Leveling from 1-60 in a group

[gladlaks]

Hi,

We're a group of guys at work thinking about getting back into WoW together, and this server seems like a perfect opportunity to experience the old content again without having to pay for a subscription.

We want to have one char each that we "reserve" for when we are all online so we can level them together. What are your experiences on leveling from 1-60 in a group? I've seen someone complaining about split loot when you need 10x boar flanks or whatever, and that that can take unnecessarily long time. That's just one thing I can think of.

Thanks for any replies.

/Gladlaks

[trololol]

I think it would be fun. By the time you gather every item your group needs, you would have made up the xp you missed if you had just done it solo. It may take a bit longer, but much better than 1-60 by lonesome.

[Toshu17]

I leveled two chars 1-60 and my first one (Lock) i primarily soloed and from around 40-50s had a group of about 3 guys who would log on and we would quest together

My second (war) took alot longer because war leveling is pretty rough. I soloed to about 30s and then grouped with 2 other people at times from mid 30s-low 40s. It does take some time, but the quest are much quicker (unless its collection quests) in which case it took substantially longer.

All in all, enjoy the road to 60. Its probably even more fun if you level with friends/RL people you know.

[Furilol]

My suggestion is that you level solo all the way to 60 with some dungeons here and there.

The exp penalty from being grouped makes it totally not worth it, imo.

I'd prefer to get to 60 asap and start farming pre-raid bis etc together since thats the most fun part before raiding.

But that's just my opinion and if you can sit through extra hours (maybe even day(s)) of leveling it might be more fun.

You can still sit in skype etc and fuck around even if you are not grouped so, they way I see it, leveling while in group is just a waste of time.

Welcome to Nostalrius boys, I hope you will have a great time

[azamous]

I've levelled as a duo, never any higher, and just two people in the group was decent pace. the only annoying thing to think about was the drop item quests, if you have 5 people in the group, you have to do the quest 5 times, but it means you'll have more people in the party to grind mobs with, I'm pretty sure exp is deducted per party member, so levelling with more than 1 person in a group would take pretty long but if you're good friends with them, it'll be fun, and you'd get there eventually, whilst clearing all the dungeons too

[AriesMouse410]

Deciding whether or not to level in a group really depends on how quickly you want to level, and, what sort of group you're leveling with? Are you all going to sort out roles, get yourselves set up to have a tank, healer, etc? Will you coordinate professions so you're not all trying to mine/skin? Ignoring those little details, one thing to really try to be sure of, is make sure the people you plan to level with are actually going to stick around.

Though it can be slower leveling, leveling with a group can have it's benefits, such as never having to worry about how you're going to manage an elite quest, or even just tackling orange or red quests. I've been leveling with my fiance on my priest (he's a rogue), and things have gone really smoothly all things considered, and having him to do all the damage means I've been able to focus my talents on strictly healing related things. When I first came to this server though, I came here with friends, we all agreed to play together, and so on. Though we didn't all quest together all the time, we did do what Furilol suggested, and that was to sit in mumble and shoot the shit while just doing our own quests, and it was a blast for a while, but eventually one by one they all stopped playing, and I ended up being left alone on a mage, having gotten shoe horned into a dps role when I wanted to be heals (They all made their characters first, then told me to come and join them, and we wanted a perfect 5 man instancing group), so I had to start over in a sense when they all bailed on the game. I got to play the role I wanted, which was nice, but it was still annoying having wasted time on the other toon for people that didn't stick around. So keep that in mind. Enjoy the group leveling experience, but be ready to start leveling on your own when/if the time comes.

[hasseoliver]

It's so worth it! Leveling solo is not even close to as fun. I can highly recommend going two pallies, one holy and one prot. That's what me and my mate did, when he hit lvl 20 and started AOE farming I pretty much halfed the time it took for me to level and I'm a good solo levelers. Were among the first to hit 60.

[Onírica]

Huuum! The levelling with more than 1 person in a group would take pretty long but if you're good friends with them, it'll be fun.

[sylvr]

I levelled as a duo a few times back in vanilla and really enjoyed it, there was never a quest too hard or too high for us to finish. The only downside was because you could tackle orange/red quests with ease you finish zones quickly and are left with grinding as your only real option. Any more than 2 and you're really slashing your xp. You could probably grind elites in a group for added xp though

[Jellytime22]

Sounds like fun, but I would be worried that with 5 people in a group, you would clear the quest log or be left with red/elite quests quite often and be stuck grinding mobs to make up for lost exp. Regardless of the choice you make, as long as your having fun.