Wow, (pardon the pun)

I can’t believe I have been away for so long. And I can’t believe I have been getting so much traffic lately.

Rest assured, I have more than a few articles ready, and Tuesday Toons will be back very soon.

I had taken a short hiatus from playing due to work and personal commitments. I finally logged on last Saturday and played hard. Using the Zygor guide, I was able to power level my rogue from 65 to 68 on Saturday.

Yep.

That means Sunday, I was all up in Northrend, baby.
I have a ton of rested XP, so I am getting 1900+xp per mob, and the quests are handing out 20k+ in XP as well.
I was hoping that the initial questlines from WotLK would upgrade my gear as dramatically as BC did.
It was not as big a leap as I had hoped for, but I still got some nice gear.

If you are on the Zangarmarsh server, look up Valkira and say hi!
Look for more regular updates as well.

I promise.

The secret life of mobs…

First Aid.
It’s one of those secondary skills, and gives you a way to heal quickly.
Since alot of the mobs you fight drop cloth, it provides a sustainable healing method while you are out questing or grinding.

Here is a list of the bandages by level.

1-Linen Bandage
40-Heavy Linen Bandage
50-Learn Journeyman First Aid
80-Anti-Venom
80-Wool Bandage
115-Heavy Wool Bandage
125-Expert First Aid (required book from Deneb Walker in Stromgarde Keep for Alliance, Balai Lok’Wein in Brackenwall Village)
130-Strong Anti-Venom
150-Silk Bandage
180-Heavy Silk Bandage
210-Mageweave Bandage
225-Artisan First Aid (Doctor Gregory Victor in Hammerfall for Horde, Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen in Theramore for Alliance)
240-Heavy Mageweave Bandage (from Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen for Alliance, Doctor Gregory Victor in Hammerfall for Horde)
260-Runecloth Bandage (from Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen for Alliance, Doctor Gregory Victor for Horde)
290-Heavy Runecloth (from Doctor Gustaf VanHowzen for Alliance, Doctor Gregory Victor for Horde)
300-Master First Aid (Aresella in Falcon Watch, Outlands for Horde, Burko in the Temple of Telhammat, Outlands for Alliance)
and learn Runecloth Bandages
330-Netherweave Bandage
360-Heavy Netherweave Bandage
375-Grand Master Quest (Horde go to Nurse Applewood in Warsong Hold, Borean Tundra or Sally Tompkins in Vengeance Landing, Howling Fjord or Olisarra the Kind in Dalaran and train Grand Master First Aid and Frostweave Bandage. For Alliance go to Anchorite Yazmina in Valgarde, Howling Fjord or Brynna Wilson in Valiance Keep, Borean Tundra or Olisarra the King in Dalaran and train Grand Master First Aid and Frostweave Bandage)

Blizzard Entertainment announced back in December that World of Warcraft’s subscriber base has exceeded 11.5 million units following the November 13 launch of the expansion pack Wrath of the Lich King.

The next day, Blizzard announced that there were 11 million Death Knights created…

Gold.

This is my walking around money

Nothing get’s the heart going faster that than lure of a stack of shiny gold. If you have spent any time researching WoW sites, I am sure you have come across tons of ads, either offering to sell you gold outright, or offering to sell you a system that will increase your gold by some outrageous number.

I am sure most of you are smart enough to realize that if it sounds too good too be true…

Well, I am going to be sharing some of my gold building techniques, right here, free of charge.
Now, I am surely not claiming to be some gold guru,but I have been able to do just fine solo, buying my mounts, gear and whatever other stuff catches my eye.

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The G word.

It’s enough to make even the hardest gamer cringe, tears welling in eyes, pleading to the primal gods of chaos for swift and merciful release.
Yes, *that* G word.

Grinding.
(And I don’t mean the good kind of grinding you can get down at the Nubile Night-Elf Cabaret, either!)

The first time I leveled a warrior up to 60 (yes, before WoTLK) it was alot of fun.
Finally, I rolled my first alt, and I thought, ‘HA!, this will be easy’.
It wasn’t until around level 20 or so that I noticed that, well, things seemed kinda stale.

I had already done all this before. The grim fist of repetition closed its icy grip around my throat.
‘Oh yeah, I remember how fun it was to try to kill like 50 stupid trolls in Stranglethorn Vale’.

Sigh.

I just needed a way to get to the best quests, the ones fat with XP.
I needed a way to optimize this necessary evil.

If only there were some kind of leveling guide out there…

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This is a site for all WoW players, from the casual gamers to the hardcore PvP’ers.

I was something of a late comers to WoW.
I didn’t get involved until the summer of 05.
I was initially put off by the cartoon like appearance. I played all of Blizzards other games and loved them, but just something about WoW rubbed me the wrong way.

But in time, I came to appreciate the amount of detail that the world has.
It’s a simple world, from a 3D point of view, but a very very detail rich world.
Being a programmer by trade ( and a former game programmer) I can appreciate the hard work and innovation that Blizz put into this product.

I played very casually, solo, with the occasional group to kill a boss.
It took me almost 3 months to hit level 20 with my rogue.
I wrote the game off for a few months, then got the urge again when I saw pictures of Deadmines.

See, in all that time, I had *never* been in an instance. So I found a pug and went in. I was amazed at the storyline arc, and the whole concept behind the minds was amazing to me.

So I took that character, a mage, and began levelling him, playing almost daily, even if for a little bit.

I finally hit the magical level of 40 and got my mount! Now I could go anywhere. Then I promptly shelved that character and rolled a Blood Elf with the new BC expansion. I got that character up to level 42 before laying the game down again.

I am back now, after about a 3 month break, and looking forward to finding new things to see and do, and maybe, just maybe, get a character past 42.

But no promises…

- I’m Jason, and that’s how I wow

Content is on the way, trust me!