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Leveling Your Alt Toon

September 9, 2011 1 Comment

nabbey 300x176 Leveling Your Alt ToonSo, you decided to make an alt toon but are dreading the leveling you will have to face? No worries anymore. WOW has made it quite simple to level your toons a bit faster.  If you have a main toon that is 85, you can always send mats, gold etc to your alt toon to help it along with professions as well.  Mining and Herbalism do grant you extra experience if you choose to learn these specific professions.

Guild Perks

First of all, if your toon is an alt, you may already be part of a guild which has guild perks. One great guild perk is achieved at Guild Level 2.  This guild perk gives your toon an extra 5% increase when completing quests and killing monsters.  If you are part of a guild whose level is already 6, you get a 10% increase when completing quests and killing monsters.

Blue Bar, Blue Bar!

No matter which starting area you start at or which faction you choose, questing is easy.  I went up to level 5 easily within 30 minutes of playing my alt toon.  One thing you want to make sure of before you turn in any quests is that your experience bar (which is located above  your ability/user interface bar) is blue and not purple.  When you turn in a quest and your bar is blue, you get 200% of the experience instead of 100%.  You will turn purple if you fight or kill something but if you are simply turning in quests, your bar can remain blue as long as you rest at an inn or major city.  This means you must stay there until your bar turns blue or leave your toon and log off for a bit.

Quests

Questing is a great way to level up your toon as well.  I usually take quests which are orange (coloring of the quest title) and yellow.  If a quest turns green on me, I will abandon it.  Keep in mind as you are completing quests, you are also killing monsters, beasts, etc.  So you are getting experience from killing things as well as completing the quests.  Don’t forget to rest at an inn or any major city before you turn in your completed quests.

Battlegrounds

Once you reach level 10, you unlock two battlegrounds: Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin.  The interesting thing about battlegrounds is that if you enter while your experience bar is blue, it will not turn purple when you are playing a battleground.  Of course, you can earn honor points and experience in these battlegrounds.  You can receive double experience and honor points if one of the battlegrounds happens to be Call To Arms as well.  Your honor points can be stored (cap is 4000) until you are ready to purchase something with them.

Dungeons

When you reach level 15, you are eligible to enter random dungeons.  Dungeons are another great way to level your toon quick.  Not to mention, you will get gold, extra experience and a bag of goodies which usually contain a rare piece of gear.

Questing, battles and random dungeons are all great ways for you to level up your alt toon.  Chances are you may know the quests from previous toons as well as the dungeons.  I have seen some of my guild mates level up 10 levels very quickly.  Hopefully these basic tips can help you when you are ready to make an alternate toon.  Good luck!

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Call To Arms: Support your faction and get awesome benefits!

July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment

wsg Call To Arms: Support your faction and get awesome benefits!

Semper Fi! This shortened term means “always faithful” and is often used as the motto for the U.S. Marine Corps. Whether your Alliance or Horde, most of us are loyal to our faction. There is a weekly event which happens on every server and faction that tests our loyalty. This special event is called Call To Arms.  Every Friday through Monday, there is a designated battleground which hosts Call To Arms.

Benefits

Call To Arms is a great way to level and/or farm honor points.  It is also a great way to learn how to play your character better.  You may enter battlegrounds at level 10.  There are 2 battlegrounds you can enter at this level: Warsong Gulch (one of my personal favorites) and Arathi Basin.   Check your game calendar by right-clicking the calendar icon located at the far right corner on top of your mini-map.  Make sure your filter is set to Battleground Call To Arms.  I power leveled my alternate character from 10-30 on a Call To Arms: Warsong Gulch weekend.  I also obtained so many honor points that I capped at 4000 by the time all was said and done.  Honor points can be exchanged for PVP items at your faction’s PVP vendors located mainly in Stormwind’s Champion’s Hall (Alliance) and Orgrimmar’s Hall of Legends (Horde).  There are a few other locations which sell PVP items for lower levels as well.  Here is a list for Alliance and Horde on where to purchase lower level PVP items.  One can check which battleground is Call To Arms during that specific weekend by clicking on their PVP icon located at the bottom of their user interface.  You can join by yourself or get a party of 5 and join as a group.

Alliance:

Horde:

  • Arathi Highlands – Hammerfall (Rutherford Twing) Items for level 28-60
  • Northern Barrens – Mor’shan Base Camp (Kelm Hargunth) Items for level 18-60
  • Hillsbrad Foothills – Alterac Mountains (Jekyll Flandring) Items for level 55-60

 

eos 300x181 Call To Arms: Support your faction and get awesome benefits!

You want to make certain that your experience bar is blue which means when you get experience in these specific battlegrounds, you will never turn purple.  You will get 200% experience when your experience bar is blue as opposed to 100% when purple.  Did I mention that if you do engage in a Call To Arms battleground, your honor points and experience will be doubled?  This is great news for anyone trying to power level their character.

 

What If I Am Level 85?

Benefits for a level 85 when you can  no longer get experience is pleasant as well.  You will still obtain double the honor points and be able to purchase some nice epic PVP gear and weapons.  Not to mention, you will be able to get achievements and reputation with some of the PVP factions.

So make sure you check your Call To Arms weekly battlegrounds and support your faction.  Whether you are power leveling or just farming honor points, Call To Arms is sure to benefit your character.  Oorah!

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