Asuryan's Flames

I was asked yesterday to describe my process of leveling, and I responded in kind that I would be more than willing to do it. Really what I do is not very hard, nor is it anything special that a lot of you all don’t already know, so here goes.

First and foremost, I am very big on time management, I work full time have a wife and a kid so when I play, I play with a purpose. With that in mind I set a goal each night before I play. So when I start a new toon, I want to hit level 11 by the time I go to bed, or get as close to that as possible; the same would apply at higher levels. So from there we have what the goal is for the night, now how to achieve it.

As it stands scenarios are one of, if not the best way to make exp, so you always want to be queued for one. Now there is down time between them that you will need to fill. Don't fill it with trips to the bank, auction house, or even to the oRVR zone. They kill your exp per hour. You want to be doing quests. In fact you want to grab all the quests in a quest hub and run them all concurrently in between scenarios. These will give nice exp boosts, and items that you will need to gear your character up. Hence the lack of trips to the AH. Remember when you are leveling, the more time you spend running around not finishing a quest or a scenario, it is wasted time. You can chat with people on the move and you can keep your goals going.

Now for PQ's, the only time I do PQ's is when I absolutely must have an item from it. You get a nice chunk of exp from completing one, but it is a matter of finding people to do it. So unless you have a grind group avoid these like the plague and continue to rely on renowned gear and quest rewards for itemization until T4.

The heart of this is the eyes on the prize. You want to reach a goal, and by defining that goal it makes it easier for you to do it, but you have to stay focused. You don’t need a cloak in T1, or you don't need the influence rewards, they are nice, but if you are on a limited time budget and want to get the most from it PQ's and quests are the way to go. This is how I have level all of my characters, and this is how I will keep leveling them because I have found it works and you can get a 40 in about 2 weeks with a little bit of effort and not sacrificing you life out of the game.