Hey guys I want to lvl a mage and people say its really easy but im trying to level really quickly. Dungeon grinding isn’t as big of a thing anymore but it seems that AOE grinding is. If I start AOE grinding at the recommended level it could be quick but what if theres competition?
Find another place, group with the competition, or wait it out.
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But I should definitely AOE grind over quest?
AOE grinding>dungeon>questing
aoe grinding with quest objetives > aoe grinding > dungeon >questing
Leveling is so much better in classic than most games now. Best times of my teen years getting high and leveling with friends at my place. ah good times…I enjoyed the classic leveling and while still having a fully geared rogue atm im leveling a hunter only through questing and having a blast.
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Personally, of my many alts, my mage just AOE grinds. If a quest is around for that area, I will grab it, but for now…AOE.
Loads of stuff to vendor, AH and mats for other toon’s professions.
I do / done enough questing / instance on other toons, this one is taking a different route.
if theyre alliance just beat their a** and camp them til they leave. just wait for them to pull, blizzard, counter spell them, nova them and let mobs kill them then corpse camp them til they leave. there ya go pal
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Generally 3 things happen when you have competition.
- You see there’s someone farming there and move on.
- You guys try to farm over top of each other, and it kills both of your xp.
- One of you gets upset that there is competition, and they pull fresh mobs in with others around half health. This runs the mage OOM and usually kills them if they don’t have every CD up. This generally results in nobody getting xp, and will persist until someone leaves.
Someone has to talk about the down side. I have a 40 mage in Classic. I watched some videos and read some posts about AOE grinding. My mage respecced talents for it and tried it a bunch of times. The results were terrible, and eventually my mage gave it up. My mage is happy now.
Clearly AOE maging works for some people. But it is not as easy as it sounds. When I’ve had problems the level 60s always say “wait a few levels – it will get easier”. How is that a leveling method? What is the level where it becomes easy?
I think AOE grinding only works after you develop the skill. It’s a form of kiting (something I hate and do poorly). It won’t work if any of the mobs are casters, or the group is too big or too small or the wrong level or…there’s a long list. You may spend more time finding a good place than you spend “leveling quickly”.
Or you may have help from higher toons, who group with you for an hour to teach you the method until you get good, and after that point out the exact spots to farm at each level. There’s no question that it’s fast, if (a) you do it well and (b) you find good spots quickly.
But I you should level a mage. Solo grinding, questing, dungeons – it’s all fun, and it’s all fast compared to many classes.
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omg I love this ty
Dont do it on a large server that’s all I got to say and the reccomended level is 22. Google is your friend.
I don’t enjoy the AoE soloing thing, so I just play my Mage the regular way & having fun with a primary Arcane spec.
At 22 the method becomes “viable”, but can be pretty rough if you aggro some random wolf or spider in the middle of your kite, any of the mobs are casters, and not having cold snap for mobs that resist your nova. I think in the 30s is when it truly opens up as a reliable and mostly easy method if you pick the right spots.
I’ve been leveling a Mage as Fire. It’s been a lot of fun. I’ve done AE leveling before (TBC). I find it dreadfully boring to do. Questing with intermittent dungeons is way more entertaining.
There are lots of things that can go wrong, yeah. Just takes some practice though, and mages are great at escaping and trying again if you mess up the pull. Only time I actually died AoEing was when I let a pack of about 10 enraged mobs get too close and they gibbed me instantly.
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This character was created specifically to aoe level and then dungeon boost the rest of my alts at 60. Needless to say, its extremely easy and fast. But you will 100% run into competition. Murlocs were the easiest, pirates were the worst.
solo aoe > group aoe > dungeons > grinding > questing. you can argue questing = grinding but good grinders only pick up certain quests on the specific mobs they’re grinding against. ive also found instances to be a lot slower because youre waiting for people and traveling in which case you were better off solo grinding wherever you were.
i enjoy 6s pyroblast and chunking something to half hp, thats fun although not the best exp. still makes solo 1v1 mage fun to level all around.
but 95% of the time a leveling mage should be frost and specd into impeoved blizzard.
np pal. its brutal but its survival of the fittest when ur aoe grinding. w/o a doubt a sumbag move but you gotta do what you gotta do