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How in the world would you go from 68->75 in the two starter zones? With no rested experience from 70 I was out of both halfway through 73. I guess if you ran a lot of 5mans (but no one really runs them much anymore) you may get closer, but without full rested I can't see that happening very easily. I went HF -> BT -> DB -> ZD -> GH -> Scholzar and hit 80 there. Still have hardly quested in stormpeaks or icecrown.
It really depends on how fast you go. When I finished Borean Tundra, I was at least 72 (from 68), and I only did HF to get me to 73/74 to move on to DB
When I got to 80, I still had a ton of quests to do in HF, all of GH, a ton in DB, I never touched ZD, did enough just to get the factions in Sholazar, had done ones all through the Sons of Hodir chain and that was it. I still, essentially, have 3 full zones of quests waiting for me, after spending time to finish all those zones.
Note: I also did dailies. I was exalted with Kaluak pretty fast (as in early in levels). My Wyrmrest Accord was Revered before I hit 80. My SoH was exalted before then. I have Valiance Expedition capped, and a ton of Kirin Tor rep from cooking dailies. I got exalted to FH and halfway through revered with the Oracles. Etc, etc, etc.
If you are going to power level straight through, I guesstimate you will end up in Storm Peaks before you hit 80, without touching ICG. But, if you take more time, do dailies, accumulate rest exp it will be way before that. Mobs give a ton of exp in Wrath, so rested is actually a big boost.