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Maintenance for Tuesday February 17th
2009-03-10 00:00:00
A cool breeze moves across your skin as you look out upon the Azerothian skyline. The picturesque towering citadels of Dalaran float a mile high in the air before you. The breeze causes you to shiver briefly in your heavy plate armor, something is wrong. The shiver has an almost mystical quality to it. "Greetings," comes a wispy voice from everywhere but nowhere. "We are performing our weekly scheduled maintenance this morning." You get the feeling that something terrible is about...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
A cool breeze moves across your skin as you look out upon the Azerothian skyline. The picturesque towering citadels of Dalaran float a mile high in the air before you. The breeze causes you to shiver briefly in your heavy plate armor, something is wrong. The shiver has an almost mystical quality to it. "Greetings," comes a wispy voice from everywhere but nowhere. "We are performing our weekly scheduled maintenance this morning." You get the feeling that something terrible is about...
Major Ulduar testing news
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Quite big news from Daelo, the lead encounter designer concerning the release and testing of Ulduar. First and foremost, Daelo says that we're getting close to the point where Ulduar will be available for testing on the PTR. That means that PTR is soon, and given the maintenance today and other major announcements, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it tonight. Secondly, Ulduar will not be tested like a normal instance. The testing will be in phases and only happen according to the schedule Blizzard lays out. The...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Quite big news from Daelo, the lead encounter designer concerning the release and testing of Ulduar. First and foremost, Daelo says that we're getting close to the point where Ulduar will be available for testing on the PTR. That means that PTR is soon, and given the maintenance today and other major announcements, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it tonight. Secondly, Ulduar will not be tested like a normal instance. The testing will be in phases and only happen according to the schedule Blizzard lays out. The...
Make an unlimited amount of gold tomorrow
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Tomorrow is the 16th. For some that means Christmas is nine days away, but for others Christmas just might be coming early this year! That's right because tomorrow is the chance to make oodles of money that only comes once an arena season... the honor gear spree!!! Every single player in the game that plays pvp (most if not all) will purchase the 'free' blues and maybe even some epics on day one. Then they will rush to the auction house to enhance their gear. Yo...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Tomorrow is the 16th. For some that means Christmas is nine days away, but for others Christmas just might be coming early this year! That's right because tomorrow is the chance to make oodles of money that only comes once an arena season... the honor gear spree!!! Every single player in the game that plays pvp (most if not all) will purchase the 'free' blues and maybe even some epics on day one. Then they will rush to the auction house to enhance their gear. Yo...
Make Unlimited Warcraft Riches C How to Make Wow Gold With a Mage
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Everyone who plays World of Warcraft is always looking for ways to make more gold. Thanks to resources like the Warcraft Riches Guide, , these tactics are made available and can be used over and over again without any fear of a WoW account being banned. Check out this tip for using a Mage to make some easy gold in World of Warcraft. One tactic for higher level characters is Area of Effect (AoE) grinding. This involves using a character class, usually a mage, and getting a lot of mobs to gather around the character before un...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Everyone who plays World of Warcraft is always looking for ways to make more gold. Thanks to resources like the Warcraft Riches Guide, , these tactics are made available and can be used over and over again without any fear of a WoW account being banned. Check out this tip for using a Mage to make some easy gold in World of Warcraft. One tactic for higher level characters is Area of Effect (AoE) grinding. This involves using a character class, usually a mage, and getting a lot of mobs to gather around the character before un...
Make WoW Gold For Your Epic Mount (Flying and Regular)
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Some people have expressed concern about the difficulty of getting the epic flying mount. A lot of people think that the flying lessons are too expensive, but this guide will help you get your epic flyer. This guide is ideal for those that are starting out at level one. The first thing that you need to do is develop good saving skills. Sounds a lot like real life, huh? If you learn how to save and you start saving early in the game, then it will be much easier on you when you need to spend a lot on your epic mount. One of the ways to help you with this is to get a bank toon. You might think that the mailing fees will hurt you, but the bank toon will save you a lot of time so it will be worth it. It also helps because you will not be as tempted to spend the money if you have forgotten that you even ...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Some people have expressed concern about the difficulty of getting the epic flying mount. A lot of people think that the flying lessons are too expensive, but this guide will help you get your epic flyer. This guide is ideal for those that are starting out at level one. The first thing that you need to do is develop good saving skills. Sounds a lot like real life, huh? If you learn how to save and you start saving early in the game, then it will be much easier on you when you need to spend a lot on your epic mount. One of the ways to help you with this is to get a bank toon. You might think that the mailing fees will hurt you, but the bank toon will save you a lot of time so it will be worth it. It also helps because you will not be as tempted to spend the money if you have forgotten that you even ...
Making Bank - Bank Alt Math
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Bank alts are the perfect solution to a shortage of space in world of warcraft, because they help with organizing large amounts of goods and are much cheaper than upgrading your main account's bag space. Also see which set of bank slot and guild tab purchases get you the most slots for your wow gold. As you get better at making gold in wow you will quickly realize that the standard bags/bank space is not enough for a character to hold their items they wish to sell. A typical night at the auction house will net me anywhere from 30-60 item slots that I need room to store in. Also, if you watch trends then you will often have stockpiles of items in your bags waiting to be sold. What if you had a 'slave' character which could serve no process other than to hold your excess items Creating a Bank Alt To create the simplest of bank-alts, create a level 1 character of any race and run them to the nearest major city (obviously do your best to avoid the monsters in the way). When you get to the bank of that major city, you will see that your character has 28 open item slots within the main section of the bank screen. Improving Your Bank Alt Buy bigger bags. Your alt will benefit greatly from add...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Bank alts are the perfect solution to a shortage of space in world of warcraft, because they help with organizing large amounts of goods and are much cheaper than upgrading your main account's bag space. Also see which set of bank slot and guild tab purchases get you the most slots for your wow gold. As you get better at making gold in wow you will quickly realize that the standard bags/bank space is not enough for a character to hold their items they wish to sell. A typical night at the auction house will net me anywhere from 30-60 item slots that I need room to store in. Also, if you watch trends then you will often have stockpiles of items in your bags waiting to be sold. What if you had a 'slave' character which could serve no process other than to hold your excess items Creating a Bank Alt To create the simplest of bank-alts, create a level 1 character of any race and run them to the nearest major city (obviously do your best to avoid the monsters in the way). When you get to the bank of that major city, you will see that your character has 28 open item slots within the main section of the bank screen. Improving Your Bank Alt Buy bigger bags. Your alt will benefit greatly from add...
Making decisions while healing
2009-03-10 00:00:00
My point was more that when it all comes down to it, healing is generally limited by one of three things: 1) Running out of mana, 2) Running out of GCDs, and 3) Just doing the wrong thing in the wrong situation. The type 3 fights are generally the most interesting for a healer, but you're also not going to find every fight like that, and it might be exhausting if they were. I am generally referring to fights where you shouldn't heal at a certain time, or you need to move at a certain time, or you need to heal the right person at exactly the right time. Currently we think the game has strayed too far towards the type 2 style of healing, where if you miss a single global, your target might die. This may not be the case if you are on Naxxramas milk runs, but it was certainly the case in Sunwell and other more challenging content. Since you must heal for your max amount every GCD, and the penalty for failing that heal (i.e. wiping) is probably worse than the penalty for overhealing, the healing game feels very spammy. More situational or efficient heals lose out compared to heals that maximize throughput. Coordination among healers doesn't feel particularly necessary because overhealing isn't a big deal. Pa...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
My point was more that when it all comes down to it, healing is generally limited by one of three things: 1) Running out of mana, 2) Running out of GCDs, and 3) Just doing the wrong thing in the wrong situation. The type 3 fights are generally the most interesting for a healer, but you're also not going to find every fight like that, and it might be exhausting if they were. I am generally referring to fights where you shouldn't heal at a certain time, or you need to move at a certain time, or you need to heal the right person at exactly the right time. Currently we think the game has strayed too far towards the type 2 style of healing, where if you miss a single global, your target might die. This may not be the case if you are on Naxxramas milk runs, but it was certainly the case in Sunwell and other more challenging content. Since you must heal for your max amount every GCD, and the penalty for failing that heal (i.e. wiping) is probably worse than the penalty for overhealing, the healing game feels very spammy. More situational or efficient heals lose out compared to heals that maximize throughput. Coordination among healers doesn't feel particularly necessary because overhealing isn't a big deal. Pa...
Making Gold in Northrend; How Much is Enough
2009-03-10 00:00:00
I wrote a short blurb in the forums about this. Ive run into a snag. Maybe Im just completely out of the loop here but I have no idea how to make gold now with the current economy and what most players are sitting at. I mean, in BC it was easy to make gold, its easy now too but once youve exhausted all the low hanging fruit (questing at 80) the options fall to gathering and selling the occasional blue or epic on the AH. I do about 20 dailies if Im really feeling up to it but at 13g a pop Im feeling ripped off. The worst part is that theyre all scattered everywhere. There are dailies in Icecrown all over, there are dailies in the two starter zones, there are the Sholazar dailies, my daily Wintergrasp quests, daily dungeons/heroics. I know that before Wrath hit live servers people had tons of gold stockpiled up because of the sheer ease of QuelDanas farming dailies. That and selling herbs for the first wave of scribes before Wrath was about as close to printing your own money as you can get. Im bringing this up because I kind of have to make 12,500 gold. I have a little, I keep it in a jar above my fridge, Id like to put more in there, thats where you come in. 81How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovatio...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
I wrote a short blurb in the forums about this. Ive run into a snag. Maybe Im just completely out of the loop here but I have no idea how to make gold now with the current economy and what most players are sitting at. I mean, in BC it was easy to make gold, its easy now too but once youve exhausted all the low hanging fruit (questing at 80) the options fall to gathering and selling the occasional blue or epic on the AH. I do about 20 dailies if Im really feeling up to it but at 13g a pop Im feeling ripped off. The worst part is that theyre all scattered everywhere. There are dailies in Icecrown all over, there are dailies in the two starter zones, there are the Sholazar dailies, my daily Wintergrasp quests, daily dungeons/heroics. I know that before Wrath hit live servers people had tons of gold stockpiled up because of the sheer ease of QuelDanas farming dailies. That and selling herbs for the first wave of scribes before Wrath was about as close to printing your own money as you can get. Im bringing this up because I kind of have to make 12,500 gold. I have a little, I keep it in a jar above my fridge, Id like to put more in there, thats where you come in. 81How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovatio...
Making Wow Gold at Level 8-12
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Written by Markco of http://justmytwocopper.blogspot.com Want to start making money as soon as you hit level 9? How would you like to make 5 gold and some xp in like thirty minutes? Well the method is simple, just kill boars outside of Orgrimmar. That's right, kill the boars that everyone else ignores. Why you ask? Well because they drop boar meat (wow head average of 20s a piece) which is used by all players who want to level cooking quickly and efficiently. You can easily sell these for 10 silver a peice, making it the best method of making money for sub level 10, even better then mining copper ore or picking peacebloom/silverleaf (which is limited until you hit 15ish and the mobs ignore you). Level 15 and need some money? Well how about you go get some clam meat from the turtles scattered in pools around the barrens? Th...
2009-03-10 00:00:00
Written by Markco of http://justmytwocopper.blogspot.com Want to start making money as soon as you hit level 9? How would you like to make 5 gold and some xp in like thirty minutes? Well the method is simple, just kill boars outside of Orgrimmar. That's right, kill the boars that everyone else ignores. Why you ask? Well because they drop boar meat (wow head average of 20s a piece) which is used by all players who want to level cooking quickly and efficiently. You can easily sell these for 10 silver a peice, making it the best method of making money for sub level 10, even better then mining copper ore or picking peacebloom/silverleaf (which is limited until you hit 15ish and the mobs ignore you). Level 15 and need some money? Well how about you go get some clam meat from the turtles scattered in pools around the barrens? Th...