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Posted on Jan 21, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Hunter, Paladin, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Tricks, How-tos, PvP, Guides, Classes, Interviews, Wrath of the Lich King, Battlegrounds, Arena, The Colosseum, Achievements
The Colosseum takes us inside the world of the Gladiator (Relentless, Furious, Deadly, Brutal, Vengeful, Merciless, and otherwise), to interview some of the top Arena fighters on the battlegroups. Our goal is to bring a better understanding of the strategy, makeup, and work that goes into dueling it out for fame, fortune, and Frostwyrms. We’re especially focused on the people who play these games, to further shed light on the world of the PvP player. If you’d like to be interviewed for The Colosseum, please feel free to contact us — be sure to include your armory as a link!
We’re in for a real treat this week. We interviewed Jhazy of Blackrock, one of the few players in arena history to achieve a 3,000 rating in 3v3. More impressive yet, he’s done this on the very competitive Bloodlust battlegroup, and is currently holding that #1 spot by a margin of more than one hundred points. Jhazy’s team STRAIGHT TO THE TOP is a protection warrior + marksman hunter + holy paladin composition. As a team, they are holding down the world’s #1 3v3 spot!
Check out what Jhazy has to say after the break!
Continue reading The Colosseum: Jhazy of Blackrock
The Colosseum: Jhazy of Blackrock originally appeared on WoW on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 21, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Hunter, Items, Analysis / Opinion, How-tos, Guides, Talents, Pimp My Profile
Welcome to Pimp My Profile, the column in which the WoW.com staff turns zeroes into heroes. Don’t think you’re performing where you should be? Not sure how your class/spec is supposed to be gearing up? E-mail us with your Armory link, and you might be next to receive our help!
Hi, I’m 80 and I’ve been so for weeks. I’ve been running random heroics for gear and I followed your guides for my pet specs (though I think I messed up on my Tenacity). My DPS barely cracks 1000. As far as I know, as a hunter, there is almost no excuse for this. Please help me.
-Shippleton
Thanks for writing in, Shippleton. You are wise enough to understand that your DPS is lower than it should be and intelligent enough to ask questions. It seems likely that you are also uncommonly good-looking, a trait shared by most hunters. You are to be applauded for taking the first step down the road to becoming a death dealer, which is the right of every hunter!
Right off the bat 1k DPS seems sufficiently low that I suspect we should be taking a look at your shot rotation as well as your talents and gear. In the interest of science I went ahead and ran Utgarde Pinnacle heroic with some extremely understanding friends while I was completely naked except for my gun, shirt, and tabard. My lack of mana kept me in viper for about 50% of the fights, and I ended up at about 1,100 DPS for the run. So that gives us an absolute bottom DPS benchmark.
Continue reading Pimp My Profile: Shippleton, beast mastery hunter
Pimp My Profile: Shippleton, beast mastery hunter originally appeared on WoW on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Paladin, How-tos, Instances, Features, Leveling, Guides, WoW Rookie
New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft. For links to all our tips, tricks and how-to’s, visit WoW.com’s WoW Rookie Guide.
Want to level your paladin as a tank? You got it! Before the Dungeon Finder tool was launched in December, finding level-appropriate instance groups was well nigh impossible. Occasional knots of newborn death knights might putter about in a favorite Burning Crusade instance to scoop up some gear. The rest of the pre-Northrend instances remained ghost towns, populated only by speed-running level 80s who were farming or running low-level buddies through some quick levels. But the Dungeon Finder has re-invigorated the instances of Azeroth, Outland and beyond. What does that mean for leveling players? If you love to play in groups and instances or if you’re looking ahead to raiding and want to lay down your skill base now, you can.
Continue reading WoW Rookie: Leveling a paladin tank
WoW Rookie: Leveling a paladin tank originally appeared on WoW on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, How-tos, Instances, Leveling, Guides, (Casual) WoW, Casually
Robin Torres writes WoW, Casually for the player with limited playtime. Of course, you people with lots of playtime can read this too, but you may get annoyed by the fact that we are unashamed, even proud, of the fact that beating WoW isn’t our highest priority. Take solace in the fact that your gear is better than ours, but if that doesn’t work, remember that we outnumber you. Not that that’s a threat, after all, we don’t have time to do anything about it. But if WoW were a democracy, we’d win.
Before the Dungeon Finder Tool, leveling through instances just wasn’t possible for those of us with limited playtime unless we had 4 friends with similar schedules and an appropriate selection of classes. But now, we can take advantage of the speedy XP, better gear and grouping practice.
More importantly, dungeons are fun. In order to research this guide, I dusted off a level 18 paladin I hadn’t played for at least 2 years. I picked up skills that were new since the last time she trained, redid her talents and tested the Dungeon Finder waters. It was an absolute blast running through Deadmines with an appropriately leveled group. I’ve also had a great time leveling a priest in her 30s and a mage in her 60s using the Dungeon Finder. If you too want to try some instance leveling (and I bet most of you already have), here are some tips to make the most of it:
Continue reading WoW, Casually: Instance leveling guide
WoW, Casually: Instance leveling guide originally appeared on WoW on Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, How-tos, Economy, Features, Guides, Making money, Time Is Money
Kebina Trudough here, offering you the best gold making secrets they don’t want you to know about! I was like you once, poor and homely, before I discovered my patented system. Now you too can fill your pockets with the good stuff without ever breaking a sweat! Why spend all your time toiling when you could be vacationing in the Hot Springs? I’m not offering these tips for 100 gold, or 90 gold, or even 50 gold! No, not even 20 gold! My system is yours for FREE! Satisfaction guaranteed or I’ll give you a full refund (handling charges may apply). After all, Time Is Money.
If you’re like me, you have a lot of excess emblems sitting around. Maybe you never got around to spending them before the next tier came out, or maybe the badge gear just never quite compared to your raid drops. Whatever the case, there is no sense letting them go to waste when you could put them to work and earn some gold!
First, here is a quick breakdown of the current badge system, from most recent and difficult to acquire on down:
- Emblem of Frost: These can be acquired primarily by raiding Icecrown, completing the Raid Boss Per Week “weekly,” or by completing one WotLK heroic dungeon per day using the Random tool.
- Emblem of Triumph: Most raids now drop these badges, as well as heroics. You will also be awarded these for doing any number of WotLK heroic dungeons past your first one per day using the Random tool. You will also get some by completing your first normal WotLK dungeon per day using the Random tool, as well as completing the Raid Boss Per Week “weekly.” Also of note: If you get Heroic Oculus using the random tool, don’t drop group! Not only has it been nerfed like crazy, but when you defeat the end boss, every player will receive a loot bag that will contain these badges and more, plus a chance at getting the super rare Reigns of the Blue Drake, which used to be available only by killing Malygos, who now drops his 25-man version (Azure) in both 10 and 25-man.
- Emblem of Conquest: Originally, these were acquired by running 10-man Coliseum, or 25-man Ulduar.
- Emblem of Valor: Originally these dropped from Ulduar 10-man and Naxxramas 25-man.
- Emblem of Heroism: These were among the first WotLK badges, and dropped from Naxxramas 10-man and heroic dungeons.
Continue reading Time Is Money: Putting your emblems to work
Time Is Money: Putting your emblems to work originally appeared on WoW on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Warlock, How-tos, Guilds, Instances, Leveling, Guides, Classes, (Warlock) Blood Pact
Blood Pact is your weekly warlock digest brought to you by Dominic Hobbs. “Closer! Come closer… and burn!” ~ Keli’dan the Breaker
Once again Blood Pact turns its gaze towards those up-and-coming warlocks; those who are learning the craft, battling foes to hone their skills and sharpen their minds. I’ve said before that leveling a warlock is great fun and part of this is due to the diverse ways in which you can go about it. By the time you start getting a decent pile of talent points to spend you can shape your lock in many and varied forms. There’s the unstoppable train of death that is the affliction lock, cursing and corrupting all around it as it passes smoothly through the world. The demonologist, pouring their power into their minion and pushing them into the fore while sitting back and calmly picking off their foes. And of course, the destruction warlock, blazing a trail of raw power in an explosive display of mental prowess over physical frailty.
Let’s see how these locks in training are getting on.
Continue reading Blood Pact: Leveling a warlock, 40 to 60
Blood Pact: Leveling a warlock, 40 to 60 originally appeared on WoW on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, How-tos, Walkthroughs, Bosses, Guides
Really, WoW.com? A guide to the Oculus of all things? Over a year after the launch of Wrath of the Lich King, you’re doing an Oculus walkthrough? Is that necessary? Boy, I wish it weren’t. We’re all sick of hearing about this place by now, but of all the instances and raids in the game, this is the one where nobody seems to be sure what to do or where to go. I haven’t seen players this confused since Sunwell.
All strategy and ability discussion in this guide discuss the heroic version of the Oculus. Beyond the cut below you will find simple strategies for each of the bosses in the Oculus, as well as maps to help you find your way through the environment.
Continue reading WoW.com’s Guide to the Oculus. Yes, really.
WoW.com’s Guide to the Oculus. Yes, really. originally appeared on WoW on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 11, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, How-tos, Features, Raiding, Guides
On Tuesday night, my guild hit the new Icecrown Citadel bosses in the Plagueworks wing — Festergut, Rotface, and Professor Putricide. While Festergut and Rotface are both pretty straightforward encounters, Putricide is a different matter. Due to Icecrown’s gating system, you will have only 10 attempts on Putricide this week (on both 10- and 25-man, so 20 total if you see both versions of the fight), and mistakes are costly. Moreover, our raid found some pretty good strategies for both Festergut and Rotface, but there’s a lot of conflicting information about Putricide.
Our hunter’s guess was that the encounter on the PTR might have been buggy, and that’s why the different strategies we read seemed at odds with each other, so our raid leader looked it over and took what turned out to be a pretty good shot at what we needed to do. After wiping on Putricide-25 3 times and walking away from it convinced that the encounter was still bugged, we split the raid into multiple 10-man teams and took a crack at it there. The footage you’ll see above is our 10-man’s 4th attempt and a clean kill (i.e. no deaths), with my annotations on the fight. Past the cut are a few more notes (and one correction) that I hope will be helpful.
Continue reading Professor Putricide: Video and explanation
Professor Putricide: Video and explanation originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 11, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Tips, How-tos, Instances, Features, WoW Rookie
New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft. For links to all our tips, tricks and how-to’s, visit WoW.com’s WoW Rookie Guide.
Level 80: You’re reached the beginning of the end. It’s never been easier to take your character to epic levels of gear and adventure. Whether you’re five-manning for its own sake or gearing up along the path to raiding, we’ve got the tips to help you make the most of your level 80 group experience. If you’re so new to level 80 (or still working your way there) that you’re not sure what to tackle and where to turn first, read Level 80: Now what?. Once you’ve got a handle on the available options, it’s time to tackle the wide world of Wrath’s five-man instances.
Continue reading WoW Rookie: The fresh 80’s guide to getting started in five-mans
WoW Rookie: The fresh 80’s guide to getting started in five-mans originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jan 06, 2010 under how to's |
Filed under: Druid, Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Tricks, How-tos, Walkthroughs, PvP, Features, Guides, Classes, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, (Arena PvP) Blood Sport, Battlegrounds, Arena
Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore, multiple rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com’s arena column.
Listening Music: Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s beautiful “So What.” We featured the Smashing Pumpkins last week. This week, we’ll be shifting gears to some brilliant jazz. You have to love the diversity Blood Sport offers in pwning music.
Last Week: Part IV of our Arena Guide for Beginners. We talked about the marks of a skilled healer inside an arena battle.
This Week: Not surprisingly, today’s article will be structured in a very similar fashion to our last for our bloodthirsty DPS readers. More after the break!
Continue reading Blood Sport: Beginner’s Guide to Arena, Part V
Blood Sport: Beginner’s Guide to Arena, Part V originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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