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World of Warcraft: Correspondent - Levelling in WoW
Stradden
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MMORPG.com World of Warcraft Correspondent Richard Turner pens this article on levelling in World of Warcraft together with some tips for the task for new players.
World of Warcraft has been the leader in all Massive Multiplayer Online Games for a few years now. Of course there are many reasons why this has occurred, but one of the more notable ones is how the issue of levelling your character to the highest level (70 here) is accomplished. Most quests are just: run here, kill that, loot this, bring it back, but the way they are put together eliminates the incredible grind session found in many other MMORPG’s today. What Blizzard has accomplished with this game is something that is both enjoyable for the hardcore or casual player, and will continue to propel their monster of a franchise forward into the not too distant future.
Check it out here.
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
Comments
It's spelled "leveling."
Sorry, but I hate coming to a site that looks professional only to see 5th grade spelling in the title of an article.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/levelling
Before you insult, learn your language
P.S. Stradden, a question of curiousity, how long does it take for correspondent pieces to get published from the day they are handed in? Thanks
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Sorry, I don't live in Britain.
I have a couple issues with this article:
"If you ever feel as though you’re burnt out, there are ways to break up the monotony of questing. The Battlegrounds, such as Warsong Gulch at level 10, Arathi Basin at 20, Alterac Valley at 50,"
The battlegrounds, if you want to have a good time are only accesable at level 19, 29, 39, etc. If you attempt the BGs at say level 10 or 20 you will be wasting your time, because you will get slaughtered. Even a 3 level difference is enough to make the BGs unnaccessably fun to players and I'm not even going to go into the twink issues.
Also, it's leveling.
Did the world really need another leveling in WoW article?
This has been done to death.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/levelling
Before you insult, learn your language
P.S. Stradden, a question of curiousity, how long does it take for correspondent pieces to get published from the day they are handed in? Thanks
hmm..
what about this?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leveling
looks like he was right
Seriously, you have way too much time on your hands to worry about a simple spelling mistake. I suppose you have never done this?
Glad we have so many teaching professionals on these boards, god only knows how bad things could be if we didnt.
Out of every 100 men, 10 should not be there,
80 are nothing but targets, 9 are the real fighters.
Ah, but one, ONE of them is a warrior,
and he will bring the others home.
-Heraclitus 500BC
Leveling is a verb, as used in the title of the article. Levelling is an adjective or adverb, used in a phrase such as, "I'm using a levelling plane or levelling instrument in this task."
I concur with the opinion that the article title contains improper spelling. However, other than THAT....nice article!
President of The Marvelously Meowhead Fan Club
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/levelling
Before you insult, learn your language
P.S. Stradden, a question of curiousity, how long does it take for correspondent pieces to get published from the day they are handed in? Thanks
hmm..
what about this?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leveling
looks like he was right
You can spell it levelling too. Therefore he was wrong.
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Leveling as we use it in games is not represented by the dictionary as we use it as an action of gaining higher level. The term levelling is used in conjunction with the definition pertaining to keeping somethign level, in balance, etc... so using it with 2 L's is wrong when pertaining to a gamer gaining levels.
It has never been proper American English to use a consonant when adding an "ing" to words. Americans have simplified the language into a more efficient form by just requiring "ing" at the end of the word to be modified.
But no matter the spelling, the end result is this article has failed due to a blunder in communication.
Call me elitist, but I laughed at the warlock build.
I liked the allusion in the article to all these people in a tremendous hurry to level and missing the point of playing the game while they're doing so.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
Once a denizen of Ahazi
Actually most people are in a hurry to level. Especially those that currently have a couple of level 70's.Since BC came out the best game content combined with the best quest rewards really does begin when one is able to access the outlands at level 58.
It varies by article and how much ediyting it needs and when the coordinator submits it to me.
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
Let's all be grown ups about this (the comment about my elementary spelling abilities aside). There are indeed two correct English spellings of the word. I chose the double "l" because the single "l" didn't look right to me. Like with many words, it depends on where you're from. Canadians and Brits (and come to think of it most of the english speaking world) spells it one way, but American English is a little bit different. Since this is an international website ;et's compromise and say we're all right.
That being said, WTF is up with posting just to insult me without even double checking that I was wrong. Not cool.
Cheers,
Jon Wood
Managing Editor
MMORPG.com
It varies by article and how much ediyting it needs and when the coordinator submits it to me.
Thanks Stradden.
I was just curious cause I'm looking forward to my piece being put up here in the news section. It's always neat to see youre first piece get published.
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Ahh, the wonders of the internet. I'm glad a few of you at least enjoyed the article. It was pure opinion, and very little fact. As for the spelling blunder, leave Stradden alone. As previously stated it's not an official word, because MMOs aren't taken seriously in the dictionary world. As for constructive comments on where the article is headed, those would be quite appreciated. Either way, thank you for reading! Glad some of you enjoyed it.
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it is an official word, BUT not in the way we use it. Most people don't go about town, "I'm going to level my grocery shopping skill today! Omfg, 375." So, yeaah.
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QFT. I laughed at first, then cried when I assumed it was a serious build. I'd like to see the numbers behind this build making it better than grabbing the end of one of the useful trees.
First off, complaining about spelling is about as lame as you can get. Many of the posters in this thread should be ashamed of themselves.
Yeah, got a chuckle from the Warlock build. Some games you can play a jack of all trades type, but it usually does not work out well in Wow, as the upper end skills are much better than the lower level ones.
I think that leveling in Wow is far easier than it used to be. I personally like a bit of challenge. I absolutely hated AoC because of it's fast leveling. Why does a developer even take time to do all those leveling quests if you are going to let them zoom through the content?
There has to be a happy medium between the huge grind in many of the asian games and what Funcom did with AoC. Their fast leveling cost Funcom more players than anything else because they got to end game content so fast Funcom did not have time to get the content in game. Probably one of the dumber moves by a developer in some time.
If a developer wants to cater to those players that want instant gratification, they are looking at a very short time in game for many players. Like shooting yourself in the foot.
'Blizzard has built an elaborate seamless world...' I think we've all been in enough seams to know this as a lie. And it was used as a verb, leveling, in this country at least.
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Playing: WoW (for gf), WAR
Waiting For: SWTOR, FFXVI
Hoping For: DCUO, Secret World, Earthrise
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As far as leveling goes I always had more fun in City of (Whoever) series just because I play MMORPGs due to there being real live people in it. With WoW it feels like a chore to level with someone, meaning that the 10 items on a 1 in $%& you drop rating may as well be 100 for just a pair, and 'kill yourself' if you dare to bring an entire bloody group. Leveling should be a fun learning experiense as well as an oportunity to meet new people playing the bugger who are not complete $%& in the @$%es and whom you can maybe see yourself not killing in the near future, if but for the sake of useing them for all they are worth.
Clever things.
You've got to be kidding.
The guy writes a long and pretty detailed article and all some of you can take from it is the spelling of "leveling/levelling" in the title.
Unbelievable.
Some people really just need to stroke their own self-esteem that desperately I guess.
Also, I've seen a comment or two to the effect of "we've already seen these articles before, why do we need another?".
Well, the answer, if one drops their conceit and looks beyond their own nose, is very obvious... There are others who may *not* have ever read an article like that before and could find it useful/informative.
Very good article and it touches on some things that, to me, are a problem in many MMOs.. particularly the "getting so caught up in the grind that players forget there are other things to do". Those are usually the ones blowing past 70 levels of "other stuff to do", then complaining about lack of content.
So... Very nice article overall
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and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
In the spirit in which this article was writing I thank the author. Please don't mind the gramar police. Based on the new patches and changes to WoW you wished to inform gamers of the positive changes to an already great game and for that I thank you. Call me a fanboy of WoW... it doesn't change the fact that an already great and enjoyable game has improved many aspects of it's game to help out new and returning players. I believe this was really the reason for the post and not how the missuse of one word could completely side track sooooooo many people! So understanding this to be the meaning for this post I do not believe it has been played out. Many changes and additions have been released in WoW over the last few patches and it was enjoyable to read about them.
i guess the article is ok (i would have to agree that it is leveling not levelling--maybe someone should start a website for proper gaming terms/spelling to solve these issues, lol). hopefully it'll help some people who are new to the game, it didn't really give me anything worthwhile but i've been playing wow for a long time.
i personally would do several of the leveling builds differently though--honestly as other have said WTF warlock build?!
rogue--i prefer a good hemo/shadowstep build myself, i originally switched to a hemo/subtlety build because mobs kept seeing me stealth near them. for that reason and the fact that hemo is a fairly easy way to play a rogue i'd say it'd be good for beginners:
www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/rogue/talents.html
paladin--been forever since i leveled my paladin, but the main thing i remember and i tell this to every new paladin who asks me for advice on a build..ALWAYS PICK UP SPIRITUAL FOCUS IN THE HOLY TREE!! in my opinion it is the most important talent for leveling, especially in the lower levels. several times i can recall being attacked by 3 mobs or more and if i could've only healed myself i would've been fine except i couldn't because the spell would take forever to go off. also i never felt that sanctity aura was all that great, also i'd put another point into pursuit of justice:
www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/paladin/talents.html
for druids i'd probably drop intensity and pick up feral instinct instead--again the mobs seeing through stealth issue which is a pain in the ass when you're trying to get the jump on them or sneak past them.
hunters--it looks like you've got a decent lvl 70 build there, but it's not as good for leveling in my opinion, before i'd suggest putting 2 points into pathfinding, but since you get a mount at 30 now that's not as important, but animal handler is still good--one of the most annoying parts of leveling is traveling as you pointed out in your article making it a bit easier is always good. also improved revive pet is very good to have.
www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/hunter/talents.html
warlock--what the heck were you thinking?! lol, for leveling i'd either do an affliction build or a demo build--personally i'd level affliction and respec to demo (felguard) at level 50 or so.
affliction:
www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html
demo:
www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/warlock/talents.html
for priest i'd probably drop a couple of the holy talents and pick up shadow focus, i remember when i leveled my shadow priest a long time ago that it was disgusting how many resists i'd get, picking up that talent should keep that from being too much of an issue.
I think it is a great write up. What many people here fail to realize is that not everyone who reads these boards 'knows all'... as many of the posters (posers) like to troll, flame, and profess to.
A new player (or even a potential WoW player) may look at this guide and find some positive information or opinions/input here.
I know some people stray from games that have been out for a while because they fear they are too far behind veterans. Blizzards has helped new players out a lot. I think the article helped lay that out fairly well.
Other players say that the journey 'from level one through done' in WoW becomes 'boring' or tedious after a while. The author pointed out BG's as a way to break up the 'grind'.
Every article isn't written for the uber, the high-exalted, never-faulted, all knowing, all pwning, +1, 1 up, my daddy can beat up your daddy, my soccer mom is hotter than your soccer mom, Chuck Norris endorsed, super-awesome-kung-fu-grip featuring, and 'elite' gamer. While the article was posted in a place that all can view and all can read, it doesn't mean that the subject matter is useful for 'all'. But, there are some people who would find value in that write-up.
If you read the article and found it to be 'elementary' or simply 'beneath' you or your level (should I add another L??), then just move along and don't flame. If you thought reading the post was a waste of your time, then why waste more of your time by flaming it?
Anyway, leave Brit Spears alone while you're at it, too.
But seriously, a lot of the ego's need to be checked at the login, imho. Think before you type. People spend too much time slathering forums up in 'you're dumb/I'm smart'.
So, to the OP/author... nice work.
Maybe articles and guides should be rated? Advanced for the uber (veteran, skilled, and educated). Beginner for the noober (new or potential gamers). And maybe another rating in there for 'average' or 'all'.