I have a lot of alts, but when it comes down to it there are only 2 chars I play regularly right now. Still, having made it to level cap a while ago I might have a few points to add.
Treesh mentioned in another post the idea of duoing and Bolty echoed that comment. I'd like to echo it yet again. Duoing is ridiculously fun and highly efficient. I have spent many a night duoing with Lochnar as the two of us have a tendency to be the last Lurkers on on any given night :whistling: He gives us the dps that my priest is lacking and I provide the healing to minimize deaths. With water in tow we can move along fairly quickly and even take out many elite monsters of similar levels fairly well. It's honestly been a while since we were duoing before we capped but I remember it being an excellent way to work.
I would recommend trying to find another player or two around your level and try to hook up with them. With any luck Galreth might catch Arethor soon and then you'll have someone to run around with :P
I'm going to lump these together a bit. In here it really helps to have experience with the quests. You will gain this experience the first time you run through them with a char and then you can use that experience for the second, third, fourth, etc. ones. My levelling speed in some areas with my second char was so much faster than my frist time through.
Once you get a feel for how the quests are set up you can actually set up shop in areas more often than you'd think. You can wait to shuttle around the world once you build up a list of shuttling quests. This is again similar to what Treesh mentioned. At Arethor's level he is very close to being able to sit in Tanaris for a while if he so desires. If you take into account the quests in both Gadgetzan and Steemwheedle that could keep you occupied for quite some time.
Once you learn more efficient orders to do some quests in you can lessen travel times. Knowing where to get all of the outside quests for an area and then what shuttle quests you will get within an area helps immensly. Some zones are better than others for shuttling and you learn this. Tanaris can keep you there for a while, Hinterlands is mostly just a shuttle stop (with a task to do while you are stopped). Of course you will find out soon enough that the two of them are linked :) Knowing when to go take the shuttle helps save time and as others have mentioned flights are good for breaks. Multi-hop flights are a bit annoying as Bolty mentioned.
The other thing that can help a lot is where you set your hearthstone:
This is a big pain and I've actually seen your computer work so I know what you are talking about. For a lot of Flyn's adult life he was hearthed to IF as it stands as a solid hub for all of EK travel. Some people like Menethil because you are closer to the boats but my philosophy is that Menethil is only a short hop away from IF and it's a lot less flexible for flying around EK. If you can find a way to improve your computer situation then IF is a good hearth point for a lot of the time. If you are questing a lot in a certain area (or really want to shorten a return shuttle trip, note this will mess you up for your next shuttle trip probably though) resetting your hearth to that area might help. Some of the hop times are long but I'm pretty sure you can reach almost any flight path (only one I can think of that you can't is the new one in Silithus) in three hops from IF. That's not too bad as a central point for your travels. Mage friends with portals are always nice too :)
I'm not as qualified to make points here. As I said I've only really played two chars a lot (and I've dabbled in the paladin a bit in OB and with my third highest char now). Still, if one character is getting a bit stale just move on. A few weeks after Flyn hit cap he got a bit stale and zerg raids were not appealing to me. I basically shelved him for almost a month. When I came back I started going back to a lot of the quests he hadn't done (yes, a capped character can still have many many quests undone) and raiding was more fresh again. I've been questing in the Plaguelands for the last week or so and I still haven't finished it all. And one of these days I'll be able to pull 4 others together to 5-man Scarlet Strat. If Flyn ever gets stale I can just switch back to Galreth who will be rested up again after he gained almost all of level 36 in one day questing in the Shimmering Flats with full rested bonus.
I think the important thing is that you continue to enjoy the game. Different people find their enjoyment in different areas and you really have to go with what works for you. Altitis is certainly not a bad thing. At least you can avoid the 60g fee for joining the 60 club [Mentat can avoid this by bringing 9 arcane crystals for our enchanter's rods; or even better yet 3 arcanite rods] ;)
- mjdoom
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Arethor,Mar 22 2005, 11:00 PM Wrote:Slow leveling/questing
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Treesh mentioned in another post the idea of duoing and Bolty echoed that comment. I'd like to echo it yet again. Duoing is ridiculously fun and highly efficient. I have spent many a night duoing with Lochnar as the two of us have a tendency to be the last Lurkers on on any given night :whistling: He gives us the dps that my priest is lacking and I provide the healing to minimize deaths. With water in tow we can move along fairly quickly and even take out many elite monsters of similar levels fairly well. It's honestly been a while since we were duoing before we capped but I remember it being an excellent way to work.
I would recommend trying to find another player or two around your level and try to hook up with them. With any luck Galreth might catch Arethor soon and then you'll have someone to run around with :P
Arethor,Mar 22 2005, 11:00 PM Wrote:The world is becoming too large
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I'm going to lump these together a bit. In here it really helps to have experience with the quests. You will gain this experience the first time you run through them with a char and then you can use that experience for the second, third, fourth, etc. ones. My levelling speed in some areas with my second char was so much faster than my frist time through.
Once you get a feel for how the quests are set up you can actually set up shop in areas more often than you'd think. You can wait to shuttle around the world once you build up a list of shuttling quests. This is again similar to what Treesh mentioned. At Arethor's level he is very close to being able to sit in Tanaris for a while if he so desires. If you take into account the quests in both Gadgetzan and Steemwheedle that could keep you occupied for quite some time.
Once you learn more efficient orders to do some quests in you can lessen travel times. Knowing where to get all of the outside quests for an area and then what shuttle quests you will get within an area helps immensly. Some zones are better than others for shuttling and you learn this. Tanaris can keep you there for a while, Hinterlands is mostly just a shuttle stop (with a task to do while you are stopped). Of course you will find out soon enough that the two of them are linked :) Knowing when to go take the shuttle helps save time and as others have mentioned flights are good for breaks. Multi-hop flights are a bit annoying as Bolty mentioned.
The other thing that can help a lot is where you set your hearthstone:
Arethor,Mar 22 2005, 11:00 PM Wrote:Gryphons and Ironforge
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This is a big pain and I've actually seen your computer work so I know what you are talking about. For a lot of Flyn's adult life he was hearthed to IF as it stands as a solid hub for all of EK travel. Some people like Menethil because you are closer to the boats but my philosophy is that Menethil is only a short hop away from IF and it's a lot less flexible for flying around EK. If you can find a way to improve your computer situation then IF is a good hearth point for a lot of the time. If you are questing a lot in a certain area (or really want to shorten a return shuttle trip, note this will mess you up for your next shuttle trip probably though) resetting your hearth to that area might help. Some of the hop times are long but I'm pretty sure you can reach almost any flight path (only one I can think of that you can't is the new one in Silithus) in three hops from IF. That's not too bad as a central point for your travels. Mage friends with portals are always nice too :)
Arethor,Mar 22 2005, 11:00 PM Wrote:Variety
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I'm not as qualified to make points here. As I said I've only really played two chars a lot (and I've dabbled in the paladin a bit in OB and with my third highest char now). Still, if one character is getting a bit stale just move on. A few weeks after Flyn hit cap he got a bit stale and zerg raids were not appealing to me. I basically shelved him for almost a month. When I came back I started going back to a lot of the quests he hadn't done (yes, a capped character can still have many many quests undone) and raiding was more fresh again. I've been questing in the Plaguelands for the last week or so and I still haven't finished it all. And one of these days I'll be able to pull 4 others together to 5-man Scarlet Strat. If Flyn ever gets stale I can just switch back to Galreth who will be rested up again after he gained almost all of level 36 in one day questing in the Shimmering Flats with full rested bonus.
I think the important thing is that you continue to enjoy the game. Different people find their enjoyment in different areas and you really have to go with what works for you. Altitis is certainly not a bad thing. At least you can avoid the 60g fee for joining the 60 club [Mentat can avoid this by bringing 9 arcane crystals for our enchanter's rods; or even better yet 3 arcanite rods] ;)
- mjdoom
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Stormrage:
Flyndar (60) - Dwarf Priest - Tailoring (300), Enchanting (300)
Minimagi (60) - Gnome Mage - Herbalism (300), Engineering (301)
Galreth (60) - Human Warrior - Blacksmithing (300), Alchemy (300); Critical Mass by name, Lurker in spirit
ArynWindborn (19) - Human Paladin - Mining/Engineering (121)
Flyndar (60) - Dwarf Priest - Tailoring (300), Enchanting (300)
Minimagi (60) - Gnome Mage - Herbalism (300), Engineering (301)
Galreth (60) - Human Warrior - Blacksmithing (300), Alchemy (300); Critical Mass by name, Lurker in spirit
ArynWindborn (19) - Human Paladin - Mining/Engineering (121)