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nice post

i also have a resto shaman that i am lvling in outland and like u said its so easy but i wish when playing my other toons that i could get an instance grp

I'm levelling all my characters on my new realm, Saurfang(eu) which is a new realm altogether (AQ gates closed too).

And there's merely a handful of Death Knights, and tons of players my level, which is nice actually being able to run RFC & DM with a genuine group, rather than boosts or running it solo at a higher level. It's nice playing the content at the levels and gear it was designed for. =]

So yeah, people are levelling other things, just on brand new realms on a different continent. (Saurfang (Eng Speaking) and Ulduar (DE) ). =]

and no, i do not level anything besides my new main, i dropped my hunter and i only play my DK now

The problem that i see in WOTLK is just this, nobody wants to lvl a new toon from 1 - 80 even with the recruit a freind 80 levels is a long way to go. So the alternative, a toon that starts at 55, i don't blame people for taking the easy way out, i myself have a 70 DK. The only problem is almost EVERYONE will have a DK alt, maybe blizzard could come out with something to give a jump start on other toons for EXP'd players??

I'm currently levelling a Death Knight (horde) in Blade's Edge, but when I was in Hellfire is was really annoying when I would get into a group for Ramparts or Blood Furnace to see nothing but Death Knights. I never got a single drop at all because everyone else in the group needed the stuff (except my friend's level 80 Enhance Shammy who was healing for us due to the lack of healers). It gets annoying, really annoying, hence why I never did Coilfang Reservoir or Auchindoun at all, all the groups are Death Knights. Luckily I can sometimes snag a group that maybe has one other death knight in it, but that's rare.

ive seen the same as you as i myself are runnning my DK when theres no raids, you do see them all over im not the mass has i will probebly put some time over the weekend into my war has what i have seen of DK tanking ( I do not like it ) has you will probely not ether bast, ut i will lvl the DK up anyway 1day and maybe get him to 10-man naxx stage so i can bring him along every now and then lol, but my war is the toon i want to have as my second true tank

iv got my main to 80 (yay!) so im running a recruit a friend at the moment. with my 1st 2 toons lvld up (bm hunter and holy priest combo) and my 41 shammy free lvd up im already a quarter of the way through my 2nd wave (prot pally and corrupt lock). towards the end of my 1st duo, the dks were everywhere! EPL, WPL, Sithilis, Blackrock mountain...and this was only last week! im guessing they ran out of floor space in outlands :)

Wargkin, Dreadmaul Oceanic

Me and my brother (who both play wow) actually made a little prediction when it came to DK populations. We forsaw 3 great swarms of them...

1. When WOTLK launched

2. When the free 10-day trial of WOTLK started

3. Christmas (cause everyone under the age of 20 was gonna get it under the tree, myself included).

Although there was a 4th spike when they allowed you to make DKs on any server, but that was uncallable.

i am leveling a mage then a hunter

i hate lvling a DK id get him 2 the mid 60s and get sick of their same old spells so id send all his gold 2 my main(lock) and delete him... hardly see any Dks in northrend on my server

I am one of the people who have made a DK and have my main which is pretty well geared to 80 and also have my DK to 77. I still would like to know alot more details on things such as recruit a friend and how it works. currently lvling 2 healers due to the lack of them but they're both classes that could be dps or heal with oen spec: Elemental Shammy and Disc Priest. Both are amazing!

Trying not to be one of the 12 million players in world of warcraft with a level 60 DK alt so im leveling a hunter from level 1 to 60 and its takeing a hell of a time, which is why everyone makes a DK, because there plate wearers and not squishy plus they can have zombies, can tank, and even dps! However the main reason, they start out at level 55! I mean if your like me you didnt even have alts at 70 cause you didnt feel the need for one, however now you do for example and when you do make an alt you just want it in northerand right away right? Well thats not the cause for all the other class's being the main reason for DKs alts, as well as the fact with blue glowing eyes, and white/black/green skin i mean its pretty sweet. But yes people could cut back because there not THAT cool. kinda but not to much.

Yeah, definitely the second wave, as well as the wave of "Now you can make a DK on any realm!" and people just want to do those ubber starting quests and then enjoy lvling in outlands again. Seriously, that was the best part.
Then you also have people like my friend who is three lvls from his first 55 (even though he started playing b4 me and still got TBC for no real reason imo) who are now mad lvling to get up to the required lvl.

Right now, though, I'm working on my Priest and enjoying it. XD I'm @ 79 and the only trouble I'm having w/ lvling is Alchemy. /die

I love WoW, but I'm really against a hero class. Anyway, it was hard for me on my hunter to level 58-68 because I'd be constantly ganked by Death Knights. If I got distance and decided to shoot my way out, I'd be Death Gripped to my death.

Currently, I'm leveling a paladin (only level 27) and I gotta say the play style is very nice, no idea why I didn't before.

What i hope Blizzard does at some point is do something exactly like the DK starting area, but for all calsses. If you have a level 55 on a server, you should be able to start a character of any class at that level. This would Make alot of people happy, and while yes it might decrease the number of people running "Old" content, i think it is worth it, because as of now, leveling from 1-80 is just wayyyyyy to much for any sane person to want to do again.

I thought maybe I'd get a DK when my main hit 55, but I didn't want to quit my warrior. So I'm one of the few people in my guild without a DK. I did start a mage though, but only because the guild didn't have one. I get kind of tired of all the DK's running around too. Maybe the new-ness will wear off soon :)

I dont even PLAY WOW and i know DKs are a problem. I tried the demo a few weeks ago because im to poor to afford the full game + monthly fees but still like the game.

So i was trying out a new class (mage) and went to Iron Forge and found people being DKs of all races and levels. I saw maybe 2 fellow mages and a bunch of healers but more DKs than anything.

It was weird.

Now dont get me wrong when I start WOW (if i start WOW) im going to be a DK, what spec idk yet probably tank.

You'll have to get the expansions and a character to level 55 first. :p

Death Knights are overrated anyway, they're just building the class up for a major fall/nerfage to combat the overpopulation. Least I suspect they will. o_O

I have a friend with a resto druid. He and my 62 DK run Ramps alone.

That is overpowered when a DK and one healer can run an instance by themselves.

@Sean

Well I'm debating weither I want to tank as a DK or as a Ret Pally. Im debating just abandoning DKs all together with the announcement of Dual specing.

Though since im not really a player with intimate knowledge of the game a few details escape me.

@ JasonMB, tank as a Prot Pally and DPS as a Ret Pally when you hit 80, but if you want to tank and don't want to worry about mana for your attacks, go Warrior.

Death Knights shouldn't be tanks but instead should be DPS Machines. My Death Knight is only 66, spec'd as Unholy and he pulls great DPS, usually second on Recount (cause I always make sure first is tank, durr).

Up to you though. If you want tanking go Prot Pally or Prot Warrior. If you want DPS go Ret Pally or Death Knight (Any Spec works but i find Unholy to be top notch).

still leveling my holy pally and i usually quest with a DK or to just because of the high dps their capable of. it makes things a lot easier.

Having an 80 dk on Dragonblight I can say the dk plague ends when you hit Northrend for most part. While you may get like 2 of them often for UK in a group beyond that it seems they either have lost interest or are 80 with it. I gotten few other dks while lving there in instances and on my 72 pally alt I tanked Nexus and UK with no dks in group quite often.

Outlands is the experimental land for trying dks out, people either get sick of them or main them to 80 after that point. So diversity is in the north.

Well , I'm in the same position as JasonMB , as he , i also had the oportunity to play the game , and started to like it a lot , unfortunately can't afford the fees , otherwise the game can be bought even with my low budget in a sec. , now back to the chars in the game , i know about the DK and let's face it : he's pretty cool , but my choice has been during the time i played it , and will be if i get to play it on a regular basis the prot. pally , and it's not because he's hard to lvl or in a wish to make myself look tougher than i am , but he's a pretty solid class if you know how to make the best of the abilities you have at hand , the only major issue would be his weakness against spellcasters , the DK on the other hand i'd try only after i lvld a lock and more for the idea of having a neat looking DK that can sometimes replace a char that i've grown bored of or downright sick of it...see ya