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Blizzard completely changed World of Warcraft by adding the dungeon finder.  Dungeon leveling is now the fastest way to get to level 90, and it can leave some WoW players wondering exactly how to do it in the most effective way.  On the surface, dungeon leveling seems to be pretty cut and dry.  Just queue up for a dungeon and run through it with the party selected for you by the dungeon finder.  However, there are several tips and tricks to maximizing your leveling experience that you can only find in a dungeon leveling guide.  Dugi’s Dungeon Leveling Guide is one of the first leveling guides to utilize the dungeon method, and here are a few of the tips you’ll find explained more detail in it.

The Basic Technique of Dungeon Leveling

 As with anything on World of Warcraft, there is a certain technique required to use the dungeon finder effectively.  DPS classes will want to make sure they still travel around the map and complete solo quests while they are waiting for their dungeon group.  This will ensure that they continue to level while waiting for the dungeon group because the wait for a DPS member is often quite long.

Tanks and healers may be able to get away with doing few, if any, solo quests.  The wait time for tanks and healers is much shorter than it is for DPS because fewer players want to choose the responsibility of healing or tanking for a group.  For every nine DPS players, you may only have one or two tanks, which is why the line for DPS players is so long.

Complete Maps for all the Lower Level Dungeons

When Blizzard first created World of Warcraft, they didn’t see fit to include maps of all the lower level dungeons.  This is especially annoying because those dungeons are a lot longer and more winding than most of the level 80 dungeons.  You really have to know where you’re going in these lower level dungeons, which is a major problem because most players have never played them.  However, thanks to Dugi’s Dungeon Leveling Guide, you’ll be able to find your way through with the in-game maps.  Leveling with the dungeon finder is a lot easier when you have maps to help you find your way.

Locations of all the Dungeon Quests

Another important feature of a dungeon leveling guide is the listing of all the dungeon quests.  The best way to maximize the amount of experience you earn from every single instance run is by completing the quests for them, but sometimes it can be very difficult trying to figure out where to pick up the quests.  In fact, some of these dungeon quests have prerequisite quests which much be completed on your own before you can be eligible to even accept the quests for the dungeons.  A dungeon leveling guide will help you figure out where you need to go and what solo quests you need to complete before you can accept the dungeon quests.

Whether you have been playing World of Warcraft for years or you just started playing, you will always wonder how you can make more money for your character in the game. You have to consider that gold is one of the most important commodities in World of Warcraft. It is the currency of the game and is used to buy items, such as weapons and armor.

If your character only owns little gold, then you will find it difficult to level up and complete quests. You need gold in the game in order to buy stronger weapons and armor which will help you defeat monsters and complete quests.

In the game, making gold is one of the most favorite things to do of players from all over the world. In fact, players that already have lots of gold still seek to make more gold. The greed factor is what drives players of World of Warcraft to look for various ways to make more gold.

Today, some players even buy gold with real cash from other players. This is a fast way to make gold for your character but it’s really not the only way. There are quite a lot of ways on how you can make gold in the game without buying it for real cash.

If you want to make a nice profit for your character, then being a crafter can seriously pay off.

At first, crafting will make you lose money. Besides, in any kind of business, even in the real world, you need to invest money in order to make money. In World of Warcraft, you have to spend gold in order to make gold. This is very true if your character takes up the crafting profession in the game.

It is highly recommended that you shouldnít take up the crafting profession if you are still at a low level. If you are already at around level 200 or so, then you will be ready to make some serious gold for your character in World of Warcraft as a crafter.

So, the question is why shouldnít you take up crafting profession in the game unless you are already at a very high level? Well, it really has to do something with the items you craft. If you are at a higher level, the items that you can craft will be in very high demand, which means that you will start to see a major influx of gold for the items you craft in the game.

Leatherworking is a very strong crafting profession in the game. This is because the demand for this crafting skill is very high. There are a lot more people who will need the items you craft as a leatherworker than there are leatherworkers in the game. Blacksmithing is also the same.

Alchemy is also a profession that is highly in demand. Because the herbs needed are very difficult to find, the items you craft from the herbs will be like your very own personal gold mine. Everyone in the game will want the items you make from the herbs, and you can put a high price tag for it. Tailoring also provides the same deal and demand as alchemy. Almost every player in World of Warcraft will need the items you craft as an alchemist or tailor that it’s like selling scarce food to the hungry.

Knowing where to sell the items you craft is also essential in order to make fast gold in the game. You can create a contact of your frequent customers and message them about the availability of the items they want but this takes time. So, try going to the auction house where players will enter to buy your stuff.

Crafting can be very profitable in World of Warcraft. With patience and by mastering your character’s crafting profession, you will be well on your way in becoming very rich in World of Warcraft.

Without a doubt, mounts are the ultimate vanity item in the game. Because of this they are also the most in demand. Some of the mounts can be purchased to resell. Others must be crafted to make some money. With a little creativity you can have an online enterprise based purely on in game mounts.

There are two professions that allow you to create mounts that are usable by anyone. Engineering gives you the opportunity to create a motorcycle while alchemy will let you make the Vial of the Sands which turns you into a dragon mount. These are two of the most awesome mounts in the game, and as such in great demand. Unfortunately the patterns to make the mounts can be hard to obtain, which increases the value further.

The value of these mounts used to be much higher, but it is still entirely possible to make a few thousand gold each by creating them to resell.

You may even consider creating the crafting specific mounts, such as the flying carpets, for resale. While these are only usable by those with the profession at a certain level, some people do not want to be bothered with making the item themselves and will willingly hand you gold to get them. The amount will be lower than the dragon or the motorcycle, but there is still a market

You can also get a little creative and offer mount runs. Guilds in the past used them to generate lots of money in the past, specifically on the Amani War Bear (a now discontinued mount.) You can modify this tactic and sell your services, or those of your group in the case of raids, to help people get them. You simply price it out per run, and hand master looter status to the person with you. Your job is simply to help them kill the boss that drops the mount.

Of course you cannot offer a guarantee with this type of service as there is no promise that these mounts will drop, but there is still a market for this kind of service as there are players that cannot be bothered to try and do it for themselves.

Finally, here is an idea for those of you who don’t mind moving around. Recently Blizzard added new multi passenger flying mounts to the game. While they can be a little difficult to obtain, or expensive, they do offer a simple way to make some cash. You can simply offer a service that sells transportation from one location to another on your flying mount. You can offer this service if you have a multi passenger ground mount as well, though your results may not be as great.

Take some of these ideas and put them to use. They are just to prove that there are some really creative ways to make some easy gold in World of Warcraft.

WoW dailies are the best way to earn reputation, purchase some must-have items and enchantments, and have a stable way of earning WoW gold.  However, sometimes it can be difficult knowing which daily quests to do or which part of Northrend to focus your efforts in.  A WoW dailies guide like Dugi’s Dailies and Events Guide can really help you out in this respect.  Just start your daily quest effort by asking yourself what will help your character the most right now: gold or reputation?

WoW Dailies for Gold or Reputation

The beautiful thing about some of the WoW dailies is the fact that they earn both reputation and large stacks of gold.  Some of the highest paying WoW dailies are located in the Storm Peaks, and they earn you about 13 gold per quest, plus 250 reputation points with the Sons of Hodir.  Most classes will need to be exalted with the Sons of Hodir for a variety of reasons.  This faction offers shoulder enchants for most classes, in addition to exclusive recipes for some gems and an exclusive tailoring recipe for the glacial bag.  The Sons of Hodir daily quests should be among the first ones you do.  In fact, you may even be able to begin doing some of them before you reach level 80, as long as you complete the prerequisite quests so you can become friendly with the Sons of Hodir.  You won’t be eligible for the WoW dailies for the Sons of Hodir if you are not friendly with them.  Also remember that you can keep doing these daily quests for gold even after you reach exalted status with the faction.  That 13 gold per quest is among the highest gold dailies in the game.

Just the Reputation

In some cases, you may want to complete some WoW dailies just to earn reputation with a faction.  The best way to go about this is to check a reliable WoW dailies guide like Dugi’s Dailies and Events Guide.  This will show you where you need to go to earn the reputation you need.  Perhaps you’re seeking an achievement for reputation or there is something very specific you need from a smaller faction in the game.  These scenarios are no problem at all when you have a WoW dailies guide to help you out.

Just the Gold

If you’re all about earning WoW gold and could care less about reputation, then you can complete any of the WoW dailies you want.  However, you may want to focus on the ones that earn you the most gold.  The highest paying gold dailies pay out 22 gold per quest, but these quests do require that you have a group of five people.  The next step down is 20 gold per quest, and most of these are solo dailies that are available in the Sholazar Basin area.  The next step down is 13 gold per quest, and these are available in Sholazar Basin, the Storm Peaks, and the Icecrown Skybreaker.

An expansion just wouldn’t be right if all casters didn’t get new spells and there are several new spells for Shamans in Cataclysm. To start with the Shaman has been given three dispels just like all the other healing classes. In particular, the Shammy can dispel both offensive and defensive magic and cures, at the same time they had to give up their dispel for diseases and poisons.  This is just the beginning of the changes for this long time favorite class.

No matter what changes are made to the Shamans in Cataclysm, they are still one of the most versatile characters in the game. With the new healing spell Healing Rains they can heal a targeted group as it’s a Heal over Time that comes at level 83. Healing wave has also been changed to a Greater Healing Wave that is a much stronger direct heal than it has been in the past. Resto Shammys are going to be able to heal toe to toe with Priests in many situations.

This has been coupled with Unleashed Weapons that work in a similar fashion to the Paladin’s Judgment. You get to choose from one of three different weapons, Windfury that throws a virtual copy of your weapon at the target, does 50% of your weapon’s damage and gives you more haste over your next 5 swings. Flametoungue that hits your opponent instantly with Fire damage and increases the damage of your next Fire Spell by 20% and Earthliving that is used to heal your target  and give your next healing spell a 20% buff.

These new healing buffs are a great addition to the Restoration Shaman’s arsenal and will certainly add to his versatility. One thing to keep in mind is that Healing Rains is subject to diminished returns. The more people in the party you cast it on, the less healing effect each will receive.  To sweeten the pot just a little more we have Spiritwalker’s Grace which allows you to keep moving or take damage and still keep casting your spells.

Some of the changes have been good, but the one thing you need to know about any Mana using class in Cataclysm is that you are going to have keep a much closer eye on your Mana level as it will go down at a faster rate than you are used from Wrath of the Lich King.