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Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....

We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.

Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
faster/slower mounts at level 40?

Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??

TIA
 
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>Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
>about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??

Buy it from a vendor who's faction you are "honoured" or above with.
You'll get a nice discount. And if you are a Pally or Warlock they get
mount as skill, not sure where you get them from.
 
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While digging out a new addition to the Den, DaFox found a scrap of parchment. On it,
"Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:

>Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
>a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
>there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>
>We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
>
>Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
>faster/slower mounts at level 40?
>
>Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
>about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
>
>TIA

Humans buy their L 40 mounts in Goldshire, outside of Stromwind. If possible, get
your Reputation to Honored with your home city to get a 10% discount on the mount and
rider training before purchasing ( would make mount 72G and training 18G = 90G )

Other locations that have horse stables/sellers are mainly for higher Reputation L60
epic quality mounts.

If your a Paladin or Warlock, you get " free " mounts at L40, see your trainer/class
guild for info.

At L 40, only color not speed is your choice.

Mithril Spurs ( smiths attach to your boots ) and the quested Carrot on a Stick
increase the speed at which your mount runs by a few %.

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"Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
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> Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the
> 100g a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am
> almost there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>
> We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
>
> Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
> faster/slower mounts at level 40?

Black horse can be bought at eastvale logging camp (close to the zone to
redridge mountains). Dont know about chestnut.
They are all the same speed at 40.

>
> Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
> about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??

Carrot on a stick is from a quest in Zul farrak. You need a few more levels
yet. The speed increase is very small tho, you probably will do better with
other trinkets. You can also get spurs, ehich are a boot enchantment. Again,
there are better enchantments to be had.

>
> TIA
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Vladesch wrote:
> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:B_ednbZawrot11PfRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> Black horse can be bought at eastvale logging camp (close to the zone to
> redridge mountains). Dont know about chestnut.
> They are all the same speed at 40.

U can buy all horses in eastvale logging camp.

>
> Carrot on a stick is from a quest in Zul farrak. You need a few more levels
> yet. The speed increase is very small tho, you probably will do better with
> other trinkets. You can also get spurs, ehich are a boot enchantment. Again,
> there are better enchantments to be had.

AFAIK, there are no better enchants than these. Carrot on a stick, spurs
and boots enchantment give 3% speed increase each and they stack. So u
can have total 9% speed increase on your mount for total 69% speed
increase.
 
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KilLeR wrote:
> Vladesch wrote:
>
>> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
>> news:B_ednbZawrot11PfRVn-uA@comcast.com...
>> Black horse can be bought at eastvale logging camp (close to the zone
>> to redridge mountains). Dont know about chestnut.
>> They are all the same speed at 40.
>
>
> U can buy all horses in eastvale logging camp.
>
>>
>> Carrot on a stick is from a quest in Zul farrak. You need a few more
>> levels yet. The speed increase is very small tho, you probably will do
>> better with other trinkets. You can also get spurs, ehich are a boot
>> enchantment. Again, there are better enchantments to be had.
>
>
> AFAIK, there are no better enchants than these. Carrot on a stick, spurs
> and boots enchantment give 3% speed increase each and they stack. So u
> can have total 9% speed increase on your mount for total 69% speed
> increase.

I believe the previous poster meant that there are better enchantments
for your toon than using them for mount speed. For example, the pvp
trinket is vastly superior to the carrot.
 
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In article <dklsc1hadf9hnd2g00r03ncemt05mt8dkf@library.airnews.net>,
DaFox <SuperDaFox@mindspring.com> wrote:

> While digging out a new addition to the Den, DaFox found a scrap of
> parchment. On it,
> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:
>
> >Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
> >a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
> >there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
> >
> >We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
> >
> >Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
> >faster/slower mounts at level 40?
> >
> >Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
> >about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
> >
> >TIA
>
> Humans buy their L 40 mounts in Goldshire, outside of Stromwind. If possible,
> get
> your Reputation to Honored with your home city to get a 10% discount on the
> mount and
> rider training before purchasing ( would make mount 72G and training 18G =
> 90G )
>
> Other locations that have horse stables/sellers are mainly for higher
> Reputation L60
> epic quality mounts.

Not entirely true, other trainers have different colors - black is only
available at Menethil Harbor.
 
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On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 05:46:37 -0400, "Bruin"
<bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:

>Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
>a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
>there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>
>We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.

Ok, first off - mount buying is a two step process:
A) Buy riding skill (20 gold).
B) Buy mount (80 gold).
Make sure to get both :)

Secondly, if you are honored or above with stormwind you get a 10%
discount on all purchases - including mount. This puts the price at
18+72 = 90 gold.

Having a PvP rank of sergant or above gives you a further 10% discount
(straight addition, so with both you get 20% discount).

Oh, and the level 60 horse uses the same riding skill as the level 40
horse, and the 60 mount itself costs 1000 gold (or 900/800 gold
depending on raction/PvP rank).

>Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
>faster/slower mounts at level 40?

I have no idea, but based on where undeads, trolls, gnomes and dwarves
buy their mounts (in or close to the first newbie town), I would guess
Goldshire.

>Whats this
>about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??

Mithril Spurs - not horseshoes.
Mithril Spurs are created by blacksmiths and you also need to get a
blacksmith to add them to your shoes - there they act like an
enchantment (will actually overwrite/be overwritten by any enchantment
or armor patch). If you equip shoes with spurs attached you get a
small boost to your mount speed (in the 3-6% range).

Carrot on a Stick is a trinket you get as a quest reward (Gahz'rilla
quest in the Zul'Farrak instance). If you equip it, it also gives you
a mount speed boost (around the same as spurs).

The two items do stack, so you go even faster with both.


Btw:
>We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.

Good :) - it would be possible for you to get a mount from a different
faction (minus gnome - humans are too large for mechanostriders), but
it would require grinding to exhalted faction with the relevant
faction - possible but takes weeks if not months of grinding (faction
goes; neutral - friendly - honored - revered - exhalted).

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In article <7jnsc1tcf91op61irtkqc84ul1rjc1d08b@4ax.com>,
Simon Nejmann <snejmann@worldonline.dk> wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 05:46:37 -0400, "Bruin"
> <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:
>
> >Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
> >a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
> >there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
> >
> >We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.

FYI - The Chestnut can be bought at most stable masters, I had to go to
Menethil Harbor to get a black mount.
 
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On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 13:15:33 +0200, KilLeR
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>> Carrot on a stick is from a quest in Zul farrak. You need a few more levels
>> yet. The speed increase is very small tho, you probably will do better with
>> other trinkets. You can also get spurs, ehich are a boot enchantment. Again,
>> there are better enchantments to be had.
>
>AFAIK, there are no better enchants than these. Carrot on a stick, spurs
>and boots enchantment give 3% speed increase each and they stack. So u
>can have total 9% speed increase on your mount for total 69% speed
>increase.

Spurs and "Enchant Boots - Minor Speed" do not stack - you can only
have one of them on your boots at a time. Also, you can argue that
"Enchant Boots - Greater Agility" or "Enchant Boots - Greater Stamina"
(+7 agi or sta) are better enchantments for your boots.
But it is certainly possible to put spurs on a set of spare boots in
your inventory and just put them on when you mount up.

As for Carrot on a Stick. It is the only trinket of its kind in the
game, so at the very least you should get it and stick it in the bank
if you should ever need it. But there are certainly better trinkets
out there (at least if you are unmounted at the time - but again,
nothing stops you from just equipping it when you are on your mount).

Still, do _not_ choose the goggles as your quest reward over Carrot -
it is a mediocre head item that will be outshined by later items,
while the Carrot is the only one of its kind.

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Simon Nejmann wrote:
> Spurs and "Enchant Boots - Minor Speed" do not stack - you can only
> have one of them on your boots at a time.

They DO stack. I have tested it with my friend and I was faster than
him. I waas using all 3 speed buffs and he had used only carrot and spurs.

> Also, you can argue that
> "Enchant Boots - Greater Agility" or "Enchant Boots - Greater Stamina"
> (+7 agi or sta) are better enchantments for your boots.
> But it is certainly possible to put spurs on a set of spare boots in
> your inventory and just put them on when you mount up.
>
> As for Carrot on a Stick. It is the only trinket of its kind in the
> game, so at the very least you should get it and stick it in the bank
> if you should ever need it. But there are certainly better trinkets
> out there (at least if you are unmounted at the time - but again,
> nothing stops you from just equipping it when you are on your mount).
>

Fcourse. It would be realy stupid to use this enchants and trinket in
combat. I have enchanted spare boots and gloves and trinket in my
inventory and I switch them when I'm traveling larger distances.

> Still, do _not_ choose the goggles as your quest reward over Carrot -
> it is a mediocre head item that will be outshined by later items,
> while the Carrot is the only one of its kind.
>

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The enchants are not spurs and "boot enchant" , it is spurs and GLOVES
enchant.

Using a wardrobe addon (I use WARDROBE myself) to switch easily and quickly
between equipment sets is the way to go. I have the riding outfit, which
includes the carrot trinket, some cheap boots with the spurs and some cheap
gloves with the riding enchant. Together with my epic mount I believe I'm
as fast as is possible in the game, but who knows.
 
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"Mike in Mystic" <sandiedadog@hotmail.com> wrote:

> The enchants are not spurs and "boot enchant" , it is spurs and GLOVES
> enchant.
>
> Using a wardrobe addon (I use WARDROBE myself) to switch easily and quickly
> between equipment sets is the way to go. I have the riding outfit, which
> includes the carrot trinket, some cheap boots with the spurs and some cheap
> gloves with the riding enchant.

Downside: If you get attacked on your horse, you won't change gloves/boots
when (automatically) dismounted (because you're in battle).

> Together with my epic mount I believe I'm
> as fast as is possible in the game, but who knows.

I'm faster (I know a shortcut).

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On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:44:48 GMT, "Mike in Mystic"
<sandiedadog@hotmail.com> wrote:

>The enchants are not spurs and "boot enchant" , it is spurs and GLOVES
>enchant.

Aah, I wasn't aware that there were a speed enchant for gloves too -
that explains it.
Sure there are no reason why Carrot, Spurs and "Enchant Gloves -
Riding Skill" shouldn't stack, so if you say they do I believe it.

I still maintain, though, that you can't put "Enchant Boots - Minor
Speed" and Spurs on the same pair of boots like KilLeR implied in his
first post.

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Simon Nejmann wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 12:44:48 GMT, "Mike in Mystic"
> <sandiedadog@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>The enchants are not spurs and "boot enchant" , it is spurs and GLOVES
>>enchant.
>
>
> Aah, I wasn't aware that there were a speed enchant for gloves too -
> that explains it.
> Sure there are no reason why Carrot, Spurs and "Enchant Gloves -
> Riding Skill" shouldn't stack, so if you say they do I believe it.
>
> I still maintain, though, that you can't put "Enchant Boots - Minor
> Speed" and Spurs on the same pair of boots like KilLeR implied in his
> first post.
>

My bad, sorry. I wanted to write Enchant Gloves and Spurs on boots.
And yes, you can't have enchant and spurs on boots at the same time.

PS. "Enchant Boots - Minor Speed" is a runing speed increase, not
riding. Its verry god for PvP.
 
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While digging out a new addition to the Den, DaFox found a scrap of parchment. On it,
Doppleganger <Doppleganger@earthlink.net> wrote:

>In article <dklsc1hadf9hnd2g00r03ncemt05mt8dkf@library.airnews.net>,
> DaFox <SuperDaFox@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> While digging out a new addition to the Den, DaFox found a scrap of
>> parchment. On it,
>> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the 100g
>> >a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am almost
>> >there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>> >
>> >We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
>> >
>> >Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
>> >faster/slower mounts at level 40?
>> >
>> >Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
>> >about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
>> >
>> >TIA
>>
>> Humans buy their L 40 mounts in Goldshire, outside of Stromwind. If possible,
>> get
>> your Reputation to Honored with your home city to get a 10% discount on the
>> mount and
>> rider training before purchasing ( would make mount 72G and training 18G =
>> 90G )
>>
>> Other locations that have horse stables/sellers are mainly for higher
>> Reputation L60
>> epic quality mounts.
>
>Not entirely true, other trainers have different colors - black is only
>available at Menethil Harbor.

Hence " mainly "

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>> Carrot on a stick is from a quest in Zul farrak. You need a few more
>> levels yet. The speed increase is very small tho, you probably will do
>> better with other trinkets. You can also get spurs, ehich are a boot
>> enchantment. Again, there are better enchantments to be had.
>
> AFAIK, there are no better enchants than these. Carrot on a stick, spurs
> and boots enchantment give 3% speed increase each and they stack. So u
> can have total 9% speed increase on your mount for total 69% speed
> increase.

I guess thats a matter of opinion, but id rate run speed increase on boots
as being more useful than spurs. Especially if you play pvp.
 
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"Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
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> Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got the
> 100g a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now that I am
> almost there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where, how....
>
> We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
>
> Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are there
> faster/slower mounts at level 40?
>
> Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats this
> about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
>
> TIA

I can read but not post from work, so I read all the responses, & was GTG
(good to go, yet another abbreviation heheh) when I got home. Wife couldn't
wait & have leveled us up dual boxing killing elementals (got 11 elemental
earths!) so when I came home it was dinner at the PC (again) & off we went &
purchases our mounts.

We also have the quest for the carrot on a stick. Mithril spurs soon.

Thanks for the overwelming amount of responses!
 
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Bruin wrote:

>
> "Bruin" <bruinwarBLAH@BLAHexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:B_ednbZawrot11PfRVn-uA@comcast.com...
>
>> Finally! errr almost.... My wife & I are a few bubs from 40, got
>> the 100g a piece, & are quite anxious to get mounts. Of course now
>> that I am almost there, I realize I haven't a clue as to what, where,
>> how....
>>
>> We are human, wife wants a "chestnut" horse, I would like a black one.
>>
>> Is Theramore the best place to purchase them? If not where? Are
>> there faster/slower mounts at level 40?
>>
>> Any hints, suggestions, ideas, information is quite welcome. Whats
>> this about mithril horseshoes & carrots on sticks??
>>
>> TIA
>
>
> I can read but not post from work, so I read all the responses, & was
> GTG (good to go, yet another abbreviation heheh) when I got home. Wife
> couldn't wait & have leveled us up dual boxing killing elementals (got
> 11 elemental earths!) so when I came home it was dinner at the PC
> (again) & off we went & purchases our mounts.
>
> We also have the quest for the carrot on a stick. Mithril spurs soon.
>
> Thanks for the overwelming amount of responses!
>
>

For some reason I missed this thread, and all I want to say is a big
CONGRATULATIONS in big golden letters!
 
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> I think I'll stick to the Thunder Bluff reputation quests, which are my main
> objective. My orc wants to ride a kodo ASAP.

I don't blame you. The gnome's metal chickens may look silly, but the
orc's riding wolves look plumb goofy. Like Shaquille O'Neil on a tricycle.
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Marshall wrote:
> "David Carson" <david@eldergothSPAMTRAP.com> wrote in message
> news:42d0db9a$0$9464$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>..in which case you're probably a lot more than 10% richer, so you can handle
>>not having the discount. :)
>
> It's all relative. If you were to grind the whole way to 40 instead of questing,
> you may have more gold when you *finally* get there, but it's such an in-
> credibly slower method of leveling that the person who got there through
> questing will already have been working the lucrative higher-level areas
> for some days before the grinding tortoise ever got there.

That's a subject of some debate. 100% grind may not be the fastest
method of levelling, but I am sure it is faster than playing normally,
concentrating on questing, and following the quests where they lead you.

It is absolutely NOT "incredibly slower".

My estimation would be:

Grinding, with an eye to cherry-picking quests which involve killing the
mobs you're going to grind on anyway - fastest.

100% grinding - in the middle.

Following the quests where they lead you - slowest.

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David Carson ytrede sig i <42d0fc3d$0$1518$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
med dette:

>Marshall wrote:
>> "David Carson" <david@eldergothSPAMTRAP.com> wrote in message
>> news:42d0db9a$0$9464$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>..in which case you're probably a lot more than 10% richer, so you can handle
>>>not having the discount. :)
>>
>> It's all relative. If you were to grind the whole way to 40 instead of questing,
>> you may have more gold when you *finally* get there, but it's such an in-
>> credibly slower method of leveling that the person who got there through
>> questing will already have been working the lucrative higher-level areas
>> for some days before the grinding tortoise ever got there.
>
>That's a subject of some debate. 100% grind may not be the fastest
>method of levelling, but I am sure it is faster than playing normally,
>concentrating on questing, and following the quests where they lead you.
>
>It is absolutely NOT "incredibly slower".
>
>My estimation would be:
>
>Grinding, with an eye to cherry-picking quests which involve killing the
>mobs you're going to grind on anyway - fastest.

The cherry-picking quests can also involve quests with very good item
rewards, since it can help one to be faster at grinding, so the extra
time can be well spent.

>100% grinding - in the middle.
>
>Following the quests where they lead you - slowest.

But often much more fun than just grinding.
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ASKF wrote:
> David Carson ytrede sig i <42d0fc3d$0$1518$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
> med dette:
>
>
>>Marshall wrote:
>>
>>>"David Carson" <david@eldergothSPAMTRAP.com> wrote in message
>>>news:42d0db9a$0$9464$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>>>
>>>>..in which case you're probably a lot more than 10% richer, so you can handle
>>>>not having the discount. :)
>>>
>>>It's all relative. If you were to grind the whole way to 40 instead of questing,
>>>you may have more gold when you *finally* get there, but it's such an in-
>>>credibly slower method of leveling that the person who got there through
>>>questing will already have been working the lucrative higher-level areas
>>>for some days before the grinding tortoise ever got there.
>>
>>That's a subject of some debate. 100% grind may not be the fastest
>>method of levelling, but I am sure it is faster than playing normally,
>>concentrating on questing, and following the quests where they lead you.
>>
>>It is absolutely NOT "incredibly slower".
>>
>>My estimation would be:
>>
>>Grinding, with an eye to cherry-picking quests which involve killing the
>>mobs you're going to grind on anyway - fastest.
>
>
> The cherry-picking quests can also involve quests with very good item
> rewards, since it can help one to be faster at grinding, so the extra
> time can be well spent.
>
>
>>100% grinding - in the middle.
>>
>>Following the quests where they lead you - slowest.
>
>
> But often much more fun than just grinding.

At least until you've done them a bunch of times.
 
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ASKF wrote:
> David Carson ytrede sig i <42d0fc3d$0$1518$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
> med dette:
>>My estimation would be:
>>
>>Grinding, with an eye to cherry-picking quests which involve killing the
>>mobs you're going to grind on anyway - fastest.
>
> The cherry-picking quests can also involve quests with very good item
> rewards, since it can help one to be faster at grinding, so the extra
> time can be well spent.

Yep, good point.

>>100% grinding - in the middle.
>>
>>Following the quests where they lead you - slowest.
>
> But often much more fun than just grinding.

Oh, no question about it.

If you were to go the grind route on your first character, I would say
you were flat-out insane. Furthermore, I would predict that having
skipped all the fun in order to get to 60 as quick as possible, you
wouldn't enjoy yourself once you were level 60.

For levelling up other characters once you've already gotten one to 60..
well, I can understand why you would. But myself, I'm playing two alts
(level 24 and 29) now than my main is 60, and I'm still following the
questing route. It was more than six months ago that I did these quests
with my main, and I'm enjoying doing them again.

Cheers!
David...
 
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David Carson ytrede sig i <42d1a0e4$0$1505$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
med dette:

>ASKF wrote:
>> David Carson ytrede sig i <42d0fc3d$0$1518$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>
>> med dette:
>>>My estimation would be:
>>>
>>>Grinding, with an eye to cherry-picking quests which involve killing the
>>>mobs you're going to grind on anyway - fastest.
>>
>> The cherry-picking quests can also involve quests with very good item
>> rewards, since it can help one to be faster at grinding, so the extra
>> time can be well spent.
>
>Yep, good point.
>
>>>100% grinding - in the middle.
>>>
>>>Following the quests where they lead you - slowest.
>>
>> But often much more fun than just grinding.
>
>Oh, no question about it.
>
>If you were to go the grind route on your first character, I would say
>you were flat-out insane. Furthermore, I would predict that having
>skipped all the fun in order to get to 60 as quick as possible, you
>wouldn't enjoy yourself once you were level 60.
>
>For levelling up other characters once you've already gotten one to 60..
>well, I can understand why you would. But myself, I'm playing two alts
>(level 24 and 29) now than my main is 60, and I'm still following the
>questing route. It was more than six months ago that I did these quests
>with my main, and I'm enjoying doing them again.

I'm doing the questing route too, most of the time, for two good
reasons: 1) Becomming Honored with all factions, to get the discount and
make sure all quests are avalible to me. 2) Gives a larger chance to
find other chars at the same level to group with, so I learn at lower
level how to play the char with others.

I think it's stupid just to go at the grinding way, because every char
has to be played differently in a group, thus it doesn't help much to
have learned to play in a group with a rogue or warrior, when you
haven't trained doing it with a Shadow Priest, and is playing that
Priest.
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