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Taipan wrote:
> OK, i have a 60 hunter, 60 priest and various level 20 to 40 alts on Arathor 
> (all alliance), a PVE server and I'm a bit bored.
> 
> So I started on a PVP server with some friends on the horde side (Al'Akir) 
> as a Shaman (ok, considered by many as the 'easy' option but it's the only 
> class I've yet to really play) and up to level 20, absolutely no problem.
> 
> However, i did my first few quests in contested areas (running to Tarren 
> Mill for totem quest and then a few quests in Ashenvale) and I was ganked 4 
> times straight by level 60 chars (2 rogues, a mage and a druid).  Now, don't 
> get me wrong - I'm not crying about it, I knew this was likely to happen 
> even before starting on a pvp server - but what I want to know is just how 
> hard is levelling on a PVP server in these contested areas compared to 
> levelling on a pve server?  Am I likely to be spend more time walking back 
> from graveyards than actually trying to level or are there periods when you 
> can actually do the quests without fear of being 1-shot by a passing 
> alliance?

Questing above 20 on a PVP server is significantly harder than questing 
in the same places on a PVE server. Stranglethorn Vale is especially 
famous for being hard to quest in because of roving bands of gankers and 
regular feuds. Nesingwary's Expedition is basically flypaper for both sides.

Most people I know on PVP servers do a certain amount of their leveling 
by grinding rather than questing. Grinding has the parallel benefits of 
1. generating experience in a slightly more predictable environment; 2. 
providing a handy drill to improve your skills with newly-acquired 
abilities; 3. making money.

Make friends. Both questing and grinding are more fun in contested areas 
with friends than without them. With friends you are a tougher target, 
and you die less often. When you do die, having friends to curse and 
laugh with about it makes it less noxious. And revenge is all the 
sweeter when shared with friends.

So you can make it better, by judicious use of grinding and by taking 
friends along on your quests. But, yeah, plan for it to be slower and 
more troublesome than on a PVE server.