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[TygerDarkstorm]

I agree with Mozag. ^_^

[Kurasu]

Sounds like a good balance, then. I even think there might be enough stable slots to hold all the pets so I can keep the collection of all the 'previous level' ones! ... but my math sucks so I can't be completely sure.

Level 54, halfway to 55, and I'm just finished Swamp Of Sorrows. Fortunately, I'm high enough level to be able to enter Blasted Lands and start questing there. That should get me all the way to 58 (or close enough to clean it up in another land) and I should be in Outlands soon. A pity I can't get exotic pets yet; I'd get the Core Hound as my next pet. I guess I'll just have to wait and see which critter I'm closest to when it comes time to ding 55. There should be enough level 55 and under creatures that I can get one for my next pet.

.... I hope.

[TygerDarkstorm]

How are you going to do Outlands and Northrend? Are you going to wait until 60 and 70 (respectively) or are you going to Outlands at 58 and Northrend at 68?

I'm curious so I can plan for that when Roxíe eventually gets there.

[Kurasu]

How are you going to do Outlands and Northrend? Are you going to wait until 60 and 70 (respectively) or are you going to Outlands at 58 and Northrend at 68?

Not sure about Northrend yet (I could go either way, depending on how bored I get however fast), but for Outland, I'm definitely going to go to level 58 and hit Outland as soon as I can go through the portal.

Level 55, and it was... a bit hard. I had to do some hunting, but I finally managed to find a hyena that was level 55, and not too far from the city that I came in. So I'm still managing the 'no duplicate families' challenge with this! Had me sweating for a little bit, though.

[TygerDarkstorm]

How are you going to do Outlands and Northrend? Are you going to wait until 60 and 70 (respectively) or are you going to Outlands at 58 and Northrend at 68?

Not sure about Northrend yet (I could go either way, depending on how bored I get however fast), but for Outland, I'm definitely going to go to level 58 and hit Outland as soon as I can go through the portal.

Level 55, and it was... a bit hard. I had to do some hunting, but I finally managed to find a hyena that was level 55, and not too far from the city that I came in. So I'm still managing the 'no duplicate families' challenge with this! Had me sweating for a little bit, though.

I was thinking of doing the same thing. Should take no time to get to 60 there and nab one of the felboars or carrion birds hanging around there (providing it doesn't double up).

And congrats on 55. ^_^

[Kurasu]

As I thought: 30k from being able to go to Outland, and I ended up finishing Blasted Lands quests completely. So for old time's sake, I'm going to head to Silithus and do some quests there, get to 58 or 59 (depending on how energetic I feel like being), and then head for Outland. I'll celebrate 60 with a Felboar. .... or maybe a Ravager. Argh, decisions!

[TygerDarkstorm]

Haha, I forgot about the ravagers out there. I figure I'll level as BM to make sure I get the max number of pets available to me.

[Kurasu]

BM is what I'm leveling as, in order to be able to do the same: getting maximum number of pets. My big regret is that you can't tame exotics until level 69, which pretty much removes any Devilsaurs from the list.

Anyhow, as planned, I went to Outland at level 58 (about 3/4 to 59), and have been working my way through quests. As chance would have it, it was during the quest to purify Helboar meat that I dinged 60, so decided to take one step and grab a Helboar as my next pet, from 60 to 65. Now we're getting into the fun stretch!

Interesting findings, as well: unlike the other Helboars I tried on Kura, which have a deep, chesty growl-bellow sound effect, the Deranged Helboars (the grey and orange spikes) have a basic piggy squeal.

For my next 10 levels, I'm trying to engineer it a little bit to make sure that I can get pets I would normally be stuck on. I'm thinking I'll start in Terokkar and head to Zangarmarsh, which should ding me to 75 in the marsh, allowing me a nether ray, wasp, or sporebat for my 65-70 pet: three pets in very short supply everywhere else. From there, I'm going to try and hold out long enough to ding 70 in Shadowmoon, allowing me to pick up a chimera for my first exotic. Alternatively, I could work on getting to 70 in Blade's Edge, and get hold of a Ravager (or grab a Nethermine one).

[TygerDarkstorm]

Yeah, the 69 level requirement for exotics kind of stinks for this challenge; pretty much eliminates Un'Goro outright.

Zangarmarsh is like a 62-63ish zone though, if you can ding 65 in there, kudos to you. I haven't quested through that zone since I was an Alliance though so maybe it's possible. It does have a unique selection of pets though that would make it worth it trying to hit 65 there....Hmmm...that's something I'll have to think about when Roxíe hits that level range.

[Sherbe]

You can get the Ironhide Devilsaur lookalike from Netherstorm instead of a chimera for your 70 pet can't you?

[TygerDarkstorm]

It would be really cool to make Nuramoc the 70 pet.

[Ziarre]

Nuramoc as 70 pet = win.

[Kurasu]

You can get the Ironhide Devilsaur lookalike from Netherstorm instead of a chimera for your 70 pet can't you?

He's level 71. Believe me: I thought of that!

And while *technically* I could get King Krush, that would rather be against the spirit of the challenge, unless King Krush were already up when I ding 76.

It would be really cool to make Nuramoc the 70 pet.

Same with this. I considered the same thing. But if Nuramoc weren't up when I dinged 70 in Netherstorm, I'd be stuck picking up another pet. And in Netherstorm, the selection is rather limited! I might end up having to take a pet that could be better used elsewhere.

[TygerDarkstorm]

Oh yeah, I agree Kurasu. I was thinking more along the lines of, it would be really amusing if you happened to get lucky enough to ding 70 and Nuramoc was up.

But like you said, the pet selection in Netherstorm is a bit limited (unless you don't have a warpie).

[Arcazua]

I don't see why you would need to go every 5 or even 3 levels in the expansion content. I think it'd be more interesting to make it 2.

So far you've had...
* Crab
* Cat
* Tallstrider
* Vulture
* Bear
* Monkey
* Fox
* Beetle
* Wolf
* Owl
* Hyena
* Boar

That takes you to level 60.
From here, you could go...
62) Zangarmarsh - Wasp
64) Zangarmarsh - Nether Ray
66) Terokkar - Spider
68) Blade's Edge - Ravager
70) Netherstorm - Devilsaur
72) Howling Fjord - Dog (Beryl Hound)
74) Borean Tundra - Rhino
76) Grizzly Hills - Spirit Beast if you can get Arcturis, Wind Serpent if not
78) Sholazar Basin - Gorilla
80) Storm Peaks - Worm
81) Hyjal - Core Hound
82) I'm stumped here. Nothing else in Hyjal unless you can get the rare turtle, and Vashj'ir is all aquatic stuff. Deepholm is all level 83+, it seems. Seems we have to go with...Uldum - Crocolisk
83) Deepholm - Bat
84) back to Uldum - Scorpid
85) Twilight Headlands - Shale Spider

That's doable, I think.

[TygerDarkstorm]

Interesting is a subjective term.
Five levels still gives you a chance to bond with the pet and keeps it a challenge. It was a personal challenge he set for himself and I think that should be respected.

[Kurasu]

70) Netherstorm - Devilsaur

He's level 71.

[Kurasu]

After some time spent being sicker than usual (damned hospital time) and playing with the patch stuff (YAY!), I've gotten back into the leveling in Hellfire. It's actually not notably slower than normal. I came here at level 58 (and 2/3), and I'm already level 62, with enough quests and gathering/killing XP that I foresee the strong possibility of being able to ding 63 before I ever reach Zangarmarsh. With numbers like that, hitting 65 in Zangar without even trying is quite likely. I was expecting I'd need to do a levle or two in Terokkar and then migrate back, but it looks as if I won't even need to do that.

Reading back over comments, I actually hadn't considered the Warp Stalker option. It might be worth thinking about! But I've never leveled much with a Chimera, and it'd be nice to see just how much fun they are for leveling, rather than just as 'slowing' pets, too. Something to consider while I'm inching my way up, though!

I'm also finding increasingly that I'm really going to miss this piggie when it's time to move on to the next pet of the bunch. I haven't even named it for some reason, and yet I'm bonding really solidly with it. I'll be doing fuller reports on how I felt about various pets at the end, though, I think.

[Kurasu]

And indeed, I managed to get 65 in Zangarmarsh, without even having to play around with it all that much. Dual gathering helped, no doubt, but there's still several quests left in the achievement (and more in the zone than achievement ones), so I suspect I could probably manage to ding 65 without the extra gathering XP even.

Pet for the day: definitely Sporebat. I want to make sure I can pwn rogues!

Also forgot to mention: once I finish the last of my quests, I'm thinking of poking around Nagrand. A lot of group quests there, which might be a problem for me, but the XP was always nice and high. And the atmosphere was (and is) gorgeous. Not to mention: plenty of high level quests for good XP.

[GormanGhaste]

I managed to get 65 in Zangarmarsh.

Yes, doing Zangarmarsh and Nagrand has seen my alts through Outland, mostly. I usually stay in Azeroth until 60, because I hate Hellfire, and by the time I'm done with Nagrand I'm ready for Northrend.