Too Many Quests... not enough exp.

[Lochness]

Ok, I am sure others have had the same problem as I have, but since this is my first character, I am gonna see if some of you more experienced people out there can help me not waste my time.

My problem is that when I see an NPC with a yellow exclamation point on his head, I have this incredible urge to do his quest; but, I am almost always forced to abandon some other quest to make room. So I find myself with a full quest log always, and 3/4 of them I keep until they are green and eventually just get rid of them. Sometimes when walking into a new area and there are 5 or 6 NPC's with quests... I cringe. I know I am gonna want to accept the quests, and have the hardest time figuring out which ones to abandon.

My question is this... I am level 51 now, have another 5-6 quests still for Tanaris, some left from STV, a couple elite quests from Badlands, some from Blasted Lands, and the list goes on and on. My quests are spread all over the damn place, and I can never decide whether to stop exploring and knuckle down in a zone to finish them all, or pick and choose the easier ones and keep on moving. I seem to outlevel the quests before I can get them done. The ones I think sound easy tend to have a ton of travelling involved, and a lot of times give crap exp. I try and keep yellow and red quests in there as priority, and always delete green quests first but cringe at the thought of erasing a chained quest, or something with a useful reward.

Is there a general rule of thumb to use when choosing how to quest? Do you not accept quests when passing through new areas and only get them when your planning on hunkering down there? I hate to miss out on chain type stuff, and it happens alot. Almost every instance run I go through, someone is in there with a quest that I don't have cause they talked to some NPC in a far away land first.

Is there a list of "must get" chain type quests for each level that I could refer to without bogging myself down sifting through the 50+ quests per zone Thott lists out? It seems there are some nice rewards out there, but the only one I find are the ones I stumble upon.

Any advice on where I should concentrate my efforts now that I am 51?

P.S. I have the RoTV pattern, so anything that also involves mobs that drop mats... is a big plus.

Thanks.

[psilocybe]

Easiest way to get stuff done, is just to drop all quests and focus on one zone until you have done all (or most). One of the best resources on this site is Crypt's guides, so read through the 45-60-parts and start gathering quests.

One of the better quests is "Stealing knowledge" (horde only, As far as I know), where you find four tablets in Azshara, give them to the quest-giver, then deliver the tablets to four people in Azshara, Orgrimmar, Thunder bluff and Undercity, and then finally deliver payment for said tablets to the original questgiver. It gives almost 30k and 6-7g for very little work.

Also, the "..of love and family"-questline is very nice. It has a good history attatched to it, and gives a good deal of XP. Unfortunately, the rewards aren't that fancy for warlocks, but one of the rewards sell for 7g or so, so it's not that bad.

[Sesobael]

Okay, first off, I'd take down the quests you currently have and check out Thott. Â Make sure they're not part of a much longer chain with great rewards at the end.

Then, toss all of the quests that are too low for you if they don't give items you want. Â Don't worry about it. Â The exception would be instance runs: you might as well keep those if you're ever going to do that instance because you can often get up to six of them done in one evening's work. Â Plus, your party will love you for sharing quests with them. Â I guess what I'm saying here is, if you still have Zul'Farrak quests still, keep 'em. Â They're good loots. Â Also keep anything that says "Warlock" on it, of course (You should have gotten a quest to go to Felwood and talk to Nibby, keep that, and the supporting quests from his imp).

Okay, now consider the quests you have left. Â Of those, which ones can you easily get in the town near the quest area? Â If you can snag a quest as you get off a flight path on your way to a zone, then you probably don't need to have it in your inventory, so drop it until you plan on going there. Â Similarly, you may have quests given from items in your inventory. Â Drop them but keep the item. Â When you want to do that quest, click on the item to get it back.

Okay, you've probably cleared about 5 quests from your queue by now, if you're anything like me. Â This is enough to start. Â Go to the zone you'd like to start working on for the end game: The most lucrative (in terms of rep & items) 50+ zones are probably the East/West Plaguelands and Silithus, though Felwood, Un'Goro, and Winterspring have their moments. Â The Bulwark (Western Plaguelands), Light's Hope Chapel (Eastern Plaguelands), Everlook (Winterspring), Marshal's Refuge (Un'Goro) and Cenarion Hold (Silithus) have high quest densities. Â

Take a bunch of quests but leave onea at least one slot open, because you often run into quests in the field that you'd like to take, and do those. Â As you complete this group of quests, take and do their follow-ups if offered. Â DO NOT take quests that involve substantial travel away from your chosen area unless you plan on going to that destination anyway; it will probably open up quests for that destination area, which is good for when you want to head there, but bad if you plan on staying in one place to grind out your current quests.

Doing your warlock and Felwood quests should put you in areas where you can gather Robe of the Void materials; Jadefire Run in Felwood and the Legashi Encampment in Azshara are the places to go to farm for those. Â Essence of Undeath is generally fairly cheap on the auction house, but you get them from the higher level deaders in the Plaguelands. Â There are a couple of quests from Marshal's Refuge in Un'Goro to run around the volcano in that zone; this is probably the best non-instance place to get Essence of Fire. Â Watch out for Hunter Bots in Azshara and Un'Goro (Good way to tell if someone farming Fire Elementals or Demons is a bot: banish their elemental. Â If they continue to unload shot after shot into the immune creature, they're probably a bot. Â If they have "AFK" in front of their name and they're running around killing things, they're probably a bot. Â If you flag for PvP and they mindlessly attack your pet beause it shows up on their radar as a demon, they're probably a bot.).

Don't worry about all those quests you missed. Â They will still be around if you can find them again, and, as an added bonus, if you reach 60 and get bored, you can get much larger cash rewards for doing quests, even if you out-level them.

Good Luck!

Sesobael

[Lochness]

Thanks for the replies guys, I have stayed away from Crypt's guides cause I am alliance, but in re-reading them, I see that alot of the quests at this level are the same for alliance and horde, I will try and pay more attention to that. Also, I appreciate the reply detailing the Un'Goro stuff, as I will probably head there this evening. I have been hesitating leveling to 50, since it knocked me outta my PvP bracket and I got a pretty decent rank at 49 (knight) and was enjoying the BG's a lot. However, I hit 51 yesterday, and got into my first AV battle, holy hell did I get my behind handed to me. I did manage to get into the top 5 in HK's, and felt I was contributing to the team, but that was only because I used trees, bushes, and other obstacles to my gnomage advantage to avoid that inevitable mele pounding that ensued everytime I was spotted. I long for the days of holding my own again, and I now realize its gonna take a lot more then being 54 or 56... so different then the 40 bracket.

I did manage to knock out my Soul Harvester quest at lunchtime yesterday, and lucked out with a few friends helping me knock out the ST portion of it. I love it. I didn't explore any deeper in Felwood though.

Would anyone be so kind as to list the mobs and zones that I need to farm for mats for RoTV? I will definately hit up Un'Goro today and start collecting fire essences. I have been buying the undead on Ah when I see them, but the fire is way too expensive.

Thanks again guys.

[Sevrenwinter]

I was pretty sick of quests by level 40 or so. I felt that I was spending too much time traveling from one zone to the next, picking up item X for NPC Y and taking it to somone on the other continent, and losing bag space along the way. After level 40, I simply stopped doing "pick up quests" and focused on specific quest lines that had rewards of interest (i.e., an item I wanted or an easy and fun path to XP points).

From 40 to 50 I only did quests for Zul'Farrak and other random things that I picked up along the way that didn't seem tiring. Carrot on a stick was one of the motivators.

From 50 to 54 or so I did the Nimby quests and ran Sunken Temple a few times to get feathers and gear.

From 55 to 57 I did the quests in Un'Goro crater and farmed mats for RotV. The Un'Goro quests have "chore potential", but since you're there and the quest givers are all packed together in the north central region of the zone, it ain't too bad.

From 55 to 60 I did the quests involved in the Onyxia quest line. Ran BRD and UBRS a lot. One of the perks of the new person caps in raids is that you get more experience per kill. It is easy to level up with a group of 5 in BRD or Strath.

[Sesobael]

Originally Posted by Lochness

Thanks for the replies guys, I have stayed away from Crypt's guides cause I am alliance, but in re-reading them, I see that alot of the quests at this level are the same for alliance and horde, I will try and pay more attention to that. Also, I appreciate the reply detailing the Un'Goro stuff, as I will probably head there this evening.Â

Okay, here's a hint for Un'Goro. When you first enter the crater from Tanaris, you come out in some swampy area. Over next to one of the pools you'll find a destroyed boat that starts a quest chain that takes you all the freak over the place. I'm told that the rewards for this long string of quests is quite good, so I'd say that it's an exception to the rule about not taking travel quests unless you're going to go there. Good XP as well, though I just started it at 60, so I'm picking up money instead.

Would anyone be so kind as to list the mobs and zones that I need to farm for mats for RoTV? I will definately hit up Un'Goro today and start collecting fire essences. I have been buying the undead on Ah when I see them, but the fire is way too expensive.

Felcloth/Runecloth/Demonic Runes: My personal favorite place to farm these is the Legashi Encampment in Northeastern Azshara. If you've got Demonic Sacrifice, sac your Voidwalker and enslave a Legashi Hellcaller, you'll tear through demons like crazy; faster than the 60 Hunters once you get comfortable with the method. Remember to use Sense Demons to be right on top of the spawns. The other place you can farm is Jadefire Run in Felwood, but I don't think this place is optional, because it's too spread out, and the visability isn't good. There's also something like three Legashi spawn areas in Azshara, so if one area is mobbed with farmers, you can check out the other areas.

Essence of Fire: All 50+ fire elemental types have a chance to drop these, I think. The volcano in the center of Un'Goro is the obvious place to go. They may drop off of Searing Gorge magma elementals, but I don't recall finding any.

Essence of Undeath: sounds like you've got that covered at the AH.

Hope this helps.

Sesobael

[Lochness]

Thanks again for the details. I went home for lunch today, and went to Felwood, since I am only level 51 it seemed the safer of the two places for runes/cloth. I was expecting to get maybe a cloth in the hour that I had, and to my surprise, I got 1 felcloth, and 3 demonic runes, so I was pretty happy. I will probably change it up and go to Un'goro when I get home from work and get some essences if I can, just so I can do Un"goro quests before they turn green from me farming in Felwood.Â

I will check out that boat quest too, thanks.

P.S. I am all destruct with a few points in affliction, so Demonic Sac is out of the question at this point.

I usually just use banish for any adds, let felpuppy tank and eat spells, and can grind with about a 10 second pause after 3 mobs or so to tap and bandage up.

[Naridia]

o damn you, what kina job you got that allow you to play game at work lol. I wana work there. the freaking fire wall in my office wont even let me check games sites lol good thing they didnt block off this one. other wise I be bore to death. damn it you made me so wana play the game at work now. grrrrrrrrrrr.

[Lochness]

lol, I dont have the guts to try and play at work even if it let me, I went home for lunch :p