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Lareit View All Posts by This User

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 41. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:28:36 AM PST
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I power game much like Joana, but not to the extreme, and have meet others who do so as well.

The key is infact questing. Knowing the quests so damned well you can do them in nearly flawless succession.
I know a paladin that goes from 1-60 in just over 7 days.
Oh and he skills up Blacksmithing and mining over the course too.

I myself used to think grinding was best and would hit 8day's and beat most everyone but chinese 24/7 hunter farmers.

Then I meet the paladin, we grouped and I found quest/grinding beat my style effortlessly.

It's all about knowing when to grab what quest, when to turn them in. Limiting travel time and only grinding on mobs that maximize such efficiency.

I shaved off a day the next server on my played time even going off the lose system I took. I lack the dedication to study the quests path like Joana*mancow* or Tantrik(my paladin buddy) do, but even with my losely quest grinding I managed to beat 7days played, which is actually quite rare.


I will also say that a hunter is capable of leveling much faster then anyone. They are also not gear dependant compared to a rogue,warrior, paladin. A troll hunter has another major advantage with the +5 to bow's and 5% beast damage.

Horde level quicker then alliance also. I suspect if I were to learn hunter, learn horde side quests better then what I know I could beat 6 days.

By no means however do I belive I stand a chance in hell of every compete with Joana, he is truly the master of powergaming and my hat goes off to him entirely.
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Fendekar View All Posts by This User

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 42. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:30:31 AM PST
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Shalimar, the deal with hunter is pretty simple. They can quest really efficiently, due to being able to kill stuff their own level, consistently with little or no problems, and down time. So if you know how to grab the quests in one area, on your way to the next, while doing whichever ones are on the way, minimizing travel distance/time, you can really speed up levelling. I know the tricks to do this in some areas, joana simply studied the patterns and memorized how to do this the whole way from 1-60.

The real reason hunters shine is two-fold, killing speed, and travel speed. Plus very little downtime. Add to that, the troll berserking bonus for a little bit more dps, and the regen for even less downtime, and you got a really good combo. Especially when you add in something i heard about someone who watched joana for a bit. He apparently tosses down an immolation trap, then pulls with serpent sting, and then sicks the pet on a different mob, and shoots it, while the dots eat the first one, then finishes off that first one after the 2nd is dead. Didnt actually see this myself, but makes good sense to me, for killing a little faster then 1 mob at a time.
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Zughug View All Posts by This User

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 43. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:35:59 AM PST
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Because what you say is more true how?


That is probably the most well-structured sentence that has ever been crafted.

In response, it is more true because it is based in fact.

It is an undisputable fact that Xenif was the first player to ding 60 after WoW went gold. I know Xenif, and I--along with everyone else that knows him--can assure you that he leveled the character by himself, without any help.

Your statement, on the otherhand, had no basis in fact. Instead, it was something that you made up on the spot, in an attempt to validate yourself and ease your jealousy by degrading the efforts of other players. Unfortunately, you just ended up looking like an ass.

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Ez View All Posts by This User

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 44. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:43:30 AM PST
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There is no secret, this guy has raced to 60 over 10 times and has adept knowledge of the questing system. On a fresh server; questing is faster than grinding, anybody who thinks otherwise is wrong.

Anyway, there are numerous people who can level any class in the game to 60 in less than 7 days /played on a fresh server due to previous experience with questing, it's nothing special.
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Shalimar View All Posts by This User

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 45. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:44:08 AM PST
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Hrm Fen.

I never did think of that.

I never thought to solo 2 mobs at a time with the hunter lol.

I'd always do one at a time. I guess the trick would then be to disengage the immolated/serpent sting'd mob after the one your pet is on dies so that you can back out to let pet aggro then finish it off.

Just a sign I guess that I haven't played a hunter enough. I sure as hell know how to whoop ass in PVE as a shadow priest. I've solo'd 5 things at a time as a shadow priest lol.

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Iooma View All Posts by This User

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 46. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:44:40 AM PST
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So you could have done the top 1000 without dedicating 18 hours a day, if you simply knew how to level fairly efficiently. At the rate people have been going, there may not even BE 1000 people to reach 50 on the server by the end of the contest.



Damn, wish I knew it was the first 1k or I would have tried this over the week-end, but I'm too busy trying to climb the PvP ladder. Guess I should have read more closely.

One thing people are missing is that a troll gets beastslaying, and that helps out a lot between 1 and 40.
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Lareit View All Posts by This User

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 47. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:45:29 AM PST
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There is no secret, this guy has raced to 60 over 10 times and has adept knowledge of the questing system. On a fresh server; questing is faster than grinding, anybody who thinks otherwise is wrong.

Anyway, there are numerous people who can level any class in the game to 60 in less than 7 days /played on a fresh server due to previous experience with questing, it's nothing special.


What you say is true and again not true.
Anyone who devotes that much time to studying the path and learning the quests and zones to develop such a system can indeed accomplish such a goal. The simple fact that so few have the conviction to do it sets them above everyone else.
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Shalimar View All Posts by This User

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 48. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:48:29 AM PST
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There is no secret, this guy has raced to 60 over 10 times and has adept knowledge of the questing system. On a fresh server; questing is faster than grinding, anybody who thinks otherwise is wrong.

Anyway, there are numerous people who can level any class in the game to 60 in less than 7 days /played on a fresh server due to previous experience with questing, it's nothing special.



I guess you are right. Guess my issue is i haven't been able to level to 60 in 7 days or less /played EVER.

But I think it's more my playing habits. I tend to do even the time sink quests that I KNOW are time sink quests but something possesses me to do them. And I also instance for quests whenever I can. I'm assuming the priority would be to SKIP instancing altogether and never do a time sink quest EVER.

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Shalimar View All Posts by This User

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 49. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 2:51:59 AM PST
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Damn, wish I knew it was the first 1k or I would have tried this over the week-end, but I'm too busy trying to climb the PvP ladder. Guess I should have read more closely.

One thing people are missing is that a troll gets beastslaying, and that helps out a lot between 1 and 40.


5% more damage on beasts and +5 to bow is really THAT special?

Maybe this is like one of those things where in a really short time frame it hardly makes any difference but over the course of like 100 hours it makes a significant difference in the amount of beasts that person was able to kill compared to someone without that extra 5% per god knows how many beasts they have killed in their lifetime.

Dang, dang, dang. I'm gonna try this I'm so curious :P Gonna make it into a side game for me.

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Paulette View All Posts by This User

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 50. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:00:46 AM PST
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huh? believe what you want but you are quite wrong. Only way is to cheat. There is no other way.


Wrong, I have 3 days played on my lvl 49 hunter, with roughly 6 bubbles left. Nobody else plays my account, period.

Get all the quests, kill everything in site. Never go to town unless you need supplies. I havent done any instances either. Waste of time.
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Zuras View All Posts by This User

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 51. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:03:15 AM PST
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5% more damage on beasts and +5 to bow is really THAT special?

Maybe this is like one of those things where in a really short time frame it hardly makes any difference but over the course of like 100 hours it makes a significant difference in the amount of beasts that person was able to kill compared to someone without that extra 5% per god knows how many beasts they have killed in their lifetime.

Dang, dang, dang. I'm gonna try this I'm so curious :P Gonna make it into a side game for me.


This is kind of like elite athletes. That one little genetic quirk that increases your efficiency by 1%, when everything esle is held equal, means you win first. If you look on that other thread, Joana/mancow hit 60 while a WARLOCK was 58, which is not exactly known to be the fast leveling class.

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Shalimar View All Posts by This User

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 52. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:12:20 AM PST
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level 58 warlock when Joana hit 60?

Like whoah. Someone knows alot more about warlocks than I ever thought possible.

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Potatopunter View All Posts by This User

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 54. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:16:46 AM PST
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level 58 warlock when Joana hit 60?

Like whoah. Someone knows alot more about warlocks than I ever thought possible.


Doesn't nessecarily reflect warlock efficiency. The warlock could have had more /played time but just played more in real time. i.e) joana hitting 60 at 5 days played time while the warlock was at 58 at 6 days played time just b/c he stayed logged on longer.
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Peanut View All Posts by This User

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 57. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:20:49 AM PST
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what? repeat that haha. I think you mixed up some words.



DAYS you perv <3
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Sanaleb View All Posts by This User

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 58. Re: Troll Hunter Wins race to 50 contest! | 3/12/2006 3:22:46 AM PST
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I tip my hat to you Joana, again.

You've done this on over 4 new servers i've heard :-p but to 60.

Insane, but grats regardless
Now I aint saying she a gold farmer
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