I dinged 70 in Nagrand and I didn't instance a lot, I just didn't leave a zone till all the quests were done.

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Terokkar Forest for 2 of my 70s. Then again I like to stay in Azeroth till 62 as I love the old level 60 stuff in the plaguelands. None of my characters have done more than a couple of quests in netherstorm or shadowmoon valley. I find myself getting a bit confused/overwhelmed by quests around blades edge.

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I did a Hellfire Peninsula > Zangarmarsh > Terrokar Forest run, while I did instances in that zone, getting honored.
I left a zone when I had done all the quests and left the level cap.
(HP=63/64, Zangar=66, Terrokar=69) and I dinged with like 1 quest in Nagrand.

I never finished Nagrand, BEM, Netherstorm, SMV at all, done 0 quests.

Ofcourse, that was on my alt char (Yaina) who I went PvP with, so quest gear sucks anyway ;P altough Netherstorm would be better for 70-ish green/blue.

With Yinxie (my main), I dinged in SMV after Nagrand. in BEM/Netherstorm I did all the quests there were for money, and so I got my epic flying.

Yinx

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I went HFP to ZM to Nagrand and dinged 70. I still have Terrokar, BEM, SMV and Netherstorm for quest cash :)

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Same here, I mostly dinged 70 by doing all quests in HF, ZM and BEM and all instance quests. I only started doing TF, Nagrand, SMV and Netherstorm quests when I needed gold for the epic flyer, clocking in around 1000-2000g per zone.

For alts that did not instance too much I would aim to look up the quest reward for the big chains, especially in Netherstorm and SMV and do those chains for the gear before 70 to also get XP from it.

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I stuck around in Azeroth until I was 63. I hit 65 in Hellfire the other day. I'll probably ding 70 in Nagrand or Terokkar. I didn't do a single instance until Hellfire, just loads and loads of rested XP.

This means tons of quest money, and not just from dailies. I don't know for certain, but I think this character may actually afford to get his epic flyer or buy his way to BFFs with the Scryers. Of course I'm repping up with Scryers so doing my SSO dailies should keep me in Signets and Tomes.

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I followed a similar route as fellow players. I didn't head to outlands until 60 (unless to get some training), and then didn't leave a zone until I had finished all of the quests. I actually did this intentionally so that the quests that would lead to the most gold post-70 would still be available.

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Same here. I stayed in Azeroth until level 61, since I really do not like the Star trek theme of Outland. I became 70 in that horrible place called Blade's Edge mountains.

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I'm currently doing quests in Terrokar and i'm 51% into 65, and I have only stepped foot into one instance, gaining only 20% of 64 from it.

I leveled to 60 in the old world since I do enjoy the plaguelands, and once I hit 60 I went and did my epic mount quest which gave me half of that level. So going into outlands i was 60.5, and 2.5 zones later i'm 65.5. I could easily see myself hitting 66 before i leave terrokar, probably 68 or so in Nagrand, not sure after that.

I can see two reasons why people hit 70 so fast. 1) they do a lot of instances, as you mentioned. or 2) They don't play every day until they hit 70, there are breaks between playing sessions. Rest XP builds up really quickly in these levels, so much so that a casual player can spend the majority of 60-70 with rest xp, and Blizzard didn't design the quests to take you through every zone with rest xp. While it may seem like a small bonus, it really adds up considering how many mobs you kill for quests in Outlands.

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went to HfP as soon as I dinged 58 and became 70 on nagrand with my two 70s I did a few instances only, those needed to complete quests. I just did every single quest.

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I dinged in Blade's Edge. Finishing off BEM, then Netherstorm and Shadowmoon got me about 2000 gold towards my epic mount. I grinded out about 1000 more, borrowed the rest, and paid it off quickly doing the Netherwing dailies (this was pre-SSO dailies).

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I did Hellfire, Zangarmarsh, Nagrand, and dinged in Netherstorm. I did a few BEM and Shadowmood quests for gold, but I've never been to Terrokar. I shelved my character for a while at level 63 and from 63-70 I never left rested XP.

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I dinged 70 in Underbog. I followed 7 of the top 10 Lazy Alt's rogue quests for gear. Only did Ring of Blood and the Trampoline quests in Nagrand. For the dagger and cloak. Moved onto SMV for some sweet rogue gear. Then back to Zangramarsh at 69 to get honored rep with CE for the PvP helmet and dinged in the instance.

Working on PvP gear now...

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My most recent 70 dinged 58 in Azshara, having never bothered going to Burning Steppes, Un'Goro or Silithis. He dinged 70 in Netherstorm 3 weeks ago and has only been to Shadowmoon Valley once, to buy his Epic Flying Mount.

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I dinged 70 with my main in Nagrad. I had never been to BEM, Netherstorm, SMV or even outside Shattrath at that time. I DID do it with lots of rested XP, and didnt leave Azeroth til i was at 62 (cos i was waiting for friends to ding so we experienced the 'new' content together). I remember wandering into Nagrad, starting grinding anything i could see and kill, and then getting a /w to do the ring of blood. I dinged when i handed in the last q and got (finally) a decent staff

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I dinged 70 in Old Hillsbrad. The only quests I did in outland were Hellfire quests. I instanced through Hellfire, Zangarmarsh, Auchindoun & Old Hillsbrad. Then I quested. Gold is good.

I pugged with some people in Ramps & BF that hit 70 when I was still 64, but I'd say I had way better rep, gear & gold a few weeks after I hit 70 than they did.

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