Today’s tip is based around your travel times, and how a few simple mistakes can add up to delay your leveling speed by hours over the month.

One problem I face day to day as a leveling guide reviewer is that I’m often wasting my time running back & forth from zone to zone. I’m doing this to quest in the area where the leveling guide author tells me to go, and not all of them agree which zone is most efficient… and so I run all over the World of Warcraft world, looking for the fastest leveling locations.

I’ll usually find myself on my summoned mount, trying to run through the middle of a thick mob of monsters in a desperate attempt to save myself the minute or two it would take to go around them all. Have you ever done this? I don’t know how many times I have…

You see a big thicket of monsters, but you think to yourself, “Easy! I can make it through there. No problems!”. And then a few seconds later you’re dismounted by the dozen hits you’re taking because you underestimated how close you were to the group of beasties.

Almost every time I’m in this situation I now speak to myself, and reinforce what I need to do to save myself a corpse run.

I tell myself, “Jon, that way might LOOK fast… but its NOT. You’re going to DIE, and then waste 10 minutes running back from your corpse.”

These days I usually convince myself not to make a mad charge through a bunch of monsters, and I find this is really keeping my momentum up, and my leveling times fast.

Do you make any bad mistakes like this, over and over? Let us know about them!

Dugi's Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide Reviewed!

This week brings my next in-depth WoW leveling review, and this time its Dugi’s Ultimate World of Warcraft Leveling Guide. What did I think? Is it worth checking out?

Keep reading and find out!

My last week of play has had me going from level 30 through to level 35, mostly in Hillsbrad Foothills, Thousand Needles, and Stranglethorn Vale.

The key differences I found in Dugi’s Ultimate WoW Guide when compared to the other guides on the market are:

1. their versatility, 
2. their flexibility, and 
3. a comprehensive range of information that goes beyond just leveling. 

Dugi gives you all the guidance you need on where to go next and when to level the fastest, and his guide also gives you the tools and assistance you need to make buckets of gold, or how to spec and kit out your character for PvP.

The way Dugi’s Ultimate Guides do this is through the use of 3 bundled mods that have been expertly tied into his leveling guide – they show you exactly where to go, and in what order to most effectively complete a series of quests. 

The mods & their interfaces are also easy to use once you get used to them – and using the bundled map mod is a bit like a combination between Google Earth and Supreme Commander, and works very, very well to give you a clear picture on exactly how to get to your next quest location in the fastest way possible.

Dugi’s Ultimate guides are also about the most full featured and well rounded available – you can get gold guides, class guides, pvp guides and profession guides, all designed to get you to level 60, 70 or 80 as quick as you can. 

But enough preamble – lets get into the nuts & bolts of Dugi’s guide and talk about the installation, ease of use, and its overall effectiveness in leveling you fast. Read the rest of this entry

Quick update: I just dinged level 35 really fast with my review character in WoW — I was using Dugi’s Ultimate WoW Guide, which I must say is very different to what I’ve grown accustomed to in the past…  

Dugi’s leveling guide took some getting used to, but once I became comfortable with it I was really impressed by how effectively he integrated all of his leveling add-ons into his guide.

Keep an eye out soon for the full in-depth review! Can Dugi help you level faster in WoW? Stop back any day now & find out!

I’ve done an in depth review of Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide! Want to find out if your leveling could be faster than ever in WoW?

Read on!

For the last week, for at least 2 or 3 hours a day, I’ve been playing World of Warcraft with my level 25 Warlock, Anguine… and its been a blast leveling fast with Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide!

Like I said in my last post, I was particularly interested to give Joana’s guide an in depth review now that his new map-mod enabled guide was out. Joana, for one reason or another has put off including map mods, but thankfully he’s put in some time and produced an amazing in game leveling mod, complete with directional arrow that points to the next location, distance, and estimated time of arrival. Handy stuff!

So how did it play? Was it easy to use? Keep reading!

Lets start at the beginning. Read the rest of this entry