Leveling Quickly With WoW New Looking for Group System
Posted on 2010-01-04
Dungeon running is a large part of playing World of Warcraft, but there are many people who do not want to bother with it. If you have ever stood around, waiting to find a tank only to turn around and realize that your healer has disappeared, you know how frustrating it can be to get everyone marching in the same direction. With patch 3.3.0 however, you will find that the new Looking for Group System is a huge improvement and that it can change the way that you level and even the way that you play!
In the first place, everyone knows how much dungeons can help you level. Not only do get a great deal of experience from killing multiple high level mobs in one session, but you will also find that the gear that you can pick up in dungeons are going to be much better than what you can typically get in random world drops. Despite all of these advantages, though, you will find that in many cases, people simply do not want to waste time with dungeons. It takes too long to get people together and once you get going, people might drop out unexpectedly.
With patch 3.3.0, however, you will find that it is time for you to consider dungeon running again. This patch allows you to put together dungeon groups from all over the servers. This functionality is only useful for five man dungeons. It is not available for raids or for group quests, but you will find that you are going to get matched with people of an appropriate level. This makes putting together a group to go dungeon running much quicker and much more efficient.
When you want to take advantage of this functionality, you will simply open the window where you will select the dungeon that you want. If you leave it unchanged, you will get a random dungeon, and the advantage in doing this is that there are gold and emblem rewards. If you run random dungeons regularly, you are going to be able to pick up a fair amount of gold in fairly short order. One thing to remember is that you cannot get into a dungeon that is significantly below or above your toon's capabilities.
Then you will need to select what role you want to play in the instance, and this will be limited by your class. Choose whether you want to tank, heal or deal out damage, and also indicate whether you are willing to lead a group. Remember that the more random your group is, the larger the gold reward is going to be. Then you will be matched with characters who are compatible with your needs.
Any Alliance leveling guide will tell you that you should consider running dungeons to level, but remember that it has recently gotten a lot easier. If you have been looking for a new way to level, this is definitely something that you need to try!
