Are quest mobs kicking you around and forcing you to pause every few enemies to get back on your feet? Are you spending as much time running back to your body as you are fighting monsters? Or perhaps you just can't keep yourself from having to fly to the AH every level, wasting valuable time? Don't worry, we can help!
Knowing your class is probably the single biggest thing you can do to improve your leveling time, but it would be impossible to detail specs and strategies for every single class in the game here, so make sure to look up some class-specific information after you read this. My blog also has occasional posts about leveling specific classes, so you can check that out too.
Now, I'm a big fan of using leveling guides, but there is a problem a lot of them share not only with each other, but with inexperienced levelers, so this is the first thing we'll talk about. The problem is, not all classes are created equally as far as leveling goes. Hunters, the class of choice for most guide writers, are able to destroy with ease mobs that would kill anyone else. So what you need to do when the content is too hard, is grind or instance a few levels, and get to the point where you are only fighting mobs lower level than you.
Now, what is your biggest enemy when it comes to leveling? If you answered downtime, you're right! Even powerful mobs can be defeated eventually, but if you are having to sit around and regain health after every fight you're never going to get anything done. Other than carrying food and water, you should be doing other things to minimize downtime; use mana-efficient skills, use damage-reducing stuns and snares, and again, fight lower-level mobs.
Don't let you character's gear get too far behind, either. Quests and random drops aren't going to be enough to keep you up to par, and some classes suffer greatly from being under-geared. Supplement your stuff with Auction House purchases and Instance loot. (Use the Dungeon Finder system to do instances. They are great experience per hour AND provide amazing gear.)
Of course, speaking of the AH: Don't spend all your time visiting the city to buy/sell things! Use an alt instead. Just mail everything you want to sell to him, and mail everything you buy back. Also, be sure you are selling EVERYTHING of white or better quality on the AH, other than food and water. This will give you more than enough gold to buy everything you need or want.
Knowing your class is probably the single biggest thing you can do to improve your leveling time, but it would be impossible to detail specs and strategies for every single class in the game here, so make sure to look up some class-specific information after you read this. My blog also has occasional posts about leveling specific classes, so you can check that out too.
Now, I'm a big fan of using leveling guides, but there is a problem a lot of them share not only with each other, but with inexperienced levelers, so this is the first thing we'll talk about. The problem is, not all classes are created equally as far as leveling goes. Hunters, the class of choice for most guide writers, are able to destroy with ease mobs that would kill anyone else. So what you need to do when the content is too hard, is grind or instance a few levels, and get to the point where you are only fighting mobs lower level than you.
Now, what is your biggest enemy when it comes to leveling? If you answered downtime, you're right! Even powerful mobs can be defeated eventually, but if you are having to sit around and regain health after every fight you're never going to get anything done. Other than carrying food and water, you should be doing other things to minimize downtime; use mana-efficient skills, use damage-reducing stuns and snares, and again, fight lower-level mobs.
Don't let you character's gear get too far behind, either. Quests and random drops aren't going to be enough to keep you up to par, and some classes suffer greatly from being under-geared. Supplement your stuff with Auction House purchases and Instance loot. (Use the Dungeon Finder system to do instances. They are great experience per hour AND provide amazing gear.)
Of course, speaking of the AH: Don't spend all your time visiting the city to buy/sell things! Use an alt instead. Just mail everything you want to sell to him, and mail everything you buy back. Also, be sure you are selling EVERYTHING of white or better quality on the AH, other than food and water. This will give you more than enough gold to buy everything you need or want.
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