Well it's been another month between posts & nothing really exciting has happened in game during that time. I think I've finally hit a slow spot. It happens to everyone at some point. You kinda hit a wall & there really isn't any new content for you to try. I just can't get motivated to do my daily quests & the idea of accumulating over a 100 Badges of Justice for my next gear upgrade makes my dizzy...lol. Thankfully, the new expansion is on the horizon & there will be plenty of new stuff to do =)
What I have been doing, is a lot of PvP with my Rogue! PvP is very challenging and fun. It can get repetitive doing the same Battle Grounds over & over. However, PvP is very fluid so every time you go into a BG, it is never exactly the same, which makes it extremely exciting. Grinding honor for gear can be rough though! Some BG's (Warsong Gulch & Arathi Basin) can take so long to finish with very little honor reward. All in all, I am having more fun doing BG's right now, than doing daily quests.
The other thing I have been working on is leveling a new alliance character. I know I said I would take a break from leveling any new toons, but I just couldn't pass up the Recruit a Friend program....lol. I really wanted a Paladin on the alliance side, so this seemed like a perfect opportunity to level one. The triple xp from quests is insane! After only 1 day of played time, my new Paladin is already level 51! He progressed from the Draenei starter area to Ashenvale to Desolace to Dustwallow Marsh to Tanaris and is now in Ungoro Crater. He never even had to leave the Kalimdor Continent! There are some negatives to the incredibly fast leveling. First, forget about gathering professions. You just out level an area so fast that you can't keep up. Second, you really need an established high level character who can fund your new alt. You are gaining so many levels in such a short period of time that your new character is not making enough gold to be able to purchase new spells/abilities. And upgrading gear? Just forget about it....lol. Unless you have a lot of extra gold to burn, its going to be hard to keep your new toon's gear up to date. My new pally is still using a level 30 2h sword...lol. I just can't justify spending 15 to 20 gold on getting a green upgrade. The auction house is so inflated these days.
All in all, I think the Recruit a Friend program is a great idea. However, for someone completely new to the game, I think it has some flaws. You will get to the higher levels extremely fast, but without an ability to make gold until maybe you hit the Outlands, you may have to pick and choose the spells/abilities you get, forgo your mount or go without gear upgrades until you hit the Outlands. The only recommendation I can make for a new player is to stay in an area you have already out leveled until you have gotten your gathering professions skill up. Then you can sell what you have gathered on the auction house and make some gold that way. This might slow your leveling down a bit, but will be well worth it in the long run. I would advise on taking 2 gathering professions in the beginning to maximize your selling potential. You can always switch to another profession later on.
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