The 1.10 servers for the three "Burning Crusade" beta-key contests (leveling to 50, most chars to 25, PvP honor) have been started this morning at 9:00 CET in Europe.
As the contest participants are starting under the same circumstances when WoW first came out (same level, fresh economy), but have now the advantage of tactical and strategical knowledge of over 1 year WoW, the results of these competitions will certainly be interesting.
I'm curious what you think will be the best leveling contest class for the "Fastest Level 50 Char" category. Note that the competition circumstances differ from the WoW start phase last year in several ways: You'll be soloing mostly (except for some quests during the first 15-20 levels) and grind easy to reach and kill creatures, your professions should deck you out with the most needed stuff as auctions and trading are not really an option during these 3 competitive weeks, and for example self cooked foot is cheaper than purchased foot. Simply put, you're basically a little island in this competition without much help from others.
Make your pick and say which professions and talent builds you would choose.
Note that these are already patch 1.10 chars/talents:
Druid
Hunter
Mage
Paladin
Priest
Rogue
Shaman
Warlock
Warrior
My personal favorite is an Undead Warlock with focus on Demonology and Destruction talents. From the Affliction tree, only the Improved Corruption talent will be used to make it an instant cast. Professions will be Tailoring and Skinning, and First Aid and Cooking. At level 40, I'll ride a free mount ;)
As the contest participants are starting under the same circumstances when WoW first came out (same level, fresh economy), but have now the advantage of tactical and strategical knowledge of over 1 year WoW, the results of these competitions will certainly be interesting.
I'm curious what you think will be the best leveling contest class for the "Fastest Level 50 Char" category. Note that the competition circumstances differ from the WoW start phase last year in several ways: You'll be soloing mostly (except for some quests during the first 15-20 levels) and grind easy to reach and kill creatures, your professions should deck you out with the most needed stuff as auctions and trading are not really an option during these 3 competitive weeks, and for example self cooked foot is cheaper than purchased foot. Simply put, you're basically a little island in this competition without much help from others.
Make your pick and say which professions and talent builds you would choose.
Note that these are already patch 1.10 chars/talents:
Druid
Hunter
Mage
Paladin
Priest
Rogue
Shaman
Warlock
Warrior
My personal favorite is an Undead Warlock with focus on Demonology and Destruction talents. From the Affliction tree, only the Improved Corruption talent will be used to make it an instant cast. Professions will be Tailoring and Skinning, and First Aid and Cooking. At level 40, I'll ride a free mount ;)
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