As you may have read (unlikely according to my site counter) I started another Hunter to accompany my newly-WoW-addicted partner at work as he levels his Warrior. I dinged 66 last night, and he's well into level 65. Honestly, this is my first toon I've taken from level 1 to level 70 (soon) on my own. My kid usually does a lot of the grunt work, and I steal the toon from him at level 70.
Long after GHOSTKID hit level 70 I started reading WoW blogs. I learned that I leveled GHOSTKID wrong/inefficiently. When I would hop on the toon I killed things for XP, I never logged off inside my inn for the rested bonus, and I never quested...ever. I, personally, grinded (ground?) GHOSTKID from level 68 to 70. It got me enough gold for my flying mount, but it was a tedious week or so.
This toon was going to be different. My buddy (Mokasa) had never seen WoW. I told him that if we party together I (Nostik) may start to just run off to start questing without realizing he just walked into a new zone, and might want to take in the sights and smell the flowers. I assured him that he had my permission to bitch me out if this happened. It hasn't happened yet.
I'm having a blast questing and leveling. I never did it (remember my kid does the grunt work). I have survived the Barrens, STV, Hinterlands, Tanaris and that fucking crater, Silithis, and all of the other lands Blizzard created for the most polished MMO ever. Thottbot, I confess, is my GOD right now. Blizzard's quest instructions are way too vague for me. I need direction, not lore. Go, go dual screens with Thottbot!
I brought all of that crap uo for a reason. It's escaping me. Give me a minute. Oh yeah, the leveling wrong thing.
Traditionally the fastest toon to level is a Hunter. I'm talking /played time here. You know, the guys that get from level 1 to level 70 in blahdy-blah days/hours/minutes; ejaculate on the screen, drink a Red Bull, and do it again.
Knowing my class levels easy, having raided with a Hunter, and partying with a complete noob gave me an idea. Only one idea, and it wasn't going to save mankind. I am going to level without any Auction House use, and I will level BeastMastery instead of the ever popular Marksman.
Yay! Revelation realized. I am leveling with the drops that come, and speccing BeastMastery. Believe it or not, this is not whay I'm posting today. Neither is the crap up top.
I am posting today because leveling my little Hunter is making me a worse player on my main Hunter. I don't have all of the abilities on my little Hunter that my big Hunter has, so I've learned to live without them instead of salivating at the idea of getting them.
On the Brewfest boss I partied with one of my kid's real life friends and his guild while on GHOSTKID. Of course I topped their damage meters, but I'm in T5/badge gear to their quest blues and sparatic Kara epics. It wasn't until the third Brewfest boss kill until I started playing GHOSTKID properly. There was a 400 DPS difference. No lie!
It worries me that I'll completely forget how to play one of my toons.
Maybe that's why I stick to Hunters.
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Noob! I've personally leveled not one, not two, but THREE characters to 70. I never did play much while consuming Red Bull though.
A gallon of Arizona Iced Tea, a box of Cheez-Its, and a Disco Biscuits recording was more my style.
Grats to you guys though. If you ever roll something other than a hunter for more than fifteen minutes, let us know!
Arizona is for the win. More of a green tea fan myself, though.
What happens to me is sometimes I try to Battleshout on Nisko and heal myself on Wojna, or Feign Death on Spread.
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