Variety?

[LarcenTyler]

I generally play Horde characters, for whatever reason, I like them more, and I am more about the trip than the destination, so I take my time leveling...my issue is that I have hit the Barrens again, and am all of a sudden on basically the exact same quest arc again and it is looking a little stale.
Is there a way to veer off this path without just leaping into a new zone that is way out of my level range?

[elsegundo]

barrens is level 10-20ish?

you can go to silverpine forest or ghostlands.

[surodat]

The Blizzard official site has maps of Azeroth that point out what level range each area is. Pick one that you haven't done much, then go on a cross-country trip.

[Marlous]

If you do decide to go to the Ghostlands, then you might want to go with the Eversong Woods first. Not only can you get some easy questing that way (although granted, the xp is a bit less than when you do quests your own level), and you can also get the complete picture of the BElf storyline. Some quests from the starting area (the little island in the northwest) won't be available to non-BElves, but nonetheless I really enjoyed questing there - also with my Tauren.

[TPMdm]

If you do decide to go to the Ghostlands, then you might want to go with the Eversong Woods first. Not only can you get some easy questing that way (although granted, the xp is a bit less than when you do quests your own level),
Either badly worded or the persistent myth. As long as the quest isn't grayed out you get full exp for it. Higher level quests offer more exp than lower level quests (which is what I think Marlous meant) but as long as you still get quest experience you will get the full exp from it. Rough math example:
A level 10 quest might give you 500 exp. Regardless of what level you turn it in, be it lvl 8 or lvl 16 (I think they gray out at 6 levels above).
A level 16 quest might give you 750 exp.

@OP
The rule of thumb, for fast leveling is to hit the lowest quests that still give you exp. Be cautious taking a druid or shaman to go questing in ghostlands though. There aren't any trainers for you so you will be hoofing it all the way back to orgrimar.

[Davemetalhead]

@OP
The rule of thumb, for fast leveling is to hit the lowest quests that still give you exp. Be cautious taking a druid or shaman to go questing in ghostlands though. There aren't any trainers for you so you will be hoofing it all the way back to orgrimar.

There's a Druid trainer in Shadowmoon City.

[elsegundo]

org has no druid trainers. there's one in silvermoon city.

not too sure about the shamans though.

[det]

Ghostlands is a good bet. Even my Undead warlock hated Silverpine ^^

[Eliandor]

There's a Druid trainer in Shadowmoon City.

Druids can teleport to Moonglade. Shamans are the ones with a problem.

Ghostlands is a good bet. Even my Undead warlock hated Silverpine ^^

I've found that the new zones, Eversong Woods, Ghostlands for Horde and Azuremyst, Bloodmyst Isles for Alliance, have the best quest rewards available. Horde get shafted though, since the majority of the quests in Ghostlands are for the zone only faction Tranquillen. You can purchase nice items from them though but I don't think that makes up for it.

[mesonm]

Be cautious taking a druid or shaman to go questing in ghostlands though. There aren't any trainers for you so you will be hoofing it all the way back to orgrimar.

Actually, a drood can take the free "hearth" to moonglade, and then the real "hearth back to their home (presumably near where they are questing...).

Thus, very little running is involved, for a drood.

[Your Average WoW Player]

The problem with taking a Shaman or a Druid to Silverpine is you won't know when your next important (read: ability, totems for Shamans, forms for Druids.) quest comes up, unless you know the levels.