In case you haven’t been closely following level guide development like I have, it’d be easy to miss a raft of recent changes and enhancements that the most popular guides have made.

This is why over the coming few weeks I’ll be writing in depth reviews on a bunch of different guides, to bring you up to date on exactly what I like about each individual guide…. and what I don’t like!

I hope it will be like giving you some up close & personal time with the guide, with no glitz and glamor of sales speak to dazzle & blind you to the truth.

The first guide I’ll be reviewing is Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide – I’ll cover installation, options available, ease of use, the interface, the detail and layout of the guide, and more.

Just for your info, I’ve chosen Joana’s guide as my first review because I have a sneaking suspicion it is the best guide out there, and because its only recently been blessed with a brand new in game map mod, so there’s no more alt tabbing!

Stop by soon for the first in a series of reviews, to find The Best WoW Leveling Guide!

Whenever someone asks me, “Jon, which leveling guide is the best one?” I always have the same answer waiting.

“Ask the users!”

Its sound advice for any purchase, but for something like a leveling guide which you can’t see or touch before a purchase, you’re somewhat vulnerable to marketing speak and hyped up claims which make the guide sound like it’ll get you to level 80 while you sleep.

One of the most amazing user responses I’ve seen is from Joana’s fans. Joana is the author of Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide, but strangely you won’t find this praise on the website… you’ll find it on Joana’s myspace page! That’s right, Joana has a TON of friends on myspace, all shouting from the rooftops how great the Horde Leveling Guide is.

If you’d like to see the praise, simply go to Joana’s website, and click on the “meet Joana” link right down the bottom. You won’t beleive the praise on myspace.

Another way to tell if a particular guide is worth it is the refund policy. I make it a point to ONLY include guides on this website which offer refunds – I don’t want you to get ripped off, and if you find a particular guide doesn’t suit you, you’ve got the option to return it and try another.

Most of the guides I list will have detailed testimonial boxes from fans of the guide, but if not, I’d be asking the authors why they don’t… because there’s probably a good (I mean, bad!!) reason why they don’t – no one thinks their guide is any good!

Team iDemise is another excellent example of a team with major fan cred. Check out their page, scroll down & read the amazing reviews.

You really can’t go wrong with either guide, but remember – if there’s no fans, no guarantees, and no refund policy… or if there’s no testimonials, I’d steer clear!

One of the net’s favorite fast wow levelers, Joana, says there’ll be an update including map mod capability soon for her horde fast leveling guide. As you all know I’m a big proponent of map mods, because they let you stay in game, which means no alt tabbing, and no time wasting! Joana has a huge following of fans, and I can only imagine how many more there’ll be after this new update.

If you’d like to check out Joana’s horde leveling guide now, click here. Anyone buying the 1-70 guide will get a free guide update when the map mod is included (no word as to whether there’ll be a price rise when that’s done).

There’s a 1-70 guide, and a 1-80 guide (the 1-80 guide has a map mod NOW). Or, you can buy them both and save a few bucks, leaving you with just enough to buy that coffee I recommended in my WoW present guide!