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General Leveling Tips for World of Warcraft

As of this writing, three expansions are available for World of Warcraft (WoW). They are World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Of course, you can continue to play WoW without the expansion packs, but if you want to go past level 60 and get into the newer areas then you do need to get the expansion packs.

While there are plenty of guides out there that offer WoW leveling tips based on specific levels, and whether you’re Alliance or Horde etc., these tips are more general in nature and apply to all players.

1. Understand your strengths before you go into battle. Just as you wouldn’t go to a job interview without being able to discuss and possibly demonstrate your particular strengths, you shouldn’t use tactics that are suited to your particular character. It’s just like in real life: pretending to be something you’re not can really come back and bite you.

2. Acquire the best gear for your character’s needs. Think of it this way. If you wanted to build a piece of furniture, you could probably do it if all you had was some lumber, nails, hammer, and saw. But to do a good job and create something worthwhile in a reasonable amount of time, you would need to have the right tools, such as a level, a drill, a sander, etc. Your Wow character can’t complete quests without the right weapons, armor, or other gear.

3. Choose professions carefully. Professions are cheap to start, but you have to consider the time investment too. Consider taking two gathering professions so that you can get a decent income without the expenses that come with learning a production craft. Even though crafting professions let you learn to make weapons and armor, the money you invest in learning the craft is often more than what it costs just to buy the equipment from the auction house. Pairing professions requires strategy too. You’re better, for example, pairing skinning and mining rather than mining and herbalism. Both mining and herbalism require tracking skill, and this means you’ll spend a lot of time switching from “find minerals” to “find herbs.”

4. But you should probably take a service profession or crafting profession at some point. If you hold off doing this until a higher level, you can gather your ingredients or materials without hitting a proficiency level ceiling, plus your recipes should be affordable to you too.

5. Find a talent you can get excited about. For each of your characters, choose a build and pick a talent to take at each level that will maximize your game play and your characters’ combat skills. After you decide on a talent tree, you should map out a line from the top to bottom. You may have to skip some talents you’d like to get to the ones you want most. This is good, however, because it results in diversity among players at the same level.

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