🚀 go-pugleaf

As I've been posting, I've been leveling a warlock (Vamlock: Misha-US). 
Here's some thoughts.

* The 55% XP boost from heirloom gear and guild buff makes a huge difference.
I didn't take off the gear from the start until I dinged 85. I also used the
heirloom weapon - it was almost always better than drops.

* The DMF 10% boost isn't worth it. It lasts only an hour, and takes too long
to get back after it expires, especially if you're way the hell out in Pandaria.
It might be worthwhile for a mage, who can portal to a close point. I didn't
try the hat - it might be more useful.

* My main SOP was to queue for instances and quest while waiting. Queues were
quite short until I got to 86. I frequently forgot to re-queue.

* I tried to enter zones the moment I reached a suitable level. This meant that
I left most zones unvisited, and in the zones I did visit, did less than half
the quests there. Most quest lines were left unfinished, including missing the
end-quest blue gear. Almost all my quests were yellow. The Armory tells me I
abandoned only 106 quests, but that's a bit more than one quest line per level,
maybe 3-5 per zone.

* I was perpetually slightly undergeared due to the above. I was moving too fast
for enchanting, gemming, and reforging to make sense. I very rarely got AH
stuff - only if a slot was *way* underlevel.

* The main cost was flying training, and an initial set of large bags. Once 
I hit Pandaria, I started to accumulate serious gold, getting most of the 
cost back.

* My main had been saving Timeless cloth tokens for a while. On dinging 90, 
I was able to gear up for LFR instantly. I then spent a bundle on gems, 
enchants, and reforging, but that was post-leveling.

* Warlocks rock.  Destro was definitely better than Aff for leveling but 
both made Ret Pally look sick. Aff seems to win in end-game, but I have to
learn the spec better.

* It's fun to play a pure ranged DPS. I can see why people do it, despite the
long queues.

Here's my pacing:

Feb 10   start
Feb 13   34
Feb 14   45
Feb 21   70
Feb 22   71
Feb 25   80
Mar  1   85
Mar  3   89
Mar  5   90

Not anything like a record pace, but not too bad, I think.

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