Warchief Tyrandor wrote:
For 'normal' class, sticking in Plagueland for 1 or 2 more level is smart - your gear will usually suck and you're not the power house a DK is at that level. But a DK not going to Outland right away is hurting himself - you're in prime quality blue gear and you're a god at that level range. It won't be any harder then plagueland, but you'll get more xp out of everything.
And yet, the speed leveling guide on deathknight.info ALSO recommends Plaguelands, for both factions. See any trends here? Despite the claims of not really having to backtrack, there's a score of quests which aren't available below 60 in HFP. It isn't about difficulty, it's about speed and efficiency.
Then there's the other factor. Yes, you seriously outgear stuff in HFP with the blue starter kit. The advantage narrows in Zangarmarsh, and evens out in Terokkar. Starting with PL you keep a 2-3 levels advantage throughout Outlands. Heck, with a week worth's of rest exp due to business travels, my DK just dinged 68 in bloody Terokkar. The other way round you're at the very least at the end of Nagrand or most probably in the middle of BEM. Huge zones, with long traveling times. The second tier of Nesingwary quests has mobs which are yellow in part, spaced out and AoE unfriendly, and half a zone away from the quest giver. It's just an example, but all these elements eventually add up. For every single mob I kill in Outlands I kill it faster because they're yellow / green to me at all times. I may get 10% less exp out of them but I get the exact same quest exp, and gain a lot more time out of it. Last but not least, on a PvP server, being two-three levels ahead of the competition when killing the same quest mobs is often also a vast difference between continuing to quest or doing a corpse run.
Just try it once. You'll never look back.
