Boost or level for tbc?

[Artharion]

Hey!

I’m having an internal debate and I’d love some opinions: I’m not sure whether I should boost my paladin for TBC Anniversary or level my paladin the normal way (it’s currently level 8).

Here’s my situation:

1) I want to experience TBC properly, starting from Phase 1.
I started WoW in WotLK, and TBC is the only expansion I never got to experience. When TBC Classic launched, my life situation was complicated and I had to miss it. This time I want to do it right: see the content from Phase 1. Nothing super hardcore, but I do want to run heroic dungeons, do raids, and play some PvP, even if it’s more “surface level” and I don’t end up achieving anything major.

2) I have relatively limited time.
I can usually put in about 8 hours on weekends and around 10 hours during the week. So roughly 16–18 hours per week. I’m self-employed, so I could push harder for a week here and there (or lose a bit of sleep). I’ll probably pay for it with anxiety later haha, but I don’t mind if it’s occasional.

3) I don’t mind missing launch day.
I’m not desperate to be in Outland day one with a thousand people fighting over quest mobs. Honestly, I’d almost rather arrive a few weeks later—as long as I can still see the phase content and enjoy the expansion like I said above.

So with that in mind: would you boost, or level normally?

Thank you!

[NineSpine]

Hey!

I’m having an internal debate and I’d love some opinions: I’m not sure whether I should boost my paladin for TBC Anniversary or level my paladin the normal way (it’s currently level 8).

Here’s my situation:

1) I want to experience TBC properly, starting from Phase 1.
I started WoW in WotLK, and TBC is the only expansion I never got to experience. When TBC Classic launched, my life situation was complicated and I had to miss it. This time I want to do it right: see the content from Phase 1. Nothing super hardcore, but I do want to run heroic dungeons, do raids, and play some PvP, even if it’s more “surface level” and I don’t end up achieving anything major.

2) I have relatively limited time.
I can usually put in about 8 hours on weekends and around 10 hours during the week. So roughly 16–18 hours per week. I’m self-employed, so I could push harder for a week here and there (or lose a bit of sleep). I’ll probably pay for it with anxiety later haha, but I don’t mind if it’s occasional.

3) I don’t mind missing launch day.
I’m not desperate to be in Outland day one with a thousand people fighting over quest mobs. Honestly, I’d almost rather arrive a few weeks later—as long as I can still see the phase content and enjoy the expansion like I said above.

So with that in mind: would you boost, or level normally?

Thank you!

If you are horde you can't use a boost.

[Algorath]

There's two major pulls that work against one another in your situation, in my personal opinion.

1) The whole appeal of classic, is the levelling experience, the grind, every upgrade and exploring of new zone, new rank of ability, reaching a new big talent in your talent trees, etc. And after all of that effort, the reward of having this toon that is, through your hard work, ready to go do content that makes it more and more powerful.

2) There is a time window that is against you. You probably don't want to be level 32 in Stranglethorn when TBC releases, and everyone is in Outland having fun, every week you fall more and more behind and there's less and less of a chance you are part of that initial super fun and super active world of everyone doing the same thing.

It's a tough choice.

[kranur]

Hey!

I’m having an internal debate and I’d love some opinions: I’m not sure whether I should boost my paladin for TBC Anniversary or level my paladin the normal way (it’s currently level 8).

Here’s my situation:

1) I want to experience TBC properly, starting from Phase 1.
I started WoW in WotLK, and TBC is the only expansion I never got to experience. When TBC Classic launched, my life situation was complicated and I had to miss it. This time I want to do it right: see the content from Phase 1. Nothing super hardcore, but I do want to run heroic dungeons, do raids, and play some PvP, even if it’s more “surface level” and I don’t end up achieving anything major.

2) I have relatively limited time.
I can usually put in about 8 hours on weekends and around 10 hours during the week. So roughly 16–18 hours per week. I’m self-employed, so I could push harder for a week here and there (or lose a bit of sleep). I’ll probably pay for it with anxiety later haha, but I don’t mind if it’s occasional.

3) I don’t mind missing launch day.
I’m not desperate to be in Outland day one with a thousand people fighting over quest mobs. Honestly, I’d almost rather arrive a few weeks later—as long as I can still see the phase content and enjoy the expansion like I said above.

So with that in mind: would you boost, or level normally?

Thank you!

If you enjoy or want to re-do the vanilla leveling, go with it.
If you're mainly interested in tbc and don't mind feeding Blizzard, then boost it up.

[SinR]

If you are horde you can't use a boost.

We can boost Blood Elves and Draenei

Source: I burned my boost on a Draenei Shaman

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Also, on-topic, right now there's things going on in the old world with people leveling Belfs and Draenei because they're bored on their 60s. those people will likely go back to their 60s for Outland leveling.

Not Boosting works in your favor because less competition for questy stuff in the world. By the time you're in Outland most of the wave of No Lifers will be so far ahead questing will be good too.

[RobertMugabe]

Hey!

I’m having an internal debate and I’d love some opinions: I’m not sure whether I should boost my paladin for TBC Anniversary or level my paladin the normal way (it’s currently level 8).

Here’s my situation:

1) I want to experience TBC properly, starting from Phase 1.
I started WoW in WotLK, and TBC is the only expansion I never got to experience. When TBC Classic launched, my life situation was complicated and I had to miss it. This time I want to do it right: see the content from Phase 1. Nothing super hardcore, but I do want to run heroic dungeons, do raids, and play some PvP, even if it’s more “surface level” and I don’t end up achieving anything major.

2) I have relatively limited time.
I can usually put in about 8 hours on weekends and around 10 hours during the week. So roughly 16–18 hours per week. I’m self-employed, so I could push harder for a week here and there (or lose a bit of sleep). I’ll probably pay for it with anxiety later haha, but I don’t mind if it’s occasional.

3) I don’t mind missing launch day.
I’m not desperate to be in Outland day one with a thousand people fighting over quest mobs. Honestly, I’d almost rather arrive a few weeks later—as long as I can still see the phase content and enjoy the expansion like I said above.

So with that in mind: would you boost, or level normally?

Thank you!

You don't need an excuse for the boost, just do it. Most of us did; I am sure 99% of the people hating on it online have boosted themselves.
If you really like the leveling of vanilla you'll probably play Classic Era instead anyways.

If it wasn't for the boost I am sure a huge chunk of all the TBC enjoyers would've burned out by the time they reached Outland (the 60-70 leveling phase is huuuuge btw, it will take a while).

[Nussa]

There's one more thing I'd mention.

That's that if you miss out the initial weeks, you may have a hard time getting into a raiding guild for content clearing.

[deenman]

if you have limited time you will always be behind, unless you plan on paying for raid boosts and other ingame stuff, at the end of the day my advice is do what you enjoy, if you dont like leveling, just get the boost

[KOUNTERPARTS]

Just boost so you can get into Outland as soon as you can.

/shrug

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

[GratsDing45]

I have a 60 horde warrior on pvp server but rerolled on dreamscythe alliance warrior currently leveling and am having a blast. I couldn't do anything on my level 60 in Outland other than spam Ramparts and Blood Furnace which tbh i'm not into.

TBC is still Classic and so many people are leveling and it's the best old school MMORPG experience on the market atm... If you aren't a sweat, it's amazing. There's really nothing else that comes close. Maybe OSRS? I can't imagine boosting in classic, for me it goes against the magic that is classic. Whatever... Rant over.

[vian]

There's one more thing I'd mention.

That's that if you miss out the initial weeks, you may have a hard time getting into a raiding guild for content clearing.

You dont even need a guild to clear everything lol

[Nussa]

You dont even need a guild to clear everything lol

PUG world is a whole 'nother job