World of Warcraft: Level 1-85 in one hour (time-lapse)
I recently leveled an orc mage from 1-85 in order to get my guild the "Classy Orcs" achievement and decided to fraps the whole thing and condense it into a time-lapse. In this format, every minute is condensed to one second, thus every minute of video contains one hour of leveling. My final time was right around an hour, which was convenient, ha!
Yes, I used heirlooms, used a guide, got guildies to help me with group quests, and died a little more often than I'd have liked, but it was about the time-lapse, not about pro'ing it up, so I'm okay with it. Also note that disparaging comments will be removed without hesitation. If you hate it that much, turn it off.
Anyway, enjoy. :)
Music: Bjorne Lynne - Time & Reflection
Mods: TukUI, Grid, oPie, wow-pro.com's leveling guide, TomTom, lots of others that aren't obvious.
FAQs:
-How big was the video?
-I stopped after every zone to encode and condense, so I don't have one end-all be-all total, but it was about 160-200 GB per hour.
-OMG your UI is awesome, what is it?!
-This is literally just a couple lines up under "relevant mods."
-Why the stupid Celestial Steed?
-It was a Christmas present from my husband. He's a sweetheart. Mounts and pets he's bought me usually make an appearance on all but my main, where I use whatever mount I'm not bored of yet and a panther cub as a kind of commemoration to a lost pet.
-This wasn't an hour! It's impossible to level to 85 in an hour! This video is sped up and it's already an hour, so obviously it took you longer! (See also: you're speed hacking/this must be a private server)
-Congratulations, you have yet to grasp the definition of a time-lapse. At least graduate the 8th grade before coming back to comment again. The point is that I am showcasing the full journey from level 1-85 within one hour of video time.
-Oh. Well how long did it really take you?
-In raw playing time, 60 hours. In real life, about a month between work shifts, days off, and days dedicated to grinding VP (ugh).
-This is fake! You're flying at level 8! You're riding mounts that are impossible to get at the levels you're riding them! You used Metamorphosis at level 9! You have Arcane Missiles from the start! How can you expect anyone to believe this?! FAKE!
-Flying = flight master. Don't be stupid. The other mounts (a wolf around level 6 I think, the Brewfest kodo at level 20, and the blue proto drake at 79ish) are QUEST VEHICLES. Metamorphosis at 9 is a debuff caused by the mobs in the cave I'm fighting. And during Cataclysm, you got Arcane Missiles at level 3.
-Why didn't you go to Outland at 58/Northrend at 68?
-Personal preference, the ability to skip zones I didn't like by doing it this way, and the fact that the exp speed difference isn't what people make it out to be by a long shot.
-What software did you use?
-Fraps and Adobe Premier.
-Who are you?
-My main is Shantotto on HYJAL-US. This mage has been race and name changed since this video, but if you must see (I've hardly done a thing on her since) it's Kaitlin, same server.
-I notice your gear stayed the same throughout the video, and I was curious about that?/How many heirlooms did you have?
-My head, shoulders, cloak, robe, two trinkets, and staff stayed the same throughout the video because they are "heirloom" items, which are purchased by a max-level character using Justice Points, mailed to other characters, and scale in level and stats with the character wearing them. Most of them give an experience bonus, so they make you level faster (I was getting a bonus 45% extra experience in this video). I have since obtained the heirloom ring as well, but I did not have it in this video.
-U HADD HAIRLOOMZ DIS NAWT FAYR/Why not RAF/Why not Scrolls of Resurrection?
-AGAIN, the point was to do a timelapse, not to pro it up or set any records for leveling speed. I'm fully aware it can be done faster, and I'm fully aware it can be done more slowly. I don't care. Stop leaving these comments.
-Okay, I understand you weren't out for speed here, but what IS the fastest way to level?
-In my opinion, it's best to do each dungeon with quests in it one time; the dungeon experience combined with the quest experience makes it much faster than questing alone, while dungeon experience from killing mobs alone is far slower. I wouldn't know where battleground experience fits in here, as I don't enjoy PvP.
-This is so boring!
-There's a red "X" in the upper right corner of your screen. Click it. There, now you aren't watching it.