MOP Prep: Whose up first?

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 2:00 PM

Mommar Here.

So the past few days I've been steadily thinking about who to level first.  The new XP numbers seem to push the idea that it will take about 30 hrs give or take to level.

For the last two Expansion packs I looked to level one of my raiding characters first.  I started off with my Warrior (aptly named Mommar) who leveled in about 6 days.  I didn't spend 100% of the time I could to level due to extra things in my life.   Once I had him leveled and exploring the new world,  I turned towards my second character to level.   This was my hunter gathering toon (my Hunter Move).

She leveled through quests but spent a lot of time killing mobs for skins and getting ore to feed into Mommar (he is my Leatherworking/Blacksmithing specialist).  Slowly but surely I finished leveling everyone who I was going to level during the cataclysm expansion pack.  The last one leveled to 85 was my Paladin.  By this time I was slightly burnt out of questing in the New Azeroth (Doing the same 7 quests will destroy your will to visit any place.)

Spending countless hours with Auction House chores (by this time I was no longer raiding with my guild) I continued to work on gaining gold,  spending gold and overall just enjoying another aspect
of the game.  If I had to do things differently I would have probably concentrated more on obtaining
my professions maximized first and then worked on gearing.   

There are three different types of reasons someone chooses to level a character.

1.   New Class/New abilities to try out
2.   Play Style/Enjoyment
3.   Gold Making possibility.

The first two are self explanatory.  They are choices that a player has to make on their own.  Do you 
want to play a Panda or a monk?  Did you not roll a goblin with the last expansion?   These are going to 
drive a majority of the players on the choices they make.

For me,  I'm looking at strictly on a gold making level.   We know from the Betas that professions are 
going to have to level to at least 87 to be able to maximize out their abilities. Vale of Eternal Blossoms
is where the patterns are sold.   But the question is going to be what is the most profitable to get there.

A farming toon has a strong catalyst when it comes to leveling at the start of an expansion.   The playing
field is even because there are no real stockpiles of the new materials.   The farming toon has the ability
to command their own prices for what they collect while finishing up quests and exploring new territory. 
Other professions are dependent on the stock of others,  whether gathered by their farming toons or 
purchased from outside sources.

But one Profession can make and use their own materials.   The Enchanter has a distinct advantage over
the rest of the professions.   They can recycle their items that are no longer useful into materials that can
be crafted into something else.  Or sold on the open market.   Putting together both a crafter and tailor
(which is my toon Mosiac) becomes a very powerful combination from the start.  Nothing ends up going 
waste or is vendored just for gold.   

So I decided that when MOP starts I'll be pushing heavy to level my Enchanting/Tailor combination first.  
At least to 87 to open up the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.  Most of my other characters will follow in suit 
with my two raiding characters as well as my backup band.   

What reasons are you looking to level specific toons?  Who's on first when the gates of Pandaria open?

Good Luck and Good Hunting


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MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup
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