| Tips/tricks that will help you level faster: 1.
If your goal is to level really fast, then your gonna have to stop
worrying about professions, they will slow you down if anything. The
only profession I use is First Aid.
2. Always make sure
you have the latest up to date food/drink, regenerating mana/life
faster from eating/drinking is VERY important to leveling faster. So as
soon as you hit 15/25/35/45/55/65, upgrade your food/water immediately.
3.
I strategically use hearth stones through out the whole game, if you
have to hearth and there still is a cooldown, then logging out of the
game, will still make the cooldown tick. This will help you get a
better /played time at the end.
4. Practice makes
perfect, I can't stress this enough, the more times you go through the
game to 60/70, the faster you get at it, it's as simple as that.
5. Plan ahead. While questing, always know what your going to do next.
6. Use Auto-Run a lot, you can still type and do other stuff while auto-running.
7.
If your goal is to get a VERY good /played time to 70, then NEVER do
BGs, NEVER go to the AH (see below), NEVER go AFK, NEVER go to the
ARENA in STV.
8. You should always have a bank/AH alt on
every server you have a main character on. This is VERY important. I
consistently use the mail system as a "bank", Any time im out questing
and find a bunch of greens or items that will sell in the AH, I DO NOT
go to the AH with that character to put it in the AH, instead I send
them all to an ALT through the mailbox. Then with the ALT, ill put them
in the AH. Also, I strategically use the mail box as a "storage
system". For example, I have a bunch of Silk Cloth in my inventory,
that im going to use later, but not now, instead of it wasting space in
my inventory, ill send it to my ALT, then from my ALT, i'll return it
right back to my main, so it sits in my mailbox, when I need it.
Only use your actual Bank for mostly soulbound items, use the mailbox
to store everything else.
9. Before I go out questing, I
make sure I have plenty of food/water/bullets or arrows/and repaired,
so I can last hours before returning to town.
10. Don't
think just because your inventory is filled you have to go back to town
to empty it every time, I consistently destroy items to make room for
quest items or items that are more important.
11. Use the
new built in auto loot feature that has been implemented in patch 2.0!
This can speed up leveling a lot, since you won't have to manually loot
every corpse. To enable this, go to Interface Options, then put a check
next to "Auto Loot Corpse". I am finally glad they implemented this!
12. Don't
loot every mob! If your goal is to level like a madman, then don't loot
mobs that would waste too much time. Although the higher the level I
get the more percent chance that I will loot mobs. here's a rough
estimate of whether I loot mobs or not:
lvl - % chance to loot
1-10 - 97% I loot more here cause I don't have a pet yet, so the mob drops dead right where im at each time.
10-20 - 70%
20-30 - 80%
30-40 - 87%
40-50 - 95%
50-60 - 98%
How
do I determine whether or not I loot? Many factors comes in to play
here, like if my inventory is full or not, or how much time it would
take to go loot a mob then continue on, or if it's a beast type mob
(which don't drop cloth/money).
13. Many people have
asked me if instances are a waste of time. No, they are worth doing,
but only if you have a good group to do them. I personally skip
instances while racing myself to 70, cause I don't want to take the
chance that I will have a bad group. But if your just playing casually,
then I recommend doing them.
14. If your goal is to level
real fast then stick with one type of weapon the whole game. I choose
to stick with staves the WHOLE game, even if I find an epic whatever, I
stick with staffs, cause it slows you down when you have to level up
new weapons. Plus, I get staff quest rewards along the way. Although if
you refuse this tip, then if you want to level up a new weapon faster,
you can use your abilities (which counts as extra weapon hits), such as
disengage/raptor strike/Mongoose Bite/Wing Clip for melee weapons,
which will help level up your weapons faster.
15. from my
experience gear is overrated, people think gear is too important for
everything (even leveling faster). Well, from my experience it's not
that important, your character does most of it's damage from it's
actual character level and its skills/abilities and your pet's damage
(if your a hunter), and from better bullets/arrows/scopes. I could use
a low level green bow/gun all the way to 70, or a high level epic
bow/gun all the way to 70, and I betcha my final /played time will
hardly be no difference at all. So don't panic if your stuck with a
lower level green for awhile. As a matter of fact, on Jubei'Thos server
(the server I finished with a final time of 4 days 20 hours), I used a
level 36 green bow all the way to level 57, I then found a level 50
green gun at level 57 that I used to 60. Through out all my speed runs
I never buy weapons/armor in the AH to use, I save my money so I have
enough to buy a mount (which I usually am able to afford at level 45),
you'll find sufficient weapon/armor from mob drops and quest rewards.
The only thing I do buy from the auction hall is scopes, better bags,
better ammo/arrow bags, and maybe a better bow/gun, that's it.
Also one other thing you should keep an eye out in the AH through out
the game are these two items: Frost Oil, and a mithril casing, both those items are used for quests at levels 40 and 51 respectively.
16.
I get asked a lot why I choose troll rather than orc for a hunter. The
racial bonuses between orc and troll are pretty much an even choice so
it came down to looks for me. Although I do believe the troll beserking
ability can be a life saver, but the orc's 5% pet damage is not really
much of a life saver.
17. Avoid grinding as much as
possible, if you want to get to 70 faster, easier, and with less
boredom, then learn to do the quests instead. I actually spend a lot of
time flying/riding around turning in quests or moving to the next area
(which is still faster than grinding). And while doing all that flying,
I take breaks to eat (in RL) or whatever. If your grinding, you have to
be there non-stop. Not to mention, questing increases your reputations
a lot, compared to grinding, which hardly doesn't at all. Questing is
the way to play this game, not grinding.
18. Turn off
auto camera and use your mouse to manually adjust your vision. Also
crank up your mouse sensitivity high, so you can look around much
faster.
| 19. This is the exact order I distribute my skill points as a hunter, this is a VERY good PvE Leveling build: 10) Endurance Training rank 1/5
11) Endurance Training rank 2/5
12) Improved Aspect of the Hawk rank 1/5
13) Improved Aspect of the Hawk rank 2/5
14) Improved Aspect of the Hawk rank 3/5
15) Improved Revive Pet rank 1/2
16) Improved Revive Pet rank 2/2
17) Thick Hide rank 1/3
18) Thick Hide rank 2/3
19) Thick Hide rank 3/3
20) Pathfinding rank 1/2
21) Pathfinding rank 2/2
22) Bestial Swiftness rank 1/1
23) Unleashed Fury rank 1/5
24) Unleashed Fury rank 2/5
25) Ferocity rank 1/5
26) Ferocity rank 2/5
27) Ferocity rank 3/5
28) Ferocity rank 4/5
29) Ferocity rank 5/5
30) Intimidation rank 1/1
31) Bestial Discipline rank 1/2
32) Bestial Discipline rank 2/2
33) Unleashed Fury rank 3/5
34) Unleashed Fury rank 4/5
35) Frenzy rank 1/5
36) Frenzy rank 2/5
37) Frenzy rank 3/5
38) Unleashed Fury rank 5/5
39) Frenzy rank 4/5
40) Bestial Wrath rank 1/1
41) Improved Aspect of the Hawk rank 4/5
42) Improved Aspect of the Hawk rank 5/5
43) Catlike Reflexes rank 1/3
44) Catlike Reflexes rank 2/3
45) Serpent's Swiftness rank 1/5
46) Serpent's Swiftness rank 2/5
47) Serpent's Swiftness rank 3/5
48) Serpent's Swiftness rank 4/5
49) Serpent's Swiftness rank 5/5
50) The Beast Within rank 1/1
51) Lethal Shots rank 1/5
52) Lethal Shots rank 2/5
53) Lethal Shots rank 3/5
54) Lethal Shots rank 4/5
55) Lethal Shots rank 5/5
56) Efficiency rank 1/5
57) Efficiency rank 2/5
58) Efficiency rank 3/5
59) Efficiency rank 4/5
60) Efficiency rank 5/5
*******Burning Crusade 60-70*******
61) Go for the Throat rank 1/2
62) Go for the Throat rank 2/2
63) Rapid Killing 1/2
64) Rapid Killing 2/2
65) Aimed Shot 1/1
66) Mortal Shots 1/5
67) Mortal Shots 2/5
68) Mortal Shots 3/5
69) Mortal Shots 4/5
70) Mortal Shots 5/5 Click Here To See My Full Completed Talent Build At Level 60! And... At Level 70! | 20. Here are the times I had for each level during my 4 day 20 hour run on Jubei'Thos:
DAYS:HOURS:MINUTES
LVL - Time - Time to do LVL
10 = 0:02:32
12 = 0:03:50
13.9 = 0:05:13 <->0:55
15.9 = 0:06:34 <->0:42
16.9 = 0:07:34 <->1:00
17.9 = 0:08:17 <->0:43
18.9 = 0:09:12 <->0:55
19.9 = 0:10:09 <->0:56
20.9 = 0:11:21 <->1:11
21.9 = 0:12:49 <->1:28
22.9 = 0:14:10 <->1:20
23.9 = 0:15:20 <->1:10
24.9 = 0:16:41 <->1:22
25.9 = 0:17:55 <->1:13
26.9 = 0:19:15 <->1:20
27.9 = 0:20:55 <->1:40
28.9 = 0:22:39 <->1:44
29.9 = 1:00:20 <->1:41
30.9 = 1:02:12 <->1:53
31.9 = 1:04:12 <->2:00
32.9 = 1:06:07 <->1:54
33.9 = 1:08:13 <->2:06
34.9 = 1:10:21 <->2:08
35.9 = 1:12:02 <->1:41
36.9 = 1:14:39 <->2:37
37.9 = 1:16:55 <->2:16
38.9 = 1:19:27 <->2:32
39.9 = 1:22:04 <->2:36
40.9 = 2:01:06 <->2:02
41.9 = 2:04:23 <->3:16
42.9 = 2:07:22 <->2:59
43.9 = 2:10:25 <->3:04
44.9 = 2:12:50 <->2:24
45.9 = 2:15:30 <->2:40
46.9 = 2:19:17 <->3:49
47.9 = 2:22:11 <->2:54
48.9 = 3:01:17 <->3:07
49.9 = 3:04:26 <->3:09
50.9 = 3:07:27 <->3:00
51.9 = 3:11:28 <->4:01
52.9 = 3:14:07 <->2:38
53.9 = 3:17:45 <->3:38
54.9 = 3:22:20 <->4:34
55.9 = 4:02:06 <->3:46
56.9 = 4:05:38 <->2:32
57.9 = 4:09:36 <->3:57
58.9 = 4:15:09 <->5:33
59.9 = 4:20:49 <->5:39 1-70 Speed runs coming SOON! |
| Hunter specific tips/tricks: 1. before taming a pet, lay down a frost trap, so the mob freezes solid for a while, instead of having it hit you repeatedly.
2. while drinking, have your pet start attacking something.
3.
Learn to use immolation traps a lot. One method I use through out the
whole game is: lay down an immolation trap, then serpent sting a mob,
have that mob run into the immolation trap, while that mob is taking
damage and im tanking it, me and my pet are killing another mob.
4. If a mob has the ability to heal them self, use Intimidation to stop them from healing. (Or scatter-shot if your MM speced)
5. Use a macro to feed your pet, this saves time and frustration.
6. consistently
use all your hunter's abilities, use BW/Rapid Fire/Arcane Shot, as soon
as the cooldown is up every time. Use a UI add-on that help you see the
cooldowns better (like what I use, which is called Cooldown Count mod).
7.
Multi-shot single mobs (or even players in PVP). Multi-shots adds
an extra free shot (similar to arcane shot) in the shoot cycle. Through
out the game check and see if your multi-shots are doing more damage
per mana than arcane shots, if so, use multi-shots more often (even on
single mobs).
8. Use bandages to heal your pets sometimes
instead of using mend pet, this saves your mana, and (depending on the
bandage) can heal more HPs up.
9. I personally use a cat
as my main pet mainly because it does the most DPS out of all pets.
Popular pets such as the Rake are no better than a regular cat for PvE,
but for PvP it can make a slight difference.
10. Here are
the hotkeys I use. I think using hotkeys is more efficient than
pressing icons all the time, so here are the hotkeys I use as a hunter:
"Q" Hunter's Mark
"E" Serpent Sting
"3" Arcane Shot
"4" Multi-Shot
"X" Bestial Wrath
"2" Raptor Strike
"Z" Rapid Fire
"5" Viper Sting
"6" Flare
"H" mount
"CTRL+W" Intimidation
"SHIFT+F" Immolation Trap
"SHIFT+C" Aspect of the Cheetah
"SHIFT+R" Aspect of the Hawk
"SHIFT+D" Aspect of the Monkey
"CTRL+1" Disengage
"CTRL+V" Mend Pet
"CTRL+SHIFT+V" Mend Pet (1-2 skill levels below my best)
"CTRL+E" Concussive Shot
"CTRL+2" Wing Clip
"CTRL+3" auto shoot
"CTRL+S" Beserking (troll racial ability)
MOVEMENT COMMANDS:
"W" move forward (I also sometimes hold both mouse buttons down to move forward)
"A" strafe left
"S" move backwards
"D" strafe right
"MIDDLEMOUSEBUTTON" Auto-run
"SPACEBAR" jump
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Here are my Warlock hotkeys:
"Q" Curse of Agony
"E" Corruption
"SHIFT+F" Siphon Life
"CTRL+F" Immolate
"3" Drain Life
"2" Shadow Bolt
"Z" Life Tap
"CTRL+Q" Curse of Weakness
"SHIFT+G" Summon Imp
"SHIFT+C" Death Coil
"X" Dark Pact
"CTRL+C" Drain Soul
"CTRL+W" Amplify Curse
"CTRL+E" Fear
"CTRL+SHIFT+V" Create Healthstone
"4" Demon Armor
"CTRL+G" Summon Voidwalker
"CTRL+V" Health Funnel
"CTRL+~" Sacrifice
"SHIFT+W" Unending Breath
"CTRL+B" Create Soulstone
"CTRL+A" Searing Pain
"CTRL+1" Rain of Fire
"CTRL+SHIFT+R" Ritual of Summoning
"T" Shadowburn
"G" Summon Succubus
"I" Eye of Kilrogg
"CTRL+3" Drain Mana
"SHIFT+D" Sense Demons
"SHIFT+4" Banish Rank1
"SHIFT+E" Banish Rank2
"CTRL+N" Create Firestone
"CTRL+4" Enslave Demon
"SHIFT+1" Hellfire
"SHIFT+CTRL+G" Summon Felhunter
"CTRL+D" Detect Invisibility
"CTRL+SHIFT+B" Create Spellstone
"CTRL+SHIFT+E" Howl of Terror
"SHIFT+2" Curse of Shadow
"ALT+Q" Curse of Doom
"SHFT+SPACEBAR" Consume Shadows (VW ability)
"TAB" Suffering (VW ability)
"SHIFT+Q" Curse of Recklessness
"5" Curse of Tongues
"CTRL+S" shoot wand
"CTRL+2" Soul Fire
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Abbreviation meanings: BB=booty bay, FP= flight path, CT=camp
Taurajo, XR=cross roads, STV=stranglethorn vale, WC= wailing caverns,
SM= scarlet monestary, RFK=razorfen krawl, BRD= blackrock depths
Joana, how long did it take you to come up with these awesome leveling routes? Good
question, I went through 8 different horde characters, racing myself to
60 on new servers with each one, I was the first to 60 every time, but
my main goal was not first to 60 but a better /played time with each
attempt. With each race I basically paid very close attention to
every little detail on the fastest way to do the quests etc..
Then in-between new servers, I would spend all my time trying to figure
out how to do the next server even faster! I had went through
several test characters to find the best grinding spots, figuring out
which quests to skip and finding more quests I could do (by looking
them up on wow.allakhazam.com or Thottbot.com) Each time improving upon
my memorization of everything, I put a LOT of thought in this whole
leveling process. I spent literally about 6 solid months doing
nothing but coming up with this leveling pattern you have here. What UI Mods do I use? I get asked this a lot! I use cosmos UI (www.cosmosui.org)
but I only use a few mods that come with it, mainly "Cooldown Count"
(the mod that shows the cooldowns of my abilities in yellow on the
action bar), "Bar Options" (the only reason I use this is for the "out
of range coloring" option), "Census Plus" (which allows me to see a
whole census of the current faction side of the server, all the players
and their levels in nice graphs), "PopBar". This is the UI mod
that allows me to drop spells/abilities/macros in that huge box on the
lower right hand side of the screen, I then have all of those hot keyed
for easy game play, please note that the Popbar mod no longer works, I
now just use Blizzard's side action bars which pretty much work the
same way. "Scrolling Combat Text" (SCT) (I turn everything off on this
except the "show dodges", this tells me when I can use the Mongoose
Bite ability, since you can only do those after dodges), and a few
other minor UI mods (such as map coordinates etc.). I also use a
mod I HIGHLY recommend called "AutoProfit", which simply sells all gray items you have in your bags to the vendor at once.
If your into RAIDING you may want to look into other mods that will help you with groups better, you can check out www.curse-gaming.com for all kinds of different UI mods that will help your class or your play style. For screenshots and to get to know Joana/Mancow better you can visit this part of my site here! And if you are interested in signing up for my newsletter, you can do so at this page here! MORE GUIDES: To check out more World of Warcraft guides that are decent buys, you can check out Brian's 1-70 Alliance Guide if you need an alliance guide which is somewhat similar to mine, Valkor's Gold Making Guide, which is great if you need a gold guide, and also the Ultimate World Of Warcraft Guide, this guide can give you some more pointers on the classes and such. |
