Power leveling - Loved and hated by many. Passionate believers on both sides advocate for it and curse at it. So what is it?
Once upon a time games game with a variety of cheat codes which would allow a variety of different goodies to be had by one's character. FOr example, Doom: enter a code and you're in God Mode. You'll take no damage. Enter another code and you'll have infinite ammo.
In other game you might enter a code and now your character is much higher level. Of course, since these are single player games no one really cares if you cheat your way to the end. Besides, a little God Mode was great fun from time to time, especially after getting one's butt kicked repeatedly.
Things are a bit different in the modern day MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.) These games require, usually, a monthly fee, have thousands of people playing at any one time, and what you do can easily have some effect on other players.
There aren't, usually, any cheat codes either. Those that pop up are quickly stomped out by the Developers. So a replacement had to be found and one of the replacements is Power Leveling.
Power leveling is the process of getting your character leveled faster, generally much faster, then the normal game system allows. World of Warcraft, for example, has the 70 (soon to be 80) levels. I think they're great fun to blast through, at least the first few times, but some people have other opinions.
Perhaps they have several high levels characters and are tired of the leveling grind. Perhaps they're fairly new to the game, but all their pals are playing the high levels and they want to join in. And maybe they just have a short attention span, little interest in the game, and they just want to jump to the end game and play there (and will usually quit soon after. )
Can you see a need here? Some people did and so the Power Leveling services were born. Basically the service takes your money, plays your level 1 character, and a couple of weeks (real time) later you get a brand spanking new level 70 (if it's for World of Warcraft) character. If you paid even more money that character might even have some killer gear.
Fnding a power leveling service is easy. Go to Google and enter something like this: "WoW Power Leveling" or "Guild Wars Powerleveling" or... Well, you get the idea. Be prepared to spend at least $100 for WoW power leveling, a lot more if you want all the goodies.
An even faster route is to just buy a character/account off of ebay.com. Just hop over to ebay, find an account you like, pay a few hundred bucks, trust the seller, and you have a new character to play.
There are a couple of issues here. One is that if you're new to the game you will find that despite having a brand spanking new level 70, maybe even with nice gear, that you will get your behind handed to you by every monster in the game. Teams also just can't stand players who have no clue about their characters, so you won't last long in teams before being punted. And don't even think about PvP.
The other issue is that Power Leveling and the buying of accounts are both against the Blizzard terms of service, so they are within their rights to ban you from the game. You don't get you money back, either. The odds of it happening are small, but who cares what the odds are if it happens to you?
So the plusses of the two methods above are that you get a high level character (for whichever game,) in far less time than you could do it yourself, at the cost of a few bucks. The downside is that you'll get pwned by everything until you get your character figured out. Oh yes, plus the risk of a ban.
Another method of power leveling (in World of Warcraft,) that’s far safer for your account, requires either two accounts or a helpful high level player who can clear dungeons rapidly. High and low levels team up, the high level kills everything in the dungeon and the low level cleans up on the XP.
It’s tedious, but you’ll level fast. You won’t have a clue as to how to play your higher level character, but you’ll have the gear from the dungeons. Spend some time learning your character and you’ll be ok, with no chance of a ban.
For the average player, who doesn’t have a helpful guild willing to power level him, and isn’t willing to shell out the dough (and risk a ban) there is a very solid alternative.
Grab a copy of a WoW leveling guide, for example and power level yourself. It's not as fast as the dungeon grind, but it's far superior to figuring out a fast leveling path by yourself. A good guide will show you a step by step path to getting leveled fast at a fraction of the cost of buying a power leveling service or a character off ebay. You’ll also have the benefit of having a much better understanding of your character, having played it through all the levels.
There are several of these guides available. Some are Adobe PDFs, so you’ll switch back and forth from the game to the guide, or grab a clipboard and print the guide. Check off the steps as you go.
Other guides are in-game, even to the point of displaying on your main screen and literally pointing to the next place to go.
Check them out, see what works for you, and get leveled fast!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Elite WoW Leveling Guide
The EliteWoW Guide Review
For Horde and Alliance, this is killer guide. It gives you an easy to follow path that covers every step of the way from level 1 to 70, whether you're Alliance or Horde, and no matter which race your character happens to be.
Biggest minus - It's not a fully in-game guide, so you will have to switch back and forth from the main map to look up coordinates and set waypoints. Not a big thing, but it adds some time if you're speed leveling.
Biggest plus - A good path that will get you leveled as fast as any guide out there fast and the price is lower than the competition, much lower than some.
What you get - The EliteWoW Leveling Guide is an Abobe PDF with the leveling path to take you from level 1 to level 70. It includes the starting areas for each race. Each Horde race will start in its own area, level to 13, then head out to the barrens where they all follow the same path. Personally, I feel that the Blood Elves should go to the Ghostlands for the run up to 21, since the leveling there is faster. The again, I'm not writing the guide. :)
Alliance will all level in their respective areas until 11, then head to Westfall, except for the Draenei who will stick with their own areas until 20, then all Ally will follow the same path for the rest of their leveling.
Each step in the guide is bulleted (see below,) so you'll just go from bullet to bullet and level, do the steps, and level fast.
Every quest is linked to Thottbot.com for more info, if you need it. Click the link and you'll see what Thottbot has to say about that quest and what comments Thottbot users have made (usually quote a few.)
On the (Meta) Map
Every quest that has a coordinate is listed in the MetaMap coordinates, so you can go to your map, scroll down the coordinate list, left click the coordinate in the list and you'll see a glowing dot on the map. Right click the glowing spot and set you waypoint, then off you go.
The MetaMap is an addon to your game and complete, easy to follow, installation instructions are provided.
One quibble: The entire guide is a list which is not broken up by any images or chapter headings. Since it's an Adobe PDF you can search for where you want to go, Shimmering Flats, for example, but chapter or sections headings, linked to from a table of contents would be nice.
Here's a shot from the Elite WoW Guide for the Dwarf/Gnome starting area. Note the list of steps, the links to Thottbot.com, and the coordinates. All the coordinates can be found on the main map if you've installed the MetaMap addon.
This is your main map with the EliteWow MetaMap addon installed. The list of coordinates from the guide is on the right side and you'll note the dots scattered about the map. Right click any of the dots, set a waypoint, and off you go.
The MetaMap "Add/Edit Note" window. You can make your own map markers and you can edit any other market, including the ones that are part of the guide.
Open up the guide and you'll see some leveling tips and then you're right into the guide. Pick your race, click the link, and off you go.
Many people print the guide, put it on a clipboard, and cross off each step as they do it. This lets youi keep track of exactly where you are in the guide and you'll find yourself leveling at a much faster rate that you eve have before. If you take a week-long break youi will be able to pick up right where you left off.
And the price! Zygor's Guide is $50 for either Horde or Alliance. iDemise, Joana, and Brian's Guides are all in the $35 to $38 range for Alliance or Horde, and the Elite WoW Guide is $40 for the combined Horde and Alliance guides.
Wondering about whether the Elite WOW guides will become obsolete with the new patch and the new level 80 cap? Here's what they have to say about that:
A killer guide at a great price. Click here, get yours and get leveld fast.
For Horde and Alliance, this is killer guide. It gives you an easy to follow path that covers every step of the way from level 1 to 70, whether you're Alliance or Horde, and no matter which race your character happens to be.
Biggest minus - It's not a fully in-game guide, so you will have to switch back and forth from the main map to look up coordinates and set waypoints. Not a big thing, but it adds some time if you're speed leveling.
Biggest plus - A good path that will get you leveled as fast as any guide out there fast and the price is lower than the competition, much lower than some.
What you get - The EliteWoW Leveling Guide is an Abobe PDF with the leveling path to take you from level 1 to level 70. It includes the starting areas for each race. Each Horde race will start in its own area, level to 13, then head out to the barrens where they all follow the same path. Personally, I feel that the Blood Elves should go to the Ghostlands for the run up to 21, since the leveling there is faster. The again, I'm not writing the guide. :)
Alliance will all level in their respective areas until 11, then head to Westfall, except for the Draenei who will stick with their own areas until 20, then all Ally will follow the same path for the rest of their leveling.
Each step in the guide is bulleted (see below,) so you'll just go from bullet to bullet and level, do the steps, and level fast.
Every quest is linked to Thottbot.com for more info, if you need it. Click the link and you'll see what Thottbot has to say about that quest and what comments Thottbot users have made (usually quote a few.)
On the (Meta) Map
Every quest that has a coordinate is listed in the MetaMap coordinates, so you can go to your map, scroll down the coordinate list, left click the coordinate in the list and you'll see a glowing dot on the map. Right click the glowing spot and set you waypoint, then off you go.
The MetaMap is an addon to your game and complete, easy to follow, installation instructions are provided.
One quibble: The entire guide is a list which is not broken up by any images or chapter headings. Since it's an Adobe PDF you can search for where you want to go, Shimmering Flats, for example, but chapter or sections headings, linked to from a table of contents would be nice.
Here's a shot from the Elite WoW Guide for the Dwarf/Gnome starting area. Note the list of steps, the links to Thottbot.com, and the coordinates. All the coordinates can be found on the main map if you've installed the MetaMap addon.
This is your main map with the EliteWow MetaMap addon installed. The list of coordinates from the guide is on the right side and you'll note the dots scattered about the map. Right click any of the dots, set a waypoint, and off you go.
The MetaMap "Add/Edit Note" window. You can make your own map markers and you can edit any other market, including the ones that are part of the guide.
Open up the guide and you'll see some leveling tips and then you're right into the guide. Pick your race, click the link, and off you go.
Many people print the guide, put it on a clipboard, and cross off each step as they do it. This lets youi keep track of exactly where you are in the guide and you'll find yourself leveling at a much faster rate that you eve have before. If you take a week-long break youi will be able to pick up right where you left off.
And the price! Zygor's Guide is $50 for either Horde or Alliance. iDemise, Joana, and Brian's Guides are all in the $35 to $38 range for Alliance or Horde, and the Elite WoW Guide is $40 for the combined Horde and Alliance guides.
Wondering about whether the Elite WOW guides will become obsolete with the new patch and the new level 80 cap? Here's what they have to say about that:
We will make sure all our customers receive updates of new guides, this includes the current Elite WoW 1-70 Guides and future 1-80 WoW guides for the next World of Warcraft expansion: Wrath of the Lich King!
A killer guide at a great price. Click here, get yours and get leveld fast.
So What Is the World of Warcraft?
World of Warcraft (WoW) is the latest game in a long line of Blizzard successes, from adventure game like Diablo, to "Real Time Strategy" (RTS) games such as Warcraft I, II, and III. All of these games are still played by millions of people worldwide.
WoW is very different from the RTS style of the other Warcraft games. Like the adventure games players control a character within a game world, exploring the landscape, fighting monsters and carrying out quests through their characters.The major difference is that literally thousands of people can be playing the same game at the same time, interacting with each other. It's an entire virtual multiplayer world, referred to as an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.)
The game rewards success through money earned, items (loot) gained, and experience which allows players to develop their skill and power. Players will level from 1-70 and then have the option of participating is the game's "end-game" content. Among other things, players may take part in battles against other players, including duels, and fights against player characters allied with an enemy faction. This can be done with both the Horde and Alliance factions.
Most of the quests in the game are done while leveling and can be completed alone, without the help of other players. Unlike some MMORPGs, World of Warcraft is a very solo friendly game. Teaming has its benefits as well, besides being more social, teaming allows the player to tackle other sections of WoW, such as its dungeon areas, which are designed to require players to work in a team to succeed.
Any group of players, from 2 to 40, may assault a dungeon. Some of the dungeons (instances) are intended for low level players in groups of five, and can be soloed by high level players, but the highest level and most complex dungeons are designed to take entire guilds, of level 70 characters, months of game play and many attempts in order for them to succeed.
With the Burning Crusade expansion having been released, which allowed players to hit level 70, and partake in greater raids, the gaming experience of WoW players across the globe has only been enhanced. The upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will allow players to hit level 80 and will have much tougher raids and end-game content.
If you want to really enjoy WoW and learn the fastest way to get from 1-70 (or 80,) then check out the Elite WoW Leveling Guides. These guides have been written for both Horde and Alliance players and include easy step by step instructions on where to go and what to do to reach the highests level as rapidly as possible.
WoW is very different from the RTS style of the other Warcraft games. Like the adventure games players control a character within a game world, exploring the landscape, fighting monsters and carrying out quests through their characters.The major difference is that literally thousands of people can be playing the same game at the same time, interacting with each other. It's an entire virtual multiplayer world, referred to as an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game.)
The game rewards success through money earned, items (loot) gained, and experience which allows players to develop their skill and power. Players will level from 1-70 and then have the option of participating is the game's "end-game" content. Among other things, players may take part in battles against other players, including duels, and fights against player characters allied with an enemy faction. This can be done with both the Horde and Alliance factions.
Most of the quests in the game are done while leveling and can be completed alone, without the help of other players. Unlike some MMORPGs, World of Warcraft is a very solo friendly game. Teaming has its benefits as well, besides being more social, teaming allows the player to tackle other sections of WoW, such as its dungeon areas, which are designed to require players to work in a team to succeed.
Any group of players, from 2 to 40, may assault a dungeon. Some of the dungeons (instances) are intended for low level players in groups of five, and can be soloed by high level players, but the highest level and most complex dungeons are designed to take entire guilds, of level 70 characters, months of game play and many attempts in order for them to succeed.
With the Burning Crusade expansion having been released, which allowed players to hit level 70, and partake in greater raids, the gaming experience of WoW players across the globe has only been enhanced. The upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, will allow players to hit level 80 and will have much tougher raids and end-game content.
If you want to really enjoy WoW and learn the fastest way to get from 1-70 (or 80,) then check out the Elite WoW Leveling Guides. These guides have been written for both Horde and Alliance players and include easy step by step instructions on where to go and what to do to reach the highests level as rapidly as possible.
To Buy WoW Gold or Not to Buy WoW Gold
World of Warcraft is without a doubt the most popular of the many MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Role Playing Game), with enough leveling and gold making being available through quests to give even the most hardcore player plenty to do. WoW can be played without having lots of gold, but it certainly helps if you have enough gold to spend freely on goods and services.
Mounts aren't essential, but they're really nice to have, and the level 60 and 70 mounts require some fairly serious cash. Top of the line gear isn't essential, unless you're raiding or doing higher end PvP, but it will speed up your leveling in that you'll kill faster and have less downtime. If you want to "twink" any of youir characters that will require serious gold.
In the World of Warcraft, your life is almost dependant on having enough gold. It can help you level from 1-70 and gives you an advantage over enemies. And if you have some gold, then you can make more gold (through buying and re-selling of items.)
Making gold is not as easy as some World of Warcraft players might think. Blizzard deliberately made it like that, since they want the player to earn his loot, but where there's a will, there's a way, and there are a variety of ways to make enough gold to enjoy the game.
One method is to buying in-game gold with real cash from people they know or from someone that has advertised their service (gold sellers) on the internet.
Buying World of Warcraft gold has it's benefits: it will help you advance through the game faster and easier than without it, and it will help you power level your character from 1-60 or 1-70, depending on whether or not you have the expansion pack. Get the new expansion "Wrath of the Lich King," which most likely comes out in late '08, and you'll be leveling to 80.
But should you buy gold? One of the objectives of many a WoW player is to find or farm as much gold as possible. But what if you simply buy the WoW gold from a World of Warcraft gold vendor off a website? If your real world cash flow allows, why not just buy a pile of gold to buy your epic mounts, leveling gear, potions, etc?
If people can play World of Warcraft for hours on end, then why all the fuss about buying and selling gold? If you are one of those players that has more cash than time, buying gold can actually help you get more fun out of WoW. There is a good and a bad associated with everything, and World of Warcraft is no exception to this.
So should you buy gold, or not? The one real glitch to buying gold, aside from being accused of cheating by other players, is that buying gold is against the Blizzard Terms of Service. Buying "any" in-game item, character, or asset, with real money, is against their rules and they can, and sometimes do, ban the accounts of people who do the buying (and the selling.)
There's also the issue that some gold sellers are less than reputable, so if you're buying gold it'll pay to do some due dilegence on the seller.
The only person who can answer the "Should I by gold?" question is you. The certainty of fast in-game cash (for real money) weighed against the possibility of an account ban or the chance of getting scammed.
The people behind Elite WoW claim to have always done it the real way, by leveling fast and earning gold as a result of being a high level WoW player. If your interested in leveling fast, then you should by all means check them out.
Mounts aren't essential, but they're really nice to have, and the level 60 and 70 mounts require some fairly serious cash. Top of the line gear isn't essential, unless you're raiding or doing higher end PvP, but it will speed up your leveling in that you'll kill faster and have less downtime. If you want to "twink" any of youir characters that will require serious gold.
In the World of Warcraft, your life is almost dependant on having enough gold. It can help you level from 1-70 and gives you an advantage over enemies. And if you have some gold, then you can make more gold (through buying and re-selling of items.)
Making gold is not as easy as some World of Warcraft players might think. Blizzard deliberately made it like that, since they want the player to earn his loot, but where there's a will, there's a way, and there are a variety of ways to make enough gold to enjoy the game.
One method is to buying in-game gold with real cash from people they know or from someone that has advertised their service (gold sellers) on the internet.
Buying World of Warcraft gold has it's benefits: it will help you advance through the game faster and easier than without it, and it will help you power level your character from 1-60 or 1-70, depending on whether or not you have the expansion pack. Get the new expansion "Wrath of the Lich King," which most likely comes out in late '08, and you'll be leveling to 80.
But should you buy gold? One of the objectives of many a WoW player is to find or farm as much gold as possible. But what if you simply buy the WoW gold from a World of Warcraft gold vendor off a website? If your real world cash flow allows, why not just buy a pile of gold to buy your epic mounts, leveling gear, potions, etc?
If people can play World of Warcraft for hours on end, then why all the fuss about buying and selling gold? If you are one of those players that has more cash than time, buying gold can actually help you get more fun out of WoW. There is a good and a bad associated with everything, and World of Warcraft is no exception to this.
So should you buy gold, or not? The one real glitch to buying gold, aside from being accused of cheating by other players, is that buying gold is against the Blizzard Terms of Service. Buying "any" in-game item, character, or asset, with real money, is against their rules and they can, and sometimes do, ban the accounts of people who do the buying (and the selling.)
There's also the issue that some gold sellers are less than reputable, so if you're buying gold it'll pay to do some due dilegence on the seller.
The only person who can answer the "Should I by gold?" question is you. The certainty of fast in-game cash (for real money) weighed against the possibility of an account ban or the chance of getting scammed.
The people behind Elite WoW claim to have always done it the real way, by leveling fast and earning gold as a result of being a high level WoW player. If your interested in leveling fast, then you should by all means check them out.
WoW Leveling - How to Get Banned
A Grind Bot is a program that runs on your computer and plays your WoW character without your intervention. Players use farm or grind bots to avoid the "tedium" of leveling their own characters, or to grind and farm gold for them while they are away from their computer.
Essentially, the bot plays their character for them in World of Warcraft. Some players consider using bots when playing the World of Warcraft, but remember, grind bots are against the rules in WoW as set by Blizzard, and they will eventually get your account banned.
Blizzard has actually won a lawsuit against the manufacturer of one of the best know bots, Glider, to stop their bot program from being distributed.
Farm bots work by camping at productive grind spots, making it difficult for honest WoW players to make gold by ruining their gaming experience. Some of these farm bots will attack other players, other just clean the areas out, leveling nothing for honest players.
Imagine the pain when you get your character to level 68 or 69 and then you get banned. Don't waste your time with bots. Get the Elite WoW Guide which will not only get you leveling faster but you will also find that making gold will become easier than ever.
Essentially, the bot plays their character for them in World of Warcraft. Some players consider using bots when playing the World of Warcraft, but remember, grind bots are against the rules in WoW as set by Blizzard, and they will eventually get your account banned.
Blizzard has actually won a lawsuit against the manufacturer of one of the best know bots, Glider, to stop their bot program from being distributed.
Farm bots work by camping at productive grind spots, making it difficult for honest WoW players to make gold by ruining their gaming experience. Some of these farm bots will attack other players, other just clean the areas out, leveling nothing for honest players.
Imagine the pain when you get your character to level 68 or 69 and then you get banned. Don't waste your time with bots. Get the Elite WoW Guide which will not only get you leveling faster but you will also find that making gold will become easier than ever.
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