World-of-warcraft – Does using Battle Stones count as “leveling pets yourself”

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For the Tournament of Celestials on Pandaria, you need to have levelled 15 pets to level 25 yourself. I assume that means you level them all the way from 1-25 yourself, instead of just like…buying 15 level 25 pets.

But you can get Battle Stones through various means, that add levels to your pets. Do pets levelled this way still count as "levelling them yourself", or do you have to grind levels the "natural" way?

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Yes, using battle stones to level your pets counts towards the Pro Pet Group achievement which you need to unlock the Celestial Tournament.

I have leveled several pets with battle stones and have confirmed they counted towards the achievement.

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I'd suggest letting him play at his own pace (unless he's an experienced MMORPG player starting WoW for a specific end-game purpose such as raiding / PVP). In particular if he's new to the genre, that first time exploring the world is such an amazing time, it would be a shame to be boosted through it.

Following the 'Shattering' the starter zones have had an overhaul and are fun to play through and also give a better step by step introduction to game mechanics and how to play your class.

Also the levelling speed now is pretty crazy - people in my guild are making jokes about being level 30 by lunchtime! It's not quite that fast, but if he gets into it he'll be 30 before he knows it.

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Using a flight point is equivalent to a 333% speed mount, slightly faster than even Master Riding. But that speed is negated by the use of the scenic routes you mentioned.

So, if you have Master Riding and you can take a direct, as-the-crow-flies path, it'll almost always be faster to do it yourself. If you only have Artisan Flying, it'll only be faster if the flight path is really roundabout. If you only have Expert Riding, you might as well use your ground mount, as even it's faster.

It's a good thing to note that there are still mount speed increasing effects in the game, which can affect the choice between doing it yourself and taking the flight path:

Death Knights can get the talent On a Pale Horse (+20% at max rank, Frost tree)
Paladins get Crusader Aura (+20% while active) and the talent Pursuit of Justice (+15% at max rank, Retribution tree)
Hunters can get the talent Pathfinding (+10% at max rank, Beast Mastery tree)
Level 3 guilds get the perk Mount Up (+10%)

None of these effects stack with anything else (i.e. you can't combine Crusader Aura with any of the others, even Pursuit of Justice), but they are multiplicative. So, if you have Crusader Aura and Master Riding, you wind up with the equivalent of a 392% speed mount; 17% faster than the flight path.

And to clarify, the formula for calculating movement speed is:

(100 + Mount Speed) * (1 + Mount Speed Effect / 100) - 100

So, with Crusader Aura and Master Riding:

(100 + 310) * (1 + 20 / 100) - 100
410 * 1.2 - 100
392%

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