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Guide last updated: Regularly and for TBC as well as patch 2.3
Review last updated: 2008-05-20
The 1-70 results of my test of this guide are in, and the 1-70 /played time is roughly 8 days 20 hours 38 minutes! 1-60 took 5 days 21 hours 2 minutes, and 60-70 was done in less than 3 days. (Proof below) All this was thanks to the guide. And this was done before patch 2.3 which greatly reduced leveling times, so it would be much faster now.
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, Brian Kopp’s 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide describes a very streamlined patch for any alliance race or class to get to 70 by doing quests. Questing has been proven to be faster than grinding, especially in Outlands, and it’s also a lot more fun. I did all the quests in the guide, except a few before I was level 10. I only had to skip one quest (around level 24) which was too hard.
I also had a special power leveling secret that I came up with but had to keep to myself until Brian released it to everyone recently. Yes, it’s now included for new and past customers. Read all about it here: Power Leveling Secrets
I chose to play a Night Elf hunter starting in Teldrassil, but there are guides for the other alliance races too, and, in my opinion, all classes can do the vast majority of these quests solo. The hunter has an advantage with his pet, though, and the tracking abilities. If you want to roll a hunter that’s great, because it’s a fun, easy and powerful class both in PvE and PvP.
Back to the guide. Here are my reputations as I reached level 60 (hint: they are pretty high):
Click here to see reputations
Here are stats from reaching level 70:
Blog post about reaching 70
As you can see, I don’t have the best gear, and you don’t need to. People are too focused on gear for leveling, but this and other leveling guides prove that it’s overrated. Since you’re doing a lot of quests, you’ll get a nice chunk of reputation as well just by leveling.
I’m not going to say much more, because the results speak for themselves. I had never played a Night Elf, never played a hunter, and I never quested to 70 as alliance before so most of the quests were new to me, and Outlands was totally new for me (I never played beta) and yet I got to 70 in well under 9 days on a PvP server with all the ganking taking place.
To be fair, I had rested experience at level 30 and again at 45, because I had to take a break from leveling for IRL things, but it would still have been a very good time without it. It was also my first character on the server, so I didn’t give it any gold, gear, or boosting from friends. I just followed the guide.
I did use my own gold to pay for help with quests where I needed a group, but that’s fair and square. I also used an alt to auction some stuff from my main, and sent the profits back. I recommend you do the same if you want to level up fast.
The contents of this guide are best described by Brian on his site. It’s fully updated for TBC and includes the navigation system I came up with which saved me 10-15 hours /played time easily.
Brian is clearly committed to providing lifetime updates to his guide, as evidenced by the fact he provided a timely update for the 2.3 patch.
To read more about the guide, go here: Brian Kopp’s Alliance Leveling Guide.
To follow my adventures with this guide, see these blog posts:
Blog posts in the "Brian Kopp’s Alliance Guide" category
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