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Post by Tim on Feb 16, 2008 14:41:54 GMT -5
Artisan Riding training to get the 300 riding skill is 5000 gold.
Then you can fly in Epic Flying Mounts / Machines, whichever.
I've got about 1500 gold right now. Just discovered a new way to make more money from mining, so that will help. Instead of taking the gems that drop from mining and just putting them on AH, I have a Jewelcrafter cut them into gems first. Then I can sell them for 3-8 times more money. Also I am having JC's prospect ore for me, as I can mine more Fel Iron and Adamantite than I really even have a need for. I've got 115 Fel Iron bars in my bank now and no real use for them yet.
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Post by Tim on Feb 14, 2008 5:53:40 GMT -5
Yes I've seen what you have there so far. Is that going to be the official website for the whole guild?
I'm finally starting to get back into doing quests to make money, I need about 3500 gold more to get my artisan riding training and my epic flying mount!
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Post by Tim on Feb 5, 2008 18:49:07 GMT -5
I got away from the raiding again, I spent the last couple evenings mining and collecting other parts to build the Goblin Rocket Launcher. I've killed a few beasts with it so far, and I like it.
The +45 Stamina is a nice bonus too! Gave me almost 500 more health points!
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Post by Tim on Jan 29, 2008 17:48:50 GMT -5
I was wondering - did seeing my WoW commercial help get you started in the game, or had you already decided to do it?
Since you have all 4 PCs together, maybe you might consider making a video episode for your site about WoW and how you're all doing at it.
Last nights' attempt at my first raid didn't go too well, 2 of the 5 people left when we got to the first boss who was a 72 elite and they got killed the first time. 2 of our group of 5 were dwarf hunters, me and one other person, and we were the only ones who survived the first busted attempt.
I later found out it was a pretty high level instance and I shouldn't have been there in the first place.
I might try taking my 22 Human Rogue to Deadmines tonight, or my 41 Human Paladin to Gnomeregan, just for something different.
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Post by Tim on Jan 28, 2008 18:54:11 GMT -5
Good work on getting your 40's! It's more work in less time than I'd ever want to try. But with all your running around leveling as fast as you can, I wonder if you're missing out on part of the WoW experience, like seeing all the scenery, going to all the possible places in each zone, and working the auction house. Need a new goal? How about this - you all get your level 50's by midnight of next sunday night! That'll keep you busy! I started up with a guild to begin raiding and getting better gear on my main. I think we'll be going to Karazhan tonight, I did the first few steps of the quest chain by myself last night.
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Post by Tim on Jan 27, 2008 8:22:53 GMT -5
Hard core WoWoW weekend! Been getting any sleep or going anywhere besides the refrigerator, computer, and bathroom? When you all get to 40, let me know what your /played time is. I was at 9 days 21 hours on my dwarf hunter, and my human paladin got there in 7 days and some number of hours. He is leatherworking and engineering, so he wasn't going crazy to grab every mining node and skin every beast possible, which saved a bunch of time. Once Linc hits 40, he can get plate armor, and you'll all get riding mounts. Linc will have one for free as a Paladin. I just made Thekilled as an extra character to play around with, he won't get leveled much anytime soon, if at all.
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Post by Tim on Jan 26, 2008 18:26:20 GMT -5
I made another character. Not that I NEED another one, but I did it anyhow. I made a Night Elf Warrior named "Thekilled". I've never had a Night Elf, and I've never had a Warrior, so I solved that problem. I wanted to name him "The Killed", but Blizzard has some really stupid rules that make no sense to me regarding allowable names, so it became "Thekilled". People might think his first name is "Thek". You can't have spaces or numbers in the name, and only the first letter can be a capital letter.
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Post by Tim on Jan 24, 2008 6:14:52 GMT -5
You want to come up 10 levels in 4 days? That's gonna take a LOT of work! Every level needs more and more xp to level, and you're not going to have much for rested xp either. I get tired just thinking about trying to do something like that.
Your specs are looking better, but you still have nothing on your gloves, pants, or boots. No armor kits or enchants at all. You're giving away strength and durability there! Also, your cloak enchant can be +50 armor at your level. After you get a level 35 cloak, you can have +120 armor on it.
Linc's 32 human paladin looks good, but I see room for improvement. My 41 human paladin is named Shoebox. See his armory specs. As he leveled, I had read and researched the talent points on Paladins, and I went with the AoE Protection spec. It works really good for me, I can finish fights with nearly full health and mana in most cases.
Same thing for Linc. Right now, his gloves, pants, boots, chest , cloak..... nothing for improvements. Replace the +5 health on your cloak with +50 armor, get armor kits or enchants, you know what I'd suggest.
I'd suggest getting a shield and using a 1 handed mace. Lots more armor there. At level 23, I found a blue ranked mace called an "Oscillating Power Hammer" and it worked so well that I used it into my mid-30's.
Once Linc's Paladin hits level 40 he'll get a free Warhorse mount, and he can then use Plate armor. My armor rating nearly doubled when I was able to get Plate armor!
Good luck with power cranking the leveling through the weekend!
I tried searching the armory for your Lunajj character but it didn't find him.
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Post by Tim on Jan 23, 2008 18:22:26 GMT -5
Gold is an occassional spawn from iron nodes, meaning a node that is normally iron sometimes appears as gold. Mithril occassionally shows up as Truesilver.
A GREAT place to mine iron, mithril, and the random gold spawn is Crushridge Hold in the Alterac Mountains, a bit north of SouthShore, west of the Arathi Highlands. I've gotten a LOT of ore in that little area. It's a small area, and you can run a loop around it in about 2 minutes, if you don't have to stop and kill anything. There's a mine in there, and the mine has as many ore spawns as the area right outside the mine. Also, run a loop around the mountain covering the mine now and then, your mini-map will show spawned ore nodes that are inside the mine without you having to actually go back in there.
However, the ogres in this area are level 35-36 for the most part, so you'd have to level a bit more to get in & out of there without getting killed all the time. If you have someone with you it'll be easier.
Gatherer made mining so much easier and faster for me. You can go right to where you know ore nodes are, and when you get close to them, within normal mini-map range, you'll see if it currently has ore there or not.
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Post by Tim on Jan 21, 2008 19:22:14 GMT -5
Yeah you're really kickin' it on the leveling! My 70 hunter was my first character, and he hit level 40 at 9 days 21 hours /played time, and level 70 at 27 days 10 hours /played time.
Of course, since he was always a Miner, I spent a lot of time just doing Mining runs for money. Probably several days of /played time just on that.
At the time I got them, my Lordly Armguards were about as good as I could get. Like almost all of my gear, it needs upgraded. I picked up my new axe the other night for 45 gold on AH. My 2 hand axe skill is only about 302 of a possible 350 right now, so I need to go attack Outland Helboars and skill up my 2 hand axe skill.
For me, buying new armor is always a compromise. If a certain pair of gloves has 200 armor, +10 strength, +10 agility, and +5 stamina, is that better or worse than another pair of gloves with 275 armor and +16 stamina? When buying new gear, I open my character sheet and write down all my specs for health, mana, agility, stamina, ranged and melee attack power, etc, then equip the new stuff and see what changes and by how much and write it all down and compare. Then I keep the new stuff or vendor it, because it usually becomes soulbound once you try it on. I hate that soulbound thing! After a while you get pretty good at predicting this stuff.
Since I got my 70, I've been watching AH for good blue or purple gear, but not much at a reasonable price has come up yet.
I got my Golden Gryphon flying mount a few days ago and it's fun to have. But I couldn't wait any more, I had almost all the stuff I needed to powerlevel Engineering. So I dropped Master Skinning, and leveled Engineering from 0-350 in about 4 hours, then I went back over to Shadowmoon Valley and got the plans for the Engineering Flying Mount and built it. The whole Engineering thing still cost me about 380 gold in random stuff that I didn't have ready.
But this Engineering Flying Mount (shows up in my bags as "Flying Machine") is a blast. It reminds me of my old 1971 Valiant from the 2 episodes of "The Ride", episode #'s 74/75. It looks and sounds like an old rattletrap that barely runs. It wheezes, grinds, and stalls in mid air. But it's FUN to fly around in it. The Golden Gryphon is silent in comparison.
The last couple evenings, I've just been flying around Hellfire Peninsula in my Flying Machine, grabbing all the Fel Iron ore nodes I see, and killing any hordes that get in my way. I need to go to different zones and stock up on Adamantite, Eternium, and Khorium ore for future Engineering projects. At 375 skill, I can build an epic gun (Gyro Balanced Khorium Destroyer is the name, I think) that has some pretty good specs on it.
If you ever try a gathering profession, an addon called Gatherer will be a huge help. Once you find an ore node or herbs or whatever, it remembers the thing and marks it so when you get near it you know it's there. VERY useful. I never had any addons at all for my first 13 months, then I got Titan Bar and Gatherer about 2 months ago.
I don't know about leveling up another character on a different server, I'd have to start over again as a level 1 noob, and I've already got 5 characters on Andorhal. And with my main just getting his level 70 and Flying Machine, I've got a lot to keep me busy. In Outlands, I still have half of Blade's Edge Mountains to go through for quests, and all of Netherstorm and SMV. I need another 4000+ gold now to get my artisan riding skill and build the Turbo Charged Flying Machine (280% speed boost compared to the 60% of the basic Flying Machine).
One more thing - in Darkshire, be sure to get the quest "The Legend of Stalvan" from one old lady in one of the buildings, I forget her name right now, it's a really good story, and there's about 9-10 parts to the quest. 3 of my 5 characters have done that quest line.
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Post by Tim on Jan 19, 2008 17:15:57 GMT -5
I didn't think you had much for rested xp because you've been leveling so fast that it probably wouldn't have time to build up. When I found out about the rested xp thing in my early level 20's, I'd log out in the Stormwind inn until the rested xp marker was all the way across the screen, during which time I'd play my other characters once I started making them. Then I'd level until I hit the rested xp mark again, then rest and repeat.
I've never been into instances, I never really even got into groups much. I've been a loner in the World of Warcraft for the most part. Now that I'm a 70, I'm going to start trying some instances and get better gear. I definitely need it! I inspect other level 70 people, and they mostly have blues or purples. My stuff is mostly green. But first I'm going to level Engineering and get my flying mount from that.
I thought of some more tips for you.
Since you're a 24, you're probably going to Duskwood now. In Duskwood, the town of Darkshire is at the eastern edge of the zone, with a gryphon point just south of it behind the buildings on the hill. As you get into higher levels (closer to 30), you'll be getting a lot of quests that will have you in or near Raven Hill Cemetery on the western edge of the zone. It's a LONG walk to get there! Quests will have you going back and forth from Raven Hill to Darkshire over and over. There were a few times I'd finish a quest, turn it in at Darkshire, and the person would send me right back to Raven Hill for something else! I said a few bad things in front of the computer to express my frustration about this!
For a low level Mage with no speed boosters other than Blink, it's a lot of time spent walking. I have Blink set on my #1 key, with Autorun on/off on the ` key right beside it. Wherever I go, I'm Blinking down the road as often as it'll let me.
But now for the tip. When leaving Raven Hill for Darkshire, the fastest way to get there is to go..... WEST. Go to Westfall, hop on a Gryphon, and fly into Darkshire. It was a big timesaver for me! And besides that, some of the Duskwood area quests will have you flying to Stormwind and Redridge and Westfall anyhow.
Try that out and see how it goes. Duskwood is also an area where my having the Titan Bar addon for coordinates really helped a lot to save time. Titan Bar has lots of features, but I only use the Coords on the top of my screen, and I disabled the bar at the bottom so my action bar stays against the bottom of the screen.
Let me know how that works for you.
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Post by Tim on Jan 19, 2008 7:27:19 GMT -5
Sounds good, you're really grinding up the levels! You must not be using the rested xp thing (where your xp bar is blue instead of purple). That's double xp for any kills, but quest xp stays the same. When I've been working with someone in the game, and they level up after a kill or quest turn in, they usually announce it by saying "Ding" in the scrolling text chat. Well a couple days ago, I hit the BIG DING - Level 70! ;D 27 days 10 hours /played time on this character to level 70. Kind of long, but I've done a LOT of Mining and other things besides just leveling. First thing I did was run down to Shadowmoon Valley, get my Expert Riding training, and pick up a Golden Gryphon flying mount. 900 Gold cha-ching! Being able to fly over most enemies and obstacles is SWEET, but it only flies at a 60% speed boost. My level 60 Epic Ram is 100% speed boost. That's the only thing that's been hard to get used to. I had fun killing some hordies in Hellfire Peninsula as revenge for all the times hordes messed with me while I was minding my own business. Best thing is that I've been making mining runs around Hellfire Peninsula the last 2 nights, and I can drop down vertically on an ore node, mine it, and vertical takeoff again with minimal enemy interaction. I've been stocking up on ores, I just need to grab about 80 more each of Mithril and Thorium, then I can get Engineering, level it to 350, and build my Engineering Flying Mount. I have pretty much everything else I'll need to powerlevel Engineering. One of my alts, my 22 Human Rogue, has 225 Tailoring and 219 Blacksmithing. I liked Tailoring, but you don't start making things that sell for decent money until about 250-260 skill level. 14 slot Runecloth bags. I also tried Enchanting, but after about skill level 75 I gave it up. I was seeing what it cost for materials, and what I was getting for enchants. Enchanting is expensive for materials, but Jewelcrafting is even more expensive. There were a few times where I had accumulated a stockpile of things like linen or wool cloth, so I'd mail them to my Rogue, have him make some 6 and 8 slot bags, then I'd go to Northshire Abbey and give them away to noobs. I did the same thing on my Alchemist alt (currently level 32 Human Mage) with low level Alchemy Potions. One of your friends messaged me a few days ago while I was level 69 and working on my 70. I guess you have a bunch of friends on that server then, I was wondering why you didn't join on Andorhal. If you've looked at my Armory page on the WoW website, you might have seen the guild I made for myself, which currently has 4 of my 5 characters in it. I made the guild just so people would quit harassing me to join their guild. Plus, I made it with what I thought was a cool name "No Noobs up in this ma" from the purepwnage website, they had one advertising photo with a sign that read that in it. I just looked at your Mage's stats, and it seems like you really improved them a lot.
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Post by Tim on Jan 12, 2008 6:37:51 GMT -5
If you're going to Deadmines, have several people with you who are level 20+, the enemies there go into the low 20's for levels and you can get hit with 3-4 at once in some places.
If you do decide to start with Mining, one of the best places to find Copper ore is in Dun Morogh. Run loops around Dun Morogh with your ore tracker on, and you'll see a lot. The eastern half, from Kharanos to the east, has more ore than the western half does. It mostly depends on if someone else has come through the area grabbing ores right before you did or not. I've made loops around the eastern half only and got around 100 ores in 1 to 1-1/2 hours. You're high enough level to handle that area now.
My main has 375 Skinning and 375 Mining now, once I get my level 70 I'm going to drop Skinning for Engineering so I can build the Engineering Flying Mount gyrocopter. I hate to give up Skinning, but the only alternative is to take my 41 Human Paladin who is already 300 Engineering and run him to 70. Don't want to do that again for a while!
For mods, I use Titan Bar for the coordinates only, and I got one called Gatherer also. It shows you where herbs and ore nodes and other things are on the map once you've already found them once with Gatherer turned on.
Between all 5 of my characters (68 dwarf hunter 41 human paladin 32 human mage 22 human rogue 10 gnome warlock), I've been all over Azeroth and about half of Kalimdor. And I'm working my way through Outlands on my main right now. There's still a lot I haven't seen!
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Post by Tim on Jan 11, 2008 7:25:00 GMT -5
I saw your mage's stats. One of my alts is a 32 Human Mage (Arcane spec). It can all be seen in my armory page.
Some tips for you:
Your base stats need work. When the numbers are white, they are below par. They should be brought up enough to be green.
Mages SUCK at melee combat. Even worse than hunters do. It's all ranged and magical attacks for mages. I found myself a 2 hand staff that had good stats on it, and got it. I rarely use it.
Most important stat for Mages is Intellect. And after that, Spirit. Jacking the Intellect will give you more mana, which allows you to do more damage before you run out of mana.
Look into alchemy potions. When you get your level 16, you'll be able to use Elixir of Defense, which is +150 armor for 1 hour. But if you get killed before the hour is up, you need to drink another potion to renew it.
You should have some of whatever healing potions and mana potions are allowed for your level.
Armor kits. Right now you can use medium armor kits, which is +16 armor each for hands, pants, feet, and chest armor. So right there is 64 armor. Alternatively, you can get an enchanter to give you enchants for +armor, +minor run speed on boots, +intellect, etc.
By some of the gear you have, I see you've been in Westfall, which is a nice area. Next time you're in Stormwind, stop by the auction house and browse for better gear (gloves, boots, chest armor, cloak, staff / wand, etc.). That's where you'll find the best stuff. Keep your gear repaired too.
When you get high enough to get Mana Shield at the trainer, USE IT! It helps a lot. But having lots of mana / intellect is then even more important.
You have no professions. How are you making money to buy new and better stuff? The 3 big gathering professions are Mining, Skinning, and Herbalism. Mining is a sure money maker, even on Copper ore. A stack of 20 copper bars sells for around 1.5 gold on my server (Andorhal), I've seen it as low as 1 gold / stack and up to about 2.2 Gold per stack. Skinning won't make much money at lower levels (below 20-25), but it gets better when you are able to skin higher level beasts and get better leather. Herbalism also doesn't make much money for low level herbs, but once you're around 20-25, you'll be able to go to areas where better herbs are.
If you were on my server, I could give you some better gear and potions.
Have you and Linc thought about making a WoW commercial? I'm sure you could do something good.
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Post by Tim on Jan 10, 2008 7:01:51 GMT -5
Main character's name is Wadley, currently a level 68 Dwarf Hunter. I'll be getting my 69 by this weekend. Type the name into that Armory page at www.worldofwarcraft.com and it'll show all my stats and gear and stuff. If you haven't seen it yet, go by www.purepwnage.com and see their video "Christmas Time in Dun Morogh", it's really good and shows lots of scenes of starting areas for new players. The YouTube commercial is now at 3,166 views.
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