Hitting 80 before cata launch

[olliewilldie]

Hi Guys!

More of a general question than anything warrior specific (I am a prot warrior though...) With the 20% less exp required + herilooms how long do you think it will take me as a prot warrior to level from 53 - 80 using the LFD tool?

I just need to know if it will possible for me to hit 80 before cata is released! If it's going to take more than 2 or so days of playtime (that's my max max) then I won't carry on. It's taken me 1 day 18 hours to get to 53.5 using LFD pretty much exclusively. I am hoping with the 20% boost to Wotlk levelling it will be possible.

My q times are either instant or 1 min max (have been so far anyway) so I don't have to wait around at least.

Cheers!

[Darklyer]

i will say more than 2 weeks

[Desirie]

tbh it can be done in 3 days playtime from 1 - 80 now, so you should be able to get to 80 before the launch if you just spam dungeons.

[gorgonzola]

I did 1-80 without Heirlooms in about 4days (post 4.0)

Seeing you having heirlooms and 20% boost 53-80 should be well doable in 2 days played using questing (which i did), dungeons is slower ofc mostly cause of bad groups but if you are a good tank you can pretty much run the group yourself if the healer isnt afk. I would say it is very much doable to hit 80 before launch.

[niteline]

If you have the heirlooms and make sure you pick up all the dungeon quests (even if you have to do the questline) then ull be more then fine.
I leveled a disc priest once in less then 2 days from 1-80 (with a friend) since our guild coulndt get LK25 down without 2 discs.

[olliewilldie]

I really hate questing with a passion so it will be using the LFD thing exclusively.

Okay great thanks Desirie I will continue onwards then! I haven't had many problems with bad groups so far (had a few retarded healers in BRD but that's it). I seem to do 50% of the total groups damage as well which is quite nice, not sure it will that will continue in the TBC / Wotlk dungeons though.

Just got to try and fit in 2 days of gametime between now and cata then! Could be a problem....

[Deleted]

HI olliewilldie, I just did this with a mage this weekend. Did 49-80 from friday night till sunday night. I quested a little bit because my queue is longer than urs but im sure you could do this faster. I had alot of free time cos I was ill so I had to cancel all my activitys outside the house but im sure it wont take you too long :-) good luck.

EDIT: probs about 1 day, 5+ hours, played time and 20% exp boost from heirloom.

[pimpdaddy]

I was able to get my tauren druid from 1-80 with 7 days played time in September i believe, no heirlooms or xp boost. Quest, quest, quest while your doing that queue up for randoms. It can easily be done just have to focus.

I also got my warlock from 1-72 in 4days with full heirlooms , he would be 80 now if i didnt get bored with him and Im also pretty lazy. So im pretty sure you can easily do it.

[olliewilldie]

HI olliewilldie, I just did this with a mage this weekend. Did 49-80 from friday night till sunday night. I quested a little bit because my queue is longer than urs but im sure you could do this faster. I had alot of free time cos I was ill so I had to cancel all my activitys outside the house but im sure it wont take you too long :-) good luck.

EDIT: probs about 1 day, 5+ hours, played time.

Ah nice that's exactly what I wanted to see. I am hoping to hit 68 by the weekend so I can go mad with the XP boost (which will be in on Wednesday I hope!)

Thanks.

[Flashbomba]

20% less xp is only from 70-80, so just start playing now and reach 70 asap.

Are you rested - full 1½ lvl or less?

Usually it takes 2-3 hours per level in Wotlk I think - got a 74 war at the moment, but been leveling with a mix of quests, BGs and LFD.
Imo questing can also be quite fast, if not for all of it then just to vary your leveling a bit. I'd recommend you to get the dungeon quests if possible - they're loads of XP and usually provide ok items as well. Try to pick them up or ask each LFD if people got any quests to share.
If doing quests, I can recommend this quest guide addon to minimize downtime:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...s/wow-pro.aspx
Edit: Just saw that you don't like questing, but will still leave this link for you to try - or else it might help others. :-)

I can also recommend the addon Xtolevel found on e.g. curse.com
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...xto-level.aspx
It will show you how many kills, quests, dungeons, etc. you approximately need to ding next.

[Deleted]

totally doable.
My 74 rogue took 3 hours to reach level 77 (almost 78). I only did quests in an appropriate zone while queing istances (which are now almost istant thx to battlegroup merge)

level 70-80 Quick dungeon run = 30 minutes = 3/4 bars, if you are rested mob give 3k each, while a quest gives around 25k exp at lvl 77