Solo leveling or LFG?

[dippndots]

Solo leveling has been extremely tedious, I'm sure things will speed up once I get deeper into fury spec, but I have a few questions.

Does leveling as fury make me incompetent to tank instances? If so, what instance is the "cut off point" for fury builds?

Is questing in a group faster than solo questing, even though you share EXP?

Is it worth, in terms of getting to level 60 the fastest, grinding certain instances for the best gear I can wear?

[Undertanker]

Instances are not great exp, unless you are doing the quest. The amount of time you would spend in instances for gear, you spend more time lost in 5 mans than grinding with inferior gear.

Tanking can be done any spec while leveling. Fury is more gear dependent than arms but as long as you are using a 2hander, doesnt matter.

A questing partner lower levels may increase your leveling speed about 20%. If grind mobs, stay solo, grind 3 levels below you.

[gotmilk0112]

No, spec does not matter for sub-50 dungeons. As long as you're sword-and-board and in defensive stance, you'll be fine. Just keep your shield relatively up to date; shouldn't be too hard as quite a few quests offer shields.

No, instances really aren't worth it unless you've got 2-3 quests for that instance. Deadmines is fairly easy to get the quests for, as is Stockades. Zul'Farrak is also super easy to get a bunch of quests for, as almost all of them are right there in Gadgetzan, Steamwheedle Port, and Shimmering Flats. The good thing about being a Warrior though, is that you can get dungeon groups super easily by tanking.

Don't sweat the tedious leveling, warriors are just one of, if not the slowest and hardest class to level, being that they're the most gear dependent. Seriously, I'm leveling a warrior as well, and 1-15 was painful. At level 13 I just ragequit and went back to my Hunter for a week, so...don't feel bad. :p

You get a few boons along the way, such as your Whirlwind Axe at 30, and Ice Barbed Spear at 51, but other than that, you pretty much just have to stick it out.

Tips so far:

-Try to get some cheap blue weapons off the AH, and keep your weapons upgraded every 5 levels or so.
-Only fight things that are equal or lower than your level. Mobs 2-3 levels below you will feel easy to kill.
-Level fury, yes, I see you're already doing that. Enrage is essentially a free +25% damage, seeing as you can just sit down to force a crit upon yourself.

[St0rfan]

I'm inclined to disagree with the post above regarding Instances. They are absolutely worth running, especially since you can find many gear upgrades in them. Warrior is very very VERY gear dependant and there are a few blues available in early 5mans that will last you all the way to lvl60.

[Heldunder]

rule of thumb, if the group fills almost instantly, run it. if doesnt fill quickly, abandon it to solo level until you see posts in world for the instance you want to run. a combination of both is key to leveling efficiently.

[Undertanker]

Cause it is not.possible to grind while others LFM in the group you are in?

Just dont be in range.