Also grab some 8 slotter bags.

Grab consumables you can use--buff foods and such. Use them.

Unless you're a warrior or a shammy, neither of which has trainers in silvermoon, upon reaching level like 7-8 (when you're supposed to be going to the second, bigger town in your starting zone), head to your capital city, type "/who mage [capital city]", PM a level 70-80 and beg for a port to silvermoon. Level in the blood elf lands. Profit.

Also, blow your 5-minute-or-under cooldowns whenever they're up. If you wait to use them--to save them for a rainy fight--you will never use them, and you'll just level more slowly and less fun-ly. Dying occasionally because you didn't save your cooldowns is much more preferable to leveling dozens of levels without ever using your unique and fun abilities.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550020)

http://www.wow-pro.com/leveling_guides/james_horde_leveling_guide

Crucial mod:

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/quest-helper.aspx

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10575005)

Grab a 2H with the best base damage (the damage range listed on the weapon) from the gbank as soon as you can, hopefully of a type you can use immediately. Level like this:

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=Lhrcbd

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=Lhrcbdfz

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=LhrcbrIt00bo

You whole deal is to stay in battle stance, rend, and wait for overpower to pop up; if you have excess rage, slam/heroic strike.

Eventually you get mortal strike, and then it's all gravy from there.

Strength, agility, stam.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550024)

Also, warriors have kind of a reverse mana. All their abilities require rage. Rage automatically accumulates when either you take damage or do damage.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550151)

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11829537044&sid=1

Buy a http://www.wowhead.com/?item=11287 ASAP from the auction house.

Grab a greater magic wand from the gbank at 13.

Get a run through BFD as early as possible to get http://www.wowhead.com/?item=7001

Otherwise, just follow the guide--damage talents first, take survivability talents just to fill the point requirements to get to the next tier.

Spirit by far, then spell power (rare at low levels), stam

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550026)

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550146)

http://www.wowrogue.org/Leveling.html

Slow mainhand; this is because a bunch of your attacks are based on weapon damage, so the slower a weapon is, the higher the base damage per hit is, the more damage you do with your instant attacks. This is holding DPS constant, of course, but since DPS is a function of the item's level, and item level is constrained by your own level, DPS is relatively constant.

Fast offhand; this is to give you more poison procs. Proc = when something that has a chance of happening, happens.

Agility and stamina and attack power. Strength is okay. Grab one-handers from the gbank.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550069)

Sorry, don't know shit about leveling pallies. Just stay in ret, (google around to see if 5 points in Divine Strength is worth it) grab a fat two-hander, and you're good.

Strength and stam, agi; I don't believe caster stats are worth it at low levels, leveling ret, but I don't know.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550113)

affliction leveling a lock is some of the most fun i've had in WoW. you just DOT up 2-3 mobs, let your VW tank them and keep going.

also, i wouldnt put 2 points in curse of agony since it almost never runs the full course of its DOT and most of the damage is at the end.

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Leveling and Grinding

Note* - the builds below show you what you should have by the time you reach 80. They are guides to show you where the points go as you level.

1. Affliction Grinding to 80 Build

PVP Server - http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=IbxrrurhkiqRcstbxczc

PVE Server - http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=IbxrburhoiVRcstZEc0V

This is the best solo grinding build up to level 80. If you play this build correctly, you can pull mobs non stop, with absolutely no downtime. This is a phenomenal build for grinding. Simply 3 insta dot a mob, and move to the next mob. Lifetap/Dark pact as needed, and move on. Throw in a haunt now and then for healing back lifetaps as needed.

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2. Felguard Grinding 56 to 80 Build

http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=IbxrbhrhoZbgczsgzAcsMz (note there are points left over, but this is the gist of the build)

A Felguard pure-grinding build. I would not recommend this build until the mid-50's because the Felguard does not receive all of his abilities until 56.

The Felguard build is an alternative to a heavy Affliction build for grinding. Both are very effective, and Felguard only has a small amount of downtime compared to affliction. This build is, however, the best grinding/leveling build after 56 and with a healer. However, you can also take this build if it is a playstyle you prefer.

There are many variations of this build, and it completely depends on what you plan to do during your grind. The build shown has most of the vital talents in Demonology. Some would debate the use of 3/3 in Mana Feed, but I believe that it helps to have that third point to maximize grinding efficiency. A Felguard who can't spam Cleave as much as possible is a lower DPS Felguard. Demonic Tactics could be valuable, as crit Felguard Cleaves with Demonic Frenzy stacks can deal nice damage.

This build basically consists of dotting mobs to gather them up, and using the felguard to finish them off.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10553169)

http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/ ignore their advice about getting a tenacity pet for PVE/soloing; get a DPS one (ferocity). If you're leveling in the blood elf lands, which you should be, get a dragonhawk.

Go down Beastmastery. The guides I've found give shitty advice for spending talents in 3.0; just spec however you want; get Focused Fire, Aspect Mastery, Unleashed Fury, Ferocity, Intimidation and Bestial Disciple, Frenzy, Bestial Wrath. The rest I'm not sure about.

Speed of your weapon doesn't matter, just look for the highest DPS.

Before you get a pet, choose your 2h to have good damage; after you get a pet, look for melee weapons with good stats since you will almost never melee.

Grinding quest mobs routine: Send your pet after a mob and start shooting at it; when it's at half life or so, send it after the next mob. By the time it reaches there, you will have killed the first. When the second mob is at half or so, send it on to a third. And so on and so forth. Stop when your pet is low or you're out of mana.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10550130)

- don't use vent

- use vent, but only use it to listen

- realize that no one would recognize your voice and chill out

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10555267)

I am going to be rolling my toon on January 14/15.

Still a good choice for the guild if I roll a pally? What's the breakdown of classes right now?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=901993&forum_id=2#10555028)