most efficient way to lvl a warriorFollow

Sorry lol, i was assuming you were refering to me because when you were responding to Grollog he was talking about me as being so sry i lashed out :P

Woah... lots of misinformation in this thread.

First off: Mental, get your **** together. I don't care how fast you think you can level a warrior, you need to start thinking outside your little box. All I can say about most of the stuff you say here is: You're wrong. Let's take it from the top, shall we?


Pro's with instancing:
- You'll get gear that'll last you 10-20 levels, stuff you'll never even come close to get by quest rewards.
- You'll get a very decent xp/h, so you're not missing out on a lot.
- You WILL get experience to tank at level 70, at least if you don't say ***** it' and give up just because everyone is attacking different targets. I'd take this as a challenge, and there's rarely anyone who can pull a mob off me even in the earliest instances.
Con's with instancing:
- You're not guaranteed success, since the groups success isn't only determined by you. You'll need at least a good healer to pull you through an instance where the DPS:ers are noobs.
- Xp/h is slightly less than questing even with a good group. Can be quite dreadful with bad groups.
- You might run and get no drops. If this is the case you'd be better off if you'd spent your time questing.

These are some basic things I can think of on the top of my head.


They WILL make a difference. And there's plenty of really nice gear to get out there. I'd write you a list, but if you've got half a brain and skim through atlas you'll see which ones will last and which ones will not.

You come to this tread with an arrogant attitude that you know everything. This might work on the new guys here, but it doesn't take long for the rest of us to recognize you're just wind bagging.

Your smug comments aren't a testament of skill and knowledge, but merely ignorance. If you're so good, and can level stuff soooo fast, let's hear what you really KNOW, instead of just seeing you contradict almost everyone who posts here without any REAL arguments to prove your opinion.

I know from leveling a warrior very very recently, that instance gear WILL last you a hell of a long time. I got some rare plate boots of the Bear in Ulda. I enchanted them with +stam, and they've lasted me all the way to outlands, or rather the blue boots that drop in ramps.

I recall using the +9 stam boots from WC up until my mid 30's, where greens started to catch up. Never got the belt from WC, but that would've lasted me up to at least level 30 as well. I believe I had the Helm from RFK for 10 levels, until I got Herod's helm. I used several SM items until I started doing BRD.

I'm not saying leveling this warrior went very fast, since I'd desided long ago to ONLY do instances with him. That's not a good option if you want to levels as fast as possible, but to completely exclude instances is rather stupid. You'll most likely get items you don't get near of seeing in regular Q rewards.

is it possible to rate someone? i just wanted to kinda thank for those that helped

You have to be scholar or higher to rate someone. So, sadly, you can't do so for the time being.

We're in the warrior forum, I think getting upgrades is important for warriors, since they're gear dependant. This doesn't hold true with hunters, since they can have which-ever-gear and still pwn mobs' face.


Christ.. If you didn't know, there's also a thing called 'Time played on this level'. Just take that figure and subtract from the total you get from /played.

From what skill and knowledge you show in this thread I have no doubt I can outlevel you in /played. Such ****-measuring contests aren't of any real use though, and I was only ever interested in your hunter's /played since I consider myself to have leveled a hunter quite fast recently, while doing some key-instances.

My advise to you: Loose the attitude if you can't back it up. It might work in the OOT forums where you don't have to really know anything, but here you get burnt bad if you're an ***. Not that you're worried about your karma or anything, but here there's another sort of karma. It's one where you don't ever listen to people who are always wrong.

Edited, Oct 31st 2008 11:50pm by Utarius

Perhaps you're right, but don't underestimate the power of organising on the go Mental. I'm not talking about countless RFC runs. If possible, you can even get friends to join in (as a boost or not). Just make sure you've got a party at the ready while questing, get summoned, tackle the place, grab your new leet sword, hearthstone, and continue questing.

That about sums up instancing in Azeroth. Waste of time unless it is a run through or with people you know to be good. I mean all other 4 people not just 1 or 2. The random suckitude of PuGs makes instance leveling before Outland worthless.

Outland instances give way more xp and are not long maze-like constructs. They also give good gear. I instanced much of my way from 60-70 in Outland, granted was a druid but still I dinged 70 half way through Nagrand. Got easily 3-4 levels of xp in instances.

The other factor that make Azeroth instances suck is that they don't give you rep like Outland instances do. That adds a level of incentive as you need rep for various gears and to unlock heroics.

ZF is often done as it is in my opinion a lot of fun. It is in a level appropriate zone unlike many other Azeroth instances, as they are scattered around with minimal rhyme or reason. It is also not excessively long compared to other pre-Outland instances. For example, BRD takes 3 weeks to run with 25 level 70s decked out in epics. Not really but that place is a maze and takes a long time to run.

Instances are fun and they do give gear. Warriors are more gear intensive class. But skipping instances is generally the fastest way to level. Unless it is a good group that is highly focused. Which is rare.

With the expac coming I expect only a few of the Outland instances to be run while leveling. I think Ramps, SP and MT might still see some use. Many of the other will be the new ST. Especially, the TK ones as you need flight to get in and you can go Northrend by then.

This will happen for the same reason as Azeroth dungeons aren't run. PuGs ******* around, failing apart, time limits breaking up groups and scrubs that can't play for beans. Those reasons are the main reasons why questing is the faster route to the level cap.

Of course, in Northrend the situation will be as Outland was. The instances will be hubbed and shortish. They will grant useful rep via the tabard system and new lewtz. Instances will be more viable then but in Azeroth and soon Outland, they slow the process down.

I find it funny that you persist on beating a dead horse. The reason I suggested hunter, you would've seen if you'd bothered to read what others write, was that I recently leveled one to 70. I'm not going to discuss this with you further since it won't bring anything useful to this thread. I don't ignore what you say here, although I would very much like to say you ignore what I say. I don't think you're right.. You have your opinion, I have mine, we both think the other one's opinion is wrong.. nothing much to do about it.

Just do us all a favor to spare use some headache: Next time you think you know something, shut the hell up and run back to the OOT boards.

Which is exactly what I'm trying to do in the first place. Thanks, Moz!

So you were going to "scientifically prove" that leveling without instancing is faster than leveling with instancing by comparing time played from 1-69 for two individual warriors played by different people?

Mental, if you disagree with Utarius, that's fine. You can both say the other is wrong ad nauseum, but don't pretend that a ****-measuring contest (comparing your two warriors time /played because you think your's is faster) is scientific.

Liar, nobody likes the grind that much :P


Edit: Then again, you áre Mentalfrog.

Edited, Nov 6th 2008 7:29pm by Mozared

Lol. On my account I have 2 warriors... Don't ask me why... I just do.

I found at low lvl the wep upgrades lasted longer than at higher lvls.

Cruel Barb/sfk shield had them post 30.

FelIron axe replaced by axe of the legion.
Axe of the legion, replaced by a 65 quest item.

I find I don't realy care how long it takes me to get to 70 and usually manage it in less than 9 days.
On my warrior i spammed ZA for Zul'Thraze from 40-50 and still raced to 70, was a 19 and 29 twink aswell so loads of playtime on him, but leveling was quick.

Never had trouble questing or soloing mobs. Soloed the mastery Q's in nagrand at 66.

Why play a char just to solo to 70, totally not what the game is about. No one NEEDS to get a char to 70 in 7 days. I found warrior was MORE fun pre 70: Not as much pressure to tank, lack of resi in pvp makes them soooooo fun, i would of liked to stay lower than 70, but when you get caught up in those last lvls it is all about getting to 70.

I loved instaning, was a good way to get to merge with other classes.

playing as a lock and having a enh shammy and a feral druid in your group is soooo different than playing as a warrior and having an enh shaman and feral druid in your group(apart from the obvious differences of one being a warrio and one being a lock xD)