Have you ever considered buying a World of Warcraft character and just skipping the grind altogether? Or maybe purchasing the account of someone else…? Or perhaps you thought you might enlist one of those power leveling services?

Its a tempting prospect… After all it can take weeks if not months to get a character to the lofty heights of level 70 or level 80. And those levels are where the fun really begins for most people – raids, high level gear, and amazing monsters to fight.

So why not skip the leveling grind by buying, transferring or enlisting power levelers? Let me level a few reasons at you…

  1. The biggest & best reason is that Blizzard legally forbids it in their terms of use agreement. See the full details here. If you breach this agreement, you’re liable to be banned. And not just the character that was being leveled on your account, your whole account will be banned – and you can’t get it back. So to be clear – you will be banned by Blizzard when they find you’ve shared your account, bought someone elses account, or gave your details to a power leveling service for them to level for you!
  2. You miss out on the fun of the lower levels. That’s right, the lower levels are great fun too. Its where you learn your character’s ins and outs, and its where you sculpt your skills and abilities. What is a hero without a past?
  3. You miss out on friendships and contacts in the game. Those friends and contacts commonly become future guild mates, or grouping partners you can call on when you need them… and need them you will when you hit the higher levels of the game.
  4. You inherit someone’s past, or forgo your own. Imagine logging on and having an irate player screaming at you, or a guild that has banned you from joining, or people talking to you like a good friend… but you have no idea who they are. All of these are bizarre, annoying occurrences are yours if you tempt fate and skip the leveling ladder.
  5. You pay through the nose! Getting someone else to level you, or buying someone else’s high level account can be expensive. Why? Because it involves a very precious, non refundable, non tradable resource called TIME. Someone else has expended their own limited supply, and that’s rightly included in the cost.
  6. The stress. You know you’ve done something wrong, you know Blizzard bans people every day for account transfers and leveling services… but what you don’t know is when its going to catch up to you. Perhaps you spend another month getting from 70 to 80… are you shortly after going to lose that whole account when Blizzard catches up with you? Its very possible. And its interfering with your enjoyment of an amazing game!

Just level legally! As always, I recommend people check out the array of amazing leveling guides on the net – there really is one that will fit anyone, and you can legally skip the grind by using them! Just check out my fast WoW leveling guide on the front page for a quick and easy run down of the pros and cons of various leveling guides available.

Until next time – level responsibly!