Well there's about one more week to go until Death Knights are unleashed on Azeroth. I finally have all of my preparations complete:

• Materials for 1-350 Blacksmithing
• Materials for 1-350 Jewelcrafting
• Quest turn-in materials for Light's Hope Chapel
• Quest turn-in materials for The Blasted Lands
• Quest turn-in materials for Zangarmarsh
• Glyphs for grinding ready
• RAF account leveled to 60

There is a bit that I have to do still:

• Go to the grocery store and buy food for a week
• Tell my friends not to worry if they don't see me for a week
• See my parents before Wrath

I have decided to spec Unholy for leveling. I leveled as many different specs during Alpha and Beta, and while I thought Blood was decently fast and efficient while I was specced that way, I had a more enjoyable experience leveling as Unholy.

Here's the spec I am hoing to use most likely:

http://talent.mmo-champion.com/?deathknight=2055020500000000000000000000...

A couple notes on this spec:

• On A Pale Horse: Don't underestimate the benefits of increased travel time on grinding. This is amazing.
• Unholy Aura: This gets me 15% movement speed while I level in Blood Presence. Excellent talent.
• Master of Ghouls: I really love the permanent ghoul. It will be even better with the Glyph and Orc racial.
• Gargoyle: For those difficult encounters (2-3 person) that you attempt to solo.
• Unholy Blight: I don't see any benefit to having this while grinding.
• Night of the Dead: I've not used this too much, but being able to sac my ghoul and get him right back out for a heal is nice.
• Reaping: Death runes rarely have use while grinding. Many things die in your initial rotation.
• Blade Barrier: I mostly grabbed this because Subversion is 'meh' for Unholy.

Whats my plan when the expansion goes live?

• Quest to about 57.95. Should be in Orgrimmar at this point.
• RAF gift myself 3 levels. Should be near 61.
• Turn in the final DK quest to Thrall, and Death Gate back.
• Do the trainer quest in Ebon Hold if I decided to skip it.
• Fly to Light's Hope Chapel and turn in those quests.
• Fly to Stonard and ride to The Blasted Lands to turn in those quests.
• Ride through Hellfire grabbing the Thrallmar and Falcon Watch flight paths.
• Begin questing in Zangarmarsh.

As soon as I hit 68 I'm going to drop all quests in my quest log, and head to Borean Tundra.

Enjoy your last week of freedom!