Leveling weird?

[ulldott]

I've played since beta on retail, so this is not a complaining thread about the game being too difficult.
But I've noticed while playing on this server that I run out of quest way before I should or before I am the appropriate level
I have been leveling a human warrior and I had done pretty much most of the quests I could get in westfall by the time I was 13-14. So I had to go to red ridge and the quests I could there, then move back to westfall once I became 17-18 for the quests I could pick up then, and so on. But now I have to go back and forth between areas in order to level.

Whats the reason for that?

[Codeine]

Vanilla.

[Noonze]

You can check out that gaining exp was dramaticaly increased in tbc by 50%. So before tbc leveling process was pretty much time consuming and difficult. Vanilla one love

[panafrican]

to avoid this problem you can do quest from other zones at low level. for example, at level 1-5 you can do the human starting zone, dwarf, and night elf. if u do all three u enter westfall at around level 15.

or u can work on professions. just working on cooking and first aid will net you a lot of exp since u have to grind humanoid and beast for linen and beast, respectively.

u have to do all the zones for ur level even at low level and even if the quest are green. if u skip zones youll fall behind and have to grind.

[billys1337]

this is normal, this is how vanilla was, maybe you have forgotten

[Slicy]

Welcome to vanilla.

Don't be afraid to gring mobs couple hours till you get to the appropriate lvl for the next zone. If that is too painful for you, I suggest doing the dungeon of you current lvl range couple times, for the sake of getting some gear pieces (it's key for a war) and getting used to tanking with different type of players (mister asspull, mister break cc, mister afk for 30 mins, etc.).

[Dish]

The easiest way to avoid this is by killing all mobs that you pass while walking around and which aren't more than 3 levels below you. You're not wasting time since they're "on your way" anyway and it's the most effective way to level. Most people just are too lazy.

[Bioness]

this is normal, this is how vanilla was, maybe you have forgotten

A lot of people back then also mass killed non quest mobs, even still you should rarely ever run out of quests especially at such a low level.

Notice how he doesn't mention going to Darkshore or Loch Modan.

[Diametra]

I don't know how it was or should be, I am just used to this now. I have noticed that I stay within a 3 zone region up to Duskwood/Ashenvale. After that, all bets are off. I start continent hopping and often stop to grind when I don't feel like chasing quests. Questie is a really helpful add-on for seeing where the level appropriate quests are throughout Azeroth.

My impression was that originally the Devs wanted to forcibly keep you exploring the world.

[Glenzig]

I really love only seeing 6 or 7 zones the entire time I'm leveling. Makes the world really live for me.