Brains 15th

Well the title says it all. Today I hit 15th level using Brain's guide.

Time: 11 hours and 15 minutes.

The guide seems reasonable done, and so far hasn't been too much of a challenge. Biggest problem I had this run was I chose a Ravager for my pet. Unfortunately it took me a long time to find a vendor that sold meat. None of the mobs dropped meat. So i wasted probably 10 minutes in all looking for some meat. But since it was a burning crusade character, I wanted a burning crusade pet. So to be fair that 15 minutes is most likely the extra time I took. I bought another guide that seems pretty good as well, "Zygor's seems pretty good. and its cheaper then the other guides. I may have to add it as well sometime.

Idemise level 10

4 hours and 13 minutes to level 10. Now this time is misleading. Idemise has some serious typos so far. I got to the point in the night elf guide that goes, " you should now be level 8" Which is fine, except the very next line it says "do these next two quests and now you should be 10th level." Well as you should know, that's impossible. So I re read it and read further on to see where I should be, maybe the 10 was a typo. But nope, he really expected you to be 10th level. So I had to make up for the lost two levels to get back too the guide. So I followed my own system I've been using to finish of the last two levels. So that first time is definitely not accurate. I'll just have to see if this works out at later levels.

His presentation is a little bit confusing so far, but this could just be me. Hard to say at this point. Anyways I'm level 10 in both characters now, most likely I'll report the time at 15th, unless that goes real fast then I'll let you know when I hit 20.

Level 10 for Brain Kopps

4 Hours and 46 minutes to level 10 using Brain's guide. I decided to go with a Dranei as I don't have any that are high level and I figured I should have one. I also decided to go with just gathering professions so I don't slow the contest up, but still make money for a mount at 40. Hunters are the strongest pve class in the game, and so to be fair, I decided to make both toons Hunters. Boring leveling two of the same class but more fair in terms of seeing who levels faster. As I look at both guides and use them I see one thing that both seem to fail at. Brains more then Idemise. They fail to take into account the skill level of the average player buying their guide. Sure maybe Brain can play like a master player, but not most people who would want to buy a guide I'm thinking. So I find myself wondering why they chose the order of quests that they do, when there are easier ways to order it, and thus level faster, at least in my opinion. Maybe I should level a third toon and see if it competes following my path with these guys. Three toons?...maybe not, two at once is enough I'm thinking.

The Beginning

Well hi all. Today is my birthday, and I figured I'd start this project as part of my fun. Hopefully some of you will find this useful. If it works out well then I might give a few other guides a try. As I level I'll give a report on my progress each day I play. I'm going to use a hunter for Brains guide as it is specifically made for a hunter. As to Idemise, I'm leaning towards a Warlock, but I haven't quite decided yet. Anyways wish me luck.