Get an XP Boost at Level 57

Once you've reached level 57, you can use the Dungeon Finder to queue for Hellfire Ramparts. Since the XP earned in The Burning Crusade is much higher than classic WoW, you should be able to level much faster. Additionally, TBC dungeons are much shorter than classic dungeons and can be run several times.

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Alliance Hunter: Choosing a Race

This information is verified to be accurate as of World of Warcraft Patch 3.3.x.

When it comes to choosing an Alliance race for your new hunter, you have three choices: drainei, dwarf, or night elf. Each race has unique talents that may or may not be useful to the hunter class. If you are interested in choosing the best race for your new hunter, you'll need to take these racial talents into consideration. That being said, I strongly recommend you choose a race that best fits your play style or personality. Racial talents have changed over time, and basing your character decision on a racial talent that exists now may end up backfiring in the long run.

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WoW Reset UI

It's not /resetui, it's /console reloadui.

Not /resetui, /console reloadui.

Horde Hunter: Which Race is Best?

This information is verified to be accurate as of World of Warcraft Patch 3.3.x.

As I pointed out in my Horde Warlock Race Guide, you should choose a Horde race based on their unique traits. These racial traits occasionally figure into game play, but, as every Forsaken rogue knows, these game-changing racial traits can and will be changed. With that in mind, choose a race that suits your playstyle or just looks cool.

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The Total Noob Project

Lately, I've been leveling a protection paladin in order to do some tanking. Even though I'm leveling as protection rather than retribution, the early going has been much easier than expected. This is helped by the fact that I'm wearing both the shoulder and chest BOA pieces. This gives me two blue equivalent items in those spots as well as a 20% XP advantage. This got me thinking, what must it be like for a completely new player to level today?

And thus, the Total Noob Project is born.

So, I'm going to start a completely new toon on a server I've never played on before. I'm going to pick a server that is specifically flagged for new players. Therefore, I should be on a fairly new server with no friends or high-level alts I can depend on. That means no BOA items and no 20 slot bags!

Since my preferred realm is Horde and my favorite class is hunter, I'll choose both of those. This gives me a bit of an advantage because I've played both of these before. But, I'm still going to have to make it completely on my own.

In a future post, I'll post information about my new toon.