RSS World First LVL 80 Explained - Interview with Nymh

<script> var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/pc_games/WoW_WotLK_World_First_LVL_80_Interview_with_Nymh'; </script> <script src="http://digg.com/api/diggthis.js"></script>World First LVL 80 Explained - Interview with Nymh We had a few words with <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek%27thar&n=Nymh" target="_blank">Nymh</a>, the first player in the world to reach level 80 in Wrath of the Lich King. <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/level80worldfirst.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/level80worldfirst_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> MMO-Champion: Hello Nymh, and congratulations for your level 80 ! Could you tell us a bit more about yourself ? <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Nymh: I play a warlock named <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek%27thar&n=Nymh" target="_blank">Nymh</a> on the french server Drek'thar. I used to be the guild leader of Harmonie, a french top PvE guild who was among the first to kill Kil'jaeden, but we eventually decided to merge with the 2nd guild of our server. The result is Genesis, which was originally an pre-BC high level guild. In real life I'm 21 and currently employed, I took a few days of vacation for the release of the expansion. MMO-Champion: You reached the max level 27 hours after the european servers went online, that's pretty fast even if you spend all your time leveling ... Could you tell us how you achieved that ? <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Nymh: The idea first came up when I saw <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=16919.0" target="_blank">this post</a> from <a href="http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Turalyon&n=Jynxx" target="_blank">Jynxx</a>. The idea looked nice and I decided to run a few tests on beta servers. It took about 3 hours to level from 78 to 79 and considering that it was one of the longest level, it seemed good enough to use this strategy to powerlevel at the release. The biggest problem was to find a spot with enough monsters to grind without too much downtime ... I spent some time on beta servers and eventually found the crypt in Drakil'ji Ruins (Grizzly Hills), I think that's one of the only place in Wrath of the Lich King where monsters repop in about 30 seconds, mobs here are also neutral and it makes grinding a little safer. <div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/grizzlyhills_64.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/small/grizzlyhills_64.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/grizzlyhills_65.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/small/grizzlyhills_65.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/grizzlyhills_66.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/small/grizzlyhills_66.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/grizzlyhills_67.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/wotlk/zones/small/grizzlyhills_67.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><a href="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/drakiljinmap.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/november/drakiljinmap_small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> I also had to optimize my downtimes and decided to level with a healer out of party, <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Pavelomm" target="_blank">Pavelomm</a> was nice enough to spend the last 27 hours healing me without taking any XP and he obviously played a huge role in the process. When I reached level 76 I realized that my leveling speed was slightly lower than what I experienced in beta, I decided to change the template from <a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=16919.0" target="_blank">the original post</a> and switched to something with 2 points in Shadow Mastery to make my DoTs stronger and the leveling a bit easier. (It usually takes 2 DoTs to kill a monster) MMO-Champion: The first level 80 was supposed to be Darus, a paladin who did some powerleveling in instances with Athene and a few other people and eventually got suspended by Blizzard at level 79. (and reseted to level 70 a few hours later) Did you hear about him ? <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Nymh: Yeah I had a few people monitoring other servers to give me updates about the situation here, I don't really know how Darus did that but I assume it will be hotfixed by Blizzard very soon. MMO-Champion: Is there anyone you want to thanks ? <img src="http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/icons/iwarlocks.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Nymh: Sure ! There are a bunch of people who helped a lot with my leveling. <ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><li><a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Pavelomm" target="_blank">Pavelomm</a> was nice enough to stay with me for the last 27 hours and managed to keep me alive for all this time!</li><li><a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Pratax" target="_blank">Pratax</a> originally planned to level with me but couldn't be here due to last minute work obligations, he helped me a lot during beta when I was planning everything. </li><li><a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Ardanell" target="_blank">Ardanell</a> / <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Bro" target="_blank">Bro</a> / <a href="http://eu.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Drek'Thar&n=Zhazha" target="_blank">Zhazha</a> were nice enough to run all the way to Grizzly Hills to teleport me to Ironforge and let me train my new spells without wasting too much time. </li><li>Coralie, who was nice enough to buy me the game 2 days ago! </li></ul> And of course, the whole <a href="http://www.guilde-genesis.org/" target="_blank">Genesis</a> guild and all the players from Drek'thar-EU!

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