Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide

Video game enthusiasts are sometimes criticized for succumbing to what some people brand as “escapism.” They argue that the world of a video game pales in comparison to its real-life counterpart, offering cheap thrills and fostering anti-social behaviors. Those who do understand the world of video games, however, know that it is much more than this. After all, what’s not to like about losing oneself inside a massive, interactive world? Who wouldn’t enjoy taking on a new persona with new powers, a new identity, and cutting oneself free from the trappings of an earthly life? There will always be doubters. But for the rest... there’s World of Warcraft.

World of Warcraft launched on November 23rd, 2004. Since then, it has grown by leaps and bounds, becoming the world’s largest and most beloved Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, or MMORPG. Although it was not the first game in the beloved Warcraft franchise, it brought the game to a much wider audience and separated itself from the traditional real-time-strategy gameplay of its predecessors. World of Warcraft now has more monthly subscribers than any other MMORPG on the market.

Although it’s clear from the outset that World of Warcraft is not your average role-playing game, it shares many characteristics with its many MMORPG counterparts. You are free to customize your very own online avatar, selecting his or her appearance to suit your tastes and choosing your allegiances... and your enemies. You are free to explore the realm at your whim, fighting monsters, performing quests, and interacting with colorful non-player characters, as well as with other World of Warcraft players. Above all else, World of Warcraft is meant to be a social experience.

You can choose to take the journey alone, or enjoy the game with your friends and allies at your side. Your efforts in World of Warcraft are rewarded with in-game money, items, reputation, and experience, all of which help you to imbue your character with greater power and renown. In World of Warcraft, the entire world is yours: you have access to a vast world in which to explore, do combat, wage war, and to build your character’s skills level-by-level.

One of the cornerstones of any role-playing game is character development. As you perform quests and explore the realm in World of Warcraft, your character will progress in levels, becoming more powerful over time as you hone your skills. Throughout your journeys in World of Warcraft, you will be able to raise your character through the ranks, from level 1 all the way to level 60. Like any role-playing game, World of Warcraft encourages character improvement, rewarding players for their hard work with new skills and greater powers. The higher your character’s level is, the more successful you will be at fighting creatures and waging war against other Warcraft players. The task of improving one’s character can become overwhelming at times, though, especially in a world as large as Warcraft’s.

But there is good news: you’ll be able to breathe easier when you turn to Joana’s Horde Leveling Guide.

Joana’s 1-60 Leveling Guide, available exclusively at JoanasWorld.com, is becoming a trusted source for World of Warcraft players everywhere who are struggling at leveling their character, or are simply tired of performing the same tedious, mind-numbing tasks over and over again (this is more commonly known as “level grinding,” and is a pitfall of many role-playing games). Leveling your character can be difficult in any MMORPG, but World of Warcraft’s huge and immersive world gives you a multitude of options that you can use to go about doing so. Joana’s 1-60 Leveling Guide is here to help you through this process, and like any roadmap, to help you find your way in what would ordinarily be an overwhelming circumstance.

If there’s one guide you can trust to help your character reach level 60 faster, it’s Joana’s. She currently holds the record for reaching level 60: an impressive 4 days and 20 hours. Joana’s guide is the product of many tireless months of playing Warcraft, playing through the game at unbelievable speeds, each time reaching the coveted rank of level 60 more quickly than the last. Joana’s innovative leveling methods have given her respect and renown on many of the Warcraft servers. She has painstakingly compiled quest giver locations, tips for completing the quests, and how to find the best balance between quest completion and level grinding, a balance that is as important as it is difficult to find.

Level grinding is not fun for anyone, so the focus of Joana’s Leveling Guide is to help you find other, more productive ways of raising your character’s level as well as the necessary evil of level grinding. The guide focuses on the efficient completion of quests as well as where to find them. In essence, Joana’s Guide is an in-depth and exhaustive roadmap to the realm in World of Warcraft, showing you where to go, what to do, and when to do it, all the while gaining your character higher levels much faster than you would have thought possible previously. Joana’s Guide is the fast-track to fame and riches.

When you create your character in World of Warcraft, you can choose from ten races, which make up two rival factions: the Alliance (consisting of Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes and Draenei) and the Horde (consisting of Orcs, Tauren, Undead, Trolls, and Blood Elves.) Each race has its advantages and disadvantages, just as the two factions have their own ups and downs. Joana’s Leveling Guide is designed specifically for those World of Warcraft players who have joined with the Horde. The guide understands the needs of these races, and has compiled a vastly helpful guide for leveling up your Orc, Tauren, Undead, Troll, or Blood Elf character.

Joana’s Leveling Guide was written by devoted players who have gone through the game multiple times, and have therefore gained an invaluable knowledge of the quests that can be found throughout the game; which ones are worthwhile, and which ones are not. If there’s one thing a video gamer understands, it’s that wasting valuable hours on something that doesn’t give you much to show for your time isn’t good for anybody. The writers of the guide have played the game meticulously, taking it in, learning everything they can about the game’s world and what quests are available. They give in-depth accounts of just how much experience any given quest has to offer, where to find a particular quest, and how best to combine your efforts with those required by other quests.

Joana’s Leveling Guide is extraordinarily thorough in recommending when and where to attempt certain quests, insuring that your time in World of Warcraft is never wasted. But beyond simply telling you what to do and when to do it, the guide is also a great source for general tips and tricks, as well as suggestions for hot-keys. The guide also supplies a great many recommendations for specific Horde races, insuring that your particular character has its needs specifically tailored to during your time in World of Warcraft. Whatever it was that drove you to immerse yourself in the world of Warcraft, Joana’s Guide has the information you need to get the most out of your Horde experience.

However, Joana's Horde Guide won't be able to help you level an Alliance character. For that, you'll need to look elsewhere for another guide. Luckily, one such guide can be found at www.wowaddicts.com, a new website opening on May 12th 2008. You'll find that the basic idea behind the guide at wowaddicts.com is the same as Joana's Horde Guide – to cut down on the amount of time spent leveling while increasing the level of enjoyment while leveling.

Every second of the new world record in leveling has been recorded for your viewing pleasure, and www.wowaddicts.com also gives a wide variety of great tips and strategies for leveling beyond the barebones leveling guide found in Joana's Horde Guide. On May 12th 2008, www.wowaddicts.com will launch with the new world record in leveling along with a brand new guide to help players level faster and more easily than ever before. Horde players should take a look at Joana's Horde Guide while Alliance players should check out www.wowaddicts.com