch comes)</em></p>
<p>If you aren&#8217;t familiar with Zygor&#8217;s leveling guides, you should be, because they&#8217;re one of the worst kept secrets in World of Warcraft. Everyone has heard of Zygor, and thousands of people use his guides every day to level faster.<span id="more-732"></span></p>
<p>Along with <a title="Dugi" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/08/15/dugi/">Dugi&#8217;s</a> excellent &#8220;full bodied&#8221; leveling guides, Zygor&#8217;s &#8220;leveling only&#8221; guides are one of my very top picks if you&#8217;re in the market for a leveling guide.</p>
<p>So I&#8217;m pretty happy to hear the news <img src='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>While we haven&#8217;t got any &#8220;real&#8221; news of whats going to be Zygor&#8217;s 2.0 leveling guide yet, John Cook tells me that his guide has had a complete overhaul, with newer, faster leveling routes with a better interface (I thought the old one was &gt;<strong>the best</strong>&lt;, interface around&#8230;).</p>
<p>Check back soon when I have more information for you on the new guide &#8211; you can be sure I&#8217;ll post a review up the minute I get my hands on the full copy of the guide.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/03/zygor-guide-2-0-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Guide 2.0 Review'>Zygor Guide 2.0 Review</a> <small>It feels like only yesterday that I reviewed Zygor&#8217;s first...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/06/18/zygor-vs-joana-leveling-guide-comparison/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Vs Joana &#8211; Leveling Guide Comparison'>Zygor Vs Joana &#8211; Leveling Guide Comparison</a> <small>Welcome to the Zygor Versus Joana Leveling Guide Showdown! Today&#8217;s...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/02/zygor-guides-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review'>Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Are Zygor&#8217;s Guides the Fastest in the WORLD? Can You...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/10/16/announcement-zygors-leveling-guide-2-0/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dugi</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/08/15/dugi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/08/15/dugi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leveling Guide Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dave farrel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dugi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dugi's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dugi from www.ultimatewowguide.com is the topic of my first leveling guide author bio, hopefully the first of many! I&#8217;m doing Dugi&#8217;s bio first because his guide is one of my favorites &#8212; I use his gold and profession info daily, not to mention his excellent slim line in-game leveling guide. Dave &#8220;Dugi&#8221; Farrel Dugi has [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/15/now-live-dugis-daily-quest-and-events-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Now Live: Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide'>Now Live: Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide</a> <small>Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide is now live! If...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/14/dugis-dailies-and-event-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi&#8217;s Dailies and Event Guide'>Dugi&#8217;s Dailies and Event Guide</a> <small>I just got an email from Dave &#8220;Dugi&#8221; Farrel, author...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/15/dugi-vs-zygor/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi Vs Zygor'>Dugi Vs Zygor</a> <small>Welcome to my first leveling guide SHOWDOWN! If you&#8217;re wondering...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dugi from <a title="Dugi's Leveling Guide" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/goto/dugis-leveling-guide.php">www.ultimatewowguide.com</a> is the topic of my first leveling guide author bio, hopefully the first of many!</p>
<div id="attachment_711" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 83px"><img class="size-full wp-image-711" title="dugi" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/dugi.png" alt="Dave &quot;Dugi&quot; Farrel" width="73" height="73" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Dave &quot;Dugi&quot; Farrel</p></div>
<p>I&#8217;m doing Dugi&#8217;s bio first because his guide is one of my favorites &#8212; I use his gold and profession info daily, not to mention his excellent slim line in-game leveling guide.</p>
<h3>Dave &#8220;Dugi&#8221; Farrel</h3>
<p>Dugi has been playing WoW since it was released, and has since clocked up thousands of hours of game time. Dugi is actually a New Zealander, and got into leveling guides when friends of his asked him for guidance on where to level the fastest.<span id="more-706"></span></p>
<p>Fast forward 4 years and Dugi&#8217;s leveling guide advice to friends has now become a fully fledged in-game guide and series of ebooks.</p>
<p>Dugi is one of the few guide owners I know that can boast not only knowledge about leveling, but also gold making and PvP. In fact, Dugi has the awesome &#8220;Warlord&#8221; title for his PvP abilities, something he is constantly quizzed on by new players.</p>
<h3>Dugi&#8217;s Guide</h3>
<p>Dave has put a lot of work into his leveling guides over the years, constantly updating and revising it to ensure players have the best guide at their fingertips.</p>
<p>Only recently though, Dugi made a major revision to the way his guide worked, making it a lot simpler to use, and making it take up much less screen real estate. All you see now is the arrow that points you where to go, and a slim line window that tells you what to do when you get there.</p>
<p>Dugi has had a bit of help along the way &#8211; as you can imagine WoW is a huge game world, and he&#8217;s often enlisted the help of his wife, sister, and a core group of pro WoW gamers who provide both hands on support as well as a sounding board for Dugi&#8217;s ideas.</p>
<h3>Dugi Hates&#8230;</h3>
<p>While Dave is a really upbeat guy, we have a shared hate in the constant &#8220;warring&#8221; over leveling times. One guide will say, &#8220;we level you to 80 in 7 days&#8221;, and then the next day, another owner comes along as says, &#8220;Yo! Our guide will level you to 80 in 6 days!&#8221;, and so it continues.</p>
<p>We &#8220;hate&#8221; the whole &#8220;who is fastest routine&#8221; because not all gamers are equal&#8230; but mainly because these times author&#8217;s are putting out are actually /played time at super optimized speeds.</p>
<p>Just a friendly warning from us both: when you see 7 days, it means /played time, not, log in for a few hours a day and by the weekend you&#8217;ll be 80!</p>
<h3>Dugi Loves&#8230;</h3>
<p>Step by step programs&#8230;!</p>
<p>As you&#8217;ll see at <a title="Dugi's Guide" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/goto/dugis-leveling-guide.php">www.ultimatewowguide.com</a>, Dave&#8217;s guides follow a set formula he created which he (and many fans) beleive is the optimal way to get around in WoW.</p>
<p>Just briefly, the formula says, level first, get gold second, and then dominate PvP (if that&#8217;s your thing&#8230;!).</p>
<p>I totally support Dugi&#8217;s idea here, as even for things like professions, gathering herbs, ore, or even skinning can slow you down a lot if you&#8217;re just trying to level fast. The same is true with gold.</p>
<p>The game will supply you with everything you need until level 70 or 80, and then you&#8217;re going to start needing high quality gear and professions to help you in the tough spots.</p>
<p>Following Dugi&#8217;s system here will save you tons of time, even if you don&#8217;t want a leveling guide.</p>
<h4>What&#8217;s next for Dugi?</h4>
<p>Dave has actually already done the &#8220;whats next&#8221; in a way. What I mean is, Dugi thought, &#8220;what do players do next after they reach level 80? Whats next?</p>
<p>That question basically led him to create a <a href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/goto/duigs-daily-guide.php">Dailies guide</a> for players in Northrend&#8230;</p>
<p>This guide is great if you&#8217;ve reached 80, and if all you want to do is get better gear, reputation, or mounts, you can do 25 dailies in under 2 hours.</p>
<p>Dave &#8220;Dugi&#8221; Farrel is a 28 year old website designer from New Zealand who also creates some of WoW&#8217;s most loved guides.</p>
<p>Find out more about Dugi&#8217;s leveling guides at <a title="Dugi's Leveling Guide" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/goto/dugis-leveling-guide.php">www.UltimateWoWGuide.com/Warcraft</a>, or his Dailies guide at <a title="Dugi's Dailies" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/goto/duigs-daily-guide.php">www.UltimateWoWGuide.com/Dailies</a></p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/15/now-live-dugis-daily-quest-and-events-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Now Live: Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide'>Now Live: Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide</a> <small>Dugi&#8217;s Daily Quest and Events Guide is now live! If...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/14/dugis-dailies-and-event-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi&#8217;s Dailies and Event Guide'>Dugi&#8217;s Dailies and Event Guide</a> <small>I just got an email from Dave &#8220;Dugi&#8221; Farrel, author...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/15/dugi-vs-zygor/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi Vs Zygor'>Dugi Vs Zygor</a> <small>Welcome to my first leveling guide SHOWDOWN! If you&#8217;re wondering...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/08/15/dugi/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How To Use a WoW Leveling Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/02/how-to-use-a-wow-leveling-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/02/how-to-use-a-wow-leveling-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Horde Leveling Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide problem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=666</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Make Your World of Warcraft Leveling Guide Work For You! While I love leveling guides, and wouldn&#8217;t give mine up for the world, I often forget how people new to guides can react to them. New players, who are starting a level 1 to 10 character LOVE them. There&#8217;s no question there. But more experienced, [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/05/dugis-ultimate-wow-leveling-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi&#8217;s Ultimate WoW Guide Review'>Dugi&#8217;s Ultimate WoW Guide Review</a> <small>I recently reviewed the latest version of Dugi's Ultimate WoW...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/16/video-review-ultimate-wow-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide'>Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide</a> <small>So I decided today that writing reviews and giving your...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/25/wow-druid-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: WoW Druid Guide: An In-Depth Exploration Into Nature'>WoW Druid Guide: An In-Depth Exploration Into Nature</a> <small>Welcome to the Where to, When to, and How to...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Make Your World of Warcraft Leveling Guide Work For You!</h3>
<p>While I love leveling guides, and wouldn&#8217;t give mine up for the world, I often forget how people new to guides can react to them.</p>
<p>New players, who are starting a level 1 to 10 character <strong>LOVE</strong> them. There&#8217;s no question there.</p>
<p>But more experienced, or higher level players? Reactions can be mixed to say the least.<span id="more-666"></span></p>
<p>The most common problem these players have is <em>syncing up a new guide to their current position in the game</em>. They&#8217;ll look at the guide, then look at their current position in the world and just decide its all too hard.</p>
<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t be bothered getting those two flight paths I&#8217;ve never been to before,&#8221; they&#8217;ll say to themselves.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have to go to a new continent, then do 5 quest chains and other prerequisite quests before I can even resume at the level I&#8217;m supposed to be?&#8221; and so on.</p>
<p>Its no wonder I get email from people asking me what gives.</p>
<p><strong>The problem is this:</strong></p>
<p>There are two or three ways, or paths, in WoW that will level you the fastest. If you don&#8217;t happen to be on those paths when you begin using a leveling guide, then you need to suck it up and get on that path.</p>
<p>Its simple, but its not easy for people who are promised to level to 80 in a week (that&#8217;s /played time everyone!!) who find they have to spend hours of time backtracking.</p>
<p>Ready to click away from this &#8220;how to&#8221; already?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s fine &#8211; this quick how to is for people who are willing to put in a few hours now to save themselves DAYS of leveling time down the track.</p>
<p>If you ARE willing to make a sacrifice of leveling speed initially, read on.</p>
<p><strong>How to Overcome The Top Leveling Guide Problem:<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Told to start leveling where the guide tells you to, but you can&#8217;t accept many of the quests you&#8217;re told to accept?</p>
<p>Or even worse, have you find that in order to accept some of these quests you&#8217;ll have to go back and accept a bunch of low level quests so that you can sync up to a 5 step quest?</p>
<p>Why is this done?</p>
<p>Guide owners know that multi step quests give the best experience and best item rewards, and therefore will include these long quest chains into their guides.</p>
<p>I personally have started using guides on a bunch of different characters that were advanced in level, and this is the strategy I&#8217;ve come up with to help sync with any leveling guide.</p>
<p>First up, <a title="Lightheaded" href="http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info7017-LightHeaded.html">download LightHeaded</a>.</p>
<p>Lightheaded is a WoW addon which attaches itself to the right hand side of your quest log, and provides information on each of the quests you&#8217;re on right now. But <strong><em>more importantly</em></strong>, lightheaded also allows you to search quest text for quests you&#8217;re not on right now&#8230;</p>
<p>So, if you start up your leveling guide, and you find that you can&#8217;t accept a quest you&#8217;re told to do, check lightheaded. Simply type in the name of the quest you&#8217;re told to accept in the top search box, and you&#8217;ll either get 1 or 2 results (2 results for quests that both Horde and Alliance can do).</p>
<p>Once you find the entry for the quest, you&#8217;ll find that lightheaded will display the entire chain of quests. Click the quest you need, look for the start and finish NPC, click their name, and you&#8217;ll get a set of coordinates which your waypoint arrow will then direct you to.</p>
<p>So lets say you&#8217;re on the Defias line of quests in Westfall, and you start half way through.</p>
<p>Simply type in the name of the quest step you&#8217;re told to do into lightheaded, look for the first quest in the line, click it, and then click the name of the person that gives out the first quest.</p>
<p>Your leveling guide&#8217;s waypoint arrow will then direct you the rest of the way, and you can follow along in lightheaded until your guide syncs up.</p>
<p><strong>Why not just use lightheaded for leveling then?</strong></p>
<p>Because &#8220;LH&#8221; can&#8217;t tell you what order, or what path of quests is the most efficient. It does a great job of helping you sync up with a guide though if you happen to be unlucky enough to be way off, and its also very handy if you just happen to want to try out a quest that isn&#8217;t on the guide&#8217;s fast leveling path.</p>
<p>ALTERNATIVELY: Just ditch the quest string. If your guide wants you to do, say, step 8 of 12, I&#8217;d generally ditch the quest and look for others which I can accept right away. There&#8217;s no great harm in not completing a string, and you probably won&#8217;t miss the reward in 5 levels time anyway.</p>
<p>The other major problem I&#8217;ve experienced syncing with a new leveling guide is that you may not own the flight paths associated with the quests you need to do, or you&#8217;re told to do quests which are over the other side of Azeroth, AND which you don&#8217;t have flight paths for.</p>
<p>Again all I can suggest is to use lightheaded to find any quests you don&#8217;t have prerequisites for, and just suck it up!</p>
<p>Even if I knew it would take me a DAY of play time, I&#8217;d still spend that day getting the flightpaths &amp; quests I needed to sync back up with a guide.</p>
<p>Simply do this and you&#8217;ll find that while it might take you many hours to sync up with your guide, the time you save at the end of the day will be well, WELL worth it in the long run.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t just assume its broken. Suck it up and sync up with the guide. You&#8217;ll be very, very glad you did.</p>
<h3>Did you stop by at this &#8220;how to&#8221; and aren&#8217;t sure which leveling guides are good?</h3>
<p>I recommend Dugi&#8217;s <a title="Ultimate WoW Guide" href="http://tinyurl.com/dugilvl">Ultimate WoW Guide</a> because its great value (you get a Horde &amp; Alliance guide for the same price other authors charge for one faction), and you can get a custom package of gold, PvP and profession information if you&#8217;re interested in learning about that.</p>
<p>Visit <a title="Ultimate WoW Guide" href="http://tinyurl.com/dugilvl">Ultimate WoW Guide</a>, or read my <a title="Ultimate WoW Guide Review" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/05/dugis-ultimate-wow-leveling-guide/">Ultimate WoW Guide Review</a>.</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/05/dugis-ultimate-wow-leveling-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dugi&#8217;s Ultimate WoW Guide Review'>Dugi&#8217;s Ultimate WoW Guide Review</a> <small>I recently reviewed the latest version of Dugi's Ultimate WoW...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/16/video-review-ultimate-wow-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide'>Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide</a> <small>So I decided today that writing reviews and giving your...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/25/wow-druid-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: WoW Druid Guide: An In-Depth Exploration Into Nature'>WoW Druid Guide: An In-Depth Exploration Into Nature</a> <small>Welcome to the Where to, When to, and How to...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/02/how-to-use-a-wow-leveling-guide/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>QuestUp: Team iDemise Leveling Guide Review</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team idemise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve from Team iDemise has recently given me a copy of their new guide, &#8220;Questup&#8221;, which is a really nice in-game leveling guide with a twist. Team iDemise have been in the WoW leveling guide market for some time, but recently they&#8217;ve come up with a new and different way to approach leveling guides. Most [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/18/idemise-vs-joana/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Team iDemise Vs Joana'>Team iDemise Vs Joana</a> <small>Team iDemise VS Joana Its SHOWDOWN TIME Again! If you&#8217;re...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/02/zygor-guides-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review'>Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Are Zygor&#8217;s Guides the Fastest in the WORLD? Can You...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/03/zygor-guide-2-0-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Guide 2.0 Review'>Zygor Guide 2.0 Review</a> <small>It feels like only yesterday that I reviewed Zygor&#8217;s first...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steve from Team iDemise has recently given me a copy of their new guide, &#8220;Questup&#8221;, which is a really nice in-game leveling guide with a twist.</p>
<p>Team iDemise have been in the WoW leveling guide market for some time, but recently they&#8217;ve come up with a new and different way to approach leveling guides.</p>
<p>Most leveling guides are human edited &#8211; which means the author will sit down and tediously map out the exact fastest way to get to level 80.</p>
<p><a title="Questup" href="http://c636dksft8sv6nbgi0scxa6r5q.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=HLGQREV">Questup</a> follows a different idea however, which means that you&#8217;ll follow the leveling path of <em>other</em> people in WoW.<span id="more-486"></span></p>
<p>Now, I don&#8217;t profess to know exactly how Questup does this, but the programmer responsible says that basically it gathers the data from the players who are leveling the fastest, and tells you which quests they do, and which ones they abandon.</p>
<p>This means that rather than following a human edited guide, you&#8217;re following a guide that uses statistics from hundreds or more likely thousands of other players.</p>
<p>The guide presents this info to you in the game, so rather than alt tabbing to read a level guide outside of the game, you get a window which presents your current objective, and you get a waypoint arrow which tells you exactly where to go and how long it&#8217;ll take to get you there.</p>
<p>Its very easy to use, but unfortunately like all leveling guides on the market, it can take a bit of tweaking once you first start, because you might be on quest a, b and c, in Feralas, while the guide says the best and fastest quests are at x, y and z in Tanaris Desert.</p>
<p>So depending on where you are, you might need to spend a bit of time running to a new location&#8230; but from the usage I&#8217;ve given the guide, you&#8217;ll save so much time this initial setup is well worth it. I&#8217;ve used this guide for a few levels with a low level Shaman, and the guide looked good and played well. No slow or hard to get to quests were included, and it didn&#8217;t send me inefficiently zigzagging all over the zone.</p>
<p>A Summary of Questup&#8217;s best points:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fastest routes compiled into one fastest route, and delivered to you</li>
<li>In game arrow points the way to quest givers and quest objectives so you don&#8217;t have to hunt for them</li>
<li>Slim in game guide keeps out of your way but is easy to read and follow</li>
<li>Any character, any class, any faction, any level can use the guide</li>
<li>100% money back guarantee</li>
</ul>
<p>What about Questup&#8217;s negative points?</p>
<ul>
<li>Like all in-game guides, initial set up can be tricky</li>
<li>You&#8217;ll level faster than Blizzard intended, so professions can be hard to keep up.</li>
<li>No options to buy extra gold, pvp or profession info (<a title="Dave Farrel's Guide" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/dugi-info-page.php">Dave Farrel&#8217;s guide</a> is good for that kind of stuff)</li>
</ul>
<p>Just after leveling info though? <strong><a title="Questup" href="http://c636dksft8sv6nbgi0scxa6r5q.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=HLGQREV">Questup</a></strong> gets my thumbs up!</p>
<p><strong><a title="Questup" href="http://c636dksft8sv6nbgi0scxa6r5q.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=HLGQREV">Check out Questup Today</a></strong>.</p>
<p>Check out some screens of me testing the guide with another of my characters, an undead Warlock called Anguine.</p>

<a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/questup-arrow-where-to/' title='questup-arrow-where-to'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/questup-arrow-where-to-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="An example of the Questup guide window and arrow" title="questup-arrow-where-to" /></a>
<a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/questup-help-faq/' title='questup-help-faq'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/questup-help-faq-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Questup Options Screen - FAQ/How to Use" title="questup-help-faq" /></a>
<a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/questup-options-1/' title='questup-options-1'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/questup-options-1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Questup Options Page" title="questup-options-1" /></a>
<a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/questup-turn-in/' title='questup-turn-in'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/questup-turn-in-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Turning in a quest" title="questup-turn-in" /></a>



<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/18/idemise-vs-joana/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Team iDemise Vs Joana'>Team iDemise Vs Joana</a> <small>Team iDemise VS Joana Its SHOWDOWN TIME Again! If you&#8217;re...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/02/zygor-guides-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review'>Zygor&#8217;s 1-80 Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Are Zygor&#8217;s Guides the Fastest in the WORLD? Can You...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/11/03/zygor-guide-2-0-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Zygor Guide 2.0 Review'>Zygor Guide 2.0 Review</a> <small>It feels like only yesterday that I reviewed Zygor&#8217;s first...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mage Leveling Guide: The Avid Pyroblast User</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/31/mage-leveling-guide-the-avid-pyroblast-user/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/31/mage-leveling-guide-the-avid-pyroblast-user/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast leveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, its time for your mage to take a break from making portals for everyone and focus on leveling. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve made all kinds of gold for about ten minutes of work, but I want to help you reach the higher levels so you can do more with your Mage.  This means it&#8217;s time [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/21/mage-talent-builds-the-alt-fire-spec/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mage Talent Builds: The Alternate Fire Spec'>Mage Talent Builds: The Alternate Fire Spec</a> <small>Breathe New Life Into Your Mage Spec and&#8230; Become a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/01/warrior-leveling-guide-dps-and-tanking-glory/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Warrior Leveling Guide: DPS and Tanking Glory'>Warrior Leveling Guide: DPS and Tanking Glory</a> <small>The Warrior is considered to be the tanking artist with...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/02/shaman-leveling-guide-tips-to-live-by/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Shaman Leveling Guide: Tips To Live By'>Shaman Leveling Guide: Tips To Live By</a> <small>The day you want to roll a Shaman is the...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_230" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 174px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-230" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="mage" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/mage-164x300.png" alt="Undead Mage" width="164" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Undead Mage</p></div>
<p>Alright, its time for your mage to take a break from making portals for everyone and focus on leveling.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve made all kinds of gold for about ten minutes of work, but I want to help you reach the higher levels so you can do more with your Mage.  This means it&#8217;s time to put down the Arcane and start building your Fire Talents.</p>
<p><strong>The Avid Pyroblast User</strong></p>
<p>I gotta admit, every time I&#8217;ve thrown on the Mage cloths, I&#8217;m addicted to using the Pyroblast.  It all starts around level 20, but when you train this ability throughout the game you&#8217;ll be able to deal up to 1510 fire damage and an additional 452 duration bonus damage.  Since you can train this every six levels (plus 73 and 77) it will definitely be used until you reach level 80 and beyond.<span id="more-229"></span></p>
<p><strong>An Interesting Build</strong></p>
<p>In order to get the most out of your Mage, it will be crucial to pay careful attention to the Fire tree.  I don&#8217;t want you to waste all 71 points here, since I&#8217;m sure there are a few Arcane and Frost spells you enjoy.  While this might vary between players, if you start out using 51 points here, you&#8217;ll have twenty left over for the other two talent trees.  Take a look at the abilities you can <strong><em>skip</em></strong> (except Burnout) in the Fire area.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Skip</strong></span>:<br />
Incineration (0/3)<br />
Burning Determination (0/2)<br />
Impact (0/3)<br />
Molten Shields (0/2)<br />
Improved Scorch (0/3)<br />
Playing with Fire (0/3)<br />
Blazing Speed (0/2)</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>But make sure you take</strong></span>:<br />
Burnout (3/5)</p>
<p><strong>20 Points of Power</strong></p>
<p>Okay, so you&#8217;ve got all these talent points left over.  You can go about this your own way, but I&#8217;m going to throw out a few suggestions to you just in case you aren&#8217;t sure where to place them.  Whatever you decide to do, make sure you don&#8217;t leave any of them sitting in your pool area.  Here&#8217;s a quick look at how you can boost your Arcane and Frost abilities.  Keep an eye on the specific point calculations.</p>
<p><strong>Arcane</strong></p>
<p>Arcane Subtlety (2/2)<br />
Arcane Stability (4/5)<br />
Arcane Fortitude (2/3)<br />
Arcane Concentration (1/5)</p>
<p><strong>Frost</strong></p>
<p>Improved Frostbolt (2/5)<br />
Ice Floes (3/3)<br />
Ice Shards (3/3)<br />
Frost Warding (2/2)<br />
Icy Veins (1/1)</p>
<p><strong>The Most Entertaining Mage Spell</strong></p>
<p>After you spend most of your talent points in the Fire Tree, you will find the Living Bomb ability at the bottom.  If you want to watch a great spell in action, then you need to set this off a few times.  My favorite place to use it is Stratholme since there is a ridiculous amount of mobs there.  First, you will be target an enemy and turn them into a bomb.  It will deliver 612-1380 damage over 12 seconds.</p>
<p>When the time has elapsed your target will explode and add another 336-759 bonus damage (depending on your rank) to all enemies around the bomb.  While this is a <em>fantastic</em> tool for any Mage, it&#8217;s just as much fun watching all your enemies fly up into the air.  Unfortunately you can only place it on one target at a time, but I know you&#8217;ll enjoy it.  Now go have some fun with your Mage!</p>
<h3>Is Leveling Taking Forever and Your Toon is Poor?</h3>
<p>If so, give the ever popular Zygor Guides a try. <a href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/adrotate/adrotate-out.php?trackerid=9">Zygor's 1-80 leveling & events guides</a> are the most established and professional on the market, and comply with Blizzard's new addon policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/adrotate/adrotate-out.php?trackerid=9"><strong>Click here to check it out now.</strong></a></p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/21/mage-talent-builds-the-alt-fire-spec/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mage Talent Builds: The Alternate Fire Spec'>Mage Talent Builds: The Alternate Fire Spec</a> <small>Breathe New Life Into Your Mage Spec and&#8230; Become a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/01/warrior-leveling-guide-dps-and-tanking-glory/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Warrior Leveling Guide: DPS and Tanking Glory'>Warrior Leveling Guide: DPS and Tanking Glory</a> <small>The Warrior is considered to be the tanking artist with...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/02/shaman-leveling-guide-tips-to-live-by/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Shaman Leveling Guide: Tips To Live By'>Shaman Leveling Guide: Tips To Live By</a> <small>The day you want to roll a Shaman is the...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/31/mage-leveling-guide-the-avid-pyroblast-user/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Zygors 1-80 Leveling Guide Video Review</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/zygors-1-80-leveling-guide-video-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/zygors-1-80-leveling-guide-video-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horde Leveling Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luke brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world of warcraft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all, check it out&#8230; my first ever video for my WoW blog on Zygor&#8217;s Leveling Guide. What do you think of the video? Is there any info that you&#8217;d like me to include for my next video review? If so let me know!! Oh&#8230; and watch the video to see a super special offer [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/16/video-review-ultimate-wow-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide'>Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide</a> <small>So I decided today that writing reviews and giving your...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/01/05/joanas-horde-leveling-guide-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Joana&#8217;s Horde Leveling Guide Review'>Joana&#8217;s Horde Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Is Joana's Horde Leveling Guide worth your time? Read on...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: QuestUp: Team iDemise Leveling Guide Review'>QuestUp: Team iDemise Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Steve from Team iDemise has recently given me a copy...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><object width="500" height="405" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/5NeG6NQzcFM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5NeG6NQzcFM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Zygors Leveling Guide Home page" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/zygor-home-page.php"><img class="size-full wp-image-149   aligncenter" title="click-here-for-more-info" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/click-here-for-more-info.jpg" alt="click-here-for-more-info" width="277" height="114" /></a></p>
<p>Hey all, check it out&#8230; my first ever video for my WoW blog on Zygor&#8217;s Leveling Guide.</p>
<p>What do you think of the video? Is there any info that you&#8217;d like me to include for my next video review?</p>
<p>If so let me know!! Oh&#8230; and watch the video to see a super special offer I&#8217;m making to all my readers!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve already bought a guide after reading my reviews here, please send me a message via my contact page, and I&#8217;ll send you this special gift!</p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/07/16/video-review-ultimate-wow-guide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide'>Video Review of Ultimate WoW Guide</a> <small>So I decided today that writing reviews and giving your...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/01/05/joanas-horde-leveling-guide-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Joana&#8217;s Horde Leveling Guide Review'>Joana&#8217;s Horde Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Is Joana's Horde Leveling Guide worth your time? Read on...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/27/questup-team-idemise-leveling-guide-review/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: QuestUp: Team iDemise Leveling Guide Review'>QuestUp: Team iDemise Leveling Guide Review</a> <small>Steve from Team iDemise has recently given me a copy...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/zygors-1-80-leveling-guide-video-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Priest Leveling Guide: Get Holy With A Shadow Spec</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/priest-leveling-guide-shadow-and-holy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/priest-leveling-guide-shadow-and-holy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Priests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast leveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[priest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shadow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Class Guide: Priest Leveling Guide How to Level Up Your Priest Faster with the Proper Talent Tree! How many times have you been running around a city and you see the chat filled with requests? You know, things like, &#8220;LF 5 Priests for Violet Hold&#8221; or &#8220;Need Healers for the Underbog- Will Pay.&#8221; It would [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/05/priest-talent-builds-the-shadow-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Talent Builds: The Shadow Priest'>Priest Talent Builds: The Shadow Priest</a> <small>Find the top Shadow Priest build here, we include a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/29/priest-talent-builds-the-holy-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Talent Builds: The Holy Priest Spec'>Priest Talent Builds: The Holy Priest Spec</a> <small>Holy Priests &#8211; How to Build the Ultimate Group and...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/27/priest-builds-the-discipline-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Builds: The Discipline Priest'>Priest Builds: The Discipline Priest</a> <small>Why and How to Use The Discipline Priest Spec: The...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Class Guide: Priest Leveling Guide</h2>
<h2>How to Level Up Your Priest Faster with the Proper Talent Tree!</h2>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-316" style="margin: 5px;" title="priest" src="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/priest-287x300.png" alt="priest" width="287" height="300" />How many times have you been running around a city and you see the chat filled with requests?</p>
<p>You know, things like, &#8220;LF 5 Priests for Violet Hold&#8221; or &#8220;Need Healers for the Underbog- Will Pay.&#8221;</p>
<p>It would be nice to hang with everyone else, but unfortunately you are still 15 levels away from getting the chance. For the &#8220;Average Joe&#8221; it could take days, if not weeks to go from level 60 to 75, but with a little direction I can help you solve this problem.<span id="more-200"></span></p>
<h2>The Priest Leveling Build:</h2>
<p>The first thing you need to do is <strong><em>check your talent tree.</em></strong></p>
<p>One of the biggest reasons players can&#8217;t level up faster is because they don&#8217;t have the right build on their toon. In order to respec your character, find the nearest Priest trainer. Keep in mind this will cost you a little money, but it will be well worth it when you&#8217;re done. So what can make the difference?</p>
<p>As you well know, World of Warcraft can easily distract you within the game. Whether it&#8217;s the AH, going on a raid with friends to heal, or even looking for that epic gear can take away from actually leveling up faster, but so does sticking all your talent points in the Holy area to help everyone else. In order to take down your enemies in a timely fashion and lookout for yourself, it&#8217;s important to hit up the Shadow Tree.</p>
<p>Shadow Tap (3/3) should be filled first since it will give you a 100% boost to your bonus after killing something that disperses experience or honor. Then you can max out your Improved Shadow Tap (2/2) in order to reach the next level of talents. Your next build should involve the Shadow Affinity (3/3), which will reduce the threat against you by 25%, and the Shadow Focus talent (3/3) that gives a 3% hit increase for Shadow Spells and decreases mana cost by 6%.</p>
<p>The third level is going to depend on what spells you use the most. Since I&#8217;m a big fan of the Mind Blast, the &#8220;Improved Mind Blast&#8221; (5/5) will be helpful since it takes off 2.5 seconds of your casting time when it&#8217;s maxed out. Also, your Veiled Shadows (2/2) ability is important to have since it drops the cooldown period by 6 seconds of your Fade and two minutes off your Shadowfiend.</p>
<p>You can read how the rest of them work on your own time, but for now let&#8217;s just make a short list of what else you should use on your Shadow Tree.</p>
<p><strong>Vampiric Embrace (1/1)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Improved Vampiric Embrace (2/2)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Focused Mind (3/3)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Darkness (5/5)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shadowform (1/1)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Shadow Power (5/5)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Misery (3/3)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Vampiric Touch (1/1)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pain and Suffering (3/3)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Improved Shawdowform (2/2)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Twisted Faith (4/5)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Dispersion (1/1)</strong></p>
<p>Now, once your Priest is equipped with these tools you should head over to the AH and bulk up on health and mana potions. Also, having plenty of First Aid bandages will be helpful as well.</p>
<p>The whole idea is to <strong>be prepared</strong>, just as if you&#8217;re getting ready to go on a week long hiking trip. This way you cut down on deaths, save time, and go questing for a substantial amount of time. Oh, and one other thing before I get outta here. Make sure you set your Hearthstone to the main area you&#8217;re questing! This way when you&#8217;ve completed all the quests, you can simply hearth back to the town instead of riding.</p>
<p>Doing all these things and many others you find along the way will allow for a strategy that works wonders. Do this and you&#8217;ll see that while you might have a different priest leveling spec than you initially wanted, the &#8220;meat&#8221; of the game starts at level 70&#8230; Lets get there first without wasting DAYS of /played time! Don&#8217;t be afraid to respec your to a leveling build, it will only help you!</p>
<h3>Is Leveling Taking Forever and Your Toon is Poor?</h3>
<p>If so, give the ever popular Zygor Guides a try. <a href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/adrotate/adrotate-out.php?trackerid=9">Zygor's 1-80 leveling & events guides</a> are the most established and professional on the market, and comply with Blizzard's new addon policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/adrotate/adrotate-out.php?trackerid=9"><strong>Click here to check it out now.</strong></a></p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/05/05/priest-talent-builds-the-shadow-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Talent Builds: The Shadow Priest'>Priest Talent Builds: The Shadow Priest</a> <small>Find the top Shadow Priest build here, we include a...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/29/priest-talent-builds-the-holy-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Talent Builds: The Holy Priest Spec'>Priest Talent Builds: The Holy Priest Spec</a> <small>Holy Priests &#8211; How to Build the Ultimate Group and...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/04/27/priest-builds-the-discipline-priest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Priest Builds: The Discipline Priest'>Priest Builds: The Discipline Priest</a> <small>Why and How to Use The Discipline Priest Spec: The...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/03/25/priest-leveling-guide-shadow-and-holy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 8 &#8211; Map Mods</title>
		<link>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/21/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-8-map-mods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/21/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-8-map-mods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[10 commandments of horde leveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pro tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cartographer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast leveling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[in game guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leveling guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map mod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zygor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/23/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-9-pro-guides/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 9 &#8211; Pro Guides'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 9 &#8211; Pro Guides</a> <small>Thou Shall Use A Pro Leveling Guide That&#8217;s right folks...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/19/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 6'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 6</a> <small>Thou Shall Have Friends In High Places This is not...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/26/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-10-have-fun/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 10 &#8211; Have Fun!'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 10 &#8211; Have Fun!</a> <small>Thou Shall Just Enjoy Thyself! Sometimes we get so caught...</small></li>
</ol>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align: center;">Thou Shall Use a Map-Mod</h2>
<p>Map mods, such as cartographer, are an essential tool to help you navigate around the edge of that leveling funnel I talked about earlier.</p>
<p>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 your quests need to be completed, and where you go them from.</p>
<p>Essential for planning your route around the zone&#8217;s questing locales. Right?</p>
<p>Yes and no.</p>
<p>You see, while cartographer is an essential add-on, you&#8217;ll still find yourself wanting just that little more in the way of guidance. All the world&#8217;s top power levelers will tell you certain quests just aren&#8217;t worth your time, and this is where you&#8217;ll find cartographer falling down.</p>
<p>A great tool, but without a &#8220;leveling soul&#8221; to go with it.</p>
<p>So grab it, anyway, you&#8217;ll find it immensely useful, and you WILL improve your leveling speeds because of it. For instance, how many times have you had to alt tab out of your game to try &amp; look up a quest on the Internet? That time alone will boost your leveling speeds, especially when you think back over 20, 30, or more than 40 levels.</p>
<p><strong>The cartographer map mod &#8211; its an excellent time saver &#8211; and its free</strong>.</p>
<p>Getting back to that &#8220;leveling soul&#8221; comment, the best in game leveling map mod I&#8217;ve found so far is <a title="Zygor" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/zygor-info-page.php">John &#8220;Zygor&#8221; Cook&#8217;s in-game leveling guide</a>. Believe it or not John has managed to find a way to automate his map mod, which makes his guide like a souped up automatic cartographer that&#8217;s programmed to know exactly which quests to do first, second and third for the most efficient and fast leveling route possible.</p>
<p>In other words, it does all the hard work for you. Its the ultimate in laziness!</p>
<p><strong>I like it!</strong></p>
<p>You can check out <a title="Zygor" href="http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/zygor-info-page.php">John&#8217;s awesome automated in game guides, here.</a></p>


<p>Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/23/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-9-pro-guides/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 9 &#8211; Pro Guides'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 9 &#8211; Pro Guides</a> <small>Thou Shall Use A Pro Leveling Guide That&#8217;s right folks...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/19/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 6'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 6</a> <small>Thou Shall Have Friends In High Places This is not...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/26/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-10-have-fun/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 10 &#8211; Have Fun!'>The 10 Commandments of Horde Leveling &#8211; Part 10 &#8211; Have Fun!</a> <small>Thou Shall Just Enjoy Thyself! Sometimes we get so caught...</small></li>
</ol></p>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://www.hordelevelingguide.com/blog/2009/02/21/the-10-commandments-of-horde-leveling-part-8-map-mods/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
