The Midpoint (Levels 30-35): Brian Kopp's 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide

Current Level: 35
Time to reach current level: 2 days, 6 hours, 43 minutes, and 15 seconds
Total Deaths: 27 (15 due to ganking)

As you may have noticed, my deaths have gone up considerably compared to my other levels. This is due to both my inability to use all my hunter's abilities at my disposal like Feign Death and the increased amount of ganking. I was in Stranglethorn Vale for a short amount of time and was ganked 12 times. It is like Duskwood, but on steroids. Here are some suggestions for those following the guide:

1) For the "Agents of Destruction" quest in Ashenvale, you have to kill shredders, deforestors and scouts. The shredders and scouts are scattered around the area, but the deforestors are tricky to find at first. The deforestors are just like the peons "hacking" at wood, but they are in a bright teal color.

2) I mentioned this before, but this cannot be stressed enough. You will need to read ahead before you start following the guide. It will save you time, especially if you are not a hunter. There is at least one point where Kopp tells you to go somewhere and it is to tame a specific pet. Then, you go back to your normal leveling. If you are not a hunter, you can waste time by going somewhere to do nothing, just to go back to where you were.

3) By now, you should be accustomed to Brian Kopp's style of writing and be able to understand what he wants you to do. Even if the instructions are not exactly clear and precise.

4) In order to continually kill mobs one after another and still have sufficient mana, I have adopted a strategy to keep my Damage Per Second between 60-70 dps. This is the equilibrium that I have found to work best with my hunter. If I try to aim any higher, I would run out of mana too fast and would have to rest. This increases my downtime, which I want to avoid. You will need to test and see what works best for you and your toon. I use Mirage UI, which includes Titan Bar. Titan Bar has an option which shows your DPS per battle and overall session.

5) Your talent tree may be the most important part of your leveling success. Make sure you are just focusing only on one tree at this point. This way you will be able to maximize your leveling by being able to live longer, kill faster, heal better... etc. Your main focus should be on increasing your dps as much as possible. You can see my previous post about my hunter's talent tree.

Next... Ramming Forward! (Levels 35-40)

You may find more tips and suggestions on my previous posts:
Levels 35-40
Levels 25-30
Levels 21-25
Levels 11-20
Levels 1-10

My Current Talent Tree as of Level 35

My System Specs

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