Blizzard Exploits and Mistreats Their Labor Force and Warlocks go Ape-#%!#$

Blizzard slams the doors on the labor unions and exploits gamers across the World. If you thought working for a fraction of money U.S. Workers made was bad, try this one on for size. Blizzard is charging people to work for them. That's right! Instead of hiring beta testers, they are making their regular paying subscribers test out aspects of their upcoming expansion against their will. Some are furious! I had the chance to interview one of Blizzard's paying subscribers who happens to be a Warlock.

Interviewer: "What do you like about Warlocks?"

Pissed off Warlock: "Destruction! Destruction warlocks had a very unique and fun playstyle"

Interviewer: "What have been some of the major changes to Warlocks that you dislike?"

Pissed off Warlock: "There was a direct and visible relationship between spell power+crit+haste that is now obfuscated by all sorts of pointless complexities added to the warlocks cast sequence, this makes me angry. Also, this is a complete removal of the destro warlock playstyle as we know it, a game in itself has been removed. They replaced it by an annoying cast sequence to be viable DPS, similar to mages.

Interviewer: "Why not just keep playing with shadow bolts and do less than subpar damage?"

Pissed off Warlock: "I've heard about these people who don't optimize their class and playstyle for raid dps opposed to enjoyment, they are under constant verbal attack and pressure from the rogue community, especially players like grimsnatch who we've seen on this website harassing helpful authors like yourself."

Interviewer: "If you could say anything to Blizzard right now, what would it be?

Pissed off Warlock: "First, I'd like them to give me back my play style. I want my Warlock back so I can play it again. Secondly, I'd like to know where my time machine is so I can go back in time to play World of Warcraft. Maybe someone can tell me how to load up old World of Warcraft again?

That concluded our interview. If you are interested in interviewing for some of the other class or game changes, please submit a request to the webmaster of this site and they will forward your request to me. Thank you!

How pissed are you on a scale of 1 through 10 about this patch?1-2 (Not pissed at all really)51% (215 votes)3-4 (Semi Pissed)8% (36 votes)5 (Neutrally Pissed)5% (23 votes)6-7 (Kind of Pissed)14% (60 votes)8-9(Very Pissed)6% (26 votes)10 (Extremely Pissed Off)15% (64 votes)Total votes: 424

Election Day is Here: Vote, Die, or Move to Canada

Do you remember that obnoxious guy at the super market who was screaming and yelling at his kids and you thought to yourself man what an idiot? Guess what, he's out there voting and determining the future direction of our country. How about the ex boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, or husband you had that you never agreed with on anything? They are out there voting too! Maybe none of these situations you're familiar with, what about the teacher you didn't like, the parent you didn't get along with, or the boss you hated? Guess what? These people are out there voting too.

You see the reason why you should vote is not because it's your right, your obligation, your duty to your country, or your voice isn't being heard, on the contrary! It's all those people that have caused you confusion, pain, or agony in your life that are voting to elect people just like themselves to office.

If you sit back and don't do anything about it, eventually we'll end up with a government that you don't like and you mine as well move to Canada. Or better yet, why don't you solve the problem of illegal aliens for us and gather people like yourself who didn't vote and run into Mexico; the illegals crossing may become confused and follow you.

Some of the major broadcasting networks have asked us to conduct a poll among likely Azerothian voters so that they can update their results and show these poll numbers to the public. Please take the time to click a choice in the poll!

Are you Ready for Echoes of Doom (Patch 3.0)

The biggest change will come to Hunters, as the pet leveling system is being dramatically altered. Hunters will be able to specialize their pets using a talent system. Check out WoW Head's Pet Talent Calculator to test out new specs.

Every class should visit their favorite Talent Calculator and get ready to respec. For some classes, especially Warlocks, the playing field will change significantly. So get ready to say goodbye to The Burning Crusade and usher in Wrath of the Lich King.

Tuesday marks the end of Season 4 and will bring on 4 weeks of non-competitive arena. The new Arenas will be opened for players to experiment and battle with their new talents. All earned Arena points will be lost when you hit level 71 on November 13th.

Players will notice Stormwind Harbor and new zeppelin towers outside Ogrimmar are ready for use (although you won't be able to travel to Northrend.) A new guild calendar user interface will be included at the top right of your minimap allowing you to schedule events with your guild

Inscription will be available in the major cities. I've done a detailed guide that will help you prepare to level Inscription from levels 1-350. I've personally have over 2,000 herbs sitting aside waiting to be milled through. If you're not going to be leveling Inscription right away, be sure to find a friend or guildy who is so you can get your Glyphs early on.

Blizzard Intentionally Deletes World of Warcraft and your Characters!

The only thing that remains the same is your character names, class names, and levels; the entire game has been deleted and remade right before your eyes. Not even David Blaine can get away by charging you $15 a month for this type of magic trick, but Blizzard has pulled it off, undoubtedly making them one of the greatest magicians of all times.

Here is a preview of part of the magic trick, http://almostgaming.com/wow/article/are-you-ready-echoes-doom-patch-3-0.

For most dps classes, especially Warlocks, the magic trick for them has been.

Now you have DPS!

Now you don't!

TA DA!

Joana's 70-80 WotLK Guide is now Available! This guide goes along very well with my Famous 1-70 Leveling Guide!

I have been playing in the WotLK beta for the past 5 months and got 4 characters to level 80 perfecting my questing route each time I went through it. I have a very extensive understanding of Northrend now and have developed a full 70-80 horde leveling guide that you can use to quickly breeze right through Northrend with absolutely no confusion at all.More info about me: I either play a male character named Mancow or a female character named Joana. In the past I have been first to 60 now on 6 different servers, one of my goals with World of Warcraft is to get to the end level cap on new servers with the least amount of /played time possible, this means each time I level up through WoW I have been revising my routes in order to achieve a better /played time. So far my best time is 4 days 20 hours /played time to 60, this was done on the Jubei'Thos realm. I have this entire 4 day 20 hour run RECORDED, the whole thing is recorded and implemented into my 1-60 guide! I was the first to 50 in the race to 50 leveling contest Blizzard held last year, here's a pic of the runners up when I hit 50:
Leveling Contest: First to 50...(click to ENLARGE)
Why do I level characters to get good /played times? Well, I am a speed runner, I have been doing speed runs through games my whole life, I am a dedicated gamer, and spend LOTS of my time finding the fastest ways to finish a game. I am most likely the fastest Power Leveler in World of Warcraft because of this, many may know me by now with all the servers I have played on, and have seen the results of me hitting 70 under a weeks span. That's right I can get to 70 under a week (playing less than 5 days of it), so I log out plenty to eat, sleep, and other RL things. Take a look at typical screenshots of me leveling up on new servers, I get tell after tell all day long while leveling! (also note how far ahead I am from everybody on the /who list, usually when I hit 60, no one else has even hit 50 yet!)
Leveling up on Hakkar Realm:
Leveling up on Akama Realm:
Click here for more screenshots from my speed run journeys!
Well guess what, I am now willing to share ALL my horde leveling strategies with the world, I have put together a FULL comprehensive guide that explains how to power level a horde character (more details on it below).
Why was my guide created?
My guide was created simply by the fact that I got tired of SO many people asking me how I am able to level so fast. Since SO many people have asked this, I took it upon myself to create this website and show all my speed run accomplishments and of course the FULL 1-80 horde guide I have put together for you! So if you want to learn my secrets and level as fast as me, then you can get my guide.
Do not buy Store Bought Guides!
Another reason why I decided to create my guide is because of how crummy other guides are out there. If there is one important tip I can give you, that is not to buy store bought guides for World of Warcraft! You have to understand that WoW changes all the time, new patches come out and makes things obsolete, if you buy a physical book, it will be outdated within months of the time it was published. However if you buy my guide, you will be accessing it from a members area where I continuously keep it up to date ALL the time for FREE. That's right there are NO monthly fees to my products, you pay only a small one time fee and you will always have access/updates to it. Call me crazy but that is how good I treat my customers!

Cooking 1-300 Guide

Following on from my combined Fishing and Cooking guide, here's a straight 1 to 300 cooking guide using materials found on mobs.

Please note it is a LOT easier and cheaper to level your cooking whilst leveling your Fishing at the same time.

I've tried to pick the cheapest, easiest and quickest recipes to make and where possilbe I've tried to stick to trainer only recipes. So get your ass to a cooking trainer and pick up the apprentice cooking skill.
Once you've trained as an apprentice cook, you'll have 3 recipes to start with (along with the fire making skill), they are as follows: 

Herb Baked Egg
Roasted Boar Meat
Charred Wolf Meat

So of these recipes, you'll only be wanting to use the Roasted Boar Meat or Charred Wolf Meat recipes, as they dont need any other reagents to cook.

So lets start cooking :)

Horde

Levels 1 to 40

Kill any of the following:
Mottled Boars around Orgrimmar for Chunks of Boar Meat.
Wolves and Stalkers around Mulgore for Stringy Wolf Meat.
Darkhounds around Tirisfal Glades for Stringy Wolf Meat.

You'll need about 45 Wolf Meat or about 55 Boar Meat.
Cook the Boar Meat and Stringy Wolf Meat until 40 (train on Spiced Wolf Meat at level 10 and use this to get skill ups quicker, but you'll have to buy mild spices).

At this point you really should take up Fishing as it's easier to fill the gaps, patriculary if your on the Horde side. But people have requested a cooking only guide, so let's try and stick to mob drops.

Levels 41 to 90

At level 50 train as Journeyman Cook.
Goto The Sepulcher in Silverpine Forest and buy the Smoked Bear Meat recipe from Andrew Hilbert.
Kill Grizzled Bears around Silverpine Forest for Bear Meat.
You'll need about 60.

Levels 91 to 125

Go find Grub in The Barrens. He's in a Tower by Grosh'gek Farm, just north off the road between Crossroads and Ratchet and pick up the quest for Dig Rat stew.
Kill Dig Rats until you have about 30 more than the quest needs. Complete quest and cook Dig Rat Stew till your level 125.

Levels 126 to 175

To Train as a Expert cook, goto Shadowprey Village and buy the Expert Cooking Book from Wulan.
Goto Razor Hill and buy Hot Lion Chops recipe from Zargh and about 60 Hot Spices.
Kill Mountain Lions around Hillsbrad Foothills for Lion Meat.
You'll need about 60.

Levels 176 to 200

Goto Grom'gol and buy Roast Raptor recipe from Nerrist and about 30 Hot Spices.
Kill Raptors around Grom'gol for Raptor Flesh.
You'll need about 30.

Levels 201 to 225

Goto trainer and train Spider Sausage.
Kill Darkfangs around Dustwallow Marsh for White Spider Meat.
You'll need about 30.

Level 225

Goto Gadgetzan and speak to Dirge Quikcleave to obtain Artisan cooking quest - Clamlette Surprize (he's in the tavern). Whilst your there, pick up the recipe for Tender Wolf Steaks.
You'll need 12 Giant Eggs, 10 zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest to get, just goto the Inn in Thunderbluff and buy them from the Innkepper . Get the eggs from the Owlbeasts in The Hinterlands (the drop rate is way better than the Rocs in Tanaris). For the clam meat goto Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris and kill the Turtles. They will drop Big Mouth Clams at a good rate, which contain Zesty clam Meat.
Keep killing Owlbeasts in The Hinterlands and grab another 70-80 eggs. Also kill the Wolves round here for Tender Wolf Meat.
Goto Bloodvenom Post in Felwood and buy the Monster Omelet recipe from Bale and about 140-160 Soothing Spices (this is where it gets really expensive. Take up fishing already, it's cheaper).

Levels 226 to 285

Stay in Felwood and cook those eggs for Monster Omelets and any Tender Wolf Meat you got. If you didnt have enough to get you to 285, go kill the Wolves around Felwood for Tender Wolf Meat and make Tender Wolf Steaks.

Levels 286 to 300

Goto Cenarion Hold in Silithus and speak to Calandrath for the Desert Recipe chain of quests. When you get to the third quest you'll get the recipe for Smoked Desert Dumplings.
Kill Dredge Crushers and Strikers for the Sandworm Meat (low drop rate). You'll only need about 10 more than the quest needs plus the soothing spices (about 20 in total).
Cook till 300.

Congratulations, your now a Master Cook :) BTW did I mention how much easier it would be if you actually used Fishing aswell?

Alliance

As a member of the Alliance you'll have an easier time finding reagents for the lower level recipes.

Levels 1 to 40

Kill any of the following:
Crag Boars around Dun Morogh for Chunks of Boar Meat.
Boars around Elwynn Forest for Chunks of Boar Meat.
Crag and Mountain Boars around Loch Modan for Chunks of Boar Meat. 
Thistle Boars around Teldrassil for Chunks of Boar Meat.
Wolves around Elwynn Forest Stringy Wolf Meat.
Wolves around Dun Morogh Stringy Wolf Meat.

You'll need about 45 Wolf Meat or about 55 Boar Meat.
Cook the Boar Meat and Stringy Wolf Meat until 40 (you can train on Spiced Wolf Meat at level 10 and use this to get skill ups quicker, but you'll have to buy mild spices).

Levels 41 to 75

Goto Drac Roughcut in Thelsamar, Loch Modan and buy Smoked Bear Meat recipe.
Kill bears around Loch Modan for Bear Meat.

Levels 76 to 85

Train as Journeyman cook and get Crab Cake recipe.
Kill Crawlers around Darkshore and Westfall for Crawler meat.
You'll need about 10. N.B. Dont sell the Crawler Claws, you'll need them for the next stage.

Levels 86 to 100

Goto Stormwind City and buy Crooked Crab Claw recipe from Kendor Kabonka. Get about 20 mild spices.
Go back to Darkshore or Westfall and continue killing Crawlers.
You'll need about 20.

Levels 101 to 130

Goto Chef Grual (geddit?, grual - gruel?...oh nevermind) in Darkshire and get the Seasoned Wolf Kabobs quest.
Get the Stormwind Seasoning Herbs from Felcia Gump in Stormwind (Trade District).
Kill Ravagers and Wolves around Duskwood for Lean wolf Flank.
You'll need about 50-60 (including the ones you need for quest).N.B. you could get the Lean Wolf Steak recipe from Super Seller 680 in Desolace and continue killing until your cooking is upto 150+ and then skip the next step).


Levels 131 to 175

At level 125 train as Expert Cook.
To Train as a Expert cook, goto Shandrina by Mystral Lake in Ashenvale and buy the Expert cookbook.
Goto Kendor Kabonka in Stormwind City and buy the Curiously Tasty Omelet recipe.
Kill Raptors in Arathi Highlands for Raptor Eggs.
You'll need about 55 Eggs and 55 Hot Spices.

Levels 176 to 200

Goto Chef Jessen in Southshore and get the Soothing Turtle Bisque quest.
Kill the Turtles all along the river between Southshore and Tarren Mill for Turtle Meat.
Keep killing them till you have about 40 meat, then hand in quest and cook till level 200.

Levels 201 to 225

Goto trainer and train Spider Sausage.
Kill Darkfangs around Dustwallow Marsh for White Spider Meat.
You'll need about 30.

Level 225

Goto Gadgetzan and speak to Dirge Quikcleave to obtain Artisan cooking quest - Clamlette Surprize (he's in the tavern). Whilst your here, pick up the Tender Wolf Steaks recipe.
You'll need 12 Giant Eggs, 10 zesty Clam Meat and 20 Alterac Swiss. The Alterac Swiss is the easiest to get, just goto the Trade District in Stormwind City and buy it from Ben Trias. Get the eggs from the Owlbeasts in The Hinterlands (the drop rate is way better than the Rocs in Tanaris). For the clam meat goto Steamwheedle Port in Tanaris and kill the Turtles. They will drop Big Mouth Clams at a good rate, which contain Zesty clam Meat.
Keep killing Owlbeasts in The Hinterlands and grab another 70-80 eggs. Also kill the Wolves round here for Tender Wolf Meat.
Goto Talonbranch Glade in Felwood and buy the Monster Omelet recipe from Malygen and about 140-160 Soothing Spices (this is where it gets really expensive. Take up fishing already, it's cheaper).

Levels 226 to 285

Stay in Felwood and cook those eggs for Monster Omelets and any Tender Wolf Meat you got. If you dont have enough to get you to 285, go kill the Wolves around Felwood for Tender Wolf Meat and make Tender Wolf Steaks.

Levels 286 to 300

Goto Cenarion Hold in Silithus and speak to Calandrath for the Desert Recipe chain of quests. When you get to the third quest you'll get the recipe for Smoked Desert Dumplings.
Kill Dredge Crushers and Strikers for the Sandworm Meat (low drop rate). You'll need about 10 more than the quest needs plus the soothing spices (20 in total).
Cook till 300.

Congratulations, your now a Master Cook :) BTW did I mention how much easier it would be if you actually used Fishing aswell?