I found skill costs from 30-60 cost about 150g, obviously depending on class. Additionally there are costs for a mount (both regular and eventually epic) and new equipment. The “virgin” accounts practically have no reputation with any faction as well.
I tend to think that folks should have the option of starting at level 55 myself, it’s effectively the same thing. However the huge variety of spells and talents available at 55 make this entrance into the game very formidable for any new players.
1-60 in 17 minutes. Is it true? Indeed, I just leveled 4 accounts from 1-60 using multiboxing and the RaF feature. My played time was 3 days 19 hours, by all means pretty poor… Of course I was not wow power leveling by any means (no help of a guild) and I spent some time doing class quests and instances, etc (having fun). I used the 3 RaF accounts to grant three level 30 alts straight to 60. Effectively giving me 7 level 60s for the played time.
Certainly, it can be done much quicker, as Brian didn’t have to run into Stormwind’s trade district or stop to show the talent points panel for the video. At this point, speed leveling records from 1-60 don’t mean anything anymore, anyway. Of course, Brian had to level two characters to 60 on his recruited account to get a total of sixty level grants. With Level 80 fast approaching, I think it’s really cool that new players or characters will have a way to rush towards the endgame. After all, there’s still Levels 61 to 70 — and later 71 to 80 — to slog through. Let me see how many friends I can wrangle up now…
When I first read about Blizzard’s new Recruit-a-Friend program, I thought it was a great way to get friends to catch up quickly. The zhevra mount was just a silly little bonus. The feature that lets players grant a level to a lower-level friend with every two levels had so much potential that it had some players crying out in the forums. Well, WoW Insider reader Brian has actually gone out and done what those players had feared — he leveled a character from 1-60 in less than 20 minutes using the level granting feature.
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