Prior to the release of TBC there was a lot of freaking out, people thought the world (of warcraft) was gonna end, some stockpiled goods, found shelter and hoped for the best. Others let it all hang out and went with it.

And then there were the prepared.

I wasn't prepared. Hell, I had moved on a month prior to release. But some great ideas amongst my old guild were passed around on how to be prepared for it. I forgot most of them, but here are a few things i'm going to try.

• A couple weeks prior to release I'll do 25 quests and wait for wotlk to turn them in. That should equal a 250k exp head start. I don't think dailies count. This was an idea that actually did work for people when TBC came out.

• Hording gold.... might help, I can't keep my gold above 100 most of the time though. This might not be an option for me.

• Respeccing to an easier-to-level spec (read: DPS). Unless instancing can offer around the same rate of exp gain as questing can in WotLK, i'll be going shadow to level it up.

Any other ideas here?