I hate the first ten levels. When I say I hate them I mean I really, really hate them. Oh sure, they may only take an hour or so, but how many times have most of us done them by now? I've been playing the World of Warcraft since the day it launched. Earlier than that if you count the beta testing period.The first ten levels are so, so boring. I have done it dozens and dozens of times by now. I have ten characters of varying levels, and I've had many many low level alts I've deleted over time to make room for new ones, due to my Altoholism. Redoing the starter levels after you have a 70 are as if you are riding your bicycle, and when you decide to take a street you haven't taken before for the adventure of it, someone comes along, pushes you off of your bike, and puts your training wheels back on. Then straps floaties to your arms just in case you ride through a puddle. After that you will probably want to just turn around and go home.
I've taken to solving this predicament with fire. Fiery, to be specific. My good friend Dirk has been with me on many alts now, preventing me from quitting yet another class within 10 levels due to sheer boredom. Dirk does quite a bit for me, one and two-shotting mobs straight out of the newbie zone. He doesn't Bind on Equip, so he is a friend that will last forever. I know that others put Lifestealing on their Dirk, but it just isn't the same. What is life without fire? Not a life for me, that's what.
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2-24-2008 @ 1:10PM
Zarzuur said...
1 alt of each class, but don't delete them .. you know it makes sense!!
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2-24-2008 @ 1:13PM
Jack Spicer said...
I have to disagree. I love 1-10, mainly because you get to learn a couple new skills and spells every few minutes. How often do you get to feel such character growth in a comparable amount of time?
That being said, I don't compulsively re-roll alts so maybe I haven't played through 1-10 as often as the poster has.
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2-24-2008 @ 1:18PM
Hank said...
Training wheels and floaties...you just described how my wife will insist I teach my son to ride a bike. Now, if I could just get away from WoW long enough to find out how old he is...
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2-24-2008 @ 1:25PM
C.A. said...
Fiery!+A non-BoE weapon! I feel dumb for never thinking of that! Thanks Alex, you've just made 3 upcoming alts very happy!
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2-24-2008 @ 1:26PM
Snailking said...
I'd like it better if Blizz had a /level command like some other games.
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2-24-2008 @ 1:33PM
Eternalpayn said...
Which games are these?
Also, that is a pretty good idea... Icy might be good for a lowbie hunter, actually, to get away easy.
2-24-2008 @ 2:11PM
Snailking said...
Here is some more info Eternalpayn:
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/05/does-world-of-warcraft-need-level.html
2-24-2008 @ 1:35PM
Atrocita said...
This is an awesome idea. Especially if you put it on a white, unbindable item and then just send it from alt to alt. I just started a druid on a new server with 3 friends, all playing a different kind of druid. A friend with a 70 on the same server put one of the level 70 armor kits or spell threads on a pair of tuxedo pants for all of us, specific to what kind of druid we were going to be. Golden spellthread for the tree, Runic for the moonkin, attack power for the kitty, stamina for the bear.
They will last us into the 30s, and when we are done with them, we can send them on to the next alt, and trade if necessary. It has made leveling so much easier.
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2-24-2008 @ 2:02PM
Krick said...
When I start a new alt, I like to make a level 1 set of gear using the best white quality items available (Wispy Cloak, Squealer's Belt, etc...) with a set of decent, but not quite twink enchants and armor kits. I just put the set together then mail it to my level 1 alt at the first available mailbox.
Usually this gear will last me all the way to level 15 or 20, believe it or not. And it makes the early levels blow by.
The only problem I've run into so far is that when I got my first pet (a boar), my hunter kept pulling aggro, even with normal autoshot.
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Krick
http://www.tankadin.com
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2-24-2008 @ 2:05PM
Devant said...
This is pure ingenious
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2-25-2008 @ 1:53AM
fail said...
PURE INGENIOUS< OKAY?
2-24-2008 @ 2:43PM
Tau said...
It reminds me of in Earthbound, when you have the bicycle, and you move really fast. But then you get Paula in your party, and the game is all like, "You can't put 2 people on the bike, so you can't use it anymore." , and then you have to walk everywhere. But remember, at the end of the game, after you escort all your party members back home, it's just you again, and you can use the bicycle.
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2-24-2008 @ 3:27PM
Rydolomo said...
Levelling humans and NE are different. Never raised a dwarf yet.
You can raise different races so the levelling below 10 is different.
Strangely enough, it's more boring levelling from 60-70 as it's more fresh in my mind since I done it with 3 chars in the last year. It's almost like reading the same book 3 times.
10-60 takes longer and the new levelling speed is different so you can avoid whole zones now. So I enjoy the 10-60 as a leasurely stroll as long as I don't try and spend all my time on one char. Just mix my times between chars.
Rydolomo
2-24-2008 @ 3:55PM
Frank said...
sounds like someone needs their blankie and a bottle of warm milk...
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2-24-2008 @ 4:00PM
trippy said...
1-10 I can handle just fine, it's the 11-20 bit that bores me to tears.
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2-25-2008 @ 3:31PM
Felwrathe said...
11-20 is the absolute worst part of the game. I've got a new Draenei alt, and it's painfully boring.
2-24-2008 @ 4:22PM
Pingmeister said...
To each their own. I regularly roll new alts just because the constant DINGs at the lower levels is very invigorating. It's just so great to be running a Quest and Ding unexpectedly. Never seems to happen to me with my higher levels. I am always watching the XP bar move millimeter by millimeter.
After a few low-level Dings I can return to my higher level alts with more enthusiasm.
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2-24-2008 @ 5:42PM
BillDoor said...
A pair of white cloth shoes with Run Speed on them is also invaluable.
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2-24-2008 @ 6:01PM
Skarlette said...
I actually like the early levels because of the rapid sense of advancement, dinging over and over in such a short time, learning new spells, changing armor constantly, etc.
But just as an experiment, I did something similar to this when I rolled a rogue a couple of months ago.
I had my hunter/leatherworker make up a set of the lowest-level gear, then my enchanting alt put some mid-level enchants on it, and also put a Beastslaying enchant on a Sharpened Letter Opener. Toss in a full set of 16-slot bags, plenty of potions and buff scrolls, and levels 1-15 flew by so fast I couldn't beleive it. That little Beastslaying enchant does wonders when the newbie quests are "kill x amount of this animal." ;)
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2-24-2008 @ 6:29PM
kunukia said...
Wow, great ideas. I have rolled and deleted maybe a hundred alts, mostly Dwarfs, but I still love that starting zone. I am in no hurry. Still, enchanting white gear is brilliant, and my 'chanter is going to get right on it!
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