The World Of Warcraft paladin can be one of the best tanks and healers in the end game. It all depends on your talent builds, my play style, and a handful of other very improtant factors.
Basically, when you are looking at builds for your Paladin, there are three primary options - Holy, Protection, and Retribution. I'm going to go over the strengths of each of the Talent Trees available to the Paladin.
Holy is possibly the most popular Paladin talent tree. The primary focus of this tree is healing, but it also provides some offensive punch. Holy is probably the most balanced tree with regards to offensive and defensive capabilities. Divine Illumination, the final talent in the tree, is a lackluster final talent unless you are going to be a healer first and foremost. Many of the earlier talents are quite useful, however.
Protection, as the name implies, deals with helping your Paladin survive. There are a few useful tanking talents in this tree so this is a useful tree if you are planning on having your Pally tank. If you go into this tree, you will want to go at least until you qualify for Blessing of Kings.
Retribution will help you with dealing damage at the expense of healing and survivability. This tree is very strong for PvP. Your final ability, Crusader Strike, is very nice. Conviction is also a strong talent.
All in all, Paladin's have tough choices to make and there are certainly tradeoffs to be made. It's hard to focus on healing, survivability, and damage dealing. It's better to focus on one primarily and another tree for a few beneficial talents.
The last, but most important thing to watch, are the quests. You don't want quests that takes up to 20 minutes to finish, but you don't want fast quests that barely give you any experience. The perfect quests will take you up to 5 minutes, for a very good experience reward. But, how can you find the best paladin leveling quests?
This is where in game based paladin leveling guides come in to save the day. In game paladin leveling guides do not spend time advising you of which talents to take or how to use your spells. Rather, in game paladin leveling guides like those provided by Zygor combine the best in add-ons with the knowledge of someone who has played the game again and again and again.
In game paladin leveling guides take a new paladin from the starting zone at level one to being raid ready at level 80. This is not done by offering detailed instruction on how to play the character, but rather, these paladin leveling guides detail where to go, what to do and when to do it.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Auction House Farming
The easiest way to make gold in WoW is to play the auction house. My old roommate has made 35,000g in the last few months with this method. Buy low, sell high. It’s a pretty simple process really. Look for common items in the auction house that sell for 30g-50g such as Frozen Orbs, Arctic Furs, low level cloth/leather/enchanting supplies. BUY ALL OF THEM. This takes a large amount of gold to start doing, but it will roll in faster than any other way of making gold in my experience.
Buy all of the item of your choosing. Put them right back on the AH for 20-50% higher than what you bought them for. For example, you buy 10 frozen orbs at 50g a piece; I know from experience that consumers will buy them for upwards of 90g per, and get em back up for auction as quickly as possible. The trick is taking the time to watch those orbs like a hawk. Buy up any that are put up less than your price and put those right back up as well. A high amount of starting capital is needed, I would recommend 2000 gold to start this venture.
Here are some tips from players that have made thousands of gold by selling crafted items to others. We hope you find these tips useful. Make sure you've learned the basics at our Auction Houses page before reading this page.
Determine Item Demand
Find out what items players will buy. You can do that by simply listing a bunch of items at the auction house. If an item does not sell, re-list the item at a cheaper price or try the same price again. If you are unable to sell the item after multiple auction house listings, you will need to either drop the price some more or just quit trying to sell it. Some items, such as grey-colored items, should be sold to the vendors. Some profession-made items are only meant to be used to raise your skill, and other players will not wish to purchase them. You'll have to determine which ones they are through experience.
Check Other Sales
Before selling an item, check the price other players are selling it for. That way you'll have a more realistic idea of what price to set for your item. You should set the item's minimum bid at a similar or cheaper price. If you set the item at a more expensive price, it will not sell unless someone else buys out the cheaper ones. If you price it lower, people will buy your items first. However, if you set the price too low, you might drive the cost of that item down and make less profit.
Suggested Price vs. Real Price
When you place an item in the auction tab for sale, the auction house lists a suggested selling price. This may or may not be close at all to what the item is really worth. Some items may have a very high price that players would never pay. Other items may have a really low price that is far below the items market value. You need to determine what the "real" price of the item should be.
You can use the auction house to make thousands of gold and start building your wealth in Warcraft.
WoW Auction House Guide
Buy all of the item of your choosing. Put them right back on the AH for 20-50% higher than what you bought them for. For example, you buy 10 frozen orbs at 50g a piece; I know from experience that consumers will buy them for upwards of 90g per, and get em back up for auction as quickly as possible. The trick is taking the time to watch those orbs like a hawk. Buy up any that are put up less than your price and put those right back up as well. A high amount of starting capital is needed, I would recommend 2000 gold to start this venture.
Here are some tips from players that have made thousands of gold by selling crafted items to others. We hope you find these tips useful. Make sure you've learned the basics at our Auction Houses page before reading this page.
Determine Item Demand
Find out what items players will buy. You can do that by simply listing a bunch of items at the auction house. If an item does not sell, re-list the item at a cheaper price or try the same price again. If you are unable to sell the item after multiple auction house listings, you will need to either drop the price some more or just quit trying to sell it. Some items, such as grey-colored items, should be sold to the vendors. Some profession-made items are only meant to be used to raise your skill, and other players will not wish to purchase them. You'll have to determine which ones they are through experience.
Check Other Sales
Before selling an item, check the price other players are selling it for. That way you'll have a more realistic idea of what price to set for your item. You should set the item's minimum bid at a similar or cheaper price. If you set the item at a more expensive price, it will not sell unless someone else buys out the cheaper ones. If you price it lower, people will buy your items first. However, if you set the price too low, you might drive the cost of that item down and make less profit.
Suggested Price vs. Real Price
When you place an item in the auction tab for sale, the auction house lists a suggested selling price. This may or may not be close at all to what the item is really worth. Some items may have a very high price that players would never pay. Other items may have a really low price that is far below the items market value. You need to determine what the "real" price of the item should be.
You can use the auction house to make thousands of gold and start building your wealth in Warcraft.
WoW Auction House Guide
WoW Leveling Addon and Mod Definitions
AddOn is just some files you can put in your game folder that can improve your interaction with the World of Warcraft game (i.e. make it easier to play, or give you more information about what's going on in the game).
Often the name modification (or "mod" for short) is used interchangeably with AddOn. More specifically, mod is a third-party AddOn that alters or enhances some aspect of World of Warcraft's interface. Mods can perform a wide variety of tasks, including adding new buttons to the screen, altering the built-in player and party frames. In extreme cases, mods completely supplant the standard WoW interface, usually offering more advanced functionality.
Some mods are standalone, able to run without any additional software. Others are built on libraries such as Sea or Ace. Still others, such as Cosmos, are compilations of many individually-developed mods.
Make sure you do not have any extra spaces at the end of the line with the filename specified. If you do, the extra space is taken as part of the filename and will cause your AddOn to silently fail to load.
Nowadays, leveling addons are getting more and more popular. Because you don't have to alt tab out of the game constantly to check what the guide says, besides you will see exactly what to do in the game. Using an in game leveling addon will save you hours of frustration with certain quests, increase your leveling speed and overall increase the enjoyability of World of Warcraft.
Often the name modification (or "mod" for short) is used interchangeably with AddOn. More specifically, mod is a third-party AddOn that alters or enhances some aspect of World of Warcraft's interface. Mods can perform a wide variety of tasks, including adding new buttons to the screen, altering the built-in player and party frames. In extreme cases, mods completely supplant the standard WoW interface, usually offering more advanced functionality.
Some mods are standalone, able to run without any additional software. Others are built on libraries such as Sea or Ace. Still others, such as Cosmos, are compilations of many individually-developed mods.
Make sure you do not have any extra spaces at the end of the line with the filename specified. If you do, the extra space is taken as part of the filename and will cause your AddOn to silently fail to load.
Nowadays, leveling addons are getting more and more popular. Because you don't have to alt tab out of the game constantly to check what the guide says, besides you will see exactly what to do in the game. Using an in game leveling addon will save you hours of frustration with certain quests, increase your leveling speed and overall increase the enjoyability of World of Warcraft.
Rogue PVP Guide
Rogue pvp are always light armored class that indulge only into melee combat, but can do massive damage to their enemies especially in a flurry of attacks. The core strength of rogues is their stealth that helps them go places in a lesser time and is great assassins. They use poison to kill or slower their enemies. Apart form this, the Rouges can also unlock chests and doors. They also have some magic tips handy with them that help them escape the battle ground like blinding & vanishing. The only drawback being Rouge is that they don not have any healing power and only have a single dress code.
The rogue vs. pvp rogue is all about practice. If you have practiced enough you are bound to have better reactions that will help you win. Some of the macros that you can use while playing are sap or clear-target, Mutilate or star-attack, cheap shot or switch main-hand. In case you are the opener then as stated earlier start with a cheap-shot, and arrange for a quick reaction of kidney shot and blind. In case you are not the opener then when the opponent uses a kidney shot, immediately use your trinket and then blind him, evade and finally vanish i.e. use stealth. All these can be known from the rogue info and rogue pvp guide.
When you are fighting as a warrior you will not only get to close combats but will also have showers of spell casts on to you. You will have the power to fight back every blow that comes to you in the form of casts, weapons and that is where you can use your special ability to disarm your enemies.
A good Rogue PvP Guide will provide a detailed explanation of each and every possible class encounter. In addition, it will provide the best class combination's for 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5. Many players, especially new players do not know what classes to partner with in arena. Most players choose whatever their friends class is, but this make a huge difference between success and failure. Getting over a 2000 rating is not as hard as you might think With the help of a Rogue PvP Guide it just takes the right preparation and knowledge to achieve success.
The rogue vs. pvp rogue is all about practice. If you have practiced enough you are bound to have better reactions that will help you win. Some of the macros that you can use while playing are sap or clear-target, Mutilate or star-attack, cheap shot or switch main-hand. In case you are the opener then as stated earlier start with a cheap-shot, and arrange for a quick reaction of kidney shot and blind. In case you are not the opener then when the opponent uses a kidney shot, immediately use your trinket and then blind him, evade and finally vanish i.e. use stealth. All these can be known from the rogue info and rogue pvp guide.
When you are fighting as a warrior you will not only get to close combats but will also have showers of spell casts on to you. You will have the power to fight back every blow that comes to you in the form of casts, weapons and that is where you can use your special ability to disarm your enemies.
A good Rogue PvP Guide will provide a detailed explanation of each and every possible class encounter. In addition, it will provide the best class combination's for 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5. Many players, especially new players do not know what classes to partner with in arena. Most players choose whatever their friends class is, but this make a huge difference between success and failure. Getting over a 2000 rating is not as hard as you might think With the help of a Rogue PvP Guide it just takes the right preparation and knowledge to achieve success.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
WoW Blacksmithing Guide
This is a World of Warcraft Blacksmithing Guide that explains how to own up from levels 1 to 450. You won't be able to do it without a ton of gold, so you'll want to check out this guide before you get started.
Blacksmithing is one of the most expensive professions to skill up with. It can be very painful to just 'go into blind'. By this, I mean you would find yourself spending a lot of time pondering what to craft next. You would also find yourself running back and forth to the Auction House all day. This guide provides you a method to get Blacksmithing from 1-450 as easily as possible.
Below you will find the guide. Please note that the mats I've listed are the amount to craft one item. If you want to buy ahead just buy the minimum requirement and go from there in order to avoid buying more than you need.
1-35
Rough Sharpening Stone - 1 Rough Stone
35-65
Rough Grinding Stone - 2 Rough Stone
65-75
Coarse Sharpening Stone - 1 Coarse Stone
75-87
Coarse Grinding Stone - 2 Coarse Stone
87-100
Runed Copper Belt - 10 Copper Bar
100-107
Silver Rod - 1 Silver Bar, 2 Rough Grinding Stone
107-110
Rough Bronze Leggings - 6 Bronze Bar
110-125
Rough Bronze Shoulders - 5 Bronze Bar, 1 Coarse Grinding Stone
125-137
Heavy Grinding Stone - 3 Heavy Stone
137-155
Rough Bronze Leggings - 6 Bronze Bar
155-165
Green Iron Leggings - 8 Iron Bar, 1 Heavy Grinding Stone, 1 Green Dye
165-200
Green Iron Bracers - 6 Iron Bar, 1 Green Dye
200-215
Golden Scale Bracers - 5 Steel Bar, 2 Heavy Grinding Stone
215-235
Heavy Mithril Gauntlet - 6 Mithril Bar, 4 Mageweave Cloth
235-250
Mithril Coif - 10 Mithril Bar, 6 Mageweave Cloth
250-260
Dense Sharpening Stone - 1 Dense Stone
260-265
Heavy Mithril Boots - 14 Mithril Bar, 4 Thick Leather
265-270
Imperial Plate Belt - 10 Thorium Bar, 6 Rugged Leather
Please Note: You'll have to go to Gadgetzan, Tanaris and talk to Derotain Mudsipper by the forge to get a quest to be able to purchase this pattern. You'll need to give him 10 Thorium Bars to get it, make sure you are level 50 with 265 Blacksmithing before you visit him.
270-300
Imperial Plate Bracers - 12 Thorium Bar
Please Note: You'll have to go to Gadgetzan, Tanaris and talk to Derotain Mudsipper by the forge to get a quest to be able to purchase this pattern. You'll need to give him 10 Thorium Bars to get it, make sure you are level 50 with 265 Blacksmithing before you visit him.
300-310
Fel Iron Plate Gloves - 4 Fel Iron Bar
310-320
Fel Iron Chain Gloves - 5 Fel Iron Bar
320-325
Fel Iron Chain Bracers - 6 Fel Iron Bar
325-330
Fel Iron Chain Tunic - 9 Fel Iron Bar
330-340
Adamantite Cleaver - 8 Adamantite Bar
Please Note: You will need to buy the plans for this from Aaron Hollman in Shattrath City (Lower City).
340-350
Lesser Ward of Shielding - 1 Adamantite Bar
Please Note: You will need to buy the plans for this from Rohok in Hellfire Peninsula (Thrallmar) or Mari Stonehand in Shadowmoon Valley (Wildhammer Stronghold).
350-360
Cobalt Belt - 4 Cobalt Bar
360-370
Cobalt Bracers - 4 Cobalt Bar
370-380
Cobalt Gauntlets - 5 Cobalt Bar
380-385
Spiked Cobalt Boots - 7 Cobalt Bar
385-390
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders - 7 Cobalt Bar
390-395
Notched Cobalt War Axe - 10 Cobalt Bar
395-400
Spiked Cobalt Legplates - 12 Cobalt Bar
400-405
Horned Cobalt Helm - 8 Cobalt Bar
405-410
Tempered Saronite Shoulders - 12 Saronite Bar
410-415
Deadly Saronite Dirk - 7 Saronite Bar, 2 Crystallized Air
415-420
Tempered Saronite Gauntlets - 14 Saronite Bar
420-430
Daunting Handguards - 12 Saronite Bar, 1 Eternal Earth
430-450
Daunting Legplates - 14 Saronite Bar, 1 Eternal Earth
The key for all aspiring young blacksmiths is finding the raw material you will need to craft your creations. Therefore it is highly recommended that you take up the complementary skill mining along with blacksmithing or have several friends who are dedicated to mining for you. Like other materials related crafts blacksmithing requires 1 skill point to become an apprentice, 3 additional skill points to become a journeyman, and 5 additional skill points to become an expert. If you decide to take up mining as well to finance your blacksmithing venture, you will need to spend 3 skill points for apprentice mining, 5 additional skill points for journeyman mining, and 7 additional skill points for expert mining. As a result, unless you are human you will need to reach level 25 before becoming expert in both mining and blacksmithing.
Blacksmithing requires perhaps the most eclectic array of materials of any of the crafting professions. In order to craft some of the higher end weapons and armors you will need to collect materials from all of the gathering disciplines (Fishing, Mining, Herbing, and Skinning). As an example, in order to craft the Shadow War Axe you will need an alchemy Shadow Oil potion from an alchemist which in turn requires an Oil Blacktail fish from a fisherman along with other herbs. But for the most part your main components will come from mining so here is a list of the more common components you will need in great quantity listed in order of difficulty to attain (number in parentheses is the mining skill required).
For a far more detailed guide to Blacksmithing and all the other WoW Professions (including Inscription) snag yourself a copy of Penn's Professions Guide. Not only will you learn how to level the profession as quickly and cheaply as possible, you will also learn how to recoup some of your money through the gold making opportunities offered by your profession(s.)
Blacksmithing is one of the most expensive professions to skill up with. It can be very painful to just 'go into blind'. By this, I mean you would find yourself spending a lot of time pondering what to craft next. You would also find yourself running back and forth to the Auction House all day. This guide provides you a method to get Blacksmithing from 1-450 as easily as possible.
Below you will find the guide. Please note that the mats I've listed are the amount to craft one item. If you want to buy ahead just buy the minimum requirement and go from there in order to avoid buying more than you need.
1-35
Rough Sharpening Stone - 1 Rough Stone
35-65
Rough Grinding Stone - 2 Rough Stone
65-75
Coarse Sharpening Stone - 1 Coarse Stone
75-87
Coarse Grinding Stone - 2 Coarse Stone
87-100
Runed Copper Belt - 10 Copper Bar
100-107
Silver Rod - 1 Silver Bar, 2 Rough Grinding Stone
107-110
Rough Bronze Leggings - 6 Bronze Bar
110-125
Rough Bronze Shoulders - 5 Bronze Bar, 1 Coarse Grinding Stone
125-137
Heavy Grinding Stone - 3 Heavy Stone
137-155
Rough Bronze Leggings - 6 Bronze Bar
155-165
Green Iron Leggings - 8 Iron Bar, 1 Heavy Grinding Stone, 1 Green Dye
165-200
Green Iron Bracers - 6 Iron Bar, 1 Green Dye
200-215
Golden Scale Bracers - 5 Steel Bar, 2 Heavy Grinding Stone
215-235
Heavy Mithril Gauntlet - 6 Mithril Bar, 4 Mageweave Cloth
235-250
Mithril Coif - 10 Mithril Bar, 6 Mageweave Cloth
250-260
Dense Sharpening Stone - 1 Dense Stone
260-265
Heavy Mithril Boots - 14 Mithril Bar, 4 Thick Leather
265-270
Imperial Plate Belt - 10 Thorium Bar, 6 Rugged Leather
Please Note: You'll have to go to Gadgetzan, Tanaris and talk to Derotain Mudsipper by the forge to get a quest to be able to purchase this pattern. You'll need to give him 10 Thorium Bars to get it, make sure you are level 50 with 265 Blacksmithing before you visit him.
270-300
Imperial Plate Bracers - 12 Thorium Bar
Please Note: You'll have to go to Gadgetzan, Tanaris and talk to Derotain Mudsipper by the forge to get a quest to be able to purchase this pattern. You'll need to give him 10 Thorium Bars to get it, make sure you are level 50 with 265 Blacksmithing before you visit him.
300-310
Fel Iron Plate Gloves - 4 Fel Iron Bar
310-320
Fel Iron Chain Gloves - 5 Fel Iron Bar
320-325
Fel Iron Chain Bracers - 6 Fel Iron Bar
325-330
Fel Iron Chain Tunic - 9 Fel Iron Bar
330-340
Adamantite Cleaver - 8 Adamantite Bar
Please Note: You will need to buy the plans for this from Aaron Hollman in Shattrath City (Lower City).
340-350
Lesser Ward of Shielding - 1 Adamantite Bar
Please Note: You will need to buy the plans for this from Rohok in Hellfire Peninsula (Thrallmar) or Mari Stonehand in Shadowmoon Valley (Wildhammer Stronghold).
350-360
Cobalt Belt - 4 Cobalt Bar
360-370
Cobalt Bracers - 4 Cobalt Bar
370-380
Cobalt Gauntlets - 5 Cobalt Bar
380-385
Spiked Cobalt Boots - 7 Cobalt Bar
385-390
Spiked Cobalt Shoulders - 7 Cobalt Bar
390-395
Notched Cobalt War Axe - 10 Cobalt Bar
395-400
Spiked Cobalt Legplates - 12 Cobalt Bar
400-405
Horned Cobalt Helm - 8 Cobalt Bar
405-410
Tempered Saronite Shoulders - 12 Saronite Bar
410-415
Deadly Saronite Dirk - 7 Saronite Bar, 2 Crystallized Air
415-420
Tempered Saronite Gauntlets - 14 Saronite Bar
420-430
Daunting Handguards - 12 Saronite Bar, 1 Eternal Earth
430-450
Daunting Legplates - 14 Saronite Bar, 1 Eternal Earth
The key for all aspiring young blacksmiths is finding the raw material you will need to craft your creations. Therefore it is highly recommended that you take up the complementary skill mining along with blacksmithing or have several friends who are dedicated to mining for you. Like other materials related crafts blacksmithing requires 1 skill point to become an apprentice, 3 additional skill points to become a journeyman, and 5 additional skill points to become an expert. If you decide to take up mining as well to finance your blacksmithing venture, you will need to spend 3 skill points for apprentice mining, 5 additional skill points for journeyman mining, and 7 additional skill points for expert mining. As a result, unless you are human you will need to reach level 25 before becoming expert in both mining and blacksmithing.
Blacksmithing requires perhaps the most eclectic array of materials of any of the crafting professions. In order to craft some of the higher end weapons and armors you will need to collect materials from all of the gathering disciplines (Fishing, Mining, Herbing, and Skinning). As an example, in order to craft the Shadow War Axe you will need an alchemy Shadow Oil potion from an alchemist which in turn requires an Oil Blacktail fish from a fisherman along with other herbs. But for the most part your main components will come from mining so here is a list of the more common components you will need in great quantity listed in order of difficulty to attain (number in parentheses is the mining skill required).
For a far more detailed guide to Blacksmithing and all the other WoW Professions (including Inscription) snag yourself a copy of Penn's Professions Guide. Not only will you learn how to level the profession as quickly and cheaply as possible, you will also learn how to recoup some of your money through the gold making opportunities offered by your profession(s.)
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Top Pick for Leveling Guide in The Market - Zygor Leveling Guide
Zygor's Guide is currently the Number 1 selling leveling guide of any kind on the net. What is even better is that Zygor offers both a Horde guide and an Alliance guide. No need to deceide which way to go either. You can get them both. The quality of these guides is something to behold. The level of detail is extremely high and it is obvious that tons of hours have been spent on making these the greatest leveling guides on the net. The guides work with every class because let's face it, not everyone wants to be a hunter.
Zygor Alliance & Horde Leveling Guides
These guides simply aren't another variation of Quest Helper. These guides will literally put you on auto-pilot by determining what you have accomplished so far in the game and then it will avoid the needless quests while giving you great detail on the quests that are still to be done. You will then be guided by an arrow on the screen that points your to where you need to go to complete the current guide step. The arrow will actually change colors depending on how far away you are from the guide step location. Red being the farthest away, yellow being medium distance away, and green being close to the map dot location. It's just another way that John Cook and his team have gone above and beyond what everyone else out there is doing.
Get to Level 80 in under 7 days by using their guides. You will also receive free Lifetime 1-80 In-Game Leveling Guide Updates, Talent Build Guide, Nether Drake Mount Guide, Death Knight Class Guide and Inscription Profession Leveling Guide.
Excellent customer service and very quick to answer emails also sets these guys apart from the rest of the crowd.
How to Level Fast in World of Warcraft
Every wow player wants to know how to level fast in World Of Warcraft. I can tell you the very easiest way to achieve gaining a massive amount of levels in a short period of time is by getting a guide or program created by gamers that have been able to analyze every aspect of leveling in WoW and put together the information that everyone wants. What these people have done is picked up the WoW leveling guides and programs built by advanced and pro gamers who have tried and tested every avenue to get levels fast in World Of Warcraft and documented the very best methods for leveling as quickly as possible.
The nice thing about the new leveling guides made by gamers like Zygor's guide and iDemise guide is you do not have to continually shift in and out of the game to read the material that helps you level. The new programs provide an in game module and menus you select from and also provide way points and a directional arrow to guide you along the way. This seems to allow me to cut my power leveling down to right around seven days to level 80.
These new programs are relatively affordable considering they are about the same cost as the old guides and you can use them over and over again on as many World Of Warcraft characters as you like.
There are no tricks or cheats involved in how to level fast in World Of Warcraft but you can get there very quickly by gaining from the knowledge of those who have been able to master the game from a leveling and gold making aspect.
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