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Auran · 03/04/08, 12:41 PM

First and foremost, I'd say the number one way to increase your leveling speed assuming you're soloing and not getting power-leveled in any way is to increase your movement speed. In that light, I can make a few suggestions with various assumptions built in (assume you can afford respec costs a couple of times while leveling, etc):

Druid: Getting the Tier 3 feral talent to increase your cat movement speed. You can max this out like 9 levels before you get travel form. Avoid the Shredding Attacks talent, you won't be shredding much as a soloer. You'll want to get Mangle as soon as possible, followed by Omen of Clarity as soon as possible. The remaining (9?) points however you feel is best.

Hunter: Similarly to Druid, Tier 3 BM talent to increase your pack speed. Not huge, but can save you time. On a similar note, I've found a pet with Screech to be the end all, be all of leveling/grinding. It helps for mutliple targets and is great aggro generation/focus dump. Also, there's no reason not to put more than 41 points in BM. By the time you'll actually want 20 points in MM, you'll be respeccing for PVP or raiding anyways. I'd definitely go with Spirit Bond 2/2 and Frenzy 5/5. Some of the rest is up for grabs, depends on what you like and don't like.

Priest: Until you get Shadowform, you'll be using your wand...a lot. Believe it or not, Wand Spec is powerful and important. At the early level (10-15) it doesn't matter too much which you go for first, Wand Spec or Spirit Tap, but once you hit 40, you'll want to respec Shadowform and then your next 5 levels, I'd go back and grab Wand Spec again.

Mage: It's been a while since I leveled my mage, but even 3 years ago, AOE grinding was very effective (back in my day, we had to spec insta Arcane Explosion). It's my opinion that frost is the superior leveling build, especially toward the higher levels (when you can get all the nice talents for shatter, etc). A few things support this: frost tends to be more efficient, frost crits are instant and are less likely to go "unused", and your survivability will be quite a bit higher.

03/04/08, 12:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Auran Glass Joe Auran Night Elf Hunter Haomarush	First and foremost, I'd say the number one way to increase your leveling speed assuming you're soloing and not getting power-leveled in any way is to increase your movement speed. In that light, I can make a few suggestions with various assumptions built in (assume you can afford respec costs a couple of times while leveling, etc): Druid: Getting the Tier 3 feral talent to increase your cat movement speed. You can max this out like 9 levels before you get travel form. Avoid the Shredding Attacks talent, you won't be shredding much as a soloer. You'll want to get Mangle as soon as possible, followed by Omen of Clarity as soon as possible. The remaining (9?) points however you feel is best. Hunter: Similarly to Druid, Tier 3 BM talent to increase your pack speed. Not huge, but can save you time. On a similar note, I've found a pet with Screech to be the end all, be all of leveling/grinding. It helps for mutliple targets and is great aggro generation/focus dump. Also, there's no reason not to put more than 41 points in BM. By the time you'll actually want 20 points in MM, you'll be respeccing for PVP or raiding anyways. I'd definitely go with Spirit Bond 2/2 and Frenzy 5/5. Some of the rest is up for grabs, depends on what you like and don't like. Priest: Until you get Shadowform, you'll be using your wand...a lot. Believe it or not, Wand Spec is powerful and important. At the early level (10-15) it doesn't matter too much which you go for first, Wand Spec or Spirit Tap, but once you hit 40, you'll want to respec Shadowform and then your next 5 levels, I'd go back and grab Wand Spec again. Mage: It's been a while since I leveled my mage, but even 3 years ago, AOE grinding was very effective (back in my day, we had to spec insta Arcane Explosion). It's my opinion that frost is the superior leveling build, especially toward the higher levels (when you can get all the nice talents for shatter, etc). A few things support this: frost tends to be more efficient, frost crits are instant and are less likely to go "unused", and your survivability will be quite a bit higher. Last edited by Auran : 03/04/08 at 1:08 PM.
Auran Glass Joe Auran Night Elf Hunter Haomarush