2.3 leveling is A+; BG daily quests - not so much

So like any good gamer, I've been plugging away at the latest World of Warcraft patch in my free time -- which isn't exactly a whole lot of time lately -- but it's sufficient enough for what I'm currently doing in the game.

I've decided that, since 2.3 reduced experience required from 20-60, that it's time to dust off my alts -- especially my Warlock and Priest -- and level them up. My first character to level up will be my Undead Warlock -- mostly because I haven't leveled Horde since beta.

I went into the patch at level 46, and I'm now up to level 51. Granted, I have rested xp, but the leveling pace is simply amazing now. It honestly feels the way it should have been all along -- it's a system that now encourages players to have multiple high-level characters, rather than feeling like a chore once you've done it a time or two.

Now that I've said some happy things about 2.3, it's rant time. More specifically -- battleground daily quests (not to be confused with the fantastic blog here on Curse!) -- the new repeatable once-a-day quest that is randomized.

Here's where my rant comes in; it's something that has been needed since the dawn of time (ok, just since the release of the Honor system), yet the quests themselves are grotesquely flawed. Yeah, sure -- daily quests were primarily for max-level characters to grind out reputations or to grab a little cash in a non-farming way (or at least something that doesn't feel like farming), but these quests are obviously different.

They can be done by low-level characters, so why on earth is it per-realm randomized instead of per-character? I can imagine anyone leveling their characters up would absolutely love the opportunity to do a quest every day to get a little bit of extra cash, some experience, and a nice little boost to their honor total -- except that if it's Alterac Valley day, or Eye of the Storm day, you're out of luck.

To end this before I get too far into a tangent and carry this on for more paragraphs than you'd find in a novel, battleground daily quests need to be randomized on a per-character basis. There's no reason a level 44 should have to miss out on a day's worth of the daily quest because it's Alterac Valley time -- or god forbid -- Eye of the Bore (whoops -- I meant Storm).

At any rate, so far I'm enjoying the pre-60 leveling that 2.3 has offered -- both the to-level experience required, and the experience rewards from quests are phenomenal. I'll probably blog about this a bit more as I get into the 50s -- I'd like to see if it's any better as you close in on 60 yet.