With Cataclysm finally here, both new and old players find themselves tasked with the goal of hitting the level cap once again. Everything that we’ve ever known about the World of Warcraft has changed forever.

Reflecting this change, Zygor’s Leveling Guide has been completely reworked from scratch to bring player’s a better Cataclysm leveling experience.

Although I’m a long time fan of Zygor Guides(it was my first leveling guide), I’d like to believe I’m not biased. Leveling your first few characters to 80 may be fun to do on your own, but I was bored of the questing process after my first toon. Zygor makes the leveling process both pleasantly mindless and amazingly fast.

Grind-free Leveling

One of the biggest reasons I first took the plunge to purchase a leveling guide is that I was just exhausted with the daily grind. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather leave the merciless slaughter of endless mobs to the Chinese gold farmers.

With the latest update, Zygor’s Leveling Guides are 100% grind free–meaning that anyone can level from 1-85 completely through questing regardless of class or race.

Less Confusing Talent Trees

Whether it’s your first time playing or you’re just making a twink toon, a lot of players have a hard time deciding what talent build to use. The important thing to keep in mind is leveling speed, and unfortuantly a poor talent build can really kill your leveling ability.

Zygor’s Guide automatically detects new talent points becoming available and will let you know exactly how to spend them to get the quickest leveling speed possible. It may not seem like the best feature at first, but taking the guesswork out of making the perfect build can save you more time than you can imagine.

Where Am I Going Again?

I’ll just go ahead and confess it–I have a terrible sense of direction that seems to have been carried over from real life. Whether you share my dysfunction or not, you will appreciate the built-in waypoint finder that is integrated with the Zygor guide.

For each step in completing a quest, players are guided via a small arrow above their toon’s head to their next destination. The waypoint is surprisingly accurate, showing you exactly where to go, how far away your destination is, and how long it will take to get there.

If you thought that Zygor was all about leveling, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at this next part of my review. The truth is that Zygor has a lot of really great bonus content that comes with their guides. In addition to some great forum and email support, they offer a free Inscription and Archaeology profession guide alongside an invaluable Auctioneer Appraiser Guide.

The Auctioneer Appraiser guide can really help any level player sell their items quickly for great profits in the Auction House without spending hours learning how to “play the economy” like professional Auction House raiders do.

With this guide, you’ll be able to breeze through the levels without having to stop and gold farm to buy new equipment and bags. If you’re like me, you’ll have some extra money left to finance your raiding later on, too.

Like many things in life, Zygor’s Leveling Guides have only improved with their age. By actively listening to customer feedback, the Zygor team has really made an amazing leap above their competition with the quality of their Cataclysm guide. If you’re looking for a quick and no-fuss way to hit the level cap, I wholeheartedly recommend trying their guide risk-free.

It will change the way you view leveling forever.