Moving up to the next guide/section while leveling

[sarge714]

Something I think would be a cool upgrade is when you get this message, "Would you like tyo move the the next level". Is to have it say "Would you like to turn in all your completed quests before moving on?" Then using the new "get there" technology for 4.x turn in all the completed quests before starting the next section.

I'm leveling a Monk and with Heirlooms, Rest Exp and the Monk EXP daily and I found several times just turning in the completed quests would give me half the bar for starting the next section.

Only other issue I have is the Gear thingy keeps trying to replace the heirloom weapons.

Other than these, Zygor is an amazing piece of software.

[niknak48]

I like this idea about turning in completed quests before moving on. I've done this in the past leveling with heirlooms before.

[Cartman]

Turning in completed quests before moving on to the next guide section is something that is planned for the future.

[fluffychef]

Turning in completed quests before moving on to the next guide section is something that is planned for the future.

Just out of curiosity, would this take into account the experience that would be gained from turning in the completed quests?

For example, say I have four completed quests - turning in those quests would give me the xp I need to be able to move on to the next leveling area; so instead of doing grind-fests to complete a bunch more quests that I wouldn't otherwise have to have (the Naga in Zangarmarsh come to mind), I could just stop doing what I'm doing in that particular zone, and turn in my currently completed quests to get the XP I need to move on to the next part of the leveling guide...

I hope that made sense.

[cabby]

I understand what you mean, and it would be very nice for the guides to factor in 'potential' XP for determining when it's time to move on. This is all still being looked at for possibilities so who knows how it will turn out.

[bvanpelt]

Along these lines I have another suggestion. The leveling guides don't seem to ever take me to orange quests. I'm leveling a druid with 7 heirlooms, and belong to a level 25 guild. The vast majority of the time I'm performing green quests. Could you provide an "aggressiveness" setting that would let me tackle orange quests? I do like the Zygor leveling guides, but they seem to lag behind my progress when I'm leveling with so many heirlooms. A way to go from orange to orange would be perfect! I understand quests are chained, but it seems we could do better...

[littlewierdo]

Just load a guide for a higher level zone...

[Lovax]

Along these lines I have another suggestion. The leveling guides don't seem to ever take me to orange quests. I'm leveling a druid with 7 heirlooms, and belong to a level 25 guild. The vast majority of the time I'm performing green quests. Could you provide an "aggressiveness" setting that would let me tackle orange quests? I do like the Zygor leveling guides, but they seem to lag behind my progress when I'm leveling with so many heirlooms. A way to go from orange to orange would be perfect! I understand quests are chained, but it seems we could do better...

I don't agree with littlewierdo on certain things he says but I do have to agree on this about going to a higher level zone but only to a certain point. Like many other times I have sat back and read his posts, I again feel like he did not take into consideration all the factors that are involved. By going to higher level zones than what the guide suggests you may not be able to get any quests. If you go to a zone which would be say 5 levels above your level you may not be able to get starter quests for the zone. In all reality with 7 heirlooms and being in a lvl 25 guild you could probably get away with doing quests more than 5 levels above you. But again you risk not being able to get any quests what so ever. Unfortunately which is no fault of Zygor or his guide we are stuck to doing the quests in suggested areas and up to 5 levels above us. I mean seriously even if you eliminated the Zygor guide all together you are still stuck in the same situation. Blizzard can't even take into account your gear, guild level and then suggest an appropriate zone. Blizzard can only take into account your toons level.

[Cartman]

By going to higher level zones than what the guide suggests you may not be able to get any quests.

You are totally right on that, I experienced this when going to Hinterlands just when the guide suggested it. And on one occasion I was only able to get a quest by turning in a previous quest which gave me a level up.
But sometimes the guide directs you to lower level zones. For example the Winterspring guide, if I remember it correctly it's in the Kalimdor guide for a lower level than in the Eastern Kingdoms guide. But that's due to the level requirements of later zones or because the guide suggests to go to Outlands at level 60 and there's not much content to reach 60.

[littlewierdo]

In my limited leveling experience, xp is gained faster doing 'green' lower level quests because the xp you are primarily going to level from is turning quests in, not xp gained from kills (questing is after all how the game leveling process was structured). The primary reason for this is the aggro range for 'green' mobs is much less. This means fewer kills are required for 'gathering' quests and allows you to avoid alot of unnecessary kills that give less than ideal xp. It also makes 'adds' much more manageable if it happens and is also much less likely to happen in the first place due to the lower aggro range.

Zones in WoW are generally linked to two or three other zones in that, they lead into each other with pre-req quests. Western and Eastern plaguelands are just one example. However, there is nothing stopping you from loading a completely different zone on the opposite continent. There is alot of overlap (ie. multiple zones to pick from for the level your toon is) in the pre-BC leveling process.

So when I suggested loading a different guide, for those already familiar with the zones and how they are (or might be linked) should just consider loading a zone completely unrelated. Sure, there might be pre-reqs that you may miss but that is after all why there is a 'skip' step button. If a step is telling you to do something and you know you had to skip an 'accept a quest' step, look in your quest log and make sure you have that quest.

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[88mike]

Hope it is soon... I'm starting to do the pee-pee dance with anticipation!

[campbell]

and get to guide to move on before the zone goes green !!!!! and YES THERE IS AN XP LOSS FOR NOT MOVING ON