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Death Knights Overrunning Outland!


Can\'t Get Away From ThemAs I said in my last post, I have been putting some time into leveling my level 60ish toons and trying to get them ready for prime time. As I’ve been questing away in Outland there is one thing I can’t seem to get away from, Death Knights! They are everywhere!


I’m not saying this is a bad thing, in fact it has worked to my advantage quite a bit. Leveling my resto-shaman for instance, has been a breeze. I just type “Healer LFG any instance, I will heal all you DKs!!” into general and I have a group together within minutes every time.


The fact of the matter is that DKs can destroy anything in Outland, I’ve experienced it myself by soloing groups quests several levels above me on my own Death Knight. Dare I saw they are a bit overpowered when compared to other classes of that level (I’ll save the max level discussion for later)? While not crazy about playing the class myself, I sure don’t mind riding their coattails through instances and leveling myself that much faster!


It’s not all smiles, however. I’ll admit the DK issue can be a bit problematic, there are of course Horde DKs everywhere, and I don’t stand a chance against them. Also, it does make me miss class diversity a bit, so I hope everything will even out a bit by the time my alts start hitting Northrend.


I know I had heard reports of the DKs running rampant all over Outland when WotLK first dropped, but I would have thought by now things would have calmed down. It appears they haven’t. It begs the questions, is everyone alting on a Death Knight? Or am I just experiencing the second wave of people leveling their DKs after they first geared up their mains?


I can appreciate the new Death Knight craze, but is anyone leveling anything else?

Reader Comments (49)

Look on the bright side, atleast there are people in Outlands that are there for more then achievements/dailies. :)

Take a look at the 30-40 zones.. a dozen people (maybe.) The 20-30 zone... a half dozen. The 1-20 dozens.. 2.

Pretty soon there will be no one to run the outlands instances just like there are very few if any groups for 40-60 instances and maybe 20-30 instances.

February 14, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAngel

@LunatiX
If tank is beating you on the dps part of recount then you are a bad dps. Tanks are only interested in threat and threat and dps are not the same thing.

@ Bastosa
When will the next Tanking 101 come out cause I am trying to make my prot pally better. Thank you for the info :)

February 14, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterHasoondi

im leveling a shadow priest atm pretty fun but when i get deathfgripped i might aswell give up lol

February 14, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbold

While I do have a DK I don't really use It I prefer to use my warlock which I am much better at

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterAnthony

i lvled both my warlock and dk to 80 and got them both geared for naxx and then i got bored with the game

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenternick

Tried the Death Knight, saw some really nice things, didn't quite like it, rolled a shammy.

The thing is, even though leveling from 1-80 is hard, it gives you the great experience of experimenting your class and learn all the tricks. Even thought the Death Knight starting system is nicely done, I still prefer the old-fashioned way of leveling.

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRugi

i'm actually just finished getting my resto shaman alt up to 80. So now i'm debating about whether to go for a dk alt or something different. Maybe a lock. :)

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkiley

i'm trying to ding my pally so i can have a 80 healer but getting into instances is nearly impossible because DK's get better DPS.

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterjhez

@LunxtIX

Thansk for the advice. I like the idea of tanking OR DPS. But to be honest when/if I start WOW im going in order of things I want to be .....i've planned this out. Including professions, names, and starting servers (im going Exectus OR may join the PL guild on whatever server that is on....and yes im rolling Alliance all the way.

If done the whole Horde route....just never liked it all that much...was undead, dark elf, Tauren (must admit my fav of all the Horde) but just never got into it like i did with Alliance. Sorry Horde guys.

Draeni Hunter
Gnome Mage
then either Tank/DPS warrior/DK/Pally
OR Draeni Shaman...for healing.

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJasonMB

I KNOW! this is so retarted. when WOTLK came out i have a lvl 58 pally and logged off right inside of the inn in thrallmar. but now i cant get any quests done b/c the DKs are all doing them! but i can heal instances quite easily

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNick

I've been leveling my main, a lvl 62 lock, for about a month now, partly because its my 1st toon but also because it takes soooo long to do the 1st 50 or so levels.

i can see why people want to start a dk, it would save alot of time when starting a new character. as for my server, ive just hit outland and the place is swaaaarming with dks, like everywhere.

in future i think they should do something similar to the dk set up where if you have a lvl 55 already then you can start any class at 55, sure there would be less people playing the original content, but you would have to play it atleast once to get there anyways, plus the new content is far more fun than the classic stuff, which is part of the reason the 1st 50 or so levels take so long. its just boring now.

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDrhorrible

qq if dks are there and op just deal with it. sick of hearing that shit. getting annoying as fuck.

we know there op.
we know there a shit load of them.
get
over
it
kthxbye

February 15, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterCyn

My DK is already in northrend, being unholy dps and making things all diseased and gross, mon.

I'm actually levelling a hunter atm through Outland. It's a lot of fun, she's the luckiest Tauren in the world. She keeps finding blue world drops and found an epic while she was still leveling in Azeroth!

And yeah, DKs are freaking everywhere, I think everyone knew this would happen. I'm more interested to hear what the next hero class would be.

I'm thinking along the likes of Runemaster? I just love that name RUNEMASTER, it just sounds epic, c'mon. They're like DnD monks, no armour just otherworldly super powers and pummeling fists.

Check them out in Wowwiki sometime.

February 16, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterjenjen

My nephew LOVES his DK but I'm not particularly fond of them. I have 3; 1 on my horde server Drak'Tharon, and 2 on my alliance server Muradin (2 accounts). I've gotten one to lvl 62 and the others haven't even logged in yet. The seem like an ok class but I'm overwhelmed by the abilities. It would have been nice to have a choice of starting at 55 or start at lvl 1. I think learning the skills as you earn them is an important part of learning the character. I have a lvl 80 Holy Paladin (Whiteheart-Muradin) and I'm still learning new things about that class.

February 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNoric

I have to admit that I parked my 68 Warlock for a DK when the expansion came out. I have leveled the DK to 80 and have started raiding with him. The population does thin out a bit in Northrend, and we usually have 3 of them (tops) in a Naxx25 raid. It is the only class I have ever played (and I have tried them all) where I am fearless, and that makes playing them fun.

On the other hand, a DK is not the end all, be all in the game. I have recently gong back to my Warlock and am now at 70...planning to play him til 80. I also have a 63 Shadow Priest that is anxiously awaiting dual specs!

The DK's are fun, for sure, but so are most of the other classes.

February 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDeadofknight

I noticed with the change to allow Dks made on any server provided you have a 55, the amount of Dks is massive. Its not uncommon to wanna level one either. In a few hours you can have your dk in outlands at 58 starting fresh, and the power they have + with pets, makes leveling one up very easy. The power they have atm is the attraction everyone has to them. I have myself made 5 dks on different servers horde and alliance, because they are so easy to level

February 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMuted

i got my dk up to lvl 60, witch wasent hard, and now i just use him to farm low lvl instances to make money for my main(witch id a reso-druid who isent all that great at tanking) and help power lvl friends. i may lvl him more eventually, but for now, this works perfect.

February 16, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterVladati

well i used to play a warior who i got to 58 before i left the game then when wtlk came out i was like ''well it ill be cool to get my war to 80 while street figther 4 come's'' but then i fell inlove with the dk'scuz they are like warriors with ''more stuff'' so i left my war and now my main is my dk only thing i don't like is that i can't use sheild's but anyway there is lot's of one-handed stuff that give's def and stam for tankin anyway as an ex-war i prefer dk's

February 17, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfajareh

All I know is I was in the lower 60's on my lock when wrath came out (yes I am an 80 now and enjoying the heroics) and I loved the fact that Death Knights were every where because I do not share the same loot, every group wanted me to increase the chances of them getting their loot, but what made it perfect was being the only caster and lots of times only clothie minus the holy priests that were selling themselves to heal, I would get any and all blue caster gear.

February 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKimeghale

I got my mage to 80 and am now working on my elemental shaman and get her to 80. She's currently 72 and I will admit, while I absolutely love her I'm finding that I need to get back into that 'drop totems-kill bad guy-heal self' frame of mind after having loads o' fun with my mage and using things like Living Bomb and Hot Streak.

February 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFidgitt

ok i liked ur post nd i do believe that there r to many DKs, i myself havnt actually gotten to the point of being able to make a DK because none of mi toon (6) are to lvl 55 yet (i think thats the lvl u can make a DK) and i dont hav wotlk, i dont even hav bc yet, i havnt found the need to buy either because im waiting to get a toon or 2 to 60 then to 70 then get the wotlk now bak to ur post the only reason y ppl are makin DKs is cuz , tho this has been said a million times already, they start out at a decent lvl but i frankly dont think theyre all that cool, i will make 1 wen the time comes but i will still b levelin mi low lvl alts

February 17, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterfuetor from naz' grel

I Myself have an 80 dk but honestly it seems kind of boring. now dont get me wrong i love being able to get a group as a tank and having an 80 but id much rather play something else by now. I started a preist the other day and not having any low lv ppl on my realm Mannoroth(horde side anyway) is starting to get annoying Im stuck spending hours trying to find any group of an instance undre lv 60 even my 56 resto druid is having a hard time finding groups. It seems that every time i go into orgrimar theres a new dk completing the quest to join the horde.

February 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterEarthbullet

I'm an old WoW player, playing WoW for 3 year's before the TBC and I love to play the game. My main is a lvl 80 Hunter and like so many other I had to try out the DK when the Lich came out. And yes it was fun at the start but it is just another Character with some special ability's, like it use Runes insted of mana. But in the long run get a bit boring to play, cos the fact the way I play I guess. Yes the DK is strong, I have Frost spec on my DK and it work's fine by the way, he's just like a Frost-Mage with a twist, he use Plate not Cloth and that do make him special in my eyes! Besides that he's just another char in me collection of toons, I rather play my hunter, it more fun and now with my new pet (Loque'Nahak) it's even more fun, don't get me wrong I like to play DK to.
The death-Knight is here to stay, but they need some more prober gear, also the need a Forge in Shadow wault.

February 18, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterWindfall from Dragonblight

hay every1 and the rest 2!

the Dks i my favorite class (bef i played rouge)
and i know the dks are overuning outland (@least hellfire) but they r a very nice class 2 play, but in pugs,the most of them r just 2 n00be. but now i think i wud lvl up a healer, and i think it wud be better if (some1 sayd this bef me but i /aggre) if u had a 55 on ur acc and u cud make anny class start @ lvl 55,
And blizz PLZ make voices 2 all the qs! PLZ!

February 28, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterdeat knight

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