How Much Wrath is Too Much Wrath?

Posted by Bastosa on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 - 42 Comments

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I’ve been trying to keep a healthy perspective on this thing. Sure, I called in sick on Friday, and sure I logged more hours this weekend than I probably did the past 3 weeks combined, but I’m having fun and fully expected to invest a lot of time during these initial few days.

With everyone racing to level cap, it is very interesting to see how far various members of my guild are approaching it. There are some that are playing about the same as they did before, there are actually some that are playing less (waiting for things to settle down) but what I am noticing most is those that are playing more, much more.

There is the guy I know who went 40 hours without sleeping, there is the one that did 3 levels in one sitting (and hasn’t logged since), and even the guy that took 2 weeks vacation to dedicate all day everyday to getting up to the cap.

Now I’m not here to judge, like I said I have logged more than my fair share of hours over the last few days, but sometimes I just have to wonder. Where is the line for all of this?

I hear people calling each other noobs for not leveling fast enough, or on the other side calling them nerds for playing too much. I cannot say what the proper balance is, but it is certain that there are strong opinions all around.

What does it take to be the world first 80, or be the first to clear all the PVE content? Are we so competitive that we push our selves to the brink to beat that other guild, the others of your class, or even your friends? I know that this will all be very short term, and soon all will be back to normal, but in the mean time it’s a great time to learn a little about your friends and guildies.

What about you? Are you feeling the pressure to level like a madman, or are you appalled by what you see going on around you?

I wish I had a way to wrap this all up into a moral or a strong opinion either way… let’s just say I have found the last few days very interesting. Now back to leveling.

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    By Punjab on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

    I really don’t understand how people level so fast. I’m going as fast as I can without skipping content, and I’m only level 74 (nearly 75). To be fair though, I only got the expansion on Saturday (stupid Amazon).

    Iarla
    Darkmoon Faire EU
    Blood Elf Mage

    By Nylow on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    There is a bit of fun in leveling quick. It does show skill and knowledge of the game. So, as a fair and honest gamer I salute u Elite’s who have made the level cap.

    As for myself. I also took some time off, and may have upped my play time a bit, but after a week of playing i will probably get back to a normal schedule that has meetings with me & the pillow (and my wife now that she isn’t rolling her eyes at me for using PTO for a day off to play a game).

    Last night I did 2 hours of questing all alone and have to say just how much I enjoy seeing the XP bar. I was also able to run and instance and that was my night. I am enjoying the content and really like what they have added to the game. No need to really rush unless I am missing too many raids. Just going to sit back and enjoy what my hard earned money is giving me. A chance to play with friends, complete achievements and pawn some horde. ALLIANCE FTW!!!

    Kudo’s Bliz!! Enjoy my $$.

    By Jondare on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    lvl 75?!?! i got my game tuesday (preorder) and is still only lvl 72 eventough im doingm everything i can to get to lvl 80 as fast as possible

    By Deathguard on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    Dude I Gota Say That World Of Warcraft is one heck of an game but i cant just understand these player’s i mean c’mon where the rush , why level so fast , why make your self the best , why ? There is no Point in that i personaly enjoy Project Lore Video’s of the game and i have to add that a lot of player’s think that not only on leveling and the “best” but in raiding . Killfun’s that’s what they are. World Of Warcraft is one heck of a game and it’s about fun no for “Who’s the best” , but that’s my opinion … man i talk to much … well back to having fun with my deathknight :P

    By Lasher on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

    Got the game on friday, and right now I’m 74. I just quested and ran UK, Nexus, Nerub and Old Kingdom once , for the content and the achievement. Instancing is prolly faster XP then questing, especially if there’s a lot of competition on certain quests.

    Have I played more then I used to ? Well, yes, since all I did before were the dailies and perhaps a raid and daily heroic / normal.

    By Fen on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    I haven’t even installed the expansion yet. I’m waiting for my wife to reach 68 at least so that we can brave the icy shores of Northrend together.

    By Peter on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    There is no such thing as “too much Wrath”.

    After taking my sweet time to level (I’m only at 77 right now), I can honestly say that this expansion has been more exciting and captivating, lore and storyline-wise, than both Vanilla and BC combined.

    The truth about Muradin? The battle between Bolvar and Arthas? The Battle for the Undercity? Amazing stuff.

    Sure, it may be short. Yes, the top guilds may have already completed all the content, but storywise it’s incredibly rich and detailed.

    By Cardyn on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    I Tried to level my druid but on my server there was Way to Much Camping for Quest Objectives So i decided to Roll a Dk till Stuff Calms Down! Now im a Proud Owner Of a LvL 67 Dk and I must Say They are a Grinding Machine!

    Keep Up The Great Work PL

    By Nylow on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    to Punjab -

    I myself was wondering how it was being done. I had a rough idea, but didn’t take it a step further and once I read on what was done to level so quickly I feel a little silly.

    At the moment I can’t say how I feel about it as there is some debate on who should/shouldn’t get Kudo’s for world first lvl 80. Regardless I do give them props for learning the mechanic and just grinding it out. Below is what I have learned. Feel free to make your own judgement. (Google Athene’s)

    Mob Tagging - group up with friends and “power level a character”. Best with a great healer and plenty of DPS to go around. Remember when attacking if someone is not in your group attacks the same target they get no XP/Loot. Now apply it. Be seperate from the group and get a bunch of things to attack you. Now that you have damaged them you get the XP for the kill (albeit not 100%, but you get all of it non the less) the more damage you do the more XP you get from the kills. Sadly your friends don’t get any XP, but look how quickly your XP bar fills up. Hopefully that made a bit of sense.

    By Deathadder on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    I got the game on the friday after it came out. Unfortunately, the 2k queue lines have really driven me away, so I’m only lvl 71

    By Dvotar on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Yea.. i dont understand that either
    After a few days lvling i just had it enough, i just dont care if anyone call me noob for lvling slow, its just why call me noob if i am enjoying the game and you are not?
    What’s the rush? Eventually everyone will be lvl 80 and they will pwn you and then all that rush is wasted
    Have some fun with you friends irl or in wow just dont push yourself so far.
    The game was made to have fun and not to “no-life” rushing yourself to the level cap or clearing all the PvE content.

    Lurosa lvl 74 priest
    Trollbane - EU server

    By Grant on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    I just made a DK so I don’t have to hear all the 70+ people complaining about these 80s and stuff…But When you get to the Outlands on a DK The Outlands is really an Outland..

    By Drstealth on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

    Best part of this thread so far:

    “After taking my sweet time to level (I’m only at 77 right now),”

    It highlights how different we all are. I have one toon at 71 and another almost at 72.

    BTW, I’m not judging at all. One persons “casual” is another persons “hardcore”, and I’m ok with both! =)

    By Darthozzan on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    My mate just hit 80 last night, he barely got any sleep for the entire weekend.. but at least it isn’t interfering much with his school! i think the competition is suck but fun at the same time :) i embrace, and intend to take part in it at dreamhack winter 08!

    By Frazz on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Circumstances had me out of town Thursday of release to Sunday night late… so I only got to install the xpac Monday after work.

    However, after reading some blogs when I could during that time, I changed from being one who wanted to lvl as fast as possible to not really caring how fast I level. If the end game content isn’t something you really have to work hard to do, what’s the rush in lvling to 80 ASAP? I’m going to take my time!

    As a semi serious raider in a semi serious guild, I really hope we have some challenges in the future. The first two instance I went in were cake walks. Very cool instances, with great graphics, but our group was taking down double mobs and no trouble on the bosses.

    Chamuco lvl 70 Shaman, Resto
    Mallorne lvl 70 Druid, Balanced
    Frazzit lvl 70 Warrior, Prot
    Anvilmar

    By penrose on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    So, I have spent a little time in Northrend - druid still 70, have leveled my shammy from 60-62 and three DKs to 59.

    Too crowded, wayy too many DKs - constant /t ‘will you heal for us?’ only to find out there is a group of 4 DKs that want to run an instance. The times I have tried it, it is clear that most DKs have never understood aggro management or played a tank class (prot tank) where they were responsible to keep aggro.

    500-1000 people queues. near constant lag otherwise.

    I rolled fresh on a new server and have a lvl 20 char.

    By PatrickD on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    I’ve been playing since the original game came out in 2004 (and was even part of that beta)…and I’m at level 48. I’m the poster boy for “casual gamer”.

    I’ll go at my own pace and enjoy doing so. I find no pleasure in trying to rush through the game.

    …but I do find pleasure in showing off my polar bear mount and having someone ask me where I got it at least once every five minutes.

    By Marchell on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    I’ve gained 20 lvls since the 3.0 content patch went live, but that has less to do with racing to 80 and more to do with getting a second healer for my guild.

    Marchell, lvl 52 Holy Priest.

    By Ulose on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    I have not even reached 50 in a year of playing but i have selected a main and i am going to stick with it. But i am rushing to level because i want to feel even the first expansion BC I crave something new. But as a 70 if you missed leveling (IDK WHY YOU WOULD!) you should probably take your time Bastosa.

    By Ironhoof on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    I’ll start my new char (from lvl 1). To be honest i don’t care how fast or how slow it goes. Its just a game so i want to enjoy it as much as I can. At this moment all i want is to get to lvl 55 and do a DK. After that, Blizzard could release the next 15 WoWs, i still don’t care. No one is paying anyone for first kills or first lvl 80. I’ve hear a rumor that the Paladin Anethe had his char lvl-ed back to 70 after reaching 79 in 1 day.
    And after you get all the stuff you need, what do you do? Stay in Dalaran and show off?
    It would be great by blizzard to close all raids/dungeons in the first week or so, or remove the loot from all bosses. It’s just a game. What do you get if you are THE FIRST?

    By Henry on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    I’ve got my shammie to 72. LOVE the game and am getting my full $69.99+tax worth of this game. Really enjoy it. I’m not sure how other people are leveling so fast, because I quest like a mofo!

    I’m really enjoying myself. Most of my guildlies are around 75 at the highest, but most of them are on a steady track to 72.

    I burned myself out last weekend, and am actually having a lot of fun with my death knight! This dude is pretty awesome! Seeing as my next toon to roll out was a tank, this will be perfect!

    By Kalcifer on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    I don’t really care who hits what first. (although the announcements of who has instantly makes me hate them) I’m just looking forward to having my first ever level 70 character in the nexr few days. Even though I have Wrath installed i’m still going to enjoy pretending that two weeks ago that would have been important and then get started on 80. (although at the time it took to get to level 70, I fully expect the next expansion to be out by the time i hit 80)

    By Eventime on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    I play usually a total of a couple hours a day (b/t classes and at night combined), have made a dk up to lvl 62 so far, and have my main pally 1 bar away from hitting 72. I’d like to think I enjoy taking my time through the content, so much so in fact that I’m trying not to raise my rested exp that much. For those who are getting close to 80, grats to you. In my guild we’re not too big but were easily clearing kara, and doing mags/gruuls grouped up with other guilds, and the avg level for us high end people is about 72. We know we’ll get there eventually, so I’m not too worried :-).

    By TreborSL on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Too Much Wrath would be you lose your job , your wife and kids because you can’t stop playing. Anything less than that is ok..

    By Claw of Diana on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Hey guys.. I am planing on enjoying the game and lvliing at my pace.. I have 6 70’s to lvl and I want to experience each area on all of them so I get different views.. And as for achieving realm firsts for my toons not going to happen… I live in australia and play on Gilnease, did not get to play WotLKuntil 6 hours after the Americans and had already seen 5 realm first achievements before I logged to get my copy of Wotlk at the midnight release the close gaming store did… My lock is currently 72 and I have just started my hunter and pally… I also just had to roll the DK… I know everyone felt the same too…

    Also for all those who are power lvling… I know that a guy got banned from WoW on the first day of WotLk becuase he reached 80… Two guesses how he managed that one… 3 or more days I understand but less than 24 hours…. Very silly of him…

    By Shaun on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    I bought Wrath the morning of the day it released and hit 55 the following night. Well actually it was very very late at night, 3am, morning if you will. Then I made my DK and leveled to 65 in two days. I’m quite impressed with myself. I still have a lot more progress to make though. But I can’t fucking wait tillI can get to the end-game. I miss the end game :(

    (I come from the shitty land of blizzlike private servers)

    By Waz on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    personaly im at 78 with my DK :)
    and im still enjoying the quests and Instances so far.
    hopefully i can start naxx this weekend.

    By Thrakki on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    @ Fen:

    My Girlfriend and I did the same thing, except she was adamant that we got her to 70 by release day (turns out game was two days late anyway but hey)

    @Everyone else:

    I’m enjoying levelling slowly, but I can understand how some people would want to get all the way to 80 asap. (Although I do feel a bit sorry for those who get there and are like ‘LFG Hero- oh…’). I’m only level 71 on my main, got another 70 waiting in the wings and a 63 also. But today i just thought ‘Sod it, I’m going to take a break and explore some shizz from blizz’ So i did. Took a wrong turn, got merked by a group of hungry worgs… but hey.

    Thrakki, Orc Warrior, Darkspear (EU)

    By Ladoshai on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    I’m a big storyline person myself. After all that was the big thing that drew me to WoW in the first place. It’s also one of the appeals to WotLK. I have to say I’m impressed!

    Take it slow or fast.. I say its a personal preference. However I cant stress this enough people. “Eeverything in moderation EVEN warcraft!”

    When you live your life thru a Game there’s something amiss. Play the game. Hell have fun with it. Dont make it your only source of fun!

    We.. my Husband and I have been loyal members of Dragon’s Bane on the Arygos server. We’ve seen alot in the game what little we play it. We enjoy the in-game family we have in Dragon’s Bane. Ya and some are close real-time friends too. We love em to peices, but real-time comes first.

    Life ain’t worth livin if You’re not havin fun livin it!

    By charlie on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 11:56 pm

    i think lvlng your toon to 80 in the shortest time is a waste, takes out the fun of the game, doing quests, even questing with people ya don’t know, could make more friends to quest with or do instances later on

    Im enjoying all the new content, and im not in a rush to get to 80

    By nosajdrofloc on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 12:28 am

    I agree who cares about first this and frist that im enjoying all the new game content at my own place im currently 75 and im having a great time. On my server (Windrunner) 1 particular guilld (Forlorn Legacy) has 5 maybe more by now lvl 80 toons by saturday night and was able to comple 25 man naxx by monday evening..think there could be some cheating there but oh well while everyone is rushing through im actually enjoying the game that i have been waiting for in a healthy fashion

    By Xanthe on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 2:08 am

    Im currently 79 and a half and I do like to keep my competitive head on being in the server best guild and racing with the upcomers to get Naxx firsts.

    Call me a nerd but its what I enjoy:)

    Xanthe - Khadgar EU

    By seth on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 5:51 am

    you know what they say. in wow
    “evreyone that has achived less than u is a noob and evreyone that has achived more than u is a nolifer…”
    imo going 40 h or untill 80 whitout sleep is just stupid.why pepole invest so much energy in this. u don’t see anyone working for a good purpose 40 h in a row or untill the job is done. but for a freaking game they will die. nice world .([de]evolving fast)

    By Fergandor on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 5:52 am

    The proper balance is according to me, have sleep, go to school, eat decently, spend time with yer friends and if you have time left, go play WoW.
    I’m the kind of player that gets bored if I play WoW for to long :P I can play it for 2-3 hours and then I just have to stop.

    By Charles on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 9:17 am

    Ya know, I cannot see how people are getting to 80 so fast. I use Titan panel and it’s been pretty reliable as far as telling me how long until I level. At most, each level is taking me 10-15 hours of “decent” (4-8 hours per day at most) game play. Yet, the day after release, it seems I was seeing people around 78-79 and then finally 80.

    The other thing is WHY?? The lore and the world is just so beautifully done that it’s a shame to rush through it. I seriously spent 10 minutes in Dalaran yesterday just looking at Rhonin. I was in awe to see him, given that I’ve been following his story in the War of the Ancients trilogy and the books that followed.

    The way I saw it happening was “YAY! I’ve hit 80! Finally!…….great, now I gotta wait for the rest of the world to catch up so I can actually do stuff.”

    Azurko
    Durotan US

    By David on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 9:51 am

    Got to outlands for the first time a few days after wotlk launched, and my runs in ramparts and BF been with all DK’s and the occasional pally or hunter.

    Its pretty annoying, making me wish i had hit 70 before wotlk because I have not experienced it the way i wanted to. hopefully itl die down soon Xb

    PS

    Forums would be great… please? seeing as though most posts on these awesome blogs are rants that would spark great conversations that are meant for forums. :)

    By kelwinn on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    I have learned from a friend who has done this himself. He has almost reached level 80 but managed to get about level 73 in 15 minutes. All they did was collect 25 quests in SMV and waited to turn them in when litchking came out. Before litchking came out he had bought many of the quest items to turn in Northrend quests instantly.

    By justin on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    i am level 79 almost to 80 3 bars left i did not rush i got it intsalled it. it seems to me that leveling is just so easy it is like pick up a quest do it come back and get the next 1. i wil probally get to 80 by tommorow and work on my dk. i think you also have to be prepared 79 fury warrior stormreaver PROJECTLORE!! AWSOME

    By Ethan on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    I can only play on the weekend, so it I unfortunately am only lvl 71 and then i gotta go on vacation 4 the next week. and i wont b able 2 play(no PC connection in the Bahamas for me) so i dont no, i got 2 70s and i wanna get my DK 2 80 also, so im not sure… will have to decide how 2 play. But i will b one of those people that will be playing this friday from when i get home, after dinner till i am “supposed” 2 get up the next day.

    By Illithian on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    I basically spent all my free time leveling for the first 5 ish days, and I will say it paid off with a level 80. Totally worth it.

    By Jeff on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    I love the fact that people are always (seeming to) ask questions about zones that they’ve rushed through — like “Where’s X prof. trainer…? How do I get to Y…?” — in zones I’m taking my time to fully explore…

    Given the choice, I’d take all the Exploration Achievements going, over being even GUILD-FIRST to 80…

    I have more time than most to devote to playing WoW, but the mass hysteria of getting to L80 (even on a DK…) has killed any desire to even login as one of my pre-L20 alt’s… even makes me wonder what the big deal was, about getting WotLK on (in my case, before) release day…?

    As has been said on earlier posts… getting to L80 is no fun if you can’t do the 10-, 25- or 40-man raid content until THAT many have GOT that far on the SAME server…

    All said & done — each to their own… enjoy your wait while others catch you up & allow you to go Raiding at L80, that you sweated blood to get to, so you could… go… Raiding… oh, you can’t - there’s only one L80 - YOU… /me points & LOLz…

    By Ehrkashin on Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 12:43 am

    I got WotLK on the day of the release and hit 71 just yesterday. Ok, I should add that i’m a resto-druid and not respeccing. I am only running instances!

    Good or not? No clue, but for now I enjoy leveling my char through instancing and boosting a fellow friend’s druid to all the way up to 70 at least….

    I play for fun, so I recon it will still take me another week or two at least to get somewhere around 75!

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