Leveling by questing per class - opinions

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I was wondering how do people like particular class when leveling by questing.

First class I leveled at launch was a priest, dwarf one. While I leveled it as holy, it did seem slow, but steady. What really was significant, was that wanding and I hated it and that really made me dislike priest leveling, at least as holy.

Second, I leveled a affli warlock and it seemed very fast and steady, esp. post level 40, as SM/DS, hardly ever died, no mana drinking, no downtime, best leveling experience in Classic.

Third, it was rogue and didnt follow fast level guides and gone as subtlety and I loved every part of it. Sure, it wasnt fast as combat spec, but it actually felt as sneaky rogue, soloed many hard quests.

Hunter was easy as pie, straightforward, nothing to write back home.
Now, Im leveling a warrior and Im really enjoying it, tried as 2h arms, hated it for missing and long wait for next 3+ sec swing, even tried DW arms, was different and better than 2h, but fury really made it shine. Warrior shines with world buffs and full set of low level consumes (hp regen, armor, strength/agi elixirs).
Now, this mage, really cant get used for all this mana drinking, makes me crazy. Tried as frost aoe, getting bored very fast, tried arcane aoe AE grinding face tanking, same thing. Questing really uninteresting with all this drinking, will retire until tbc
Started pally and druid, too early for opinion…

So, how are your experiences with leveling?

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I went full hardcore, solo questing as holy/prot pala. Every mob took 2+ mins. Elites 3+.
But you have nice utilities that will prevent your pala from dying most of the time. + you can destroy any class in wpvp until some level 40+.
I even killed rogue 8 levels above me.
Its painfull and funny in the same time.
Druidbis best for dungeon thing, shame I dont like that class.

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I have learned to like all of them, even rogues and druids even tho i really disliked combo point system for a long time. The best thing, i think, is how different they are from each others in terms of play style and pacing.

The most rewarding feeling is when you learn to use the strengths of each of the classes and see yourself how easy the leveling can be when played right (not saying there are only one correct way to play but some ways are more efficient than the others). For example, i used to level up at least half a dozen priests to 50+ until i realized how much faster you can level by stacking tons of spirit and using a wand in a proper way instead of spamming your spells. The other example is finding out the importance of spirit for a warrior. Spirit used to be a kind of meme stat in early vanilla but nowadays i prefer it even over stamina while doing solo quests.

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I’ve found the best thing to do with any class is level in an area that is 2-3 levels below yours, except for Hunter and Warlock.

I quite like shaman, I went sword and board enhancement, well axe and board really.

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Wall of text incoming! This was my first character, just like back in TBC when I started. Druid was my “first love”, so to speak, and back then I leveled on RPPvP. Went RPPvE this time around - and did not just focus on my druid. Unfortunately I have little time to play, which is why I have only 1 lvl 60 (and a crappy geared one at that).

Leveling on druid was pretty much as I remember from back then, slow until bear form. Then it picks up. This time around I alternated between caster and bear form (go bear until I need to heal, then stay in caster until mana is lowish, then bear again etc) until lvl 20 and cat form. Druid picks up a lot then, especially with the speed boost talent. It got a bit slower in the last 15 or so levels. The lack of Mangle at lvl 50 is very noticable compared to TBC, as is the lack of a reliable interrupt for casting mobs (bear form>bash takes up mana).

I have a Warlock close to 40, leveling is quick and easy so far, lots of damage and quality of life. Especially once you get Voidwalker, it picks up a lot and remains pretty good up to now.

I also have a Warrior near 40. I’ve kind of given up on him, but I am actually leveling a new one, Undead this time around because I felt like it :stuck_out_tongue: It feels quite strong early on and 1H/shield felt good until 20-something in terms of speed, as it allows for survivability… However it starts to become very slow. Dual wielding is a nice change of pace. It’s not too hard, as long as you kind of think like a rogue - picking your fights, minding the terrain, isolating your target etc.

My rogue is 51, and it’s a blast! I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I am. It has a good pace, especially if you can keep your weapons updated, as well as reliable interrupts, fun abilities and a ton of escape options. Funnily enough, my favorite aspect are the non-combat rogue professions, lockpicking and pickpocketing. They are good gold makers and have a wonderful RP factor as well.

I have a Shaman at 34. It’s a strange one. Sometimes I feel super motivated to play it, sometimes I just go “eugh”. I think the best way I can describe it is that I don’t feel as much powerful as I do capable on him. Shaman has a ton of tools but a limited mana pool, which makes it imperative to plan which abilities you’ll use for each fight. This gives it a more pro-active feel, which is pretty interesting.

My Troll Shadowpriest is 44, and I think it may become somewhat of a main. I really am in love with it. Once you get a wand and manage to keep it kind of up to date, priest leveling is steady, predictable and kind of easy. It really takes off when you get shadowform, you suddenly go from a steady but kind of dull leveler to quite the beast, especially if you pick up stuff like the Dreamweave armor. What I find especially enjoyable though is mind control. It’s a blast to use, and mind soothe makes up for its shortish range.

I can’t seem to get into Hunter, even though it’s a super flavorful class. Same goes for Mage. Shame really :frowning:

As for paladin, I don’t play Alliance so I haven’t gotten one over 28. I did like it, strangely enough, which is why I’m waiting for TBC.

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Warlock undeniably my favorite character for leveling. Enjoyed it so much I leveled a second one as a Tailoring alt :rofl: Deep Affliction with Succubus and Draintanking is the way to go, everything dies fast and there is no such thing as a downtime.

Hunter, my first 60 Alt, boring but very smooth.

Priest…how I wish I would love this class. It’s cool, it has potential but OH MY GOD is wand-grinding boring af.

Mage: Had some fun with Frost AoE grinding around lvl 25ish, but it gets old real quick.

Druid: did not expect to have this much fun, but an amazing class to level. No downtimes, fast, safe, and fun to play. My second most favorite after the Warlock.

Rogue: No. Just no. I stopped around lvl 30, holy cow is this boring…I loved the rogue in retail, but I started playing it towards the tail end of wotlk…completely different class, and the classic version…yuck.

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Ive noticed i really like the physical “martial” classes much more than the caster ones. Most likely because of how they scale with gear, you really notice and feel the upgrade when you get some quality gear and weapons. They seem to have much more up and downs which is exciting

On casters its more about a new rank of spells which can jump quite a bit and the gear, while making a difference ofc, doesnt feel as much until you get those SP stats.

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This right here is the biggest problem with caster leveling in classic.

Blizzard originally had no clue how to design the gear in their game. They treated “secondary stats” like SP as something special that should be scarce…completely ignoring the fact that while melees and hunters get their powerbonuses from primary stats and weapon damage, casters don’t.

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When Classic was announced I did a lot of research on what class has best utility/damage/meta etc and for that I chose a mage to level. It felt a bit dull until level 20 - 25 and from that point on I leveled mainly by outdoor aoe- farming. Thanks to sharding it was doable but a lot of mages were doing this so I had a lot of competition at Lost Rigger cove for example. At max level I grew bored from casting Frostbolt so I took a break and rerolled to priest on a second account.

About that second account, boy am I glad I did that when I leveled my priest. After lvling the mage I got so used to the utility of teleporting all over the world that I would miss this with another char. I could also boost the priest in stockade/SM occasionally.

Priest lvling was steady. Mind blast, dot and wand. Had not a lot of downtime and did this as shadow for the extra damage. Once I get to 60 I switched to Holy/Disc and made this priest my main. She’s now 9/9 naxx geared and ready for TBC!

I also leveled a hunter, which was smooth albeit a bit boring since the most damage comes from passive stuff like autoshoot and pet damage.

I am currently leveling a paladin and yes it’s just autoattack with a judgement button every mob. Not sure I’ll keep lvling this one to 60, might even buy a boost for it. My main in TBC was a holy pala and I’d like to have him at 70 again.

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Lmao I’ve already posted a lot of potentially “controversal” stuff on the forums, and the only time I get a post deleted is the time where I talk about the leveling experience.

Wth.

Tl;dr of my deleted post :

Rogue : Fun but hard to get into dungeons
Shaman : Enh is boring as hell, easy spots in dungeons cuz WF
Druid : Fun and easy to get into dungeons
Warlock : Fun and very strong solo abilities, can easily solo elites due to fear, can get into dungeons
Priest : Super boring because wanding until lv 35-40, very strong and very easy dungeon access due to strong base healing, even in shadow spec
Warrior : Very fun and not as hard to level as claimed to be, MVP in dungeons because he can tank

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I leveled an Orc Hunter as first char in classic and it was very fun. Hunters are so strong and toxic in open world pvp. I also tanked every dungeon with my pet as BM hunter until lvl55 so no need to wait for warriors that want to feel important.

In phase 3 i switched to alliance because horde had long queues for BG’s and also very little pvp action in the open world… leveled a paladin together with a friend who leveled a warrior.
Leveling a paladin is pretty cool because paladins are basically meant to be super wealthy (no need to pay for the mount at lvl40 means all the gold you earn can be spend on gear --> good gear = good leveling experience). I was selling herbs as well and that’s why I could level with pimped out gear and high level enchants, spend like 120g on lvl40 gear/enchants for example.
Paladins might look a bit boring at first but in reality it’s one of the deepest classes in the game with so many hidden mechanics and special interactions with some items.

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I’ve leveled a few classes so far in Classic from worst to best:

Hunter - I’m not saying that it’s not fun but by far the easiest leveling in the game, very hard to die and fast kill times but gets kinda boring just auto shooting.

Paladin - Paladin was actually kind of fun to level I did it with a friend and we both went Ret even though it’s only an auto swing class it’s a lot of fun when you get the burst dmg from SoC+white hits plus we managed to do elite quests a few levels above us. Slowish leveling but a lot of useful spells and crazy survivability.

Rogue - Rogue was kinda rough at first before you get all your CD’s but once you get the majority of your spells and important ones from talents it speeds up a lot and having stealth is incredibly useful.

Lock - One of the smoothest classes to 60 but still fun and entertaining juggling pet, CC and DoT’s to do massive pulls. Soulstone/HS and void sac is really nice for survival.

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Yes, druid is fun, versatile, but my problem with druids is mostly tied to having to use a lot of macros, containing /cancelaura and editing them every time new spell becomes available.
Also, using items, even heartstone, interacting with quest items, npcs, mailbox forces to click off form to use/interact. I dont know, quite annoying for me.

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I played this:

Warlock in classic and vanilla, strong class with a nice pace. Can solo anything including most group quests.
Priest in classic, shadow. Strong. Very strong, solo elite quests easily. Bit repetitive playstyle, somehow similar to warlock but lacking a bit of charm.
Rogue in classic, daggers. Weak. Loses 50%HP on a single equal level mob, must eat or bandage every 2 mobs. Hard to solo elites. Grinded mostly doing green mobs, or mobs 1 level below. A pretty fast levelling class nonetheless.
Warrior in vanilla. Never felt the hardness of this class people talk so much about. Grinding mobs is fine, soloing elites a tad harder. Worked fine.
Shaman in vanilla, enhancement. Bit clunky when having no dual wield. Oneshotting stuff with WF proc is cool though but outside of that a bit on the boring side.
Druid in vanilla. A pretty cool class. Not fast, but can solo many things. Has an interesting playstyle. Levelled feral. Forms are nice and cool.

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Paladin - Auto attack to level 20.
Healed dungeons 20-60, no quests, not even dungeon ones.

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What was so different in Rogue class, leveling wise? I don’t remember any PvE utilities added in TBC.

I always played Rogue main, Priest alt. Both were easy to level. Especially Rogue with Ripost.
But leveling a Warrior, was more fun (though harder). It is more engaging.
I never played Hunter, Warlock, Mage, because i find them super boring for leveling.

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Subtlety leveling was a thing at that stage, which was really fun and actually fit the rogues character fantasy.

Combat doesn’t. If I wanna play something that charges screaming at everything that moves and starts hitting it in the face until it drops loot, I roll la warrior.

Subjective I know.

Plus, the energy regeneration. By WotLK, energy no longer came in chunks but smoothly over time. Makes the entire class more fluid and smoother to play.

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But what exactly changed in TBC, so Subtlety became viable for leveling? I can’t remember.

The one, most important talent for leveling, is Riposte. It makes huge difference, from my experience.

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wotlk, not tbc.
i leveled my rogue towards the end of wotlk

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My mistake.
Still I checked WotLK talent trees, and except of Relentless Strikes, I don’t see other changes in Subtlety that would make leveling easier.
Maybe you, as a player changed by then.

I leveled 3 Rogues until WotLK. Tried many specs. Combat Swords, was by far the easiest and also the most fun.