The merger between Nihilum and SK Gaming

What's important is their new name sounds like some kind of medicine or drug. Every corner of the internet is currently giggling to themselves over it. A professional gaming group? No way. They're some kind of sleep aid, or erectile dysfunction medication. I've seen at least a dozen people rattling off potential side effects of taking Ensidia tonight. I'm not really curious about their raid progression anymore, I'm more interested in whether I can take it on an empty stomach or not.
The merger between Nihilum and SK Gaming that was temporarily known as TwentyFifthNovember (who has already cleared all current Wrath content) has announced their new name. Ensidia. There are some neat details they've announced with their name, such as launching a community site soon and all of that, but none of that is particularly important.

Tags: Nihilum, SK Gaming

World of Warcraft and Cake

And Mike points out that this is completely and totally hand- and icing tip-made -no fondant here. Beautiful. I especially like the "spikes" around the outside -I don't know if that was designed that way, or just the way it looks when you put icing on a cake like that, but it looks great. If we had Dalaran Cooking Awards to give away, she'd get one.
If there's one thing we love, it's cake. If there's two things we love, it's World of Warcraft and cake. And so, when our two favorite things are combined, as they were by reader Mike W's girlfriend (he plays Valaar on Kargath), we get more excited than Millhouse Manastorm when he's about to light some sweet-cheeks up. She made this confectionary piece of art for his birthday the other day, and we think you'll agree that Arthas has never looked tastier.

Tags: World of warcraft

Death Knight moves in wotlk

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Finally a reminder: we won't have a live show next week (November 29th) due to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we will have a new episode this week, featuring Felicia Day from The Guild as a special guest. She'll be on to talk about season 2 of her show, their big deal with Microsoft, and everything else WoW as usual. Stay tuned -we'll post that one as soon as it's ready.This week's show was a humdinger -our own Matthew Rossi (author of our Shaman and Warrior columns) and Daniel Whitcomb (who writes the Death Knight class column), so we've got some terrific discussion for your up-and-coming Death Knights out there. We talked about whether they were OP, and how they're going to fit into our groups and raids, both as tanks and DPS. We also answered emails as usual (including a good one about voice acting in the game, and how the "umbrella factions" in Northrend work), and we talked about how much money Blizzard made last week, and those new commercials (which I just saw on TV the other day).

Tags: death knight

Turkey day from all of us at GW

DOWNED
Gallium Lore on EU Boulderfist finished up the Burning Crusade with a bang: after a bit of trying, they downed him to nab a guild and server first. Nice job -see you at 80. Eonar's "Stoners" (winner of this week's Best Guild Name award) have downed bosses all the way up to RoS in BT. They're also recruiting mature players interested in having some fun social competitions as well -they're having a 100g screenshot competition this month. Pinnacle of Nagrand finally achieved their last two BC goals this week: dropping Vashj and one-shotting both Naj'entus and Supremus just before the expansion forced an end to BT runs for good.
Grats! Defenders of Valhalla on Durotan-A downed the Mother and The illidari Council on their last week of raiding (for BC or forever?). Good finish to a good endgame. Bone Brigade on Lightninghoof-H has beaten the game before the launch of Wrath! Illidari Council and Illidan went down just a week before the expansion release, not long after Mother Sharaz. Scions of Proteus (EU Nagrand) finally got Kael'thas down in a long and undergeared fight. They also headed to MH before Northrend, and picked up 2/5.
 They're recruiting as well: if you want to get serious in the Wrath endgame and be social, look them up. Mutiny on EU Khadgar-A downed Illidan (who apparently wasn't ready post-lolpatch). They're recruiting on the website right now. Endless Shadow of Azjol Nerub took down three bosses in BT and two in SSC before Wrath hit the shelves. Grats. Risen of Proudmoore cleared Naxx 25 for a realm first, at the very least! Grats! Vindication on Korielstraz has downed the 25 man Naxx Spider wing plus Instructor Razuvious on their first night of raiding as a 25 man group.
RECRUITING

Saviors of Northrend on Shadowmoon is a Horde casual raiding guild looking for players for new 10 and 25 man content. They're looking to build a solid 10 man team then move to 25 man as numbers will allow. Orion, on Eonar, is a family oriented guild that runs 5 mans most nights. They are recruiting all levels, and have a dedicated group of 70s who will help you reach level 70, and 80 soon. If you're looking for a casual guild, and believe in having fun and staying active in the game, look them up. The Pillage People on EU Trollbane-H are recruiting. They are a group of players who rerolled with the intention of raiding in WotLK. They are looking for people who want to progress in 25 man raiding at 80. Go to the website to apply, or to get more information. The Horde Initiative on Hellscream is recruiting 5 DPS for 25mans in Wrath of the Lich King. They just had their first year anniversary and are seeking more players like them: experienced 18+ raiders. Silent Lucidity on Baelgun-A has opened up recruiting. They're a casual guild that enjoys instances nightly, invites alts, and has a nice steady progression in raiding. Don't need to raid to join, but should be a mature player. Og of Burning Legion is currently recruiting Sunwell-geared players to fill some minor gaps in their 25 man raiding roster. They need a few more to push forward towards level 80 raids, including a Resto Shaman and Resto Druid, a Holy Priest and Pally, and an Enhancement Shaman. Please have Sunwell experience, be min/maxed as much as possible, and be ready to raid three times a week. The Witches of the Highlands on Sentinels is looking for serious RPers. Their circle is a tightly knit splinter faction from The Church of the Dark Mind. They occasionally organize RP events, including dungeons, raids, and intermingling with other guilds. "So if you're willing to deal with a raging Banshee of a guildmaster, a gutsy Hunter, and one VERY insane Death Knight, then we will gladly accept you." We have no idea what that means -crazy RPers. Reported on Kil'jaeden-H is recruiting for raids in WotLK. They moved over from Carine a little while ago, and are looking to expand. Player skill, reliability, and organization are prioritized over class/spec/gear. They raid four nights a week, and are particularly interested in healers. Leviathan of Terenas is in the process of building a strong guild with good core values, fairness, and enjoyment for all members. At this time all classes and specs are open for new members. War Ensemble on Silver Hand is recruiting a Paladin Tank and a Feral Druid, as well as a few good healers or DPS if they're worth it. Conquest on Ner'zhul-A wondered why Guildwatch was gone, but it's been here every week -we're not going anywhere, baby. Oh, and they're also looking for some good ranged DPS 9or other classes, if you're good and ready, for 25 man raiding. Extend on EU Stormrage-H is looking for a Restoration Druid, two Mages and one Holy Priest to help venture into the 25man content. They have already cleared 10man Naxxramas and Obsidian Sanctum and are aiming for Malygos next. They're seeking players that are preferrably above 18, level 80, dedicated, mature, knowledgable about their class and focused. Currahee on Quel'dorei is a casual guild that's looking to retain some high level characters -while they really enjoy doing late game 5 mans, they're losing a lot of folks to raiding groups and guilds. No drama, they're just wondering how to keep a solid instancing group without losing people to raiding. Maybe have both groups going at the same time? Any advice, commenters?
DRAMA
EU Darkspear's 25 man raid progress thread only takes a page or two to turn bad. Random Violence isn't too pleased about Gistii's (of Valiance) attitude, and it all goes on from there. By page 3, they're looking up Gistii's Armory. Bane of Staghelm has split up (or at least that's what our tipster says -apparently 90% of the guild /gquit all in one night. After months of bickering and grief from the GM that was, we hear, never there nor on time for raids, most of Bane has finally split off into Ruinous, a guild run by a team of officers instead. Either Bane's GM will take this as a message and get his raiding guild back into gear, or he'll give up (we would) and the rest of the Bane folks will have to find a new home. Templars of Azeroth on Arygos have apparently died. They were up to 300 members...until they "imploded" last year. Apparently the GM is MIA, and the guild is apparently disbanding -members who put stuff in guild banks are getting it back in preparation for a door closing, we hear. We got a lot of "server first" notices here at GW this week (most of which aren't really worth posting). But here's one that's interesting: the GM of Knights Who Say Ni on Gnomeregan-A was the first player on the server to get into Dalaran, and then used the Arena queue to get the rest of the guildies into the city. The next player to step foot in live Dalaran on that server wasn't until four hours later. Way to...set your hearthstone first? Tre Lowen on EU Hellfire-A just wanted to show off their shiny new website. Cool? Envin from Shattered Hand (who a tipster accused of being a ninja last week) fessed up to our inbox this week -he did it. At least, he did take some things from the guild bank that didn't belong to him. But he says it wasn't his fault -due to circumstances out of his control (he had to work), he couldn't raid after the GM moved the raid times behind his back. So he took the entire guild bank, 65% of which, he says, was his. You can decide whether that was called for or not. But here's the interesting part: Blizzard actually passed out a three day ban, and on top of that, they took his 300 riding skill away. That's news to me -I didn't know Blizzard was banning for guild bank ninjas, and I have never heard of them taking away skills or items for breaking "social" rules like ninjaing. Very interesting. OMG PIE on Mal'Ganis apparently got "blacklisted" by someone, so they're blacklisting the whole Scilla server. Take that, Scilla. Make sure to read page 3, especially the three conclusions Calamitous Intent comes to.

Varian Wrynn is not fond of the Horde

Is that bad? Is how Varian is going about his leadership inherently wrong? As someone who plays Horde and Alliance fairly equally, and tries to at least keep my characters personalities distinct (I don't actually RP much, but anyone who plays with me knows that I tend to play my tauren warrior very differently than my draenei shaman, for instance) I find the addition of the former Lo'Gosh to the mix of world leaders a very interestingly divisive one. Varian is not here to make friends, he's here to kick ass.
The discussion that follows behind the jump is going to be hugely spoiler heavy. Please be warned.It really can't be disputed at this point: Varian Wrynn is not fond of the Horde, at all. There will be no Jaina-style mash notes to Thrall coming from Varian any time soon.
If you saw the brief window of time before the launch of Wrath where Varian and his allies talked about the onslaught of Northrend and thought maybe Horde and Alliance could cooperate to take down Arthas, think again. As long as Varian is the King of Stormwind and de-facto leader of the Alliance (since neither Tyrande nor Magni seemed particularly interested in the gig, and nobody likes Frandal) then there's not going to be anything even remotely resembling peace between the Alliance and the Horde.

Reading the most recent comic preview (the one that made Alex consider quitting the comic altogether) I suddenly found myself wondering how they intend to resolve this. Are they both Varian? Was that magical ritual both remember intended to split the King into two more easily manipulated halves? Whatever the case, the King as he appears in Wrath of the Lich King is much more like the aggressive, hot-tempered Varian who is seen in the preview going forth to try and find the person who killed his father rather than stay at home and rule the kingdom the man left him. He's much more like the gladiator than the diplomat. What does this mean for Stormwind, the Alliance, and we as players?
Well, the list of atrocities personally witnessed by Varian Wrynn are at this point pretty long. This is a man who, as a child, walked in as Garona cut his father's heart out. Llane Wrynn made the decision to welcome a half-orc into his castle, extended his friendship to her, and she turned and used that friendship to kill him on behalf of Orgrim Doomhammer, and Varian saw it happen. Then the orcs burned Stormwind to the ground, forcing the young king to flee for his life with Anduin Lothar as his only father figure, to grow up in Lordaeron as Lothar begged, cajoled and even demanded various forces join a new Alliance against the orc invaders. Then, as Varian grows up in Lordaeron, guest of King Terenas Menethil, his surrogate father dies at the hands of the same orcs that burned his city and killed his father.
Already we've got the roots for a pretty impressive hatred of orcs. Murder your father, destroy your city, then murder the person who is effectively your replacement father. Now, add to this the strain of replacing your father on the throne once Stormwind is rebuilt (and he's clearly shown spending less time ruling and more time riding around in disguise fighting bandits and trying to find Garona) which led to his being less than on top of the whole Defias fiasco, and you've got a young man who clearly feels inferior to the great kings and leaders of his experience, his father, Lothar and King Terenas.
Just in time for Terenas to die horribly at the hands of his traitor son and Lordaeron, the city he spent his formative years in waiting to return to his kingdom, becomes a charnel pit of the walking dead. I can't imagine Varian was particularly stable or happy before his attempt to broker a peace accord with the Horde (at Jaina's request, no less) led to him being kidnapped, tortured and magically damaged, winding up on the shores of Durotar with no memory of who he was. Queue the gladiator music as an orc shaman sucker-blasts him with an Earth Shock and enslaves him. All told, Varian/Lo'Gosh is remarkably restrained up until the death of Bolvar in the Wrathgate tragedy.
I find it all very interesting and I even call it the "Jack London" scenario of WoW. If you've read Call of the Wild and White Fang then you can see in the Thrall/Varian dichotomy an effort to bring that kind of element to play here: Thrall was the son of a chieftain murdered by his own people, raised by humans and shown both brutality and love from humans, who turns on human ways to embrace his heritage and grows to find the support of various strong figures (Drek'Thar, Orgrim, Grom Hellscream) and who rises to bring civilization to his people, finding support and friendship to this day from figures like Eltrigg, Rexxar, and Saurfang the Elder. Varian, for his part, saw his father, his city and his mentors one by one killed off, grew to adulthood with no support from any elder figures, fell into captivity and only escaped when he embraced the savagery of his situation and exceeded it, and every time he tries to find a peaceful solution has something taken away from him, be it his memory and identity or his support (people like Bolvar, who ruled his kingdom for him while he was away).
Thrall has seen the best and the worst of humanity, while Varian has only seen the worst of orcs. Thrall has built his people a new home in the world they came to destroy, while Varian has lost his home and seen the kingdom that sheltered him destroyed, and now inhabited by Thrall's allies the Forsaken. At the end of the events of the Wrathgate quests, Thrall is given the unquestioning support of Saurfang while Varian is left not only without Bolvar, but with outright dissent and rebellion from Jaina. The two really are almost perfect mirrors of each other, and it's fascinating from a story perspective to watch it all play out.
Now, a lot of people don't like Varian. There are charges that he's racist (and he is, if you view his hatred for orcs and undead as being biased or not based on actual experience - I would only counter that he has no reason to think better of orcs or undead, and having seen Llane get his heart cut out by a close friend might have soured him on the idea of giving his enemies a chance to get close to him, much less Bolvar dying at the hands of an undead-derived plague made in the very heart of the Undercity itself) or that he's irrational or emo. I'm not really sure how to respond to the emo idea - generally speaking, personally leading a direct attack on enemy ground is not quite what I think of as emo, but whatever - but in terms of his irrationality, I think it's clear that everything he does is quite rational if you make the assumptions he has.
From an Alliance perspective, though, Varian's a breath of fresh air. Unlike Magni, Tyrande or Fandral, he's actively leading, getting out there and doing instead of sitting back mired in various personal issues. He's giving people a direction, marshalling the troops, and saying enough. To a people who experienced the past few years of Alliance stagnation due to the machinations of a big lizard, that's awesome right there. To a faction that has seen the Horde blossom, grabbing land all over Kalimdor and squatting right in the ruins of the greatest human kingdom ever, a leader willing to tell the Horde where to get off doesn't seem like such a bad thing. I can't imagine the average citizen of Stormwind particularly cares if their King is being fair to the people that burned their city to the ground. They probably wish the orcs had been wiped out instead of held in camps.
If you assume that the new Horde is essentially the same as the old Horde at its heart, then Varian would seem the perfect leader for the Alliance. If instead you view the new Horde as a whole new entity trying to forge a new destiny for its members, then Varian would seem the worst possible leader for the opposing faction at such a time. Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing where this new dynamic goes, even though I've never been much for worrying about there being enough War in Warcraft. If quests like Battle for the Undercity are the result, then bring on more factional hatred, I say.
Obviously, as a Horde player I find Varian's assumptions biased and unfair. He's clinging to the traumas of his past too tightly and using them to justify his current decisions. Orcs are actively trying to change and leave the past in the past, which includes things like their genocidal rampages through Draenor and Azeroth. The elder members of the Horde have memories they can barely stand to deal with and while revenge might make you feel better, it doesn't bring about a better world. Right now, from a Horde perspective, Varian is just making things worse and dividing everyone's attention at a time when the Lich King is clearly the bigger threat to everyone.

Tags: Horde

The first episode season of The Guild

Be sure to watch the video the whole way through. There's an easter egg at the very end featuring Zaboo.
And after you're done watching it head back here and let us know what you think. Keep an eye on WoW Insider as Felicia Day will be joining Mike Schramm on the next WoW Insider Show.
You can watch the first episode of the new season of The Guild over on MSN videos today. The video is not available for embedding currently because it's MSN, so you'll have to head over there.
In the episode there's some cuteness between Zaboo and Codex as Zaboo taunts her with a T1 line, and we're introduced to Clara's husband. The gang also gets a rare drop and are all contemplating spending their DKP. The drama unfolds...

[Exploit] Insane Hunter DPS Buff

There is a current bug with the hunter talent- Lock and Load - Spell - World of Warcraft

Lock and Load- You have a 100% chance when you trap a target and a 10% chance when you deal periodic damage with your Serpent Sting to cause your next 2 Arcane Shot or Explosive Shot spells to trigger no cooldown, cost no mana and consume no ammo. 30 second cooldown.

With the 10% proc, the sting should theoretically (assuming no rng) proc every 30 seconds: pushing hunters away from the trap dancing method of DPS.

Trap Dancing-Laying a trap at a boss's feet to get a 100% proc for LnL then running back out to continue DPS.



This 30 second cooldown means traps like Immolation Trap - Spell - World of Warcraft would normally not trigger Lock and Load because of the small hidden cool-down if used right after a Lock and Load Proc from a sting.

The Exploit to increase your dps

Frost Trap - Spell - World of Warcraft is not being effected by the 30 second cooldown on LnL. So you can get a LnL proc using a sting, then run up and use the trap right after, avoiding that nasty cooldown. The same should apply using Frost Trap to trap dance, while still getting procs from Serpent Sting(2).

I have not tested if option (2) is better or not, because you are missing out on the damage from Imo. Trap: but who knows...Test for yourself =D

 by i cut u up

[Shadow Priest]Damage Reduction while mounted

Today i was lvling my SP Priest alt and pulled a lot of mobs while mounted and got slowed...so i pressesd my "uber" panic button - Dispersion.

I didnt got dismounted,took less damage and survived.

here are some screenshots(tested it again in IF)

by phannes2k

30% Damage mitigation to whole raid

Divine Guardian (Tier 4 of Prot Paladin tree) has a known bug where the Paladin will keep abosorbing damage even after Divine Shield is no longer active. There's a few other posts on this website that say things like, %26#8216;avenging wrath with it up' (no longer causes the desired effect) and other similar ideas but none of them guarantee it.

Long story short when you cast divine shield, if you macro it off nigh-immedietly, it will always have the buff from DG remain on you. Although it's nothing insane or noteable, we tried this last night on Sapphiron and the Prot Paladin (who wasn't currently tanking) was taking 30% from everyone coming from Sapphiron's aura and it lasted until he died.

by Grizzam

Retadin's Vindication

Every paladin knows that Vindication it's useless while levelling cause it reduces 20% from mob's max health(if the mob got 1000hp max and u've already hit him and he got to 700hp and the vindication proc'd the mob will have 700/800hp).

But now, I've find a way to make an use of it during levelling. At the beginning of the fight without even touching the mob with your weapon he'll get Vindication. How is that possible? It's pretty simple. What do you need:

1. A paladin of course

2. 1-2talent points in Vindication(retribution spec)

3. A new place for Hand of Reckoning on hotbar



Basically, just go to a mob, click him, use Hand of Reckoning on him and Vindication will proc.

How is this helping you?

Let's say a mob has 1000hp. If you hit him dirrectly without Vindication proc for 300dmg, the mob will have 700/1000hp. If you hit him first with Hand of Reckoning, Vindication will proc, the mob will have 800hp -300dmg(your hit) = 500/800hp left.

I hope I've made myself clear. If you have any questions please post here.

Screenshotthe mob had 1221hp initially - I only have 1 point in Vindication atm)

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5444/handofreckoningxs3.jpg

by HolyGraal

[Exploit / Bug] Darkmoon Card : Berserker!

Darkmoon Card: Berserker! - Item - World of Warcraft

Darkmoon Card : Berserker!

Equip: You have a chance to gain Berserker when you strike or are struck in combat increasing your critical strike rating and resilience rating by 35 for 12 seconds. Stacks 3 times.

Currently on live this trinket is bugged and will proc off ANY healing, therefore classes such as warlocks with fel armor up (gives a heal every 5 seconds) may have this trinket permanently buffed. A great way to bump up you're resilience /crit by 105 ^^



[CONFIRMED]

If a healer heals you with the card equipped they are also receiving the buff. This allows the use of Healer / x teams to BOTH have 3 stacks of the trinket up at the same time, with only player %26#8216;X' actually having the trinket equipped.

by greatcheese

Underneath sw! (requires soulstone, slowfall, bubble or chopper)

this is where you go to get there! i should have taken screeny when i was there but forgot sorry.

OK, so what you do.

step 1, get about where im standing in this pic and you have to jump sideways so your adjacent with the cliff face and facing the plateau; there are invisible ledges which you can LAND on but cannot walk.

when you get there (i dismount because i find it easier to jump from a standstill)

you must jump to the plateau)

from there just run up the ramp till you get to a massive drop, this is where your chopper, bubble, soulstone etc comes into play; use that jump off! I didnt want to spoil it for you all so you have to do it yourself, but from there just run south till you get to sw.

Also note, you can run north instead of south to find some interesting places where the terrain wasnt made properly and can run to the ocean etc etc

by jazonz

Turn yourself into ghoul

Today i found somekinda funny bug that can transform you into a ghoul and you can do all the things that DK's can do + ghoul things(Death and decay,death coil and also).

Here is what you need-

A Death Knight with Shadow of Death.(BE CEREFULL,IF YOU DIE AND ITS ON COOLDOWN,IT WONT WORK,CAUSE YOU WONT TRANSFORM INTO A GHOUL!).

Ok here is what you need to do-



1-Join two BGS(I recommend alterac valley and WSG,its easy to get in these).

2-When you have joined one,wait for another POP-UP that shows you can enter(in my case i was in alterac valley and i got a pop-up to join wsg).

3-When you get that POP-UP,run and DIE!Just DIE!But be cerefull,when you die you must transform into a ghoul.

4-When your dead and in a ghoul form then just join another battleground..And woala-your a ghoul with all DK abilityes and all ghoul ablityes.Kinda imba.

by Dragonshadow

One free death rune(for a while) for Unholy DKs

This requires the talent

Reaping - Spell - World of Warcraft

Use blood strike or blood boil to make ONE Blood rune used and made a death rune. Immediately after use Blood Tap and your 2nd blood rune will be a death rune for a long time. It seems to randomly reset, but works for a long time as said above.

this rune will also refresh as a death rune until it randomly resets.

simple guide:

1. Hit bloodboil or bloodstrike once.

2. hit blood tap

3. profit.

Working as I type this.

by Acry

Storm the Beach Achievement

It is hard to beat Strand of the Ancient in under 4 minutes, especially for Horde (This is for HORDE).

What you need to do is team up with other people and capture under 4 minutes, when the next turn begins, jump off of the boat and swim to the nearest island. Wait there and when the match ends, jump into the water where the boat path is. We didn't capture the relic but we still got the achievement.

by wyldd00d

Ring of Valor start bug [Useful]

I found this while playing with my mate in 2v2... In ring of Valor arena before you reach the top just keep running forward but try to keep it at an 90* angle so you are pushing it all the time and just before you reach the top you will end in their room and unstealth everything u can.

Try it in your own way to find flexibilities

by Ghowlish

Age of Reckoning 3 In Warhammer Online

There's also a host of smaller problems, though none of them rise to more than a small level of annoyance. Players in scenarios can "AFK" their way through, stealing experience and renown points they don't deserve. There's a weird graphic bug that will lock an avatar into one animation cycle (though you can still play the game). The crafting is confusing and feels like an afterthought. The UI, while quite good, could use a few now-common elements like the ability to hot-link items and abilities in chat. Considering how important player coordination is in higher-level PvP, the game could really use some type of built-in voice chat system. Some of the terrain in the scenarios and the PvP lakes could use some tweaking, as their proximity to spawn points sometimes gives an advantage to one side while the other faction faces an incredibly long post-death trek.

In the end, though, all of the problems, even the most serious one of lag in heavy player combat, are ultimately fixable. Warhammer Online has had the smoothest, most complete MMO launch we've ever seen. Game balance and other elements of the game need tweaking but they're all there, they all work and most importantly, they're all fun. This is a game that has 20 separate classes and while some may be overpowered or underpowered, none of them are boring to play. The game comes loaded with PvP and PvE content that -balance issues notwithstanding -is as good as or much better than that of any other MMO on the market. Warhammer Online is the next great game of Player vs. Player and Realm vs. Realm content and we have the feeling that somewhere on the other side of reality, the Chaos god Tzeentch is smiling.

Xbox Live's achievement system proved some time ago that people will go to incredible lengths for a score beside their name and a few virtual medals. The developers at Mythic took that lesson and ran with it. There will certainly be a large contingent of players who make it a goal to unlock everything in the Tome. For everyone else, the Tome is a sort of goad to experience everything in the game. It's worth playing that PvP scenario one more time to finish an obscure Tome unlock. It's worth going through low-level PvE quest lines in the other races' areas and doing public quests that one has outleveled just to get the unlocks. More than that, the Tome is just one of a host of meters to fill and counters to click and trophies to go for. The game's guild system treats guilds almost like players with their own system of levels and bonuses and prizes that players can work to unlock. There's an entire separate system of PvP leveling that unlocks access to high-level loot. One of the key benefits of all this is it keeps players circulating throughout the world and participating in all of its content.

Greenskins in the Woodpile

Despite all the well-deserved praise, Warhammer Online is not without its problems. While the game seems to have avoided the big technical nightmare of unstable servers, there's a definite danger of population imbalance. As players come on board, there seems to be a pronounced predilection for the Destruction side. While the developers at Mythic have taken steps to ameliorate this, the resulting low population caps on servers have contributed to long wait times for scenarios and 10- to 20-minute waits to log in at peak hours. Since balanced populations fighting each other are the key to this game -much more so than in World of Warcraft, which continues to wrestle with this issue four years after launch -this is something that needs to be carefully monitored and controlled as the game moves forward.

Tags: Warhammer Online

Age of Reckoning (PC) 2 in Warhammer Online

 Hell is Other People

The biggest irony of Warhammer Online is that its greatest strength is also its biggest weakness -the reliance on other people. The vast majority of the game's content, especially its meta-game, requires an active and enthusiastic player-base committed to getting to the city sieges. In the game's opening days as everybody levels up and the game still exudes that "new game smell," that isn't a problem. Even in these first days, however, we've found that there are inconveniently located PQs that are virtually abandoned. We're concerned that as the player base ages, these areas may be abandoned, making the trip to level 40 the grind that Mythic worked so hard to avoid.

Fortunately, Mythic is aware of this and put systems in place to try to stem it. Since every zone in the game contributes to the push-pull city-raiding meta-game, there is certainly an incentive for players to level alts and leave them at specific levels in order to be able to switch to different content tiers when the situation requires it. The game also offers a "Tome of Knowledge" that in itself is a huge piece of content. The Tome is combination achievement/kill-counter system that tracks virtually every aspect of gameplay. There's a kill counter for every type of creature (and player) in the game, exploration unlocks for finding specific locations, well-written story snippets as a reward for following the PvE questlines, titles, new skills and much much more. In fact, there's even a whole host of silly and secret achievements in the Tome such as clicking on your own character 100 times, fighting while naked or just adding five players to your friends list cheap wow gold.

As players progress through the game, a fascinating melding of PvE and PvP content begins to occur. Certain PvE quests will send players into PvP "lakes" to complete objectives that have nothing to do with fighting other players. Others will offer players in PvE zones opposing PQ objectives conveniently located right next to PvP areas where players can slip over and try to kill one another when taunting and interference aren't enough. In higher-level PvP zones, capturing objectives entails dealing with very powerful NPCs that require raid-level coordination to take down. City sieges -the very goal of the game -are the ultimate fusion of the two. Once a city siege begins, players will have to compete in PvP events to unlock a whole instanced capital loaded with PvE content ranging from low-level quests to loot and kill regular citizens to high-level dungeons and huge raid-level bosses that will take the resources of a guild to destroy.

The Enemy of My Enemy is my Enemy

It doesn't take much play time before the PvP heart of Warhammer Online becomes clear. Scenario-based PvP is available from the instant a player logs into the game. All a player has to do is click the "Join Scenario" button on the UI anywhere in the world and they queue up. When in a scenario, characters will be leveled to the tier mean. They won't be given any extra skills, which means that very low-level characters will still be at a slight disadvantage, but the field will be more or less even and everyone feels useful. Scenarios run the gamut from simple timed slaughterfests for points to take-and-hold actions to king-of-the-hill games to capture the flag. As players level, they'll be asked to take part in more elaborate scenarios that will require more coordination and planning but even the simplest (Tier One) scenarios in the game offer a huge variety of play styles and a host of ingenious play mechanics.

The other part of Warhammer Online's PvP system is the Realm vs. Realm combat. This consists of PvP "lakes" within larger PvE zones (one for each side) that surround it. In these areas are a series of objectives such as castles or points of interest that are guarded by NPCs that can be captured by players to control the zone. This is easily the game's biggest individual attraction. First, it offers a ton of balanced PvP combat confined to limited areas under specific rule sets and avoids the annoying "ganking" phenomenon (for those who want it, Mythic has created a number of "Open RvR" servers). Second, these RvR lakes are amazingly fun. In a couple of days' worth of battles we accumulated more stories of brilliant assaults, sneak attacks, dirty tricks, desperate last stands and amazingly funny moments than in a year of another MMOs PvP. If the greatest piece of content in an MMO is other people, Warhammer Online offers an endless variety of PvP "content" to explore.

Unfortunately, all of this PvP combat comes at a price -fairly steep system requirements. While lag, stutter and chug are usually not a problem at the game's lower levels, in larger battles with dozens of players it's very possible players without a high-end system will see their game slow down. We never had a problem so bad it made the game unplayable, but even on our highest-end machines we had to tone down the graphics in some of the larger fights. That may turn off some gamers who were looking forward to the game but may not wish to upgrade their systems -especially that segment that's been playing nothing but World of Warcraft for the past four years without an upgrade.

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Age of Reckoning in Warhammer Online

PQ For Me And You

More interesting than RvR (for me, at least) are the Public Quests. Here's an example: I'm sent to kill some Annoying Squigs on a quest (with Squiggle, my Squig Herder). When I arrive at the killing field, the game tells me that the area also happens to be a Public Quest called Ugrog's Rage (Oh, that giant troll thing!) where the first objective is killing quite of few of the buggers. I notice another player in the area, and invite them to a party.

Parties are automatically labeled as open, and in the upper left there is an icon you can click at any time to see what parties are available, how far they are from you, and what they are doing. Everyone in the area knows we're here doing this PQ, and we can keep inviting people, too. Even players not in our party (or eventual warband, if enough show up—that's a group of up to four parties) are helping the cause.

Next we have to collect Ugrog some beer kegs, but there are still enemies to deal with as well. Finally, once he's good and boozed up he'll bust down the door to this dwarven fortress and the bosses first send minions charging, before finally running out themselves.

Most PQs seem to have three stages, and when it's over you get a loot drop (or not, if there were a lot of people involved) depending on how well you participated. The drop is a grab bag where you get to choose one item, and there is always something you can use, whether it's armor or a crafting material.  If you help out a lot, you also get tons of influence (points—a bar that fills for each chapter of the story) and are able to pick up influence rewards from the rally master in town.

I love PQs. It's a great excuse to get a party together and once you have one you can just roam the zone from PQ to PQ. Or you can run one a few times in a row if it's crowded, since the more consecutive attempts you put in, the higher your roll modifier bonus will be.

I Made This For You

Gathering and Crafting skills are acquired in the chapter 2 zones for each race. Of the four gathering skills, Cultivating is definitely the most compelling, since instead of just picking over corpses or breaking down unwanted gear into magical essences, you're growing seeds. The process starts by opening the Cultivating window and choosing a plot. You place a seed and then add soil, water, and nutrients as a timer runs down. I didn't get far enough to see what sort of effect upgrading your soil types and watering cans would have, but you definitely run into higher quality ingredients as you go (or if you buy them from a Scavenger.)

So far there are two crafting systems in the game, one for making potions and one for making talismans. Talismans seem more difficult due to the rarer ingredients required, whereas many potion ingredients are readily available through butchery or cultivating.  For that reason, I spent a lot more time with my Apothecary characters.

To make a potion you need a container, a main ingredient, and supporting ingredients for stabilization and added effects. For instance, you can turn regular green healing potion into pink healing-over-time by adding an ingredient that increases the duration of a potion’s effects.

Overall, I found myself actually enjoying crafting, for once. Even though I made way more potions than I really needed, the more active systems made the whole process more satisfying.

Bottom Line Time

I haven't said much about the Tome of Knowledge yet, but that’s because I personally didn't find it very interesting. It's basically a cross between a fantasy novel and an encyclopedia of your progress, which is great if you're super into Warhammer, but you can tell the designers don't even expect people to read all the quest text%26#8211;the dialogue is in a rusty red color as opposed to the sharp black of the actual directions—so to include all this extra reading material is either a huge waste of time or a way to show the true fans how much they are loved. I guess we'll go with the latter, but it would be interesting to see what percentage of players reads every entry.

As far as audio/video goes, you'll want to run WAR with more than minimum specs, obviously, for the ultimate RvR experience. It's a pretty game, and less cartoony than World of Warcraft while still maintaining a clearly fantasy style. The main theme is hummable while you're waiting for the game to load%26#8211;especially if your server is full; the game is definitely popular.

My biggest complaint, aside from the crashes that made me want to just quit completely, is the lack of official forums. I don't want to be part of a community, I want to be part of the community. Yes, you can report bugs in-game, but it still just puzzles me that Mythic doesn't run their own forums rather than check-up on fan sites.

Love Your Job

Warhammer is about a war. No kidding! The Order faction consists of the Empire (humans), High Elves, and Dwarves, and on the flipside lies Destruction, composed of Greenskins (Goblins and Orcs), Dark Elves, and Chaos. The careers are all tied to race, so it's more important to decide what your job will be than what you want to look like.

Maybe you want to be a Witch Hunter. I mean, you get a gun and the ability to pile up accusations until an execution move becomes available, and who doesn't want to follow the mastery Path of "Confession?" Actually, I spent most of my time with a Marauder, whose arm shapeshifts as needed, although the Brutality sword-like appendage seemed to rock the hardest, with its Convulsive Slashing move that just tears up your target.

 

From level 11 you start gaining mastery points with which you specialize your career. For instance, I started up the Path of Brutality which not only improves all the moves specifically using the Brutality-shaped arm, but eventually unlocks new moves and passive career tactics you can slot to increase your effectiveness. High Elf Archmages who not only heal, but shoot lasers out of their eyes, Goblin Squig Herders who attack at range while commanding one ugly-looking pet monster—I wasn't able to try every career, but the fact that I wish I could have says a lot.

RvR Puts Hair On Your Chest

Of course there are plenty normal MMO quests (Kill wolves, find this dude, collect mushrooms...) but you can play any game for those. If you're coming to Warhammer, you're coming for the Realm vs. Realm and the Public Quests. The Realm vs. Realm (or you could say, "epic PvP" with plural Ps) comes in many varieties from open RvR servers to zones within a "core" server, to specific instanced missions called Scenarios. Scenarios are great because they last just fifteen minutes, you get set up with a group as you arrive, and you can zap straight to one from anywhere.

In the upper right hand corner of the screen, near your mini-map (with handy red blotches that designate quest objectives), there is a button to queue for a Scenario. Once you sign up, you can just forget about it and quest, craft, or whatever. When the Scenario resets and slots open up, a window pops up to let you know and you can warp from the spot you stand to battle it out against the opposing faction. Obviously noobs will be overwhelmed in these situations, but it's only fifteen minutes and you respawn easily in the zone to just keep hacking away. There are also quest objectives for killing members of the opposing faction, and you get experience just for finishing the encounter. Then, of course, there's the added bonus that even if you managed to kill just one guy, it still helps your realm in the overall battle.

Unfortunately, that vague knowledge is as close as we got to the huge scale that the war ends up taking. The highly anticipated sieges of "living cities" (that are more or less prosperous depending on how your faction is doing) are for those a bit closer to the 40 level cap.

Tags: Warhammer Online

The First Patch Comes In Warhammer Online

Tactic Trainers: All tactic trainers in the main city libraries have been temporarily turned off, while we investigate an issue involving them. They will return as soon as this issue is resolved, we apologize for the inconvenience.

Troll Country: Players will no longer get the T3 scenario queue window when attempting to zone into the scenario cave in Troll Country

Open-RvR Servers: Players will no longer receive the "bolster" buff while in Kadrin Valley

The first patch comes in the morning of Sep.6. And the down time only lasted a little more than 1 hour and a half. The patch notes are below:

 

Patch Notes

Queues bypass system: Player's position in the queues will now be saved when disconnected for a short period of time.

Guild Tavern: All players in a guild will now have access to the guild tavern at the appropriate guild rank level.

Tags: Warhammer Online

PvP gear laid out in Age of Conan

Although there are ten PvP levels, the gear available only goes up to level 5 so far. More gear will be coming in the future to take the system all the way up to level 10.

You can plan out exactly what you want to wear in your PvP career. You can pick the gear up from vendors, who you can find in the game's racial hubs. Each piece has a minimum PvP level required to wear or wield. Note that the minimum character level is 80; this is definitely endgame stuff. It took a while getting there, but PvP gear finally made it to Age of Conan. The PvP patch has caused a marked increase in enthusiasm for the game, and players are killing each other like never before in their haste to earn PvP levels. Unfortunately, the AoC PvP notoriety patch didn't go live yet, so nobody is being branded as a murderer or criminal no matter how many lower level passers-by they ambush and massacre.

500,000 Players Crazy for WAR in Warhammer Online

Just a week,a half a million people playing WAR online, and the ranks of Order and Destruction are growing at a record-breaking pace for a new MMORPG. WAR creator spent years on providing players with the most stable, epic, and polished online world, but it is the players that have truly brought the Age of Reckoning to life.Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning had fully launched for just a week,and the new players who registered have surpass 500,000. wow~

Based on Games Workshop's epic and longstanding tabletop fantasy war game, WAR is a unique MMORPG that features revolutionary Realm vs. Realm (RvR) gameplay that will attract players in a world of perpetual conflict for years to come. WAR has been recognized for its unique play style that appeals newbies while offering incredible depth for sensoned players.

WAR subscription options include:

Monthly Subscription: 14.99 USD

3-Month Subscription: 41.97 USD(13.99 USD per month)

6-Month Subscription: 77.94 USD(12.99 USD per month)

Fans looking forward to laying siege to their enemy's capital city will have several pricing options available, beginning with a ?14.99 monthly subscription. Additionally, collectible 30- and 60-day prepaid Game Time Cards will be available at many game retailers.

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Trading Card Game Trial in Star War Galaxy

This first ever online-only Star Wars® trading card game provides Star Wars Galaxies subscribers with an entirely new gameplay experience by combining the challenge of a trading card game with the adventures and community of the massively multiplayer game! For the first time onlineNow the Galactic Civil War released the Trading Card Game: Champions of the Force.  players can:

1.Find more than 20 loot cards in the first release that Star Wars Galaxies players with a paid account, in good standing, can redeem for fantastic in-game items!

2.Plus, challenge their skills in solo play, or join with friends in epic one-on-one matches, cooperative Heroic Encounters and even official tournaments!

3.Choose between the light and dark sides of the Force and build their own Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game decks to fight virtual matches for the Rebel, Imperial, Jedi or Sith

4.Collect more than 250 beautifully detailed original Star Wars-themed digital cards

5.Enhance their digital card decks with 15-card Booster Packs

Bad Moons Rising in 2Moons

Bad Moons Rising is the first major update of 2Moons for 2008. Players will be captivated by all the latest content and new game features included in this major update, which includes brand new areas, dungeons, quests, monsters, skills and equipment.

Los Angeles (March 31, 2008) - Acclaim Games announces the highly anticipated release of the "Bad Moons Rising" game update with tons of new content for 2Moons, a free to play extreme action Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) for PC.

Two new maps called Space of Pilgrimage and Aquirai Ruins will feature all new and exciting content, with hordes of new monsters and bosses to defeat. New dungeons such as the Nest of Cherubim will also challenge players and test their skills. New quests have also been added for players to complete for various items and rewards.

"Acclaim is growing rapidly and our coordination of new content into our games has been massively improved, our goal is to deliver major updates like this every 90-120 days and the next two major updates are already on the way. It's going to be a very exciting year for 2Moons players," says David Perry, the game's Director.

Some new game modifications have been made specifically for beginning players. Low level quests have been renewed and new monsters have been added for beginners. Also, players from level 1 to 60 can receive special items to help boost their character's stats.

The latest game update will also feature increased security and spam control to help ensure a more safe and enjoyable gaming experience for all 2Moons players.

The Bad Moons Rising update introduces a new pet system, providing players with new companions that will accompany them on adventures and help collect items. You can choose from 3 pets currently available (Ariel, Woody, and Wiki) with more to be added in future item updates. Mounts have also been upgraded for greater speed, so players can travel much faster when riding these mythical creatures across the 2Moons environment.

Players can also check out some of the all new skills, weapons, and armor sets that are specific to their character class to enhance their characters for the bloodiest of battles.

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The time Eastvale Tournament

The event is currently looking for staff to make it come true! 

-Judges is for the sponsored lists, open lists and archery tournament. The Sponsored and Open List judges will help running the contest and help keeping the bonfires making the arena light; other people are encouraged to help keeping the fires alive too. For the Archery tournament it is important that the judge will have a lot of HP. The contestants will shoot once at the archery butte and the loss of HP will be transformed into points.

The Eastvale Tournament will be held on October 11, 2008, it as same as two years ago, The realm is Argent Dawn and organized by Acrona according to official shows. They will start taking sign-ups on the October 1!

-Raffle ticket vendors: will require a lot of bag space

-Fireworks specialists: for making firework launchers say boom-boom every now and then during the event

-Entertainers: for greater atmosphere

-Traders: for greater atmosphere

-Catering services: for greater atmosphere

FINAL FANTASY XI Official Accounts Banned

We would like to remind players that as well as adversely affecting game balance, the use of third-party tools or cheats can also have consequences that are not immediately obvious, such as introducing damaging viruses, and comprising the security of private account details. Usage of third-party tools will not be tolerated within FINAL FANTASY XI, and we will continue to severely penalize any players found to be in violation of the PlayOnline Member Agreement.

As we continue to ensure a fun and balanced environment for FINAL FANTASY XI, we hope that our players enjoy the game as it was intended and take care to avoid involvement in activities that violate the PlayOnline Member Agreement.

We would like to report the termination today of multiple accounts held by players involved in the usage of third-party tools or cheats, or engaged in RMT (Real Money Trading) activities.

Based on the results of our investigation, around 4640 PlayOnline accounts were terminated while around 340 accounts were temporarily suspended.

Additionally, we have increased the number of mass bannings against certain PlayOnline violations in order to prevent illegal acts.

Details of the violations are as follows:

- Usage of tools that allow enhanced character movement.

Week of August 24, Approx. 130 cases

Week of August 31, Approx. 290 cases

Week of September 7, Approx. 260 cases

Week of September 14, Approx. 270 cases

Week of September 21, Approx. 170 cases

- Usage of tools that circumvent game mechanics with respect to the timing of ability use,

etc. in certain areas or at points where Notorious Monsters appear.

September 25, Approx. 20 cases

- Using cheats to automatically repeat a particular action.

Week of August 24, Approx. 20 cases

Week of August 31, Approx. 110 cases

Week of September 7, Approx. 180 cases

Week of September 14, Approx. 200 cases

Week of September 21, Approx. 220 cases

- Gil and item exchange for real world money.

Week of August 24, Approx. 10 cases

Week of August 31, Approx. 20 cases

Week of September 7, Approx. 30 cases

Week of September 14, Approx. 310 cases

Week of September 21m Approx. 220 cases

- Instances of areas or monster monopolization.

September 4, Approx. 130 cases

September 11, Approx. 100 cases

- Involved in compromised accounts

Week of August 31, Approx. 400 cases

Week of September 7, Approx. 690 cases

Week of September 14, Approx. 710 cases

Week of September 21, Approx. 490 cases

The termination of these accounts has led to the removal of approximately 1.8 billion gil from circulation.

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World of Warcraft quest: Mission The Abyssal Shelf

World of Warcraft quest: Mission The Abyssal Shelf

Just another vid of me testing out Gamecam.

This is one of the funnest(sp?) quests i%26#8217;ve done in fire so far. Bombing enimies on a flying mount! =O

Duration : 0:3:49

Sholazar Basin: A Steak Fit for a Hunter (Quest)

Sholazar Basin: A Steak Fit for a Hunter (Quest)

http://www.wtbblue.com videos for the Sholazar Basin zone in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. See the website for the full zone guide.

Duration : 0:4:39

World of Warcraft Pet

World of Warcraft Pet

A great learning video for anyone thinking of becoming a Hunter and getting a World of Warcraft pet, like me. Turn the volume up the video does have sound but it is very low.

World of Warcraft: Huntard trying to quest

World of Warcraft: Huntard trying to quest

Ya its me failing miserably at %26#8220;Bring me the egg%26#8221; in nagrand? I even try to cheat by jumping off the nearby hill?

Duration : 0:4:16

Barlan’s Epic Hunter Quest

Barlan%26#8217;s Epic Hunter Quest

Short video of me and my friends doing three out of the four Epic Hunter Demons, Would have had the fourth, but it was an all-nighter and the video man had to go to class in the morning

Duration : 0:2:33

How to fly In the World of Warcraft (In Azeroth)

How to fly In the World of Warcraft (In Azeroth)

First, you must obtain a %26#8220;Westfall Chicken%26#8221; from a quest in Westfall, an alliance only zone for levels 10-15.

Second, you must head to the hypogriph statue at the Stormwind Docks, and then summon the chicken.

To know how to do the rest, you must watch the video

Sorry for the blinking, I think it%26#8217;s the hypercam, I%26#8217;ll try a new one for my next video.

And remember kids, you must HEIL HUNTER!!!

or hielhutner?.

Duration : 0:2:28

Sholazar Basin: The Part-time Hunter (Quest)

Sholazar Basin: The Part-time Hunter (Quest)

http://www.wtbblue.com videos for the Sholazar Basin zone in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. See the website for the full zone guide.

Duration : 0:1:3

World Of Warcraft TBC - SS vs Trial Of The Naruu: Mercy

World Of Warcraft TBC - SS vs Trial Of The Naruu: Mercy

Slaughter Squad members Trappisto (Tauren Warrior), Filia (BloodElf Paladin), Brajkaa (Tauren Druid), Detritius (Troll Hunter) and Open Face Surgery member RopeDrink (Me, Troll Rogue) take on Warchief Kargath in Heroic Shattered Halls during timed event to complete the Shattrath Quest for Adal, Trial of the Naruu: Mercy.

It%26#8217;s been a long time since I bothered uploading anything from WoW so I decided to record and upload a Shattered Halls Timed Heroic.

After killing the 1st boss and entering the %26#8220;arrow%26#8221; hall a timer for 55-60 mins shows up (Similar to an Argent Dawn Stratholm Baron run) in which you have until the time ends to reach, and kill, a spawned %26#8220;Executioner%26#8221; in Warchief Kargath%26#8217;s room that (when time expires) kills one of three hostages, then the timer resets and the same applies. To complete the Trial of the Naruu: Mercy, you must save all three hostages ie. kill Warchief Kargath in Shattered Halls heroic mode within the hour.

We got to the end and previous to this boss suffered two wipes, one thanks to SH Gladiators (The super tough, but skippable, mobs in the long halls previous to 2nd boss) bugged and attacked the training dummies while we were sprinting up the middle section to skip them, so in effect they ran right into us when they shouldn%26#8217;t have moved. We also wiped once on Kargath himself as we had me (Rogue) on the adds, that wasn%26#8217;t a problem but them hitting me during the bosses blade dances eventually massacred me on the third dance, so we ran back, put the druid on adds and me on boss - We slaughtered him with absolutely no issue and completed the quest. Simple.

I%26#8217;d encourage any heroic lovers to give this a go, wether they have the quest or not - It%26#8217;s a fun event and one that can give you 5 heroic badges and some nice items along the way.

Duration : 0:2:55

World of warcraft. If you are a………?

World of warcraft. If you are a????

I am a lvl 12 draenei hunter. The quests that i do give me around 800xp which fills about 2 bars at the bottom of the screen. When i am a higher lvl will quests still fill about 2 bars, just with more XP(since you need more to lvl) or will it just give me around 800, and fill the bar less

What im really asking is, will i lvl at about the same speed if i do quests that r right for my lvl

When i say fill 2 bars, i meen the smaller sections


quests and kills will vary in experience point value. If you continue to %26quot;challenge%26quot; yourself with yellow or orange level quests the experience point value is often worth it.

Combine this, with group like area quests togetrher like doing all the deadmines missions at once, and you can make potent use of even green level missions.

Every class has diffrent level advancement characteristics.

Warlocks and Hunters solo well and often advance rapidly, but warriors initialy start quite slow.

Where can I get the following pets on World of Warcraft?

Where can I get the following pets on World of Warcraft?

I am a Blood Elf Hunter (Level 14) and I would LOVE to have a Snow Leopard, but have no idea where to get one or how. I currently have an Elder Springpaw that I tamed right after I completed the pet quest, but I just randomnly chose the first animal I came across.

If anyone knows the locations to any of these, I would really appreciate ANY info:

Moonstalker

The Rake

Echeyakee

Coyote

Prowler


I know The Rake is in Mulgore north of Thunderbluff. At 14 you are able to tame him. Echeyakee is a part of a quest that you get at the Barrens where you have to spawn him using an item. Snow leopards are in Winterspring but are level 58ish so if you plan on getting one of those you may have to wait. If you just want a white colored cat however, Echeyakee is white and looks like the Rake..

Question on World of warcraft, level 63, Honor Hold quests, that I find difficult.?

Question on World of warcraft, level 63, Honor Hold quests, that I find difficult.?

I%26#39;m not that concerned with leveling speed, as I am, leveling upwards, to big 7-0. I belong to a very good guild, but it seems, to me, that I always ask for assistance on every quest now, maybe this is normal for the Honor Hold area. I am a NIght Elf, Hunter, and I have an epic mount. I like the gathering quests, where you have to kill so many of one thing, to accomplish the quest. I%26#39;ve done a couple in Zangamarsh, the few quests I have left in Honor Hold, well no one seems to mind helping me, but I hate to ask them them. Is it just me? Do I need to get over it? They never complain. But, I know they are also busy leveling their characters. I am 3 bars from 63. Do I go to Zangamarsh, and do what I can do, and level to 63? Or finish those in Honor Hold, then level to 63, and go on to Zangamarsh?


There are a number of quests in Honor Hold (and the other zones) that are designated as group quests. Check your quest log and it will say group next to it. If those are the quests you are talking about dont feel bad about it, these quests are designed to be done in a group

where is a good place for me to pick up worn dragonscales in world of warcraft?

where is a good place for me to pick up worn dragonscales in world of warcraft?

i am a lvl 52 beast master dwarf hunter, i need these scales for my dragonscale leatherworking quest and am having a difficult time locating them. Can anyone tell me where to look with out giving me cordinates, i dont have that add on, tell me by what city or landmark, thanx for the help


Unfortunately it is only a 2 percent drop item.

whelps seem to be the thing to grind. but this link says you can get alot more much faster by having a 300 skinner. something to think about?

can I have some help for a new World of Warcraft member to be?

can I have some help for a new World of Warcraft member to be?

Well, In about 2 days I%26#39;ve done 50+ quests on wow(I got the achievement), along with 13 combat as a night elf hunter. I really got into the game and I decided once my trial is up, I%26#39;m definately buying membership. So I%26#39;ve got a few questions;

What are expansion packs, what is Wrath of the Lich King, and why is everyone talking about it?

Also, I know you must download expansion packs and such, how do I do that, at what level should i do that, do they cost money, if so how much?

All in all, how much will I be spending on world of warcraft per month with all these expansion packs and such?

Also, is 50+ quests, and being a lvl 12 hunter, having 60 silver, and a lvl 12 nightsaber pet good for 2 days work?

Thanks. at the beginning, I meant to say lvl 12, not 13.


You want to move to the Burning Crusade content at level 57, and Wrath of the Lich King content at 68 - so when you get to those levels is when you want to buy the expansions.

Wrath of the lich king is 39.99, I%26#39;m not sure about Burning Crusade at the Moment (29.99 tops) - but the answer is that your monthly cost is 15$ subscription, the expansion are one time costs.

Everyone talks about Wrath of the Lich King right now because that%26#39;s the highest-level content in the game. You%26#39;ll eventually hit the level cap (couple months if you go slow), and at the point, the most interesting things for you to do are at level 80 - and all that level 80 content: which is why Wrath of the Lich King (Wotlk for short) is where all the conversation is.

Finally? 50+ quests, lvl 12, 60 silver? is? it%26#39;s not remarkable really? people will get to level 60 in 2 days if they know the game (you%26#39;ll see a lot of people levelling new characters just for the heck of it), but you shouldn%26#39;t be in a race your first time through. First time through the game, levelling up, doing the quests, getting the new skills, surviving on 60 silver - is probably some of the most interesting experiences you%26#39;ll have in the game

World of Warcraft - Best place to grind?

World of Warcraft - Best place to grind?

I am a level 52 Hunter and i have about 400g but i want more more more! I also need to level up a bunch. Where would be the best place for me to grind for both money and leveling? Also please don%26#39;t tell me %26quot;just do a few quests%26quot; because i don%26#39;t want to quest.


You didn%26#39;t say if you are Alliance or Horde

I would recommend Western Plaguelands. Even if you don%26#39;t like to quest, you are going to want to get faction with the Argent Dawn, because they have good rewards. If you pull carefully, you shouldn%26#39;t have a problem pulling single mobs. Also, get an Argent Commission before you start. The bone fragments you get can either be turned in for faction, or you can sell them for decent money. Plus, you%26#39;ll pick up a ton of runecloth because you%26#39;ll mostly be killing undead humanoids. Runecloth sells pretty well on my server, especially because it%26#39;s used to buy city faction.

I know you don%26#39;t like to quest, but I would recommend doing the quests in Western and Eastern Plaguelands. As I said before, you are going to want that faction later, and the quests are the only way to do it. Get your Argent Dawn commission so you can collect the bones and also the scourgestones. You%26#39;ll be glad later that you did.

That%26#39;s pretty much the best place to grind at your level. The levels will come fairly quickly, and that%26#39;s the best place to hunt for max XP.

Good luck.

World of Warcraft Trolls

World of Warcraft Trolls

Hey there, I play World of Warcraft and I am Alliance. My main is alliance aswell and I decided to make a Horde.

I want to go Troll because I think the Raptor Mounts look cool. I thought about going Taurn Warrior but I do not like the quests they have.

I just wanted to know, because I know nothing about Horde? what Class is a Troll good at? I don%26#8217;t really want to be a Warrior again since I got my Taurn up to around 25-ish and I found out that Warriors are boring (for me) so thats out of the picture.

I thought about Troll Mage because Trolls have a Spell Haste Racial? and thats always nice, but I was informed that if your going to be a mage, just go Undead? or Blood Elf. I am not going Blood Elf because they are a bit squishy and no useful Racials.

I like mages and they are fun so I might go Troll Mage? I just wanted to know if Trolls are not suppost to be mages? or what else you might recomend.

I also Have a Hunter and Rouge so those are also out of the Picture? I also thought about Shadow preist.. but I have a Warlock =P

I probably would have recommended going a Mage as a Troll. The only other I would suggest is a Priest. Just don%26#8217;t choose male. Female Trolls actually look decent.

World of warcraft question about a pet?

World of warcraft question about a pet?

Can some horde member help me out here. I really want Sian-Rotam, he will make my collection complete but ya see I am a Night Elf Hunter on Vek%26#39;Nilash. therefore i cannot tame him, he is a level 60 horde only quest spawn and i would like it very much if some horde member out would let me tame it when they spawned it.


As knittin mentioned above, the best place to find help would be on your Realm Forum, which can be found here:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?sid=1%26amp;forumId=11445

Another option is to roll a horde character, do a /who on level appropriate characters in Winterspring, and start whispering

Good luck with purple-cat hunting!

what is the point? (world of warcraft)?

what is the point? (world of warcraft)?

im doing the 10 day free trial thing on world of warcraft, i dont really know what the point of the game is? all i do is run around and shoot things (night elf hunter) and make money, what else is there to do? kind of boring so far.

not only that the quests are lame


Some people like to run around and shoot things

Maybe its just not your kind of game, it%26#39;s not for everyone.

A lot of people play for the end game content %26#39;raiding%26#39;, or for PVP - fighting against other players amongst other things - social aspects etc.

There is no point to it like most games, except to have fun? you are playing to increase your level and improve your character in various ways.

Taming a beast in world of warcraft~HELP?

Taming a beast in world of warcraft~HELP?

Im a level 10 tauren hunter, and ive done the quest where I tame the plainstrider, wolf, and swoop, and I got rid of my taming rod (because it wouldn%26#39;t work anymore)

so where do I go from here?what do I do to get my beast?


When you finished the quest you should have gained the taming abilty in your spells. Equip the spell and use it on a tamable creature.

World of warcraft question.?

World of warcraft question.?

well i played wow for 30 days in september and then got bord of it. Two days ago i started playing with the 10 day free trial for the new expansion pack. I have a lvl 43 night elf hunter in a pve world. I dont really know what to do. I%26#39;ve done a couple of quests, but they get borring fast. whenever i go to the battlegrounds, i always die and do little damage. I have a snow leopard as a pet. I%26#39;m going down the marksmanship talent, but probably will change it to beast mastery.

I just was wondering what else there is to do? How can I make my character stronger? i want to try to make another character, but i dont really know what to do, is there another class that uses bows and weapons like the hunter?


Battlegrounds will usually be full of twinks (sit at max for the level range and max out their gear, etc), so you%26#39;re probably going to die if you%26#39;re not built up properly.

Quests are your bread and butter and always will be. Try a different location if the quests in the area you%26#39;re at are boring (I%26#39;d offer suggestions but don%26#39;t remember any more). You could also do instance runs to get better gear, or work up your professions.

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christmas 08 quest maze walkthrough

christmas 08 quest maze walkthrough

this video is a walkthrough of the maze from the christmas quest of 20|08 2008

christmass quest tutorial!

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World of Warcraft - Skettis Escort Bug

World of Warcraft - Skettis Escort Bug

Hi,

I was just playing warcraft doing my daily routine with my daily quests =D haha ? so im starting up the escort quest - escape from Skettis and after pwning some horde I suddenly get this bug up my =P

The guy stands stuck and starts making durty noises O_o .. I know he was a prisoner and he didnt get any ladies but this is weird XD haha

Have fun watching, sorry for the bad quality view, I just popped on fraps and started =p lol

xx Taszy

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Hunter Quest

Hunter Quest

Silithus

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63 Hunter Solos a 65 group quest

63 Hunter Solos a 65 group quest

me soloing a quest while showing the awesome power of da hunter

song= heavenly by skylar blue

test video

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The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom - video 1

The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom - video 1

The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom // trailer teaser video 1 // www.CroggesServer.com // www.The-Error.net

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The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom - video 2

The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom - video 2

Final Version of // The Chronicles of a Hunter: Quest for Freedom // trailer teaser video 2 // www.CroggesServer.com // www.The-Error.net

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WoTLK Quest: The Hunter and the Prince

WoTLK Quest: The Hunter and the Prince

At lvl 80 in Icecrown in Northend, You can get a 6 part chain quest. The first one is called %26#8220;where dragons Fell%26#8221;. This video is the 3rd part of the chain. Really fun quest where you get to spank Illidan. Enjoy Video. Rate and comment. Thanks :D.

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Hunter quest, kaos legion

Hunter quest, kaos legion

Nordrassil

hunter quest in the good old days

Hunter, Olaieas

Warrior, Fatality

Priest, Tullk (me)

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World of Warcraft: The Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths?

World of Warcraft: The Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths?

I%26#39;m trying to do a Brewfest quest and it requires me to go to The Grim Guzzler. I%26#39;m a level 70 hunter so I can pretty much solo the whole place, but my question is, since I%26#39;ve never ran it, can I get to The Grim Guzzler without having the Shadowforge Key?


AFAIK, no, you%26#39;d need the key to get to the tavern. Best bet is to go after the key - you can probably just walk past most of the mobs until you get to the fellow with the hammer, then pick up your key.

Or, even easier, go in with someone who already has it.

Hunter Epic Quest

Hunter Epic Quest

This is old and kinda boring, but I dind%26#8217;t want to lose it

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The Fel Hunter - The day *I* got my Fel Hunter!

The Fel Hunter - The day *I* got my Fel Hunter!

The last part of the Warlock Fel Hunter quest in WoW

Note: The music builds slowly!

Duration : 0:3:48

How to solo Ruul as a Hunter

How to solo Ruul as a Hunter

By Arrowspace of Bonechewer (USPVP).

This is meant for hunters wanting to see if they can solo Ruul the Darkener for the quest of the Third Cipher.

While not entirely practical, it IS doable, and my hunter at the time was wearing blue/green gear. I%26#8217;m BM spec with a little Marksman.

No particular spec is required for this fight, no consumables are required?but both are helpful.

However, you MUST have purchased your epic flying mount skill and completed Mordenai%26#8217;s quest line (starting with the quest called %26#8220;Kindness%26#8221;).

This is so the mobs in Dragonmaw Fortress become friendly to you, enabling you to run around without aggro.

Otherwise, all that%26#8217;s needed is a lot of patience, practice, and ammo.

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World of Warcraft - Artisan First Aid - How-To Triage Quest

World of Warcraft - Artisan First Aid - How-To Triage Quest

A successful and sloppy first attempt at the Triage Quest on Theramore Isle that allows you to obtain your first aid skill higher than 225.

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World of Warcraft leveling spots?

World of Warcraft leveling spots?

I have a lvl 33 Draenei Hunter, and need to know the best spots for leveling. BlizzGuide recomends thousand needles or shimmering flats, this is mainly a horde plae, and frankly, i%26#8217;m sick of being ganked. They also suggest Stranglethorn Vale, but these guides show up red for me, and the npc%26#8217;s i gta kill are 5-6 lvls ahead. Im in the hillsbad, arathi area, and all my quests here are also red. Anyone got ne advice? Thanks!


Check out Desolace, it%26#8217;s a level 30 zone and theres usually no one ever there.

Arathi Highlands is another grat place at level 30.

Sholazar Basin: The Ape Hunter’s Slave - Tormenting the Softknuckles (Quest)

Sholazar Basin: The Ape Hunter%26#8217;s Slave - Tormenting the Softknuckles (Quest)

http://www.wtbblue.com videos for the Sholazar Basin zone in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. See the website for the full zone guide.

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Sholazar Basin: The Wasp Hunter’s Apprentice - The Sapphire Queen (Quest)

Sholazar Basin: The Wasp Hunter%26#8217;s Apprentice - The Sapphire Queen (Quest)

http://www.wtbblue.com videos for the Sholazar Basin zone in the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. See the website for the full zone guide.

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WORLD OF WARCRAFT - Can you please give some advice?

WORLD OF WARCRAFT - Can you please give some advice?

I just am starting a dwarf hunter. I wanted to know, were do i do quests if im level 9 and i did all of the ones in kharnos and that little valley to the east? and when you tell me were to quest, then at about 14 i go to west falls right? also, im just wondering? how are hunters in general? Thanks!
If you%26#39;ve done all the quests in that area, your next step should probably be Loch Modan (you leave the current map by the north-east corner). That will probably keep you busy for another 5-10 levels or so. Make sure that you stop by Ironforge first and have the flight point (and pick up a profession or two, as well!). =)