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'World of Warcraft' Designated Hitters

by jordan | February 6, 2007 at 12:14 pm | 358 views | 1 comment

For such involved games, such a thing was perhaps inevitable. I am reminded of services that will queue for you to get concert tickets or opening-night cinema tickets. As massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORGs)grow, the time spent and status aquired online develop a monetary value, and cottage industries sprout to exploit that.

According to an estimate from a company called Power-levels.com, it would take someone starting from scratch 768 hours to reach the highest level you can hit in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.

Or, for someone who had already topped out at level 60 in the original WoW, it would take 384 hours to get to the top level, 70, of Burning Crusade.

That's a lot of hours, and if you're one of the many people with limited time who still wants to play online games like WoW at the highest levels, Power-levels.com and a growing number of competitors may have just the solution. That is, if you're OK with breaking the rules, as well as what some say is the spirit of the games.

These game consultants sell what are known as power-leveling services. Essentially, that means that for a fee, they will take over your account in any one of a large number of online games and put in the work required to get you where you want to be.