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World of Warcraft Powerleveling

by on Nov.23, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling

Powerleveling in World of Warcraft feels almost necessary after running one or two characters through quests which seem to always run you around in circles. You get bored, angry, lost, or frustrated. With the right powerleveling techniques, you can level your character quickly and efficiently.

There are several ways to go about powerleveling a character, but a well-written guide is almost always the best choice. You probably should not get an e-book or manual guide unless you plan on printing it out. Alt-tabbing in the middle of your game is very annoying. If you print it out this will make it slightly easier, but you will still be having to read over what you need to do next and hopefully remember it.

The next kind of guide is a video guide. These can be much more helpful as they at least show you what are looking for more vividly than a manual can. But this still contains the issue of having to look back and forth from the game to your videos. Videos get annoying, you will have to watch, then pause, and hopefully you have a place other than your WOW computer to watch them.

The last type of powerleveling guide which I highly recommend, is the in game guide. these guides run as add-ons in your game. They have arrows which point to where you need to go. This will help keep track of which quests you already have and which ones you will need. These are always active, constantly updating the best route for you to get the most xp/hr. Best part is, they can be auto-updating. This means that you don’t need to go in and change the settings for a different level or character class, it will figure it all out for you. This is definitely the best way to powerlevel any character. A manual cannot do that!

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Secrets of Rogue PvP – Rogue Strategy Basics

by on Nov.22, 2009, under Warcraft, Warcraft PvP

Rogues may be the most hated class in PvP. Why? Because they’re so darn good at taking down opponents, often without their foe even getting a chance to fight back. Still, no class is invulnerable, and understanding your Rogue’s many strengths and few weaknesses will surely make you even more annoying to your player versus player foes. First we’ll talk about your strengths.

Rogue PvP Strengths

I’ll say it right out. Rogues are perhaps the most effective and most feared of all PvP classes. Choosing your greatest strength is hard because you have so many of them. If you can learn to execute them properly, your Stunlocks are brutal. A well-executed stunlock can leave your opponent immobilized or staggering around in a daze, and make them easy pickings for you and your teammates. Learn to do this right, and if you have a good Rogue PvP build, few will be able to stand up to you.

Many would say that your poisoning skills are your greatest strength. Most enemies flee Rogues, and your Crippling Poison makes it much harder for them to get away, while your Mind Numbing Poison slows their ability to cast spells against you. Combine these with the rest of a Rogue’s abilities and you’ll drive your enemies to distraction as you terminate them.

Rogue PvP Weaknesses

One big weakness of being a Rogue in large battles is that other players don’t like you very much. Any player who has seen their character stunlocked into immobility while being pounded to death, or poisoned into stumbling incompetence has a score to settle with Rogues. This puts a big bullseye on your back, as your opponents will jump at any chance to kill you.

Your biggest weakness (aside from the fact that every opponent wants you dead) is that executing stunlocks properly is complicated. If you get distracted by some Hunter’s pet, or the Shaman you’re after gets their Earthshield up in time, and you could be in trouble. Also, remember that you need to get in close. Let a ranged fighter keep their distance, and they’ll rip you to pieces.

These are just the basics of Rogue strategy, strengths, and weaknesses in PvP. Most decent players can do well in PvP with just basic Rogue strategy. But to really dominate you need more than that. An excellent Rogue PvP build will be crucial, as will great Rogue strategy ideas for PvP. A Roge PvP guide can help you with things like talent builds, Rogue PvP gear selection, specifics of killing each opposing class, and more.

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How To Make A World Of Warcraft Gold

by on Nov.21, 2009, under Warcraft, Warcraft Gold

Once you reach the maximum level in World of Warcraft, one of the things which you are going to want to get most is World of Warcraft Gold. You can use this for a number of important reasons, and without it, you will not be able to progress to enjoy the endgame material.

Firstly, daily quests are a great way to get gold. You can only do 25 quests per day but just from quest rewards alone, this should give you 250 gold for just a couple of hours maximum. However, while you’re doing those quests, you will get plenty of random drops which will easily be worth another 250 gold.

Some of the professions are really good money makers. Enchanting, jewel crafting and the gathering professions are all good money makers. However, other professions can also be good money makers if you know exactly what you are doing. The only problem is, if you don’t have them already, they always cost a lot to level up.

Gathering professions are probably your best bet for making money and again, but again, it is a grinding can get more tedious.

Daily quests are generally the best way to go to get gold in the game simply because you get a load of other things at the same time. You will earn reputation with certain factions which will enable you to buy quality items at the end of the day. You will also get a lot of random drops which will also be worth some money.

Over time, you will build up quite a lot of World of Warcraft Gold using these methods and others. Mixing the methods and an all sorts of things at once is the best and most interesting way to make gold. Finally, you can start to master your professions on the auction house.

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Shaman – Hybrids with Spirit

by on Nov.20, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling

In WoW, there are a few hybrid classes and the Shaman class is one of those. For quite a while this class was only available to the Horde faction while the Alliance had Paladins. However, this has changed since the release of the Burning Crusade and Shamans also became available to the Alliance players with the Draenei race.

Shamans resemble Druids in few things such as in their ability to change spec from healing to dps caster and to melee dps as well. Their talent build will depend on a talent tree you choose – Enhancement, Elemental or Restoration. When one chooses Elemental branch of the talent tree he is definitely into playing his Shaman as a dps caaster. Similar to Mages or Locks, an Elemental Shaman has really strong casting spells and with the combination of the right gear and skills, he can easily reach the top of the damage meter and therefore his gear needs a lot of crit, hit, haste and spell power. Click here to watch the video: Shaman Guide

By choosing the Enhancement talents, a Shaman will become a good melee dps. This kind of build will require a Shaman to wear armor enriched with a lot of Agility. A special ability granted to all Enhancement Shamans is the ability to summon two ghost wolves which will help a Shaman in a fight against any enemy. These wolves come in handy especially while playing PvP.

A Restoration Shaman is considered to be a great healer. He has single target heals and also his chain heal is a very useful spell since it will heal a few targets with the lowest hp. Resto Shaman also has his Earth shield, which he can put on himself or any other friendly target in order to protect them from damage. Resto Shamans need a lot of spell power and mp5 (Mana per 5 Seconds) on their gear.

A Shaman wears mail armor even though he can also equip pieces of gear made from cloth and leather. While leveling up to some point they will have to wear leather since the ability to wear mail will not be available to them. Keep in mind that armor made from mail is always stronger and has better stats for any Shaman. A mail armor made for a Shaman will have all the stats he will need and since Shamans use mana for most of their skills, their armor will also have intellect. For more information on WoW class guides, read our review: Warcraft Pros Review

For easy leveling a Shaman it is suggested to put your talents in the Enhancement branch. An Enha Shammy is not a typical mana consumer so saving time on drinking to fill up your mana pool will be a time saver. Another couple talent points well spent would be in the improved ghost wolf form to enable you to instantly turn into the ghost wolf.

Shamans are fun to play and what made them especially popular in any type of game play is their ability to summon totems. There are four groups of totems divided into elements – Air totems, Fire totems, Water totems and Earth totems. Depending on the build a Shaman chooses their totems will give more benefit to the party members. Only one totem can be used per type of element, so a total of four totems can be active at the time.

In general, Shamans are a very curious hybrid class and they are fun to level up and play since they can change their build as they please and when needed. With many options to choose from when it comes to Shamans, rest assured you will fall in love with this class and never get bored.

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Druids – WoW’s Famous Hybrid Class

by on Nov.19, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling

One of the most famous hybrid classes in WoW is definitely the Druid class.. The reason for this is surely a lot of fun that this amazing class has to offer. If you choose to play a Druid on the Alliance side your choice of races will be limited on Night Elves while on the Horde side you can only choose the Tauren race.

Druids have many interesting abilities but the most fun one is definitely the ability to shapeshift. Druids have a lot of forms they can shapeshift into like Bear, Cat, Sea Lion and Travel form. With the Burning Crusade expansion flying skill was introduced to all the WoW players. With level 70, all classes were able to get a flying mount. A fun thing when it comes to this ability was that a Druid flight form is an instant cast same as any other form they had which made them even more movable.

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Druid can be a really good dps as a caster, healer, tank or a melee dps and therefore his talent tree is divided into three branches – Balance, Feral Combat and Restoration. With the Balance tree a Druid can become a caster dps well-known as Moonkin. If a Druid chooses to spec Balance he will become a typical dps caster with a special form called the Moonkin form.

Druid’s moonkin form will afflict the whole raid and all other players will have an amazing benefit with +5% on critical strike rating. A Moonkin uses mana for his spells and is often called “Boomkin” which explains how high his damage can be.

However, to become a really good dps, a Moonkin needs to learn how to rotate his spells together with a few DoT (Damage Over Time) spells he has. He also has a few AoE spells – Starfall, Typhoon and Hurricane. Moonkins need to have good gear with as much spell power as possible and a lot of haste, crit and hit rating. Feral Druids can choose between a tank spec or a melee dps spec.

When he shapeshifts into the bear form, a Druid will have a lot of stamina and armor and can tank as good as any other tanking class, and if he wants to dps in melee he can always shapeshift into the cat form. With his talent points in the Restoration tree, a druid will get another special form – the tree form. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Ultimate WoW Guide Review

While in the tree form druid’s spells will cost him less mana and the overall healing will be enhanced for 6% done by anybody to anybody in the same raid group. In order to be on the top of the healing meter, a Resto Druid needs to have healing adequate gear with a lot of spirit and sp (spell power). His gear needs to have a lot of spirit and spell power and therefore healing druids are known for their ability to regenerate mana very fast.

A Druid’s armor should preferably be from leather but they can also wear cloth. Wearing cloth is not advisable since leather armors have better stats. However, armors made from cloth can serve good to Resto Druids and, in some cases, Moonkins since they don’t take direct damage. For a Druid tank it is of the essence to have as strongest armor as he can get with as much Stamina as possible.

If you choose either PvE or PvP game play, have no doubts when it comes to the Druid class since they are really fun to play and you can always change your spec. Leveling will also be fairly easy for a Druid and the best spec to choose for fast leveling will definitely be Feral Combat. As a Druid you can constantly shape shift, run and swim faster and also dive without any trouble, and what’s more fun – it is all instant!.

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What Are Wow Daily Quests, And How To Do Them Fast

by on Nov.19, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling

When you’re playing the world of warcraft you’re going to need money in order to buy the things needed to help you as a serious player of the game. A lot of people are not in the know when it comes to making money in this game. You don’t have to let yourself be one of these people. You can use what’s known as a wow daily quest to build up your money very quickly.

Many try to use dangerous ways of making money that will only lead them to have their account deleted. This is defiantly not what you want when you have so many better options to chose from. What you need is a wow daily quest. I will be explaining to you what a wow daily quest is in this article, and how you are going to be able to complete them quickly.

What exactly is, a wow daily quest?

A wow daily quest is a special task given to you for the purpose of helping you get gold faster then what it would normally take. Usually people go about making money the slow way, which is grinding. The only problem with this is that it takes so long to do many people don’t like it.

For people with time to spare, they have no problem with this method. But not all of us have the time to spare. If you decide to auction of items in the game as a means of making money this too could take a long time. Here are some of the advantages.

With a wow daily quest you can earn money daily

You will know how much money each quest will bring you with a wow daily quest

You will be able to complete several different quests with a wow daily quest and make your money faster

* No more doing it the hard way by grinding it out or farming

No longer risking your account being banned with risky methods

You are going to have more money so when you hit higher levels in the game you can buy important things such as a flying mount

How to do them fast

You can do a wow daily quest fast by taking the time to learn how they work. I would say the best way to do this is a little trial and error. When you complete a quest you’ll know how to do it should you have to complete a similar one in the future. Not only this, but you’ll be able to build up your reputation as you go along which is a powerful benefit in itself.

The quests which make the most money will be located in certain areas. This will not be a problem; just decide which path is right for you. After figuring this out, in as little as an hour you’ll be racking up a lot of gold.

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Mage – Damage, Crowd Control and Magic

by on Nov.17, 2009, under Warcraft

Mages are casting damage dealers that use mana to cast their spells. They use different types of spells to deal damage like Arcane, Fire and Frost, and their popular spells are Frost/fire Bolts and Arcane missiles.

If you have decided that this class is right for you, the choice of available races will fall on either: Human, Gnome or Draenei race for the Alliance players and Undead, Troll or Blood Elf race for the Horde players. The Mage class is a very nice and playful class and is always welcomed in PvP arena teams and in raid/instance groups. The Mage has several buffs and the most important one is Arcane Brilliance which increases the Intellect of party and raid members. The Intellect buff is not the only reason why Mages are popular. Click here to watch the video Mage Leveling Guide

A mage can create food and water for himself and other players which is a gold savior since in any other way you will need to purchase it from a vendor. Mages “consumables” are able to restore both health and mana at the same time. When it comes to the Crowd Control, Mages can Polymorph any Beast or Humanoid creature. Nowadays there is a lot of tank and spank fights which are fairly easy but nevertheless, crowd control Mages possess, is always welcome.

With all these useful abilities and buffs Mages have at hand, they have become one of the ultimate classes in WoW when it comes to popularity but still, what makes them good is their abilities to deal damage. His spells deal Arcane, Frost and Fire types of damage. The Arcane talent tree is very interesting because it has become a better talent tree through time. Where previously Arcane was hardly used and if it was used it was usually in combination with the Frost or Fire talent tree, the Arcane talent build is now very nice for both PvE and PvP. The first talent tree you will come across with a Mage is the Arcane tree which nowadays, with some improvements, became more popular. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Ultimate Guide WoW

In the past Mages weren’t so fond of using this talent build and Arcane was usually combined with either a Fire or Frost tree. Today, Arcane is used for in PvP as well as in PvE and it offers some useful talents that have mana efficiency and improved damage output. If you want the pure damage then the Fire talent tree is perfect for you. If you follow the talent build you will find out that the tree can provide you with burst damage and yet give you protective shield and slow your targets a lot.

Since you can also stun players and summon a Water Elemental to fight at your side, the Frost tree is great in PvP and also a fun choice for PvE. The Frost talent build has many AoE spells in store for you, as well as the Crowd Control spells and even a protective shield!. This. With Frost, you will be able to stun players, summon a special Water Elemental to assist you in a fight which all is quite useful for PvP and it can prove to be fun in PvE as well. All three talent builds could be interesting and fun and what’s more important, you can combine them all as you like or play them separately!.

It might take you some experimenting but once you find the talent tree that suits your style best the Mage class is very nice to play. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Joana’s Leveling Guide

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Death Knight – The first hero class

by on Nov.17, 2009, under Warcraft

The Death Knight class is the newest class in the World of Warcraft. This class was brought to us by ‘Wrath of the Lich King’ expansion released in 2008. The Death Knight is the first “Hero” class and this is why they are so special. However, this doesn’t mean that the DK class is stronger compared to any other class.

They do have a new attack system because their attacks and spells are based on Runic Power. They have two runes with a cooldown at their disposal for any attack and spell. There are three types of paired runes available to any DK: Blood, Unholy and Frost. A DK’s talent tree is also divided into three branches:  Blood, Unholy and Frost.

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Death Knights wear armor made from plate, can cast spells and are also good melee dpsers.  A Death Knight can fulfill the role of a damage dealer and tank in a group or raid. He can’t wear shields but he can use a one handed weapon or use two two-handed weapons.

To be able to create a DK you will need to have a level 70 char. A good thing about this is that you can start leveling your DK from level 55. Another good point is that you will already have some money at disposal, set of bags and decent gear to continue your leveling.

Your journey will start in The Ebon Hold in the Eastern Plaguelands. At the start you need to fight on the side of the Lich King. He will command you where to go and which quests to do. By completing the quests in this area you will receive your talent points and better gear. Your DK starts at level 55 without the talent points which you will be able to get by completing the quests.

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At the level 58 the quest chain you were on will change its course. You will be able to escape from the Lich King’s command and you will join his enemies to fight by their side. At this level you can go anywhere you want and continue your leveling, however the best choice for fast leveling will be the Outlands area. You will enter the Outlands with all your talent points, full blue gear and with a nice piece of lore behind you.

When it comes to primary professions a Death Knight is no different than any other class. The choice of professions is solely up to you, however there are a few professions that can match a DK good. When it comes to most of the characters, Enchanting is a nice and useful profession to have because you will be able to enchant your rings. The ring enchants are just available to enchanters and when it comes to any spec they can be a really nice boost. Jewelcrafting/Mining combination is also nice since a Jewelcrafter will be able to make gems with better stats only for himself. Later on in the game you will be able to obtain better gear which will have more sockets and this is why Jewelcrafting is nice since all of the gems you can make will be improving your char’s stats. If you choose to become a Jewelcrafter you will be able to craft other pieces of gear like rings and necklaces. Blacksmithing could also be a good option for your DK because you will be able to craft plate gear which you can actually wear. With BS you can also make sockets for your wrists and gloves and a belt buckle which comes as an additional socket for your belt.

Playing a Death Knight will definitely bring you loads of fun. A Death Knight class has no down points. Almost everybody has a Death Knight these days because they are so easy to level and start at level 55.

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WoW Skinning Leveling Guide

by on Nov.16, 2009, under Warcraft, WoW Leveling

Skinning, as you can imagine, allows you to skin the hides of beasts you’ve killed and use them in Leatherworking and even in Blacksmithing, Engineering, and Tailoring. In the following WoW Skinning guide you’ll get a good intro into skinning as your primary profession.

Skinning is a fantastic gathering profession which allows you not only to skin what you’ve killed but also what’s been left behind by others. You can find skinning trainers by looking for leatherworkers since they usually are in the same area. If you can’t find the trainer you can always ask a guard to show you the way. Besides training you also need a skinning knife which you’ll be able to get from varous merchant who deal in profession related merchandise. Read more about skinning in the WoW Skinning Guide

WoW Skinning Guide: List of skinning ranks and their associated skill levels.

  • Apprentice: Levels 1-75
  • Journeyman: Levels 50-150
  • Expert: Levels 125-225
  • Artisan: Levels 200-300
  • Master: Levels 300-375

Some secondary professions are better than others when it comes to Skinning. For example, Skinning can be really good with mining or herbalism just because of the profit potential of having two gathering professions. The most obvious and probably best profession to go along with skinning is Leatherworking. Alchemy and some other profession don’t go well with skinning at all.

Not all beasts you kill can be skinned. To find out if something can be skinned just hover over the corpse. If it’s something that can be skinned just remember that first you’ll need to loot it completely. If you do want to skin something abandoned by another player make sure they walk away before you try to skin it.

When you hover over something that’s skinnable, you’ll get a color code. The various colors will let you know if you can skin it and whether it will help your current skill level if you do. The following list reveal what these various color codes actually tell you.

  • Red: At your current skill level these cannot be skinned.
  • Orange: This means it’ll be hard for you to skin, but if you manage to do it, it’ll probably increase your skill level.
  • Yellow: These are moderately difficult to skin with a moderate chance of helping you level up your skill.
  • Green: Although these are easy to skin they also probably won’t help you level up your profession.
  • Gray: These are the items that are really easy for you to skin but will serve no purpose in helping you level up your skill.

I hope this WoW Skinning Guide helped you understand skinning a little better.Learn more about skinning in the WoW Skinning Guide

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Priest – Shadow and Holy Powers

by on Nov.16, 2009, under Warcraft

Some people that play World of Warcraft consider priests as the best healing class. It must be said however, that priests can also dish out a lot of damage. When you decide to play with the priest class you can choose between several races. If you role horde the choice of races when it comes to the Priest class will fall on Trolls, Undead and Blood Elves. If you want to make a Priest and be part of the Alliance you can choose between a Draenei, Dwarf, Humand and Night Elf priest. Each race has its own racial abilities so have a look at these before you make your character because some are more useful for a priest than others.

A Priest is a genuine mana consumer whether he chooses to play a healer or a dps caster and therefore he will need a lot of spirit which will help him regenerate mana much faster, intellect which will give him a greater amount of mana and of course, a lot of spell power. The priest has three talent trees and depending on what kind of priest you want to make you can choose between the Shadow, Discipline and Holy talent trees. Click here to watch the video: WoW Priest

The First talent tree I would like to discuss is the Holy talent tree which is designed for priests with a PvE healing aspiration. As a Holy priest you will have different types of spells to choose from, like Renew which is a typical HoT (Heal Over Time) spell, Prayer of Mending which is an instant protective and healing spell, Prayer of Healing which heals the whole party, Circle of Healing which is a typical AoE healing spell and of course, Flash and Greater heals. Shadow is the talent tree that gives the priest the ability to take on a Shadow Form and dish out a lot of damage.

Shadow Priests have several damage over time spells like Devouring Plague and Shadow Word Pain which are very effective.Some of the spells the Shadow talent tree will provide the priest with make the priest a valuable team member for every group and raid because they restore mana and hitpoints to fellow players. Priests who are more into the PvP game play will definitely choose the Discipline tree. They are really tough because they have protective spells which make the priest and his allies really hard to kill.

Priests are also famous for their buffs: Power Word Fortitude, Spirit buff and Shadow Protection buff. Next to this they also have many other useful spells like fear, resurrect, shackle, dispel, cure disease and more. Threat plays an important role in WoW and luckily the Priests can fade when they get a bit too much agro to reduce their threat. If you would like more information on WoW guides check out one of our popular guides here: Ultimate WoW Guide

Priests can only wear cloth armor. They are not high on hit points as other classes are but they definitely have a large mana pool. If you decide to become a Shadow priest you will have to have particular stats on your gear. You will want to get a lot spell power, hit and crit rating, intellect and spirit on your gear.

Healing priests should aim for the same stats but they can leave out the hit rating and take haste rating instead. The most annoying part of a priest is leveling it even though the Shadow talent tree makes it a bit easier. As you hit level 40 and get Shadow Form it will be a lot easier though and once you hit the level cap you can count on many dungeon and raid spots as either a healer or damage dealer.

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