It’s been a week now since I started my twink project and I’m now level 44 at the time of writing this post. Not bad considering the amount of play time I get and that I also dedicate time to playing on my warrior and death knight as well. My experience post level 30 has been amazing, I can blaze through levels without any effort whatsoever and recently I’ve twinked my already twinked priest more with a shoulder enchant for my heirloom shoulders. That’s right folks, there’s a way to enchant your heirloom shoulders, there’s only one that works and it probably won’t be long before Blizzard “fixes” this issue.

The enchant in question is Greater Inscription of the Gladiator which gives a whopping 30 stamina and 15 resilience which is a massive amount for any character under level 60. Needless to say it’s like an extra improved Power Word: Fortitude on me while I kill pirates in Stranglethorn Vale and Tanaris.

You can purchase this enchant in Stormwind from the honor vendors for 10000 honor, a measely amount if you have a level 80 character who visits Wintergrasp every so often. Considering i’m on a PvP server this has also helped me complete the Arath Basin quest to capture the farm, lumber mill, mine, and blacksmith as well as ward off any would be gankers.

Getting to level 30 is always the first big nasty hump for me but afterwards between Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highlands, Hillsbrad Foothils, and Alterac it was easy to get to level 40. Normally I dread 40 to 50 because quests seem to be few and far between I always find myself having to travel alot between zones just to fill in grinding sessions. It seems with the bonus to experience i’m getting now this won’t be an issue, as i’m averaging somewhere from 4 to 8 quests per level. I’m also having no problem leveling tailoring as I hoarde plenty of materials from twink runs that Luar and Somnium assist me with. One profession that is slacking behind the others is Cooking, since I’m leveling and leaving level brackets so quickly I haven’t gotten enough cooking materials to keep up so I’ve been stockpiling what I have gotten and put it in the bank for now to level later (if I ever even bother since my warrior already has high level cooking and there isn’t any soulbound buffs).

As for talents I’m still specced into shadow and will continue to do so till level 60 at which I’ll probably go down discipline to get Meditation. I’ll write about my views on leveling talents for priests in another post soon.

UPDATE (Patch 3.1.0): Your character now has to be at least level 70 for Greater Inscription of the Gladiator to work. Glad I got to 80 already P

I’ve created a gallery of pictures showing the progression thus far on my priest.

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