Time yet again for us to reach deep within our mage mailbag and pull up another question. This one comes from reader Travis. Here is what he had to say…
Hi, I am also a mage. I’m level 41 frost spec, and Alliance. I’m stuck on where to go next for leveling, I’ve recently been running Uldaman to level, any tips on where to quest?
Well Travis, I would say frost is an excellent spec to level in. I believe I leveled fire all the way to 60 and then specced frost and a tear came to my eye at the number of crits I was seeing. Sure the high end damage wasn’t quit where fire was but the amount of control you have over your opponents in frost is unmatched. Then the burning crusade came along and we got to summon a water elemental as a companion to level with. Now you still have another 9 levels to go to reach our frosty leveling pet because you need a minimal amount of 41 talent points to reach him which you will have at 50. But that wasn’t your question.
Where to level…well at 41 you are well out of the “Alliance controlled” zones so you will be looking to fight within contested territory. Even though there may be some quest for you in Stranglethorn Vale, I would avoid that jungle whenever possible. Uldaman is a nice instance to level up in at your level. It should last you into the mid to late 40′s and if you are going to level via the instance route then the next place you might want to check out is Zul’Farrak. There is a lot of low level 40 quests that lead there along with some great drops from the various bosses. It’s not an easy instance for even an appropriate level but if you have a big buddy who is willing to twink you through it then you can make 2-3 runs in an hour.
If your planning to level in the open you can probably hit up a few more quests in the Badlands or check out the new hub they added in Dustwallow Marsh in Mudsprocket which was added around patch 2.3.0 I believe. I’ve heard those quests are quite fun. If your feeling a bit too old for those zones you can start on some of the zones that are in the level 45-55 range which include Searing Gorge, The Hinterlands, Blasted Lands, Un’Goro Crater, Fellwood, and Azshara.
I hope this answered your question, feel free to comment or email any follow ups you might have. And to the rest of my readers, where would you suggest Travis head to next?
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I'm at level 42 still (weekend at the parents' house will keep you offline) and I've been almost exclusively in Stranglethorn and Desolace… Desolace is boring, and I think I've finished everything there, but I haven't had much by way of problems in Stranglethorn. The Booty Bay quests against the Bloodsail Buccanneers were a lot of fun for me (watch out for Curse of the Tides, though. You'll want the reward, but you can't get it, it's bugged! /cry).
I play PvE though, so I don't know what zones are rough on PvPers.
I found them quite annoying too. I wiped them out with CSS. Easiest way is to us the HTML inserts feature in the theme options. In the first textbox (heaer.php) drop this in…
<style type="text/css">
/* i hate stars */
.sidebars li {list-style-image: none;}
/* i hate circles too */
.sidebars ul li {list-style-type: none;}
ul {list-style: none; list-style-type: none;}
</style>
Unfortunately this wipes out the unordered list style in you posts as well. I haven't figured out a way to accurately target the sidebars ul correctly. If you figure it out let me know.
Ok, sorry this is off-topic but i have to ask. I use this same wordpress theme on both my blogs and I can not figure out how to get the annoying stars off the sidebar…..you have to help!
the reason for the "i hate circles" is if you simply remove the stars they are replaced with little tiny circles…when I'd rather just have the plain old bullet point dots.
ok, thanks a million. I dont do to many unordered lists so i wont miss it.
Sweet thnx guys(this is travis) i'm currently lvl 48 and i've been doing ZF and Maraudon quests, plus now starting to go into searing gorge, again, thnx for the help^^
sweet glad you enjoyed it….new rank of conjure water right around the corner for you! (lvl 50)