Saturday 15 October 2011

Which Wow levelling guide is the best?

There are a lot of power levelling guides on the internet claiming to be the fastest and most reliable Wow levelling guide, but which one is the best? I have selected 2 of the most brought guides for its category and tested them to their limits, the guides are: Dugi's Ultimate Wow Guide and Zygor Guides.

They are both offering 1-85 levelling in under 5 days gameplay. Zygor Guides won the time test but only just slightly, Zygor Guides took 3 days, 23 hours, 53 minutes and 18 seconds to reach level 85 and Dugi's guides followed close behind with a time of 4 days, 1 hour, 10 minutes and 43 seconds. As you would agree they are very good times, I would recommend Zygor Guides if you want a quick and relatively cheap guide to level up.

Next up i compared the Videos of both websites and determined the things which have been a bit exaggerated. First up is the Zygors Guides video:

Although most of the things in the video are not exaggerated there are some things which I think might be a little bit of a white lie. The video proclaims to have the most optimised levelling path and in some sense it does but it lacks common sense, for example it tells you to use the hearthstone and in the next step it tells you to walk lets say 1000 yards and you have to walk back. Not very convenient is it?

Next up is Dugi's Guides video.

This video is a lot more honest than the Zygor Guides video but still their are traces of exaggeration, for example at the start they introduce this "customer" named Lionel, why would they put information about a customer and his second name on their website. If he did allow it surely he would not allow permission for his second name to be put up. But i bet there are real people like lionel out there.

I would recommend Dugi's Guides if you want the most honest advice with the least exaggeration.

The next comparison i will do is the ease of use of both the guides. First up is Dugi's Guides

Dugi's Guides is the smallest add-on out of the pair because it shows one step at a time, as of were Zygor Guides shows 2-3 steps at a time. Dugi's Guides is quite confusing when it comes to skipping a step as you have to load up the guide menu select you guide and uncheck the step. It also has a built in waypoint and is a lot easier to control, you can choose weather to disable the waypoint or enable it.

Next is Zygor Guides, is it easier then dugi's guides to use?

First of all Zygor Guides is very easy to use and has options on guides, talents and loads more. The waypoint is another story. The Zygor Guides waypoint is not as reliable as Dugi's Guides and will disappear and reappear during long distance journeys. Zygor Guides is incredibly easy to skip a step and with a click of a button you have skipped a step. The guides options are very flexible but the waypoint error knocks it back a few points.

Overall i think that Zygor Guides comes out on top not only because of the flexibility of the options but the time it took to level to 85. Dugi's Guides did beat Zygor Guides on the honesty of the creators. Please consider visiting the websites of the guides by clicking on their names above to weigh out the options yourself.

I hope you enjoyed reading this review,
Alex Catchpole