So I’ve hit 70 now with my mage, following Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide from level 60 when I started Outlands.

It took me only 53 hours and 50 minutes, which was quite a surprise.

When I did 60-70 with Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide on my hunter it took me 68 hours. However, this time I started with full rested experience so that explains a large part of the difference. I had also done many of the quests before, which helped. But I still think I did well considering a hunter is faster than a mage.

Overall I’m very impressed with Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide. The path he takes you on is very streamlined, and you can solo almost everything. (There were a few 2 and 3 man quests that he tells you to do, which he soloed, but I had to skip those with my mage. A hunter could have done them solo though.)

There was also a quest chain on the level 69 part of the guide that now requires level 70, so it had to be skipped as well.

Despite skipping most of the group quests and optional quests, I turned 70 with quite a few quests left in the guide. So even if you’re not using rested XP you should be able to quest the entire way to 70 using this guide.

Compared to Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide I think Joana’s could’ve had a little more instructions here and there. Or maybe I’m just lazy and don’t like reading the quest log too much. Nevertheless, I think the guide is a great help for leveling as evidenced by my 54 hour run.

Thanks Joana!