A die-hard World of Warcraft player has reached level 70 within 28 hours of The Burning Crusade's release.
Gullerbone, a 24-year-old French WoW player, reached level 70 at 4:04 am (CET) on January 17, 2007. He is believed to be the world's first.
The Burning Crusade, the expansion to World of Warcraft, the most popular MMO on earth with eight million subscribers, went on sale in the UK at midnight (GMT) on Monday 15 January.
One of the game's new features was to raise the level cap from 60 to 70. Most experienced players had suggested it would take a number of months at least to achieve the goal.
In an interview with World of Raids.com, Gullerbone, who reached level 70 with a mage class character called Gawell, told how he had help from 40 in-game friends working with him around the clock.
He said: "Cau (the 1st European lvl 60) and I planned the exp(erience) route step by step, trying everything to make sure it was the most appropriate, the groups organization with the guild Millenium and their members. Each member rotated using a definite order to help me to grind on mobs, mostly with AE, surrounded with several guildmate healers, tanks, pullers etc..."
Gullerbone used a tactic of 'tagging' computer controlled enemies, which allowed him to achieve experience points even though his guildmates killed them.
When asked how many players he had help from, he said: "Well at first we had only five (during the first 10 hours or so) so that 10 of the members could get to lvl 62. Then in the morning we were 15 in order to kill the mobs at a faster rate. Finally in the evening, everyone was involved and we could gather a 35 man raid to help me in Netherstorm with our new lvl 62 doing most of the job."
The fact that a player has managed to reach level 70 so fast will not please developers Blizzard, who had hoped to see the Burning Crusade occupy fans for at least a year.
However, given the fanaticism of the World of Warcraft fan base, it was perhaps inevitable that a number of players would have devoted so much time and effort in to reaching level 70 as soon as possible.
When asked if he alone played the character non stop for 28 hours, Gullerbone said: "I sure did. I slept from two to 10pm on Monday (woke up two hours before TBC launch), so the physical preparation was a part of the plan."
For more World of Warcraft info, head over to our Burning Crusade developer interview.
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Iain McC wrote at 12:03 on 17 January 2007
Bloody hell. That strikes me as being a tad excessive...
Stephen wrote at 15:08 on 17 January 2007
Yea, but he's french.
Xenodab wrote at 15:39 on 17 January 2007
GET A LIFE
sadfroggy wrote at 17:34 on 17 January 2007
wow , erm now what
well tbh i tried warcraft demo and it was the most boring rpg i ever played , what is the point of acheiving level 70 in 28 hours, the fool now has nothing to play for until the next 'expansion' pack in two years time
tuxedobob wrote at 18:11 on 17 January 2007
It's his own damn fault...
...when he can't get a group or has nothing to do.
m2 wrote at 19:32 on 17 January 2007
Ok...so he played the character alone for 28 hours...but had 35 ppl killing things for him, so technically he DID NOT PLAY ALONE.
m2 wrote at 19:33 on 17 January 2007
Sadfroggy...
U have no idea what World of Warcraft is about. The real game start upon reaching lvl 70.
Anonymous wrote at 19:39 on 17 January 2007
Its called power leveling....call it what it is!
m5 wrote at 19:54 on 17 January 2007
Well, in order to do 70+ raid instances you need about 20 other players to be lvl 70 too...
Anon wrote at 19:56 on 17 January 2007
Wow, this is ****ing stupid. It's called enjoying the game, have fun being level 70 like a month and a half before you will actually have a chance to raid with any somewhat normal people...
Halliotee wrote at 20:35 on 17 January 2007
meh
so what, someone was bound to do it...if i had the time i wish it could of been me, must b pretty kl being lvl70.
but...now i think about it im glad its not me...i gave up WoW after admitting i had an addiction...but i lernt the ard way...it took my girlfriend to dump me after telling me ive changed to give up WoW. my message DONT PLAY WOW ITS SHIT A RUINS LIVES!, people have killed themselvs over this game...DONT PLAY IT
if u alredy are, ask your family if uve changed since uve started, 99% of the time it will be yes, so stop now!.
this game has also caused me to loose trust in myself, i no longer belive i can play the game again without getting addicted. not beliving in your self isint nice. dont play this game! dont ruin your life!
ftw wrote at 20:52 on 17 January 2007
OMG he must have no life
how do u kill that what as no life
rofl
Tt wrote at 21:12 on 17 January 2007
Blizzard! Make a Diablo III.
Never played wow and will never do. Have a job and not that much time to play it. + real life friends
RequimForMe wrote at 21:19 on 17 January 2007
Holy 28 hours... In 28 hours I was only at level 33 (damn it I did the math wrong on how many hours it took me :( ) and that was me playing at my extreme. Propz to this guy... even though he scares me a little. Wow that's like 28 hours straight not even like all together. This guys a maniac... I salute him.
Julius wrote at 22:56 on 17 January 2007
How do you kill that which has no life?
Anyway, that seems to me a waste of all that content.
fiduke wrote at 23:56 on 17 January 2007
impossible.
xboxlive wrote at 00:38 on 18 January 2007
thats mad lol
he must love the game lol
xboxlive wrote at 00:41 on 18 January 2007
who are you then spam boy lol
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