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Posted on 2011 under Leveling |
14
Jun
Some players really enjoy tanking and see no problem in leveling their Warrior as a Protection Warrior. Shield Slam and Revenge do decent damage and also Shockwave is nice at later levels. If you want to speed up your leveling though, you should definitely explore the Fury talent tree. Two one-handed weapons should be used until you can equip two two-handed weapons.
I would advise you to at least first take Improved Charge in the Arms Tree. Then you can continue with 5% crit rating in the Fury tree and go on down from there. Aim to get Death Wish, Precision and Weapon Mastery asap so you don’t miss that often and Deathwish is a nice damage boost. Credit union location South Dakota Eagle Butte CR Community First Credit Union Flurry is extremely nice and after you take this ability you really get that ‘Rogue-in-plate’ feeling because you really make sushi out of your opponents.
Next in line is Blood Thirst which does not only do a great amount of damage, but also restores health over time. This ability is just great for leveling because it is one of the few life-giving abilities a Warrior has.
Now you will get to choose between some nice damage dealing abilities. Do move down in the tree though and pick up the remaining ones at later levels. Get Rampage as soon as possible, it is a great ability that boosts your damage significantly and only costs one talent point.
You can see that Blizzard wanted to improve the ever so useless Slam ability of the Warrior and you can see that they succeeded. You will have a 20% to instant cast Slam and its damage gets improved to. Whirlwind and Cleave as well get a damage boost in this three which makes the Warrior more capable to deal with multiple mobs at once.
Finally you got Titan’s Grip. Man did I love to see my Warrior looking ba%&$s with two two-handed weapons. Of course, it doesn’t only look great but it will also give you a whole different game play. Ok, you will need to get a lot of hit rating to make up for the hit rating loss but it is kinda cool that the Warrior, the weapon master that always could wield all weapons, can now wield two two-handed weapons instead of the Death Knights in example, which the words once spread before the release of WoTLK.
Posted on 2011 under Leveling |
23
Apr
As a Mage you have some great advantages while leveling. Of course, many classes have their pros and cons but a Mage is great to level because he can make his own food and water, teleport to cities from one to another continent and is able to Blink which also Credit union location California Glendale California Adventist Federal Credit Union reduces run-time. As for the best leveling build, the opinions are divided. Some would swear with the Frost build because it is more mana efficient. I however, would go for a Fire/Arcane build for the simple reason that you take down the enemies faster and the Arcane tree will provide you with mana regeneration and more stats.
Lets first have a look at the full Fire talent tree though.
Mage Leveling Build: Fire
As a Fire Mage you can start attacking with either a Fireball or a Pyroblast, shoot a 2nd Fireball and then a Fire Blast. If the target isn’t dead yet you just Frost Nova, take a step back and make another Fireball+Fire Blast combo. Blast Wave and Dragon Breath will also become available at a later level and they can do the finishing touches as well.
Now why I didn’t take Improved Scorch is because you don’t use Scorch until you get the Hot Streak talent. Molten Shields, Fiery Payback and Blazing Speed are not necessary for leveling purposes. I did choose Impact (I know many Mages skip this one) because it’s nice for leveling. If you manage to use three or four Fire based spells before the mob reaches you, you have a 30-40% chance to stun the mob for two seconds before he even reaches you.
I took a bit of Frost because of the reduced mana cost of both Frost and Fire spells through the talent called Precision.
Another option, and my favorite, is to go Arcane+Fire which is a nice combination.
Mage Leveling Build: Fire/Arcane
This build has a mana preserving advantage because 60% of the regeneration continues while casting. You will also be surprised with the amount of critical hits you will get with this build which will also refund 30% of the spell’s costs. You will also have 10% more Spirit and 15% more Intellect. Arcane Concentration will allow about 10% of your spells to be cast free of costs.
This build will not give you AoE spells likes Blast Wave and Dragon Breath but will be mainly focused on Fireballs, Pyroblasts and Fire Blasts. Your Arcane Explosion will be boosted a bit so that is a good choice for AoE purposes. Presence of Mind and Arcane Power will give you two extra great abilities that will cause high burst damage when needed.
You can choose to go full Frost but especially in the first 30 levels you will be a lot worse of than the builds stated above. Shatter then becomes nice, and later you got Icy Veins, Water Elemental, Cold Snap etc. but the damage output of this build isn’t as high as compared to the ones above.
Posted on 2011 under Leveling |
14
Apr
Everyone who has ever played World of Warcraft has looked for ways to level their characters faster. There are plenty of leveling guides on the market today, and most of them employ a combination of mob grinding and quest completion, but that technique just isn’t the fastest way to level any more. Now that Blizzard has added the dungeon finder, WoW players of all levels can experience the dungeon system starting from level 15.
Using the Dungeon Finder
The dungeon finder is a small, green button at the bottom of your interface. It’s toward the right side of the action bar at the bottom. It looks much like a green eye, and when you click on it, a dialogue box opens up and asks if you want to queue for a dungeon. Ninety percent of the time while you are dungeon leveling, you will choose to queue for a random dungeon. The only exception to this rule is when you have quests for a specific dungeon that you want to complete. Then you can select the dungeon from the drop-down box in the upper right corner of the dungeon finder box.
How the Dungeon Finder Works
The dungeon finder actually takes care of finding a group for you, and it uses players from all the servers in your server group. This means that you can still find a dungeon group if very few players are on your server at the moment.
Each player who’s queuing for a dungeon will have to select a role. Some classes are DPS classes only, but other classes may be able to choose to be a tank or a healer. If you are new to World of Warcraft, then you will definitely want to choose the DPS role. People who have been playing WoW for a while can queue as tanks or healers because these two roles are very specific. Tanks must learn how to control the mobs and keep all of their attention on them. Healers must learn to focus on the tank and heal other party members as needed.
Techniques for Dungeon Leveling
Different dungeon leveling techniques are needed for players of all three roles. Tanks and healers will have very short waits, if any, so they may be able to go all the way to level 85 just through dungeon leveling. However, they will Credit union location Texas Houston Baker Hughes Federal Credit Union still want to travel the map a bit to pick up some flight points, especially those in all of the capital cities for their faction.
The DPS classes will have a much longer wait time than tanks or healers. This is because so many players prefer to deal damage instead of having the responsibility of tanking or healing. DPS is known as a much easier role to play, so you have very few tanks and healers in relation to how many DPS you have. This longer wait time for the dungeon finder means that DPS players will want to work on solo quests while they are waiting for a dungeon. However, just remember to always keep the dungeon finder up and looking for a group while you quest.
Posted on 2011 under Leveling |
2
Apr
World of Warcraft is constantly changing, and one of the biggest changes to occur was the addition of the dungeon finder. Instance leveling has since taken over as the fastest way to power level your character. Level by level, instance leveling simply gets you more experience in a shorter amount of time. Let’s take a closer look at the reasons instance leveling is the fastest way.
More Kills = More Experience
The reason so much experience is packed into just one instance run is because you have a lot less down time. Five people can take on a mob of four or five creatures per minute. That’s compared to solo questing, in which you, by yourself, could probably only take on one or two creatures per minute. When you’re instance leveling with a group, you get experience for each kill, even if you didn’t actually damage the monster.
If you end up in a good group for instance leveling, then you probably will also spend a lot less time being dead and running back to get your body. It is much easier to kill monsters in a group of five people because someone is always watching your back. Of course this part of the extra experience depends entirely on what kind of group you get, but it’s pretty rare that a group is so bad that you’re not getting more experience than you would solo questing on your own.
More Kills = More WoW Gold
Another reason instance leveling is the best way to power level is because you will have access to a lot more gold. More kills means that more gold will drop, along with more trash that can be sold to a vendor Credit union location California Rancho Cucamong California Center Credit Union for more gold. The bottom line is, the more kills you can pack into a minute, the more gold you’ll be able to get.
Another aspect of the gold game in World of Warcraft is the problem of leveling your character beyond your gold means. Some of the traditional leveling guides have you power leveling so fast that you just aren’t earning enough gold to stay current with your gear and level your professions. However, the good news about instance leveling guides like Dugi’s Dungeon Leveling Guide is the fact that you can farm for gold at the same time you’re leveling. There’s no need to seek out any special areas to farm certain things because those things will drop often enough in the instances.
More Kills = More Materials for Professions
Overall, instances have better loot drops, both for gear and for other profession items like cloth and various materials. Although you will have to level your gathering professions outside of the instances, instance leveling should provide you with plenty of materials to cover the crafting professions. This will greatly cut down on the amount of gold you spend to level your professions, in addition to helping you earn more gold.
Posted on 2011 under Leveling |
29
Mar
A Warlock is quite an easy character to level. With a Demon Pet at his side and a wide array of damage, fear and AoE spells a Warlock can be capable to level up really fast. Mana brakes is not a word you can should find in a Warlock’s dictionary because you should use Life Tap to convert health into mana and then use Drain Life to fill it up, if necessary, Credit union location New Jersey East Windsor McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union because most of the times your health will restore gradually while your pets are taking the hits or you are fearing the mobs.
Two great abilities that you should use all the time are the Create Healthstone and Create Soulstone abilities. Consuming a Healthstone will save your life many times and when you do die you have your Soulstone on you so you can resurrect on the spot.
As a Warlock you should stay Affliction until you reach level 70.
Warlock Leveling Build 1-70 Affliction
With the Affliction talent build you will increase all your DoT spells and will also gain a few great spells. It starts off nice with Improved Curse of Agony. Suppression and Improved Drain Soul will give you less mana problems. Soul Siphon and Improved Life Tap will also help you to maintain your health and mana.
Then you got Amplify Curse and Fel Concentration that will help you cast better and faster. Then you increase your range and some damage of some spells. Curse of Exhaustion is an option, handy for PvP realms. Siphon Life and Shadow Mastery are extremely good.
Two other great spells you will learn are Unstable Affliction and Haunt. Both are great damage spells. Improving your Felhunter goes well
with Dark Pact.
Once you enter Northrend you should switch your build to a Demonology – Affliction build.
Warlock Leveling Build 70-85 Demonology – Affliction
So basically this build is about having a Felguard and Siphon Life. While boosting your Demon Pets you can still do good damage with the DoT’s the Warlock has. The Affliction tree offers a lot of health gains which you can of course convert to mana so basically a lock with this talent build will have no down time.
The Demonology is to mana consuming to be an effective leveling build. The Affliction tree is great though to preserve mana and deal a lot of damage. With an Affliction talent build however you should place all your dots on several mobs so the leveling speeds up a bit. You will have a lot of survivability through the Affliction tree and Demonology tree at later levels. The Felguards are also really nice and do add up to the damage. They can effectively tank a few mobs with their Cleave for a bit while you start placing the DoTs.