DONOTCHANGE As I mentioned here, I have bought Brian’s guide to level my paladin from level 70-80 in World of Warcraft’s latest expansion: Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK). In this article, I’ll share my initial thoughts.
I have been using Brian Kopp’s Guide this past weekend and easily reached level 72. I’d estimate [...]
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Quests, Leveling, Factions, Guides, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, (Death Knight) Lichborne
Welcome to Lichborne, WoW Insider’s weekly column on the Death Knight, written and named by a guy who actually doesn’t have that talent. How does this keep happening, seriously?
So by now, I’m sure a lot of Death Knights are, like yours truly, getting into the level 80 home stretch and trying to figure out which of the Wrath factions to grind first. If you’ve already read our Wrath 101 guides to reputation and to the Oracle and Frenzyheart tribes, you’re off to a good start. In this week’s Lichborne, we’ll take it a step further by looking at the purchasable rewards for each faction with the eye of a Death Knight. As with our previous gear guide, I’m operating on the assumptions that haste and armor penetration are less desirable for Death Knights and that expertise is primarily for Death Knight tanks.
Continue reading Lichborne: Reputation rewards for Death Knights in Wrath of the Lich King
Lichborne: Reputation rewards for Death Knights in Wrath of the Lich King originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, News items, Factions, Mounts, Wrath of the Lich King, Achievements
If you’re still trying to decide whether to grind rep with the Oracles or the Frenzyheart in Sholozar Basin, here’s something that might make up your mind: The Mysterious Egg, a reputation reward at revered with the Oracles. You’ll have to keep the egg on you for 7 days, but at the end of those 7 days, it will hatch into a few things. Most of the time, the egg will be a “dud,” and you get an Aged Yolk.
Some of the other possibilities, however, are pretty dang cool.
Continue reading The Oracles’ Mysterious Egg is a must-get for pet and mount collectors
The Oracles’ Mysterious Egg is a must-get for pet and mount collectors originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Lore, Wrath of the Lich King, Ask A Lore Nerd
Welcome to Ask a Lore Nerd, where each week blogger and columnist Alex Ziebart answers your questions about the lore and history of the World of Warcraft. Ask your questions in the comments section below, and we’ll try to answer it in a future edition.
This week on Ask a Lore Nerd, we’re only answering a small number of questions, because they’re really good ones and I want to dork out over them a little. Let’s get started, shall we?
Mornash asked…
Speaking of Garrosh Hellscream, what do you think Blizzard has in store for us with his story. They’re portraying him like his father was, a bloodthirsty, arrogant, loose cannon. Are they going to have him repeat past mistakes? Maybe bring about another downfall? Or will Saurfang and Thrall get through to him and have him ultimately become a hero?
Continue reading Ask a Lore Nerd: The heads and tails of the Horde
Ask a Lore Nerd: The heads and tails of the Horde originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Blacksmithing, Analysis / Opinion, Factions, Enchants, Wrath of the Lich King, The Queue
Just a few questions today, because slow weekends are slow. Who wants to ask questions when you can be playing? Certainly not me. I will still answer questions, however. Let’s jump right in with ender’s question…
What, in your own opinion, is the easiest faction to start to grind on for rep as a new level 80? I know there is the “championing” but with dailies etc, what seems to be the easiest?
Continue reading The Queue: Can’t get enough sockets
The Queue: Can’t get enough sockets originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Expansions, Features, Guides, Classes, Alts, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King
Since day one of Wrath of the Lich King, people have been rolling Death Knights. While many seem to be getting along just great, many others are in need of guidance.
This will be a two-part article, and will focus on the things that you will need to know when working with others in a dungeon setting.
Today, I will be discussing the basic things that any meleer should know when entering a dungeon.
Many Death Knights have never had a melee character, and may not know how to avoid aggro while dealing high damage and staying out of the tank’s way.
In part two, I will discuss your AoE abilities and their place in a dungeon setting, as well as covering the buttons you should never, ever push while in an instance.
I will also run down some very basic rule of thumbs for your gear and talents, as well as including a discussion about some of the group-oriented talents that you could acquire.
Continue reading A Death Knight’s first dungeon: Dos and don’ts, part one
A Death Knight’s first dungeon: Dos and don’ts, part one originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Breakfast topics, Instances, Quests, Leveling, Factions, Wrath of the Lich King
No more collecting huge stacks of Unidentified Plant Parts or Arrakoa Feathers. No more running Hellfire Ramparts half a dozen times before starting in on quests. In Northrend, it seems like there’s two basic ways to get reputation with a faction: Either you do quests, or you grab the proper tabard and run a level 80 dungeon.
For the most part, I do like the latter option. It’s nice not to feel like I have to jump through hoops to maximize my reputation gain. Still, being able to pre-gather stuff is sometimes pretty cool too, and part of me sort of wishes they had kept some of that in, maybe in that way I’ve talked about before where you can have around 12k max of your reputation be gathered items, but that they can be turned in at any point in the grind, if only to keep options open.
How are you liking the new reputation system?
Breakfast Topic: Gaining Reputation originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Expansions, Raiding, Burning Crusade, Bosses, Wrath of the Lich King
One of the biggest concerns we’ve heard from players since the expansion launched is that everything is too easy — not only did the hardcore raiders burn down the PvE endgame content in a matter of days, but upgrades aren’t really what they used to be, and anyone with some solid gear that blow through most of the instances without too much trouble. Which begs the question: is Wrath too easy?
No, according to our buddy Ghostcrawler. He says that Blizzard’s goal this time around was to avoid the Karazhan mistake from the last expansion, where players butted their heads up against tougher content in the early endgame. GC says that Blizzard certainly knows how to make tougher content, but they’d rather everyone got a turn this time around.
The only question I have left is why they didn’t include it all in the same release — Blizzard seems to be saying that harder content is on the way, but wouldn’t it be more prudent to have both easy and hard content in at the same time? As a casual player, I’m thrilled to hear that the endgame is easier — I’ll get to see more of it. But we’ve got two versions of each endgame instance now — do they both have to be easy enough to conquer in a few days?
Ghostcrawler: Wrath’s difficulty is where we want it originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Herbalism, Mining, Skinning, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Walkthroughs, Quests, Expansions, Features, Leveling, Guides, Making money, (Professions) Insider Trader, Wrath of the Lich King
Insider Trader is your inside line on making, selling, buying and using player-made products.
As more of the player base steps into Northrend, the demand for goods and services rises. Craftspeople are especially concerned with developing their skills, and for this to be possible, there needs to be a decent supply of gathered raw materials available.
This is where you gatherers will shine. Of course, you will have to level your skills as well, and this week’s edition of Insider Trader will have you maximized and making cash in no time.
Continue reading Insider Trader: Gather in Northrend
Insider Trader: Gather in Northrend originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, Wrath of the Lich King, The Queue
Another day, another Q&A! Now, without delay, let’s get to the questions.
Ven asked…
In looking at badge rewards, a couple guildies and I noticed that there are more rewards and item types available for 25-man badges than for 10-man badges. Is this intended? Are the heroic and 10-man level badges relegated to stacking endlessly once you have the two or three pieces of gear you need from them? Or is Blizz planning on adding more gear soon? Compared to BC badge gear, there is very little available.
Continue reading The Queue: Easy heroics and reverse DPS
The Queue: Easy heroics and reverse DPS originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
