I have also been interested in challenging myself to see how rich I can make a character at lower levels while still playing the game. In other words, I don't mean camping the AH and flipping items for profit, I mean going out into Azeroth and pulling wealth from the environment by playing the game. Gathering, professions, farming, etc are all fair game.
I am going to select a server at random. I'll do this by using a random character string generator to push out three letters, then go into the server list, find where those three letters fit alphabetically, and select the next server that is not PvP and that I have no existing characters on.
This is a race/experiment to see how slowly I can level and how much fun and how many new experiences I can enjoy along the way.
Rules:
- Experience bar will be disabled.
- One char only - no bank alts, no outside support, etc
- No accepting handouts
- No guild*, no heirlooms [that grant xp bonus], no dungeon finder,
no battlegrounds - Must get the zone exploration achievement for each level appropriate zone before moving on to higher level content
My intention is to level all the secondary professions along the way too with the exception of First Aid. Been there done that and its such a useless waste of cloth these days.
I'm going to focus a lot on gaining as many achievements as I can grab without senseless grinding too.
I have been playing this game off and on since Vanilla and I know there are things I still have not fully experienced, stories I haven't heard, places I haven't seen, etc.
My plan is to go Alliance because that's the faction content I've seen the least of. I've primarily played Horde characters. Not sure what class I will pick up - I thought about picking one at random but there are a few classes that would simply not be fun for me to play. This is not a challenge - this is supposed to be fun.
Update 4-3-2012: After further thought I made a few amendments before rolling my char. I decided to allow myself battleground access because that is.... well... just because. If I end up with enough Honor Points to buy an heirloom I'll likely grab it; just not one that grants a bonus to xp.
*Also, I may choose to create my own guild but I won't invite anyone else into it - if I manage to level it to 2 so be it. But I kinda doubt that's possible before I hit 85.
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