Levelling Your World of Warcraft Character

Level 10

Some new features become available. A talent tree, which enables you to give your character more powers. There are three branches to choose from and which you choose may seem a lottery, so I suggest you have a look at this site's recommendations... WoWWiki

At level 10 you choose a specialisation for you character. For example, for a Warlock you would choose either Affliction, Demonology or Destruction. WoWWiki is an excellent all-round site for information about WoW, but there is more in-depth information available and I suggest you read the whole of this guide first.

You can join WoW Battle Grounds. Don't! Well, not at level 10 anyway. This is because you will find yourself up against level 18 and 19 players, who will kill you very easily. Believe me, it's hard enough when you have a level 19 character.

Battle Grounds are fun and mayhem. The idea is to act as a team, although you will always get players who want to do their own thing. The problem is if there are too many players like that you will lose. Two BGs become available at level 10, Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin.

Warsong Gulch is different from the other BGs in as much as you are only concerned with defending your own flag and capturing the oppositions. The initial strategy should be to stay together as a group, capture their flag and then kill their flag bearer on the return journey, whilst protecting your own. From then on, your team should split into two groups. One protecting your flag room, the other attacking the opposition flag room. There should be Tanks and healers in both groups.

The other BGs are about capturing and defending territory, which again needs teamwork. You will occasionally find that Guild members have joined a BG en masse, and the team work is clear to see. The group best functioning as a team will win.

Repairs

You will have seen NPCs with anvils as you mouse over. Well from level 10, or it might be 11, you will find you must repair your gear from the damage of battle. If you don't do this regularly your character's armour and weapons become steadily more useless.

Level 15

At this level, you will be able to do dungeon quests and will be given a dungeon finder. These quests are very difficult and you need a group to complete them. I suggest you wait until you are at your upper level limit before attempting them. The dungeon finder takes you directly to the dungeon, so you do not need to travel. I recommend attempting these with Guild members, although using the finder may team you up with random players, so you will need to create a guild party first. Regular players aren't necessarily aware of your status as a newbie, so it is best to introduce yourself as such.

One of the problems you will find is that some people have no concept of team work or tactics. These are necessary to complete the quests. It is always preferable for the tank class to lead the assault, but it is important to lure the monsters to you a few (or at least as few as possible) at a time. A gung-ho approach will lead to being attacked by all the monsters in the vicinity. The group preferably needs at least one tank class e. g. warrior or a druid (to absorb damage and be the target by creating threat), a healer e.g. Shaman or Priest, and three DPS (damage per second), such as a hunter. DPS should be careful not to create more threat than the tank.

A talent tree becomes available and you are given a choice of three powers to use. Which one you choose will be dependent on whether you will concentrate on PvP or PvE play. I am now of the thought that PvP play really doesn't come into its own until you reach the highest level. It is very easy to change the power you have set to another choice, all you need is some vanishing powder. To get that visit an inscription vendor. To find one ask a Guard for the Inscription profession trainer.

As you go through be sure to collect all the quests within the dungeon and collect the loot. You will find that you must wait for certain "prizes" to be rolled for. If you need the item select "Need", if you don't select "Greed". Don't wait for the items to be allocated before moving on to the next part of the quest.

You will find that experienced players will not be interested in looting and are only there for the XP and quest items. They will want to rush through as quickly as possible (they have done these quests numerous times). Don't let them intimidate you. You need the loot and you don’t want to miss out on quest items. Make sure you have read the quest properly and know what you need to complete it successfully. It pays to read up on the quest at WoWhead.

Try to keep control of impetuous tanks that race off to kill the next baddie. They end up dead if there are no healers to help them.

Dungeon quests take some time to complete so make sure you have enough time set aside before you attempt one. If you must leave one you do not get the chance to re-join at the point you left.

Dungeons are very good for quickly obtaining XP, but you must remember that other players may be young and rash and have more powerfully equipped car(toons). You may find that occasionally they are too wrapped in their own self-importance and forget that new inexperienced players need to use dungeons (as well) to progress more quickly. You may find that occasionally you get kicked from the group. Don't worry, just try again and explain that you are new to the game.

Level 20

You can buy a mount (e.g horse) appropriate to your race. You can get other races’ mounts, but it's not worth the effort of foregoing your starting race's quests to complete the other race's quests.
You will normally find the riding trainer at your second starting location, but if not, it will be in a city. You will have seen the trainer on your travels so just keep a mental note; and of course, Guards will give directions.

You need to have at least 4 gold before you embark on your journey to the trainer. First pay for the training and then purchase a mount from the nearby trader. You will wonder why a horse, or whatever, hasn't appeared. Have a look in your bag and right-click on the icon. Then you need to open your spell book (it's P on the keyboard) and look at the bottom tabs and click on Mount.

Move the mount icon to your action bar by dragging it. When you click on it you will mount the horse/whatever. You can also create a keyboard shortcut, but we'll talk about this later.

If you are a Warlock you will purchase your training and Felsteed from your Warlock trainer. A Paladin also purchases their training and mount from their class trainer. Both do so for considerably less than 4 gold.

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