What spec will you be using to level?Follow

I'm guessing you mean 70 to 80.

I switched back to mutilate last week, and i levelled mutilate from 62-70 because I was bored w/combat. If i manage to pick up some decent fists i'm gonna go back to combat, but right now my daggers are higher DPS than swords so i think i'll stick to mut.
I do miss combat though.

I'll be leveling Combat.

SSxOVER9000->Evis Rinse and repeat

I'll be sticking Mutilate and up to level 75 each level will improve my playstyle significantly. 71 holds Prep for me, 72 and 73 hold Dirty Deeds and 74+75 Heightened Senses (Having the jump ftw). 76 'till 80 will be nothing more than a 'stat'boost (aka Duel Wield spec).

I will be leveling as Mutilate. I have the badge fists, but I get close to the same DPS with the Kara daggers according to the spreadsheet, and I love the mutilate play style.

Well, I think I've finally decided I'm going to take my paladin up first so that I'll have a class that can fill whatever roll is needed in my guild for raids. However, after that, I will level my rogue.

Right now, I'm also thinking assassination, because right now, killing spree > me. If its not sticking me in walls its tossing me off nightbane's terrace out of the fight. :(

I assume HaT only works if other party members crit? ie, your own crits don't count towards HaT. Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but my focus has been so totally away from Sub until recently, so I may have missed this information before.

That being said, even if it doesn't use your own crits, Sub in general seems to be pretty decent when solo (I have been trying it out for a week or so now), and with HaT, it'll be a great boost when you're grouped, or decide to run an instance or 2 ;-)

I'll be leveling ShS/Hemo unless/until I get a decent pair of daggers that are an upgrade over my S2 swords. Mine is more about having a strong dislike for combat in a solo setting and the fact that my gear isn't going to be getting upgraded pre-expansion. I'll be taking my druid to 80 first, followed by my paladin, then my rogue (assuming a DK doesn't get shoved in there somewhere). ShS/Hemo can be great fun for casual questing/grinding...maybe not the most efficient, but I still enjoy it and the race to 80 will already have been done.

Well, to be honest, if that's the way it works, then I WILL be building it into a sub levelling build and using it. I've always discounted it because I thought it was only the rest of my group's crits that applied, and seeing as though I'll be solo most of the time, I've been totally ignoring the talent ... guess that'll change.

Been fiddling with an Ambush build for the last day or 2, so this is the ideal time to dump that in favour of a sword sub build with HaT ... Oh wait, I wanted to try Mut first ... sigh .. I seriously feel the OP's pain here ... seriously.

Funny, I have this 3 way fight on my rogue, as well as my warrior (seriously can't decide between the 3 specs there either - they're each as delicious as the next). My mage on the other hand, only presents me with a 2 way fight (fire or frost). I've spent obscene amounts of gold respeccing and respeccing trying to decide which of the various builds I like best ... but it's soooo hard.

Agreed. In the right group/raid (boomkin or retadin anyone?) it's fantastic. I noted that builds performance as being on par with equally geared Mutilate and Combat in one of the WWS threads I think. It was the last build I messed with on beta and I didn't care for it solo. But one of my guildies had a ton of fun for a full raid week with HaT, giggling all the time and spamming Evis like it was a Hawaiian buffet.

Hmm. I recently switched to a heavy Mut build for a change of pace, and have been thoroughly enjoying it.

As far as leveling in the expansion, I might stay Mut, tough to decide, as at this point I have tried all 3 specs, and found them all entertaining.

Sub since lvl 1. No sense changing now.

You should level the spec you like, be it mutilate, sub or combat.

Hating to play your character/spec just because everyone says it's "effective" will only stall the leveling process.

The more fun you have playing your character, the faster it will gain levels.

I personally leveled my first character from 1 to 70 as assassination/mutilate, and I would never level as fast if I was combat spec, which I hate.

Just choose what's right for you.

Almost assuredly combat, since my swords already have mongoose on them and my daggers are the same DPS but without any enchants.

I tried muti out for a while after the 3.0 patch and just didn't like it.

I respecced back to combat and have been enjoying my rogue more than ever, especially with a Glyph of SS.