Release Dates - Updated 15th February
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These are the release dates for the upcoming guides, it will be updated regularly, so keep checking it! I will do my best to stick to those deadlines, but they might not always be respected. Sometimes they will be delayed, but they can also be published before the deadline. So if you want to get the guide as soon as possible, my advice is to check the front page regularly.
Also, if you want to know what are my future plans, check this Blog Post.
Anyway, here are the current release dates:
- 18th February: Alliance Leveling Addon: Boston's 20-30 (Addon Revamp)
- 20th February: Alliance Leveling Addon: Boston's 20-30 (Speed Testing)
- 25th February: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 30-40 (Addon Revampç
- 27th February: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 30-40 (Speed Testing)
- 4th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 40-50 (Addon Revamp)
- 6th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 40-50 (Speed Testing)
- 11th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 50-60 (Addon Revamp)
- 13th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 50-60 (Speed Testing)
- 18th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Hellfire (Addon Revamp)
- 20th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Hellfire (Speed Testing)
- 25th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Zangarmarsh (Addon Revamp)
- 27th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Zangarmarsh (Speed Testing)
- 1st April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Terokkar (Addon Revamp)
- 3rd April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Terokkar (Speed Testing)
- 8th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Nagrand (Addon Revamp)
- 10th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Nagrand (Speed Testing)
- 15th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Blade's Edge (Addon Revamp)
- 17th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Blade's Edge (Speed Testing)
- 22nd April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Netherstorm (Addon Revamp)
- 24th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Netherstorm (Speed Testing)
- 29th April: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Borean Tundra (Addon Revamp)
- 1st May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Borean Tundra (Speed Testing)
- 6th May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Howling Fjord (Addon Revamp)
- 8th May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Howling Fjord (Speed Testing)
- 13th May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Dragonblight (Addon Revamp)
- 15th May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Dragonblight (Speed Testing)
- 20th May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Grizzly Hills (Addon Revamp)
- 22nd May: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Grizzly Hills (Speed Testing)
- Date will be announced later:Horde Leveling Addon: Full Revamp / Speed testing
- Date will be announced later: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Zul'Drak (77-78)
- Date will be announced later: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Zul'Drak (77-78)
After that, the order of the zones will be:
- 1. Sholazar Basin
- 2. Storm Peaks
- 3. Icecrown
Please note that these release dates are bound to change, and by that I mean I will release some of those guides sooner. So stay tuned, keep checking our front page for news and follow my Blog for the latest updates and previews of my guides.
9th November: Dragonblight XP Rate = 620000XP/hour
15th February: Alliance Leveling Addon - Maw's 12-20 Released and Tested! (50 Minutes per level on average) | Related Blog Post
Updates?
Any way we could get these updated?
It's been four months lol. 
Update
I second that...
Moderator
James going through a tough
James going through a tough and busy time in RL right now. I think he'll be back in a week or so and will start the process of getting caught up and updated then. Until then, we'll all just have to be patient!
If you want to do something to help in the meantime, become a tester for the addon!
Hey Jyiambi
Hi, How can I become a tester?
Moderator
Go to the works in progress
Go to the works in progress page to see what is currently being worked on, pick a section where you have a character and that isn't currently being worked on, and post a comment saying you're testing. Take detailed notes of any mistakes or bugs you find. For more info, see the how to contribute page, it explains in detail
Honored Member
Updates
As far as updates, you can visit this page to see how far we are with the in game leveling guide, just in case you aren't aware of that page.
James
Moderator
Jame's blog also sometimes
Jame's blog also sometimes has more updated information.
Member
James Is My Hero!
So James, i have been following your guides for eternity, and they took me from a reluctant WoW player to an avid player. Your guides are amazing, i would never have made it to 80 without them (im working on my second 80!) Anyway, I am so pumped for the release of zuldrak because that's usually where ding 80, but good luck with the addons and i think an admin mentioned some real-life stuff that came up so good luck with that too!
WoW <3 James!!!
:D
to avoid questing without having a guide, what i do is level up and i stay in outlands untill i've cleared all areas (not all quests, but the majority of them)
theres barely any people in netherstorm these days)
sure it takes longer technicly, but i avoid getting stuck on slower levelling when im done in grizzly hills. (and for me, playning on a pvp server, its also the safest
even though this is my 6th level 80..
jame's guides are awesome.
my priest is currently level 72, and soon done in netherstorm (wearing 10% more xp shoulders) - then hitting the newly released shadowmoon valley guide, and when im done there, ill do the rest of northrend, and to finish it all off, im gonna complete all quests in all areas when i hit level 80, just for the gold income.
the reason i mainly did the outlands quests was coz i needed green items to disenchant for my enchanting skills
and cloth for tailoring
it all worked out perfectly!
Found a zul'drak guide
Note Jame's, but similar.
http://www.ding80.com/alliance_leveling_guide/level_68-80/zul_drak_76-77/zul_drak_77c/
Honored Member
Used Before....
I've actually used that guide a couple of times and sent errors in the author. He fixed the errors the first time but hasn't changed anything after the last couple of e-mails. I used a couple of guides for Sholazar and Stormpeaks from Allakhazam (sp?). They were OK but didn't have any pictures....I like pictures.....
Jame and the crowd here are MUCH more friendly!!!! I'm actually trying the Sholazar guide that comes with TourGuide for my current run. It's been OK so far....
James
The current errors aren't
The current errors aren't too bad, it could use co-ords, but I got the "do 100" quests achievement and caught all the quests in the zone, something that is easy to miss (especially the bread crumb quest in the Dalaran Sewers).
I'm a tailor, so the more or less all quests in zone achievement is important to me. Zul'Drak is one people complain about all the time.
Pictures were good, though not as good as Jame's. But the circuits were pretty solid.
Anyway, I'm now trying to get the Sholazar Basin achievement, hope the next in the ping series doesn't lead me wrong.
I was going to level a mage to 80 while waiting on Jame, but the mage doesn't quite do it for me, I don't like the rogue or warrior. I wanted a druid, but not a night elf. Thinking of a death night or a paladin next.
Jame' you are the best!
ty mate
Nakeed 80 druid aggramar server.
Jame!
I have used all yer guides on this char, dinged 80 in the mid of the grizzly hills guide. I really hope u make deasent money for all the work u do. Im 42 years old and not at all an addicted, so I probably would have given up in the mid 40:s or so if it was´nt so easy to just go on...
Ty mate for all the work u done. I owe u some!!
( contributes are on the way)
(The game begins at 80, so im lookin fwd for the high end guides )
pfffff
Ok, it's past almost a half year from grizzly hills release. So i expected for Ice crown to be in 2011?
Take patience
...and stop bitching, retarded.
To all the idiots complaining
I can't believe people are complaining about the release dates. STFU!! OK, imagine you are Jame, you have all this work to do, perfecting your guides, Making the guides, making the add-ons. And, on top of that, he has real life stuff to do. AND if he somehow has time left in his day, he can play WoW, or go out etc. You know how long it takes and how time consuming this is? And, he does it all FREE! Why would you complain about getting AMAZING guides FREE? If you are trying to get 80 REALLY fast, you will most likley hit 80 when you finish Jame's guides. Even if you did not hit 80, you can run instances or are very close to 80. So everyone complaining needs to stop crying.
Great job on the guides Jame. Keep up the good work.
Honored Member
hmm
drats i cant do -x karma yet....
maybe you can try and rent jame to do it for money. enough to let him take on enough free hours to finish it instead of trashtalk on someone whom invests so much time and effort for us to take pleasure and ease from without even charging us
Administrator
Bitching about things you
Bitching about things you get for free.
-1 Karma for humanity
The rest of us appreciate
The rest of us appreciate your hard work. Without your guides it would have taken forever to level my first character to 80. They're awesome guides, and if you need any help with the addon testing I could possibly lend a hand. Thanks for your hard work!
Moderator
As you can see (if you would
As you can see (if you would actually read the page you posted on) the Northrend guides have been postponed in favor of the leveling addon. That said, Jame is a bit behind in his planned revamps, due to a lot of RL stuff that has come up.
Regardless, Jame (and everyone else working on the addon and the other guides on the site) is doing this for FREE. In our free time, when we aren't actually playing WoW. If you are not satisfied with the speed of our progress, feel free to sacrifice your own time to speed it up
Dragonblight
It seems the Dragonblight guide for the addon exists somewhere (because some users have been testing it), but I can't find it for the life of me. I have everything up to it, and I have Grizzly Hills, but I don't have Dragonblight. Can someone point me in the right direction?
Honored Member
Ummm....
I'm assuming you're asking about Alliance side.
I too have seen the Dragonblight guide linked twice (two different authors), but I can't remember where. I have downloaded both and have made modifications to one of them (I can't remember which). I put a post on the Works in Progress page, but haven't heard back about what they're going to do.
James
Correct
Alliance side. My DK is parked there waiting for it.
Status quo?
Hi,
does anyone know if the leveling guides are still tested and updated?
According to the schedule we should be at:
"25th March: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's Zangarmarsh (Addon Revamp)"
By know, we have not even reached:
"25th February: Alliance Leveling Addon: Jame's 30-40 (Addon Revamp)"
According to the arsenal "Holyjame" ist still level 31.
I love Jame's guides and I am just interested to know if there ist still hope to see some more of them?
Moderator
Jame has had a bunch of
Jame has had a bunch of stuff going on in RL lately and hasn't been able to devote as much time to testing the guides. However, an army known as the WoW-Pro community is working night and day to make them as perfect as possible for Jame's approval
You can see the most updated files and who's working on what on this page.
EDIT: Oops, I reallized I didn't exactly answer your question. Jame *is* planning on continuing his testing and then writing the new guides (as far as I know!) - it's just been delayed a bit.
Awesome!
Zul'Drak just in time to bring my 4th toon to 80
I owe you so many beers
Member
I apologize for my scolding
I apologize for my scolding up there.
I didn't mean to sound rude or target you alone.
I guess I was just tired of seeing people whine over Jame's release dates, especially since his uber quality guides are completely free.
After reading your post again, as well as your new reply, I'm certain you mean well.
110% my bad.
cheers
Member
Just a Suggestion
I personally think that the rest of 70-80 should be prioritized before the perfection of the other guides. Otherwise, I think it's great that you have a specific schedule for all the difficulties you have to tackle.
P.S.: Move Dragonblight speed testing back one day (the 16th) so it will land on my birthday.
James is the best
I just wanted to say thank you for the effort you have put into the guides and addons. I have used them since the release of BC and what a difference they have made. The addon is a trip to use and works well. I look forward to the new releases that are planned.
I was bummed to see that it wont be until May for the last 3 levels of WotLK but I don't mind because I hit 80 halfway thru the last one with 2 of my toons.
BTW I bought a guide and leveled 2 locks using theirs and yours and yours was a full day faster to 70!
Keep up the great work and I will keep sending people here for what I consider the best guides available.
Administrator
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Hello James, I just wanted
Hello James,
I just wanted to add a comment to that news. I'm a complet fan of your guide as there are in my opinion the best around.
And I have to say that I was waiting quiet a lot for the rest of Northrend guides comming every day to see if a new one was out. So I'm quiet disapointed to see they will "perhaps" come only end of may.
To be honest, I'm not interested at all in the addon versions (but it's only my tasts). Don't you think it would have been more efficient to finish first the guides for all areas than working on another thing ?
Anyway, keep the good work James. I will for sure come back end of may to see if something move on the paper/screen versions of the guides.
++
/signed
/signed
Revered Member
To be honest Jame, I
To be honest Jame, I would've preferred you to give a release date, even if it was mid-june
I'm wondering to what extent Ulduar will be dependent on Storm Peaks questing, which has me slightly worried...
Although I feel that for the shoulder enchants, I have to do the Sons of Oh-Dear quest chain, but I'll be carefully writing them all down, to allow me to tick them off as soon as I get my hands on your Ulduar guide
I too have been using Jame's
I too have been using Jame's guides since before BC, and have thoroughly enjoyed using them, seeing parts of Azeroth I would have missed otherwise, while at the same time leveling efficiently and quickly.
And while I love the addon - (I'm using it extensively on my alts) - I'm also disappointed that new material isn't being released prior to re-releasing old material in a new handier format. It's akin to your favorite television show not making more episodes, but re-releasing current ones in 3D or in HD with Dolby.
I used QuestHelper through Sholazar Basin and that "worked" I guess, but it seemed like I was flying around a lot. And after Sholazar Basin, Storm Peaks and Icecrown do not even have generic guides yet - let alone the finer quality of Jame's guides.
Ideally, it would be great if Jame were to kill two birds with one stone, and create the guides for SB, SP and IC, but create them from scratch in QH. Then he would be creating the guides for the last 3 zones, but also working on the add-on.
Thanks for your had work, in all aspects of your guides Jame, and I look forward to seeing the next addition in whatever format.
Dave
Member
You make decent points, but
You make decent points, but you need to take things into perspective.
1. If you're not level 80 (or dang close) by the time you finish Jame's Grizzly Hills guide, then you're either doing LITERALLY ZERO 5-mans along the way as well as killing the BARE MINIMUM amount of mobs while questing. My enhancement shaman followed his guides, first for Borean Tundra, then for Howling Fjord, then for Dragonblight, and finally for Grizzly Hills. Doing just two 5-mans per level, I reached level 80 being only a third finished with Grizzly Hills.
2. If you're not able to at least partially navigate new zones without a guide by the time you have used Jame's guides in previous zones and played the game for a few years, then you're not learning anything new at all, only following directions like a robot.
3. Jame's guides are indeed of quality, but that means they take A LOT OF TIME to make, especially if he's working alone on them. I calculate that releasing one new zone guide (that is, for just Horde or just Alliance, not both) of Jame's quality every 3 months is quite a lot of work, yet Jame has been releasing material far faster than that. Oh, and it's FREE!
4. Perhaps Jame could use some help on his material? Wouldn't hurt to ask. Ideally, you would.
I too was disappointed in
I too was disappointed in the beginning to find out the chapters for the last zones will be out in a couple of months. But I understand the huge amount of work that implicates creating the guides.. not having any myself available, I'll jsut stay quiet and wait patiently
I'll hit 80 today or tomorrow, just having finished Grizzly so I'm not going to complain. It will even be fun to check out if I missed out some quests, and to see how many of my alts will have leveled. Putting in some comment if I find a line or 2 that need to be changed.
And spreading the word ofcourse
1. I don't believe I
1. I don't believe I mentioned not being able to level to 80 past Jame's guides. I followed Jame's Death Knight Guide, particularly his fantastic advice of not venturing into Outland until 60+ and not hitting Northrend until 70+ and was able to hit 80 just past Grizzly Hills. I didn't do as you apparently did and hit each instance multiple times, but I did hit the majority of the instances once to complete the quests and gear up as I went. (And a tip for all you Death Knights - if you're going to pick up gathering skills, do so as soon as you exit the DK starting area - as the longer you wait, the more zones you'll need to revisit - I didn't pick mine up until close to 70.)
2. I'm able to navigate new zones without a guide, thanks for your concern. That doesn't mean I wouldn't prefer to make sure I complete each quest along the way for the achievements and additional income - not to mention the reputation gains along the way. As far as learning anything new at all - I don't necessarily play the game to learn(?) - so I'm honestly not sure what you're going for here.
3. As I mentioned in my post, (and other posts) in my opinion Jame's guides are _the_ best guides out there - period, surpassing in quality the guides that people try and sell for money. I have never questioned the dedication and time it takes Jame to create these fantastic guides. However, I do think you underestimate his guide creating speed and ability (I think he was averaging a new zone every two weeks, and not three months as you suggested.
4. If by help you mean create new guides - I'm sorry in advance but I don't have that kind of time. I have found that sending as many people to this site, and recommending these guides to other guild members, friends, etc. is more rewarding than creating an account just to flame someone who was merely stating his opinion though. Ideally.
Moderator
Good points also, but no
Good points also, but no need to scold. I think he was simply offering his opinion as a user of the guides, which is valuable. Incidentally, I hit 80 in Dragonblight >_< but I instanced my butt off, being resto specced.
Administrator
Quote:It's akin to your
What a great analogy
Trusted Member
I hate to complain...
I hate to complain because of all you do and have planned, but I would be lying if I said I wasnt a bit disappointed with NO horde work scheduled through late May
DKs rule...others drool
Moderator
Well, if some others
Well, if some others (possibly myself?) work really hard on the Horde stuff and make it almost perfect, Jame will have hardly any work to do on it! I am true Hordie at heart, and would love to help out on that side. For the Horde!
Administrator
Exactly, that's what I'm
Exactly, that's what I'm hoping for
I am a bit disappointed to
I am a bit disappointed to see the WOTLK leveling guides being pushed back to a much later date. In my opinion, the players who are trying to level from 1 - 76 already have the paper version to follow, while those who already finished Jame's Grizzly Hills guides have nothing to go on.
However, that is just my personal opinion, and I am very grateful that I do have Jame's guide to follow from 71-76.
Now I just have to rely on questhelper and wowhead to pull me through Zul'Drak to Icecrown.
Administrator
Noooooo, embrace the dark
Noooooo, embrace the dark side. Level an alt with the addon while waiting for the last WotLK chapters!
already did
Well... I finished Grizzly Hills on my DK at level 77. While waiting for Zul'Drak to release I've started 2 new toons (mage and priest). Now they are both level 73 going through Howling Fjord. I have another druid character at Dragonblight stage. And currently my DK is level 80 going into Icecrown on my own because I need to open up all the dailies so I can get some money.
At the rate I level, I think I will have all my toons to 80 well before May hits, and I am not going to pay 600g for epic land mount training for yet another alt. (I'm already pretty broke as it is.)
While this may be a disaster for me to wait for Jame's leveling guides to release, it is prove to how effective Jame's leveling guides are.
Administrator
Haha thank you
Haha thank you
date
really nice guides... when will other be released?
check out the addon project in the meanwhile
Hi,
I was also waiting for the next guide to be released. And since the 15th of January was mentioned by Jame I was getting quite impatient. BUT, then I started following the James blog and noticed what a big project is handled at this moment.
Jame has managed to bring together a huge community of people willing to spend their sparetime to form something really unique. Transforming all the top quality guides into an addon version will save them all a place in (at least my personal) WOW history.
I myself tried the 1-12 guide for humans just to farm rep with stormwind and it really worked out perfectly.
That way I stopped waiting for the Zul'Drak guide and started enjoying the addon project. Everyone should try it.
br
Thanks for the great guides Jame!
Like to echo the many posts here - yoour guides are awesome. Just finished Grizzly Hills with my team (I multibox) and have 3 79's and a 78.
First two weeks of WotLK I didn't use your guide (don't know why - used them all Horde & Alli for all my other toons (30+??)) and almost quit - between the lag and the confusion... But then I saw the light & really have to thank you for laying out the landscape & pointing the way.
Keep pushing - this is truly awesome.
Sing
Really easy to follow!
The guides are really easy to follow - you will level in no time
is there any news when the next guides will be available???
keep up the good work!