Jay Talbot’s Ramblings

While this whole thing was going on with my dad, I did manage to make my escape from the insanity into WoW. Basically, any time I had at home was generally spent playing WoW. Why? The virtual reality was much better than reality at the time, and still is in most cases. In that time, I managed to level up most of my characters to decent enough levels. For the most part, the priest is still the step-child at level 10, being my least favorite to play. On the other hand, my hunter is 23 now, looking for 24 over my weekend, maybe 25. The rest are between 11 and 18.

Ok, I see a lot of searches hitting my sites about how to make money fast, and powerleveling. I even saw one asking if buying gold was against the EULA of WoW. Here’s some answers for you guys.

• Buying WoW gold is against the EULA. Blizzard has ways of finding out and will ban you for it.
• I’ve found the most effective way to level up your character is to play it and quest. Sure, ginding will get you there, but how fun is that? Also, you will usually get upgrades to your gear for doing quests, not to mention any nice drops you can get. Just this afternoon, a blue 2-handed axe dropped from a wolf-type mob. I can probably get a gold for it at auction, or I can keep it for my warrior. Upgrades will come in due time.
• I don’t agree with powerleveling. You won’t know how to play your character(s) and people will hate you for it.
• If you want to make money, do a trade skill. I made my hunter a skinner and leatherworker. I make stuff with the leather and hides I get while killing stuff and sell it. I also sell the leather and hides when I need to clear out some bank space. This is a great way to help off-set the farmers too, driving the price down if you set a fair price.

Ok, so those are just a few things to guide you. It’s up to you how you want to play your character, but remember people ingame will expect certain things from you, especially on raids. If you don’t play it their way, you probably will be passed up the next time.

I have an example of someone not playing their character to their fullest. A Druid friend of mine refuses to go into bear form; she doesn’t like it and thinks it’s too slow. I will say this, although it may seem slow in bear form, your chances of serviving are better if you go into bear form. It’s purely a mental block. I keep reminding her that bear form is her tank form, and she’ll admit she should use it more, but won’t. It’s her choice, but could save her butt in sticky situations more often than not.

Ok, that concludes this post… Remember, I do have a contact page ya’ll can use if you have any questions. Maybe more later…

Tags: Gaming, WoW //