So Syronis and Whisk are sitting at level 45 in the Hinterlands. We have been absolutely DISGUSTED with the horrible lack of quests ever since level 20. We might get lucky and get 6 or 7 that are close to our level and then the rest that we pick up are at least 5 levels too high. It's an outrage!
We're gonna back up a bit to where we left off last time, at (what should be) level 30. So you are level 30 and you, like us, may be a bit disgruntled at the apparently dismal time you are having leveling. Lemme tell you something: it gets worse. Not only does it get worse, it gets abyssmal. For some reason, Syronis is having the most difficult time gaining his stupid levels, and this is the first time I can ever remember something like this happening!
Granted, Ommadon started at 55. That's beside the point.
When I was leveling the shaman, I had too may quests at almost every level range you could think of. Syronis has NOT ENOUGH quests at every level range. And the even worse part is, half of his levels came through SKINNING. Yes, killing and skinning. That's where almost half of every level since 20 came from. I'm not quite sure how I managed to ding into the 40s in the first place.
Anyway, when you get to level 30, we here suggest either Arathi Highlands or Desolace. Now, we haven't leveled an Alliance character yet, so this recommendation is biased toward Horde, but they are both Contested territories, so hopefully it will make no difference whether you are Alliance or Horde leveling there.
Now we have never done Alterac Mountains, so if you find that Alterac levels you much better than anywhere else, more power to you. We found that a combination of both Arathi and Desolace somehow managed to get us to 40.
Ding! 40!
Now what? Well, at this point we highly suggest Feralas because we have leveled there in the past and it is a nice big region with (somewhat) plenty of quests. Said quests should get you at least to level 44 when you (Horde at least) can finally take quests out of the Hinterlands. Both Hinterlands and Feralas should get you to 50, but if you're having problems then add Felwood into your areas. If you're not 50 after those three areas, then try Tanaris or Un'Goro Crater.
So at level 50 where do you go? Winterspring. If you went ahead and added in Felwood, chances are you can finish those 3 areas at level 55 and at that point Winterspring can get you all the way to 60. What do you do at 60? Outland! Yay! There are an abundance of quests in Outland, whether you're Alliance or Horde, that will guide you through the areas and basically if you follow the quests you will hit 68 (but we recommend 70) in no time!
Our suggested zone order of Outland:
Hellfire Peninsula
Zangarmarsh
Nagrand
Netherstorm/Shadowmoon Valley (you can go either; they're both good)
Yay! 70! Northrend time! Here is our suggested Northrend zone order:
Howling Fjord
Dragonblight
Grizzly Hills
Sholazar Basin
Icecrown
With that, you're level 80 and ready to start those Heroics! Leveling is a long process, but it pays off in the end. Good Luck, and Happy Hunting! :)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Leveling Your Lowbie Hunter
So here we are, in the midst of Wrath of the Lich King, and you decide to start a Hunter. Well, you're gonna need to know how and where to level him or her in order to get to 80 and take part in all the great content that Blizzard has put in the endgame.
At this point, you're probably thinking "Huh? Why is this guy putting up another Hunter guide when BRK already has his blog and his podcasts and his movies?"
Well here's the deal. BigRedKitty is no longer playing WoW and blogging about it. We don't know if he's coming back, so we decided to sort of continue what BRK has started. End of tangent.
OK, so you've rolled your Hunter, you've picked your Race, you watched the intro to wherever you start, now what? Well, if you haven't watched them already, watch BRK's Baby Hunter movies. Yes, they stop at Level 8, but never fear! We shall continue from there using those movies as a springboard. We will have those linked on the site soon, until then you can find them in the episodes category of Project Lore.
Starting at Level 10:
So now you're Level 10 and the first thing you will want is your pet. Starting with a series of quests, eventually you will end up with a spell called Tame Beast. Tame Beast is a channeled spell and the channeling time is 20 seconds. During this time, you armor is reduced by 100% and you can't do anything else or you will interrupt the spell. Got it? Good. Now for your first pet. Pretty much anything will do, just pick something that you think looks cool. Remember, it's YOUR pet, not Beast Within's pet, not BigRedKitty's pet, not Joe Schmo Hobo's pet, YOUR pet. Go out there and tame something! And when you tame it, give it a sweet name! Don't just let your new best friend sit there nameless, name it something! A human name will work, a friend's pet's name is fine, just don't let it sit there as "Cat" or "Gorilla" or "Boar". That's boring. Don't do it. Name it something! :)
So you're level 10, you have your pet, you've named it, and now you're ready to start the long journey to level 80. Well, where do you start? Usually, the zone directly next to your starting zone is up and ready for your entry by the time you have your pet. Go there, you will most likely enjoy leveling to 20 with your new best bud. But what about after 20? Well, at that point you have many different options. Here is a list of zones that have quests for level 20 players:
In no particular order;
Hillsbrad Foothills
Wetlands
Redridge Mountains
Duskwood
Stonetalon Mountains
Ashenvale
The Barrens (level 15-25)
Thousand Needles (at level 25)
As you can see, there are many opportunities to level from 20. We are going to stop here, and later on we will add lists of all the zones for the particular leveling ranges for wherever you happen to be leveling your Hunter.
See you soon! :)
At this point, you're probably thinking "Huh? Why is this guy putting up another Hunter guide when BRK already has his blog and his podcasts and his movies?"
Well here's the deal. BigRedKitty is no longer playing WoW and blogging about it. We don't know if he's coming back, so we decided to sort of continue what BRK has started. End of tangent.
OK, so you've rolled your Hunter, you've picked your Race, you watched the intro to wherever you start, now what? Well, if you haven't watched them already, watch BRK's Baby Hunter movies. Yes, they stop at Level 8, but never fear! We shall continue from there using those movies as a springboard. We will have those linked on the site soon, until then you can find them in the episodes category of Project Lore.
Starting at Level 10:
So now you're Level 10 and the first thing you will want is your pet. Starting with a series of quests, eventually you will end up with a spell called Tame Beast. Tame Beast is a channeled spell and the channeling time is 20 seconds. During this time, you armor is reduced by 100% and you can't do anything else or you will interrupt the spell. Got it? Good. Now for your first pet. Pretty much anything will do, just pick something that you think looks cool. Remember, it's YOUR pet, not Beast Within's pet, not BigRedKitty's pet, not Joe Schmo Hobo's pet, YOUR pet. Go out there and tame something! And when you tame it, give it a sweet name! Don't just let your new best friend sit there nameless, name it something! A human name will work, a friend's pet's name is fine, just don't let it sit there as "Cat" or "Gorilla" or "Boar". That's boring. Don't do it. Name it something! :)
So you're level 10, you have your pet, you've named it, and now you're ready to start the long journey to level 80. Well, where do you start? Usually, the zone directly next to your starting zone is up and ready for your entry by the time you have your pet. Go there, you will most likely enjoy leveling to 20 with your new best bud. But what about after 20? Well, at that point you have many different options. Here is a list of zones that have quests for level 20 players:
In no particular order;
Hillsbrad Foothills
Wetlands
Redridge Mountains
Duskwood
Stonetalon Mountains
Ashenvale
The Barrens (level 15-25)
Thousand Needles (at level 25)
As you can see, there are many opportunities to level from 20. We are going to stop here, and later on we will add lists of all the zones for the particular leveling ranges for wherever you happen to be leveling your Hunter.
See you soon! :)
First!
So here we are, a Brand-Spankin' New blog, and what are we here for? Hunters. Yep. Hunters. Huntards. Whatever you want to call them, that is what this blog is dedicated to. I can tell that this is gonna be fun, so bear with me as I do my best to ensure that we make progress and have fun at the same time.
So, without further ado, the First Post!
...
My first character in World of Warcraft was (is) an Undead Mage. I had played RPGs before, and the caster archetype suited me, or so I thought, so I rolled a Mage. Yup, I was a squishy, and I got to around Level 30 and got beat around by just about every mob that I could find. I died a lot. Turns out that Mages aren't my style.
Next was (is) my Shaman, who resides in Howling Fjord currently at Level 71. He was great while he lasted, but I don't think I will ever get to him again, and if I do it won't be for a very long time.
Now comes to the release of Wrath of the Lich King and the birth of Ommadon the Blood Elf Death Knight, and O what a glorious time! He ran rampant throughout Outland, soloing every elite mob there was (except Arazzius the Cruel) and zoomed through to Northrend. He hit 80 and he is the best Death Knight tank I have ever seen, but after a long while he started to lose his shine.
Then I found BigRedKitty.
And O what a glorious time!
And just as with everyone that has found BRK I learned much in the ways of the Hunter.
Until recently, when BRK had to leave us.
I was very sad to watch him go, in the time when we needed him most, at the forefront of Wrath Patch 3.1.0, and so my Hunter, Syronis, and his pet Whisk, now stand in the 40s with no inspiration.
But BigRedKitty is not gone, not now, not ever.
You see, without even meeting me, he inspired me to play my Hunter to the fullest and in doing so, I wish to pay tribute to him. So as soon as I can, I will tame a Winterspring Frostsaber Pridewatcher and name it BigRedKitty. But what BRK did for the hunter community should not stop there!
Please note, this is not going to turn in to a BigRedKitty Shrine site.
What I want to do is continue what BRK started and keep the Hunter Spirit alive in all of us here. Don't flame on the comments about noobishness and BRK impersonator and the like. It will not be tolerated. We here are not BRK, we are Beast Within. Get it straight. Okay? Good.
Back to Beast Within.
This is a WoW Hunter site and our job is to help you, the reader, learn how to be a better Hunter and learn how to NOT be a Huntard. Yes it is in BRK style, but we are not trying in any way, shape, or form, to be BRK. He has his own site; if you want BRK go there. We are here, we are Hunters, and we are continuing the BRK goal of ridding the world of Huntards!
Soon to come:
Leveling a Lowbie Hunter,
Harcor the Huntard,
The Hunter's Battle (with a mob)
So, without further ado, the First Post!
...
My first character in World of Warcraft was (is) an Undead Mage. I had played RPGs before, and the caster archetype suited me, or so I thought, so I rolled a Mage. Yup, I was a squishy, and I got to around Level 30 and got beat around by just about every mob that I could find. I died a lot. Turns out that Mages aren't my style.
Next was (is) my Shaman, who resides in Howling Fjord currently at Level 71. He was great while he lasted, but I don't think I will ever get to him again, and if I do it won't be for a very long time.
Now comes to the release of Wrath of the Lich King and the birth of Ommadon the Blood Elf Death Knight, and O what a glorious time! He ran rampant throughout Outland, soloing every elite mob there was (except Arazzius the Cruel) and zoomed through to Northrend. He hit 80 and he is the best Death Knight tank I have ever seen, but after a long while he started to lose his shine.
Then I found BigRedKitty.
And O what a glorious time!
And just as with everyone that has found BRK I learned much in the ways of the Hunter.
Until recently, when BRK had to leave us.
I was very sad to watch him go, in the time when we needed him most, at the forefront of Wrath Patch 3.1.0, and so my Hunter, Syronis, and his pet Whisk, now stand in the 40s with no inspiration.
But BigRedKitty is not gone, not now, not ever.
You see, without even meeting me, he inspired me to play my Hunter to the fullest and in doing so, I wish to pay tribute to him. So as soon as I can, I will tame a Winterspring Frostsaber Pridewatcher and name it BigRedKitty. But what BRK did for the hunter community should not stop there!
Please note, this is not going to turn in to a BigRedKitty Shrine site.
What I want to do is continue what BRK started and keep the Hunter Spirit alive in all of us here. Don't flame on the comments about noobishness and BRK impersonator and the like. It will not be tolerated. We here are not BRK, we are Beast Within. Get it straight. Okay? Good.
Back to Beast Within.
This is a WoW Hunter site and our job is to help you, the reader, learn how to be a better Hunter and learn how to NOT be a Huntard. Yes it is in BRK style, but we are not trying in any way, shape, or form, to be BRK. He has his own site; if you want BRK go there. We are here, we are Hunters, and we are continuing the BRK goal of ridding the world of Huntards!
Soon to come:
Leveling a Lowbie Hunter,
Harcor the Huntard,
The Hunter's Battle (with a mob)
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