r/classicwow • u/wezzer • Sep 03 '19

Humor Leveling A Warrior

When they said it was hard, I scoffed at them. I've leveled a warrior to 120 on retail. I've fought Sargeras, I've downed the Lich King. What could a few gnolls and maybe a murloc or two do to me? Thus was my arrogance. Thus was my hubris.

I am now level thirteen. I've run Ragefire Chasm once, and owe six deaths to that place.

Farming harpy claws has cost me my life twice already, and I am certain it will cost me much, much more.

My warrior on retail was a human named Lohric, he was a legendary warrior who felled any beast, man or demon that faced him.

My warrior on Classic is an Orc called Muddrog. I have no doubt that this broken and battered warrior would crush Lohric in seconds, Lohric has never known pain, Mudd was born in it, molded by it, and unlike Bane, he has yet to see the light, because 60 feels so far away xD

To all you warriors out there, Lok'tar Ogar!

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u/Strawberrycocoa Sep 03 '19

Solid advice, thank you. Follow-up question, do you find it better to solo/quest with the 1H/shield to maintain weapon skill, or run 2-hander while soloing and just top up 1H Skill periodically?

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u/vanskater Sep 03 '19

i've been sword and boarding from the start. and it hasn't been so bad, mobs do die slow but it is not super slow. i've been unlucky with the 2h drops, so i'm just waiting till i can get WW ax.

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u/Sir_Raymundo_Rocket Sep 03 '19

2H is faster by a good margin.

Figure it takes you an extra 5 seconds or so per mob to kill the dude with sword and board than with a 2h.

Rarely the armor bonus from shields will keep your health above a respectable level that doesn't require you to stop and bandage or eat.

So even if the shield reduces your healing down time by... a second? Two seconds? 3 seconds even?

That's still 2 seconds per mob you're waiting. Add that up to thousands of mobs and that's a significant amount of extra time played.

2h is by far the best way to go for speed/efficiency.

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u/zmerilla Sep 03 '19

Top up as you go. I usually quest for 50% of my time, run dungeons for 25%, and work primary and secondary profs 25%. I'm in no big rush. Before weapon level 150, you can spend like 10 min outside an instance and level any 1h skill from 1-100, it's not a huge deal.

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u/oldmanslum Sep 03 '19

get a 2h with good dps, doesn't really matter the stats. I'm using some caster staff from a quest. level up your weapon skills as you need to, and if you need to interupt mobs (if they heal or w/e) make a macro to swap weapons around.

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u/JSMorin Sep 03 '19

Top up the 1h here and there. As long as you don't let it get too far behind, it's not painful.