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So my cousin convinced me to come back to WoW to play with him. I currently have a level 80 priest that I plan to get to 85. I always leveled as Shadow and usually raided as such. I understand a lot of mechanics have changed since I left (left before the final raid in Wrath). Am I still better off leveling as Shadow or is Disc now better? What stats should I be looking for in gear while leveling(which should I need on through dungeons)? Any general tips also would be appreciated.

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10-24-2011 , 01:06 PM

Inso0

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Level as shadow.

Killing things as a disc priest is PAINFUL with how badly their damage got nerfed.

Trust me. I tried both while going 80-85. (this was the day after cata release though, so maybe it has gotten better since then)

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10-24-2011 , 01:07 PM

Nofear3838

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Level in shadow, however, LFD and healing is probably faster, IMO.

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10-24-2011 , 01:18 PM

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dual-spec is like 10g now, try both.

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10-24-2011 , 01:48 PM

Momo

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Yeah I have paid for dual-spec from back in WotLK, I'm just wondering what was better for leveling. As for as gear goes, what stats should I be looking into?

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10-24-2011 , 01:54 PM

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http://elitistjerks.com/f77/t124358-...__amp__Gearing

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10-24-2011 , 02:23 PM

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Basically anything with more int on it will be an upgrade. You now have the talent that turns spirit into hit, so don't necessarily pass on something just because it has spirit.

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10-24-2011 , 02:30 PM

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just take whatever cloth gear you are offered as a quest reward and put it on if it's better that what you are wearing. You really don't need to cherry pick stats while levelling. As long as you have lots of stam and use the right spells at the right time, the rest doesn't matter.

your dps weights are more than likely int>hit or spirit>the rest

If you need to relearn your class go to mmo-champ or us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/ and look at the priest forums

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10-24-2011 , 02:33 PM

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or that EJ link to the shadowpriest forum I posted.. >.>

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10-24-2011 , 03:16 PM

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Thanks for the help guys. Time to get addicted again!

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10-24-2011 , 11:22 PM

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Any good leveling guides? I used to always use Jame's leveling guide but I don't see a 80-85 update.

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10-24-2011 , 11:44 PM

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Hyjal to 81 or further (to open up Molten Front dailies). Vashj'ir to 82 to open up the port. Deepholm to 83 (or further to open up Therazane rep). Uldum to 84, Twilight Highlands as soon as you hit 84.

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10-24-2011 , 11:45 PM

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Hyjal to 81 or further (to open up Molten Front dailies). Vashj'ir to 82 to open up the port. Deepholm to 83 to open up Therazane rep. Uldum to 84, Twilight Highlands as soon as you hit 84.

this, and LFD any chance you get

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10-25-2011 , 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Momo

Any good leveling guides? I used to always use Jame's leveling guide but I don't see a 80-85 update.

Quest helper is sort of built into wow now and questing has improved a tonne over previous xpacs. You don't need a guide anymore; just find a hub, take every quest, open your map and go to the circles to do each quest. There are also 'bulletin boards' in the major cities that will give you breadcrumbs to the next zone.

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10-25-2011 , 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Momo

Any good leveling guides? I used to always use Jame's leveling guide but I don't see a 80-85 update.

You don't really have a lot of choice once you hit Cata zones. The quests are basically long chains that take you through the zone so there isn't really any magic formula of quests to take to maximize your xp per hour.

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10-25-2011 , 02:11 PM

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That's good to know.

Side note, last night my cousin queued with me to run some dungeon and it wouldn't let me join because my ilevel was to low. fml. Had to get money from him to buy enough gear.

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10-26-2011 , 03:16 AM

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Once you do outlevel the zone though, you can just jump to the next zone without finishing it to maximize your time spent levelling, as the quests in the newer zone will give 20-30% more experience, as will the mobs.

Once you ding 82 in Vash or Hyjal you stop questing and immediately head to Deepholm, then Uldum at 83, and Twilight Highlands at 84. It will take a couple hours off your 80-85 levelling experience and none of the gear you get from quests before level 84 will last you very long anyway.

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10-26-2011 , 05:47 PM

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What realm are you on?

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10-27-2011 , 12:33 AM

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Bladefist.

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10-27-2011 , 12:16 PM

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Another question. I currently have 397 Enchanting and 430 tailoring, is it worth it as a priest to finish these to cap or am I better off taking something else? Also does anyone even both with doing first aid anymore for anything other then to have it capped?

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10-27-2011 , 12:27 PM

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Bandages are pretty clutch?

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10-27-2011 , 12:33 PM

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First aid isn't terribly useful these days. I always like to have a bandage on hand for Nef's first transition to save some healer mana, but I can't think of any other fight, save Alysrazor ground chumps, where you'd have an opportunity to make decent use of one.

There's nothing wrong with ench/tailoring. I'd worry more about getting tailoring to cata levels, but getting ench up will be super useful for DEing quest rewards and drops in 5 mans. Done properly, you should never have to pay for an enchant, which, after dropping about 3k on enchants last night, is a pretty significant gain.

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10-27-2011 , 12:40 PM

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Yeah I figured being a priest there isn't much use other then to just have it capped out. I haven't looked at the cost but is tailoring that bad cost wise? Low Key you said it's worrying about getting it to cata levels, but at 430 I can already make bolts of embersilk if I want. I don't expect to power through and level to 525 in a weekend, it will be slowly while I level.

I actually used to make all my money from DEing random greens/blues from the AH and selling the mats. I think I will definitely stick with Enchanting, but I guess I need to investigate further if it's worth taking tailoring to cap.

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10-27-2011 , 12:48 PM

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If you can already make cata-level stuff, like bolts of embersilk, just save your cloths or try to get up to dreamcloth cooldown level (whatever that is). There is no need to rush tailoring, just level it as you get cloth, and loot stuff in instances. You'll be capped in no time - or at least to the level where you can do the cloak enchant, which is what tailoring is useful for.

GL with enchanting. I think you can still buy items on the AH to DE fairly easily, but maybe not so well anymore if you're still in WotLK level ench.

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10-27-2011 , 02:37 PM

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I have 20 Dreamcloth sitting in my bags and have nothing to do with it.

Selling 359 belts for 2k each would only make up the cost of the mats to make them in the first place. I hope I get something to do with them in 4.3

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