Current Gold Total: 2,000g
Working on: Paladin levelling (68) and passive mining (375)

Today is all about levelling! It’s split in to two parts, this post which describes what’s happened today – and then the next post which describes the ‘Challenge’ I have set myself which is scheduled for tomorrow morning.

As for today’s news, I did 4 levels today alone, all following James excellent horde levelling guide (Alliance version is also available) With the only downside being it is apparently no longer maintained and has no guide for 77-80. I’ve done 60-68 without a single error however.

The greatest part is – it is 100% free. No need to even sign up for website or mailing list.

Having used the text version of his guides before, back in TBC it was great to use his addon version. It is amazing how easy it makes it to know exactly where you are meant to be and what you are meant to be doing.

Up until now I have been using Questhelper, which in itself is a fantastic addon – however it gives you no real direction or purpose, it just tells you the quickest way to do the quests you already have. James addon on the other hand tells you exactly what you are doing, why, in what order (not just because it’s the quickest path) and where to go next. It even has little helpful tips, which can be a godsend on a tricky quest which might not be explicit in what you have to do.

This makes levelling even easier than before – you literally can no brain it and just follow the guide. It probably falls apart slightly if you have heirloom chest/shoulders, due to you levelling faster than expected. Still, it’s not an issue really – especially as I have no heirloom items on this server yet!

Talking about transferring heirloom items, it seems bringing Sarainy over *might* take longer than planned. After having to buy a brand new computer my money is a bit low at the moment.

Also managed to double my money, just through selling all the items acquired while levelling. This also includes everything mined – ore for JC will be brought upon reaching level 80.

To find out when that should will be, read the next post!

Current Gold Total: <300g
Working on: Away from home

Well I’m still away so unable to play – however faction transfer is apparently now available in the EU!

On the downside, I can’t afford the expense until next weekend at least ;(

It seems quite cheeky, although a sensible business move, that the faction transfer does not come with a server transfer. That means that anyone changing server and faction in the EU has  to pay £35 to do so.

Yet now, with 3 day server transfers and 60 day faction transfer anyone can move to any server, any guild, and play with their friends. Or can transfer to join a hardcore raid guild that previously was inaccessible to them.

This is great news for lots of people. Although there is a down side.

It could cause greater Alliance to Horde ratio imbalance on servers where it already exists. People will be fed up of being outnumbered and abandon ship, maybe even to the other faction on their own server (to save the server transfer fee) which will only make the problem worse.

While this was a problem before with just server transfers, many more people I have spoken to said they would be prepared to transfer factions, when they were previously uninterested in transferring realms – mostly for social reasons.

Transferring server just gives you a batch of new people to play with. Changing factions gives you a whole new perspective on the game, with content you might have missed out on before.

How many people are prepared to pay for a faction transfer, or already have? I know I will.