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Do any of you guys perhaps have some helpful tips for someone who just started the game? Any help would be appreciated. :)
 
Thunder101 said:
Do any of you guys perhaps have some helpful tips for someone who just started the game? Any help would be appreciated. :)
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1. Quest to level.. don't try and make kills to level.
2. When u log off make sure it's in a town or resting place... You gain experience quicker on your next log-in.
 
- When your about to quit, get your guy to a city/inn. You'll see your character's picture gets Zzz in the corner. The next time you login, you'll be given a grace period of recieveing 200% xp from monsters etc depending on how long you were off for (ie. the longer your off, the longer this period).

- Get two professions that work off each at the beginning, I took up skinning at about level 5 and now only at level 37 did I take up leatherwork thus I now need to needlessly kill lower level beasts to get lower level leather to up my latter profession.

- Download useful mods, I can recommend CT_Mod (for adjusting the toolbars/seeing health as percentage etc), Auctioneer (for getting a good idea of how much things should really cost at the auction houses), Atlas - For maps of the instances
 
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A must have mod is Cartagropher. Much better than the other map mods imo. You can change the settings that your map updates (and will be updated in turn) your guildies and party members maps. This includes quests, ore veins, chests, vendors and tons of other things.
 
Take a good look at your girlfriend, you will soon forget what she looks like, in fact, you will soon forget she even exists.
 
With regards to 2 professions

I took up herbalism and alchemy but dropped alchemy to take up skinning

With 2 gathering professions I never had a problem with money.

When I hit 60 or maybe even 70 or so will probably drop skinning and take up alchemy again. Production professions like alchemy, tailoring etc take allot more time and money to level up. That money and time can be better spent else where I think when ur leveling. Once u are above lvl 60 or so then a production profession makes more sense - . Besides then u have more money to level it allot quicker :)

Just don't take mining and herbalism cause u can only look for either herbs or ores at any one time.

2 gathering professions have worked very well for me.

Just what worked for me but not necessarily for you or anyone else:)

Also get a quest guide very very helpful - this is way to important to ignore. Look for mods that will assist and help u like titan bar or fubar for example. Mods are a necessity no two ways about it.

Goto thottbot or allakhazam as said before they help with quests.

Alos when u hit lvl 10 you start getting talent points goto the forums esp at forums.worldofwar.net or official forums to map out what type of talent spec will suite u. Difficult cause of your first char because u might not know what type of talent spec u will enjoy but at least u wont do random selections like i did then have to pay gold to respec:)
 
Thanks for all the tips guys. Really helps. I don't get much time to play during weekdays, but I'm sure looking forward to this weekend. I find thotbot very helpful. Where will I get a quest guide? Do all classes get the same quests to do or not?
 
1. Quest to level.. don't try and make kills to level.
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This one is a bad advice. While I don't advocate mindless grinding to ding to level 70 in 3 weeks, in many cases mob killing spree nets you much more XP gain per hour, than running around all over trying to complete quests. Mobs also drop money and green items, and sometimes if you lucky a blue or a purple item which you can make a nice profit on.

1. Like previous posters said, log out when you are in the inn or a major city, set your Heartstone to the nearest inn in the new area where you just starting doing quests and come back there before you log out.

2. Get some kind of map coordinates mod, so you can track your position - useful for cross-referencing yourself with thottbot directions.

3. Get 2 gathering professions to make money, at least until you are level 40-50, then you can drop one and get crafting profession. Don't take mining and herbalism at the same time - you can only track either herbs or mining veins at once, so you will miss out on one or the other. You have to have saved at least 100G by the time you reach level 40 to buy a normal mount.

4. Avoid "collect X items from mobs so and so" quests - drop rates are notoriously low in WoW, you can spend hours killing mobs (and dying yourself) trying to complete it. Check thottbot, if reward from such quest is crappy and you notice that drop rates are very low (less than 1 drop in 4 mobs) - drop the quest and move on.

5. Learn where graveyard is and grind (kill mobs) close to it, if you die you don't waste too much time running back and forth.

6. Train First Aid and Cooking, especially if you melee based class with no self-healing (Warrior/Rogue) - bandage when low on health, and move on. Cooked food often gives you nice bonus to your stats for 30 minutes, might come in handy.

7. Get largest bags you can afford or find - there is nothing worse than getting "Inventory Full" message when you half way through doing your quests or grinding and far away from nearest vendor

8. Don't spread your talent points around many trees. While lot of talent trees for each class have attractive talents in lower tiers, your main goal is to get a class defining 31 point talent ASAP. For example if you are a priest, get to 31 point talent (Shadow Form) in shadow tree as soon as possible, thus maximising your damage potential.

9. Read official WoW forums

http://forums.wow-europe.com/index.html?sid=1

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/index.html?sid=1

Most of them have powerlevelling guides for each class and profession - use that knowledge base to your advantage.

Hope this helps

Cheers
 
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Do any of you guys perhaps have some helpful tips for someone who just started the game? Any help would be appreciated. :)
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Another useful tip would be to "not get addicted"
Many good people have fallen prey to the addictiveness of WoW.
Its all fun an interesting now, but wait till you cancel on your friends because your instance is taking longer then expected.
Or you wake up in the middle of the night to check if your still the highest bidder at the AH.
Or you don't bother to study for an exam because you really need to get to level 51 to use Lord Alexanders Battle Axe.
Or cancel another dinner with your girl friend because you promised a guildie you would run him through SM Cath.

and yes, I speak from experience...
 
This one is a bad advice. While I don't advocate mindless grinding to ding to level 70 in 3 weeks, in many cases mob killing spree nets you much more XP gain per hour, than running around all over trying to complete quests. Mobs also drop money and green items, and sometimes if you lucky a blue or a purple item which you can make a nice profit on.
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Not really. The fastest solo power levelers, all did it by questing. 1-60 in 4 days and 20 hours /played.
http://www.joanasworld.com (holds the record for horde)
http://www.briankopp.com (holds the record for alliance)
 
4. Avoid "collect X items from mobs so and so" quests - drop rates are notoriously low in WoW, you can spend hours killing mobs (and dying yourself) trying to complete it. Check thottbot, if reward from such quest is crappy and you notice that drop rates are very low (less than 1 drop in 4 mobs) - drop the quest and move on.
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No way man. These quests are you best friend. The drop rates are intended to be low so that the player spends time grinding on the mobs, thus earning experience and gold as well as completing a quest or two at the same time. Avoiding these quests would be avoiding Blizzard's whole concept of helping you to 70.
And yes, they do know more than you.
 
Thunder101 said:
Do any of you guys perhaps have some helpful tips for someone who just started the game? Any help would be appreciated. :)
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My 2c DON'T START PLAYING WOW!!! It is addictive :) I purposely forget to but money in my CC so I get a forced week or two break from WOW :D
 
1. Quest to level. Some say no. Grind. Well its mindless, You get almost no rep with factions. A lot of your good gear comes from doing quests and instances. Very often there is something really cool at the end of a long quest chain. Also the last quest at the end of long chain usually has more xpthan usual. In fact do as many quests as you can at once. When you go hand in 5 quests watch your experience zoom up :) And reputation. You will only realise how important this is when you dont have enough. Completing quest chains also open up other quests chains which can be very rewarding.

2. Do 2 gathering professions. I suggest skinning and then either mining or herbalism. Depends where you want to go. Hint At the moment Alchemy is the best profession for end-game. The problem with the professions which allow you to make gear is that you get way better gear from instances and some quests. At lvl 40, when you buy your mount, then think about dropping 1 of the gathering professions. With my lvl 70 warrior, i do Herbalism and Alchemy. Well worth it.

3. As mentioned above. Take a night off. I usually chill out on Wednesday evenings.

4. AS mentioned above, Thottbot etc. Very usefull. Also take a peek at http://www.wowwiki.com
 
Once you get to a reasonable level there are various sites that offer help in the form of so-called leveling guides.

My favourite (alliance) guides are found here: http://www.wow-pro.com/node/600

The first one is level 30-41, second is 41-50, and the third is 50-60.

There are a few others that start at lower levels but they tend to get very specific to race and class. By following these guides, almost to the letter, I managed to get my levelling average to 6 hours per level. For me this was quite an improvement as I thoroughly enjoyed being guided around Azeroth and experiencing things I never would have had I decided to grind all the way up. From level 60 upward I've been averaging about 12 to 15 hours per level. I've spent more time exploring and fiddling about than grinding on mobs. For me, this is far more fun.

Imho, most of the fun of WoW is experiencing the vast world and interesting factions that exist, not to mention the wonderful quests. I don't believe I would have it enjoyed it half as much if I had had to grind all the way up.
 
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