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Shadowlands Has Its World First Level 60 Players Just Three Hours Into Expansion Launch | MMORPG.com

World of Warcraft players are no strangers to world firsts, so it's not shocking that just mere hours after the latest expansion, Shadowlands, launched we already witnessed one take place. Just three hours into the launch, Monkeylool of EU-Al'akir became the first player to reach level 60.

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Nanfoodle

I have never had the desire to cap level first in any MMO, I play to have fun and explore, not skip content just for the fastest rout =-)

xpsync

Damn 3 hours!

Problem is people hear that and think that's doable, or that the leveling is stupid fast, or there is no content, they'll think of anything and everything except the real reason, this is what they do! They practiced, tested, trial and error, a support team. But nope 3 hours, omg wow is joke is all they think.

Sovrath

Nanfoodle said:

I have never had the desire to cap level first in any MMO, I play to have fun and explore, not skip content just for the fastest rout =-)

I imagine that is the fun. Being first , doing the race so to speak.

I can see the appeal. Sort of like "being world first" for a Boss encounter.

Geeky

I thought WoW was up to level 85 or something? How is him getting to 60 an achievement?

Wizardry

I guess they are saying the gameplay is so boring they couldn't wait to get it over with.Personally I just leave the game if there is no reason for me to slow down and enjoy the game.
My gaming does not revolve around level numbers.

Viper482

It's so boring it makes you want to get through it fast. Definitely the most boring leveling in a WoW expansion in a long time, I can't recall one more boring.

ashiru_1978

I see two issues with that:

1. It's appealing only to someone with a microscopic e-peen.
2. In this particular case it's doable due to how fast leveling is (which I personally find a very stupid and bad decision).

Regarding why I find that fast leveling is stupid and bad is because I think that what they tried to fix for WoW, they did not, they just changed some things on the surface, but deep down the game suffers from the same problems it has been for the last 12 years.

qtaq

Well ain't that special not.........

Kyleran

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

I have never had the desire to cap level first in any MMO, I play to have fun and explore, not skip content just for the fastest rout =-)

I imagine that is the fun. Being first , doing the race so to speak.

I can see the appeal. Sort of like "being world first" for a Boss encounter.

Well, some folks go out for a stroll around the park, others hike the Appalachian Trail, while still others complete the A.T. in record time.

" McConaughy beat the speed record for the Appalachian Trail by 10:41, finishing in 45 days 12 hours 15 minutes. Unlike the previous record holder, Karl Meltzer, he did it self-supported, with no crew following him and no prearranged support.Sep 3, 2017"

(A typical thru-hiker takes 5 to 7 months to hike the entire A.T.)

Bet the guy beating the record in WOW today can't say the same.

Wizardry

Theocritus

There are people that know every square inch of that expansion.....Who knows what cheats/scripts/3rd party software they have nowadays to help make it even easier.

Amathe

There will always be someone whose goal is to do something the fastest.

I am not that guy. I hate racing against a clock. Stressful. 

JeroKane

This has been going on for god knows how long and in every MMO. Why is this still news?

I remember back in the EQ2 days, people were just finishing the max. amount allowable quests without turning them in, before expansion release. Then turn them all in after expac release.

That is one of the tricks they are using to level that fast, next to having a guild supporting them power leveling through group content, like dungeons and using (hidden) exploits discovered during beta, etc.

IceAge

Nanfoodle said:

I have never had the desire to cap level first in any MMO, I play to have fun and explore, not skip content just for the fastest rout =-)

He can do that with an alt. I mean ..we are talking about 3 hours and just a dungeon and some quests completed, so he..didn't burn himself down.

Grintch

In two weeks, no one will remember the name.

WhiteLantern

Grintch said:

In two weeks, no one will remember the name.

What name?

KnightFalz

xpsync said:

Damn 3 hours!

Problem is people hear that and think that's doable, or that the leveling is stupid fast, or there is no content, they'll think of anything and everything except the real reason, this is what they do! They practiced, tested, trial and error, a support team. But nope 3 hours, omg wow is joke is all they think.

For a few players WoW is a joke, apparently, at least when it comes to leveling speed. I would hope most realize these are outliers that don't represent the amount of time it will take most players. I know I certainly wouldn't be able to do that if I was playing the game.

xpsync

Sovrath said:

Nanfoodle said:

I have never had the desire to cap level first in any MMO, I play to have fun and explore, not skip content just for the fastest rout =-)

I imagine that is the fun. Being first , doing the race so to speak.

I can see the appeal. Sort of like "being world first" for a Boss encounter.

Not for me but yeah i totally get it as a goal, a challenge that i'm sure they weren't the only ones trying to achieve. I set myself a goal of capping all classes by the time Shadowlands launches, which i'd have to go verify, but i think i would have not pulled it off if not for the delayed launch.

Meh it's done, and reflecting back it was a really fun time, a great memory, and glad it was done before SL as now, i'm so blown away with how amazing Shadowlands is, never could have imagined it being this f'ing good!

waveslayer

I am about 6 or 7 hours in and have made it to lvl 56 with taking my time, I can say that the quests are pretty much just like every othere quest, not sure I will be able to take my alts thru it.

THe level squish was a bad idea in my opinion, feels like I went backwards to far and thats not a good thing in MMoRPGs.

Forgrimm

Geeky said:

I thought WoW was up to level 85 or something? How is him getting to 60 an achievement?

Max level was 120, but the game just had a level squish. Now 60 is max level.

xpsync

Geeky said:

I thought WoW was up to level 85 or something? How is him getting to 60 an achievement?

Haha, i know you, you live under the rock across from me, how you been man? Haven't seen you around for a long time. lmao!

Iselin

It's a very fast time but if you haven't played WoW for a while you wouldn't know how fast leveling is now.

50-60 is a 15-20 hour thing just doing the campaign quests. Three to four days @ 5 hours / day will do it.

My Warlock is 60 already and I didn't try to go fast... just played a lot

xpsync

KnightFalz said:

xpsync said:

Damn 3 hours!



Problem is people hear that and think that's doable, or that the leveling is stupid fast, or there is no content, they'll think of anything and everything except the real reason, this is what they do! They practiced, tested, trial and error, a support team. But nope 3 hours, omg wow is joke is all they think.

For a few players WoW is a joke, apparently, at least when it comes to leveling speed. I would hope most realize these are outliers that don't represent the amount of time it will take most players. I know I certainly wouldn't be able to do that if I was playing the game.

Took me 6 hours to hit level 51 to help put real playing into perspective for people.

xpsync

Iselin said:

It's a very fast time but if you haven't played WoW for a while you wouldn't know how fast leveling is now.

50-60 is a 15-20 hour thing just doing the campaign quests. Three to four days @ 5 hours / day will do it.

My Warlock is 60 already and I didn't try to go fast... just played a lot

I'm really digging Malefic Rapture, i'm constantly doing a revaluation of my rotations due to this.

Single target, two mobs, mob overload, boss, situations, i'm having so much fun with the class changes.

Do you use Writhe in Agony or Absolute Corruption? Been bouncing back and forth here, Writhe is brutal good dmg if you get the count up high enough but that's the prob, lucky if i hit 12 most of the time, i think a sustained 10 overall is best with the set and forget AC, sure ofc on a boss yeah WiA is almost a no brainier over AC.

Had a hard time pulling out Dark Soul: Misery from my rotation for Soul Conduit but i mean if you're going to integrate Malefic Rapture in to your rotation, you have to go with Soul Conduit, pretty much.

Iselin

xpsync said:

Iselin said:

It's a very fast time but if you haven't played WoW for a while you wouldn't know how fast leveling is now.

50-60 is a 15-20 hour thing just doing the campaign quests. Three to four days @ 5 hours / day will do it.

My Warlock is 60 already and I didn't try to go fast... just played a lot

I'm really digging Malefic Rapture, i'm constantly doing a revaluation of my rotations due to this.

Single target, two mobs, mob overload, boss, situations, i'm having so much fun with the class changes.

Do you use Writhe in Agony or Absolute Corruption? Been bouncing back and forth here, Writhe is brutal good dmg if you get the count up high enough but that's the prob, lucky if i hit 12 most of the time, i think a sustained 10 overall is best with the set and forget AC, sure ofc on a boss yeah WiA is almost a no brainier over AC.

Had a hard time pulling out Dark Soul: Misery from my rotation for Soul Conduit but i mean if you're going to integrate Malefic Rapture in to your rotation, you have to go with Soul Conduit, pretty much.

I use Absolute Corruption just to have one less DOT to need to refresh when you're fighting 5 or more either questing or in dungeons. I also make liberal use of Seed of Corruption for 3 or more.

I like Vile Taint a lot also for the same reason since it's an AOE DOT.

I was using Creeping Death for a while also since it's a good damage increase for your DoTs but I found the 15% faster just too fast for me when trying to deal with 5+. Creeping Death is the recommended 50 talent and it would be fine with 1-3 mobs but I rather go with larger pulls and in those cases the DoT refresh just gets too hectic with it.

I'm using soul conduit and I went Kyrian for my covenant because the DOT you get from them helps a lot both with bosses and with soul shards in other fights. If the mob doesn't die while it's active the cooldown resets which means you can keep refreshing it on boss fights but if the mob does die while it's on it you instead get 5 soul shards. Also the firs Kyrian soulbind that you get in the soulbind tutorial empowers malefic rapture by +15% for 10 seconds when a mob dies... which synergizes beautifully with the 5 shards you just got from its death