Wotlk Mage Profession Gains

If you have been playing Warcraft for a long time, you should know that Mage is a caster specialise in Burst Damage. You can find mage all over Azeroth. One thing mage focus on is magic. They learn magic that changes or creates.
Mages can use the magic to defeat their enemies or to strengthen the power of their allies.
Mage is undergoing changes too since Patch 3.0.8 is released. Among the changes include Profession gains:
Jewelcrafting: ᄇ spell power and -24 stamina (or -16 spirit) with rare gems. ჽ spell power and -30 stamina (-20 spirit) when/if epic gems appear.
You can use Prismatic gems to unlock your meta gem requirement, allowing you to skip the two blue/purple coloured gems.
Blacksmithing: ჲ spell power with rare gems socketed, ჺ spell power once/if epic gems get implemented.
Inscription ჱ spell power, ჷ spell power in the first 2 months when not Exalted with Sons of Hodir (daily grind)
Herbalism may offer something in the ჭ-40 spell power region via Fire Seeds if you can properly stack cooldowns.
Enchanting ჲ spell power, Leatherworking ჱ spell power, Alchemy ჱ spell power
Mining, Skinning, Tailoring, Engineering are currently not competitive options for Mage DPS.
For a full list of other mage updates check out this.

Northrend - The Setting For Wotlk

Yes, Northrend is the setting for Wrath of The Lich King (the latest expansion).
Northrend has a similar size compared to the previous setting in The Burning Crusade. There are 10 zones being highlighted in Northrend with one zone combined with Borean Tundra. A few of these zones are much bigger than the others as well as the zones in The Burning Crusade.
The story begins here.

The zones in Northrend:
Howling Fjord (68 – 72) : this is where you will probably start off
Borean Tundra (68 – 72) : this is also probably where you will start off
Dragonblight (71 – 74)
Grizzly Hills (73 – 75)
Zul’Drak (74 – 77)
Sholazar Basin (76 – 78)
The Storm Peaks (76 – 80)
Crystalsong Forest (77 – 80)
Icecrown (77 – 80)
Wintergrasp (Outdoor PvP)
Coldarra (Shares the same map as Borean Tundra, but is marked with the larger font designating it as a separate region).

The dungeons available are:
Utgarde Keep
Azjol-Nerub
Ahn’kahet
Ulduar
Naxxramas II
The Nexus
Icecrown Citadel
Drak’Tharon Keep
Chamber of Aspects
The Violet Hold

Now, there are many native species in Northrend. Among those that you need to pay attention would be Northrend giants, Storm giants, Mammoths, Walruses and others.

Quest Helper for Wotlk

Quest Helping addons is really useful when speed leveling in WoW, however some people think they spoil the fun of the game. This because in the eagerness of leveling, people don’t even read the storyline just quickly accept the quest and off and away following the arrow to the next location.

Sure I like to level fast and recommend using quest helpers, just don’t use them to the extent that the joy of the game itself becomes a second priority.

There are several free WotLK quest helping addons in development, but be careful where you download them because several has reported to contain trojans or account stealing functions. One good example of free wotlk quest helper is Rasters Wotlk Quest Mod.

However, if you want to be 100% sure to get a professional developed, tested and trojan free Wotlk Quest helper that works for the latest patch 3.0.8, I recommend taking a look at Zygors Guides. I’ve personally tried quite a few of these in-game quest helpers and I must tell you that Zygor offer the most stable and easy to use experience for people in need of ultra high speed leveling.

Just remember to enjoy the wotlk storyline and don’t stare yourself blind on the leveling urge.
Take a look at Zygors Guides Today!

Wow News: Fire Festival, Arena Season 4 and more...

Can you feel the heat?

Not only from the cool Fire Festival going on, but also from the constant realeases of patches and Wrath of the Leach King rapidly closing in. Not only that, will the competion from other MMORGS like Age of Conan or Warhammer evolve to be worthy option or will people still stay loyal to trusty old WoW.

For how long will Blizzard hold the crown?
Don't you think it's time for something new, fresh and more exciting than yet another expansion.

Don't get me wrong, I love World of Warcraft but sometimes I can feel that it's a bit too much.

WoW News:

• Fire Festival Begins - Players now have the chance to participate in the Fire Festival Activities. It started June 21st and ends July 5th. So be sure to enjoy these new quests, and one new boss, Lord Ahune while you can!
  
  
• Season 4 Begins! - After a few weeks of players having access to the highest level gear in the game from Kil'jaeden Blizzard decided to release all the new gear that comes with Season 4! Players should be extremely excited for this new season, as the level of gear is a significant increase for PvP and PvE purposes. I know I can't wait to spend my saved arena points on some awesome new gear. However I am sad to surrender my 2,000 rating which I will have to build up again!
  
  
• No Beta testers Yet! - Blizzard has not opened up Wrath of the Lich King for beta testers yet. So if you are receiving e-mails guaranteeing you will get into the beta they are a scam, and plan to steal your account! Be aware, and remember that Blizzard will never ask you for your account details such as your password, EVER!
  Also don't be fooled by pretty homepages that look a lot like Blizzards login page. Always check Blizzards orginal site for the latest news first.
  
  
• Patch 2.4.3 available on the PTR - Blizzard has launched 2.4.3 to the PTR, so get over and transfer your characters on and start practicing the new boss Lord Ahune for the Fire Festival. He has a very nice loot table that you can find here on Wowhead.
  
  
• Frag Dominant Wins first MLG Tournament - Frag Dominant bounced back from the losers bracket to beat Nihilum after starting at a 3-2 deficit. They switched their line-up around from rogue, rogue, druid to warrior, rogue, druid. The extra burst allowed them to counter the Priest, Druid, Hunter combo of Nihilum. Frag Dominant walked away with $12,000 and three Blackbird HP gaming consoles valued at
• $ 3,000 each!
  
  
• Magister's Terrace Nerfed -Players will find most of the trash to be significantly easier now. Most importantly the Glaive Throw stun was removed, along with reduced damage output from nearly every dangerous trash mob found inside Magister's Terrace. Some boss fights were also nerfed, Vexallus was actually brought down to what I think is on par with his place in the dungeon. The Princess Delrissa fight was also nerfed by lowering the damage of the rogue and warrior, so this fight should be cake now as they were the only dangerous ones anyway!
  
  
• Eredar Twins Loot Increased - Now the Eredar twins will drop the increased loot no matter which order you kill them in. So happy sunmoting!!!
  
  
• Raid Instance Summoning Bug Fixed - Players can now be summoned to a raid instance from a heroic dungeon. This will be a nice feature for those just wrapping up a daily heroic when the raid is starting.
  
  
• Curse of Elements / Shadows Changes in 2.4.3 - Curse of Shadows has been removed and Curse of Elements now includes damage increases for Arcane and Shadow damage also. This will reduce the stigma of having to bring 3 to 4 warlocks to each and every raid!
  
  
• Haris Pilton Bag and Jewelry Seller Extraordinaire in 2.4.3! - You have got to love Blizzard's sense of humor, and their willingness to give players what they ask for. Haris Pilton will offer players the right to buy 22 slot bags, albeit for a hefty price of 1,200 gold. This is another measure to pull gold out of the highly inflated economy, since they were not quite prepared for the huge influx of gold the daily quests would yield. This is not a limited supply item either, so start saving right away!! They are BoE, so the really rich players can buy them for their bank alts too!

May 2008 be a Great World of Warcraft Year!

Hello fellow WoW:ers,

Back from a long vacation I hope You all had as great Christmas & New Year holiday as I had.

We all eagerly await the next WoW Expansion Wrath of the Lich king, sadly Blizzard has still not given an official release date which mean that it's probably months away. My guess would be summer 2008.

Anyway the 2.3 patch offered great additions to the game as:

Mudsprocket - The new goblin town located in Dustwallow Marsh offers an abundance of new quests. This town is a member of the Steamwheedle Cartel, and offers many conveniences including a flight master, an inn, a graveyard, an anvil and forge, and a mailbox. This is a different leveling experience for characters in their 40's who want to change things up a bit.

Zul 'Aman - This 10 man instance located in the Ghostlands requires no attunement, so it's great for those players on a tight time budget. It is designed to be more difficult than Karazhan and also includes better loot! The thing we like most about this area is the availability of the new Hatchet Hills flight path. This flight path is the first of it's kind as it is the only one to connect "classic" Warcraft zones to the zones of the Burning Crusade!

Leveling - As we know, the time to level a character from 20-60 has been significantly decreased since the release of the 2.3 patch. The speed of leveling through those slow low levels is now bearable especially with a leveling guide. The fact that Blizzard are planning to increase the leveling speed of pets in the 2.3.2 patch also sound really great.

Leveling guides which now are up to date for patch 2.3:
Valkor's Gold Making Guide
Joana's 1-70 Horde Leveling Guide
Brian Kopp's 1-70 Alliance Leveling Guide
Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide
Zygor's 1-70 Horde and Alliance Leveling Guides - Try this new great 300 page guide with beautiful ingame functions for a limited discount price.

Here's some of the upcomming 2.4 patch features:

Sunwell Isle

* Sunwell Isle will be located off the coast, north of Silvermoon

* Sunwell Isle will be a major questing hub with a 5-man Normal and Heroic Instance (Magister’s Terrace) and a 25-man raid (Sunwell Plateau). The goal with Sunwell Isle is to close the Burning Crusade storyline before the release of the next expansion.

* There are still a few scenarios left that could be released to provide the players with more content if WotLK gets delayed for any reason.

* At the release of the patch, players will access a small expedition camp where they can start questing. However as the questing progresses, players will expand the camp and make it grow to a small town by retaking building to the enemies (running daily quests mostly). You can consider it as a AQ Gates opening event, the more daily quests that gets done, the faster the whole server will progress.

* The quests will end the Tempest Keep story arc.

* “The Shattered Sun Offensive” will be the new faction of this quest hub. It also seems that Aldor and Scryers will finally start fighting together against the new threat.

* Both 5-man and 25-man dungeons will be accessible from the start, but some bosses will have to be unlocked by running the daily quests (server-wide) and/or leveling your reputation. The 5-man instance will most likely requires Honored reputation with The Shattered Sun Offensive, the first three bosses of the 25-man instance will be accessible from the start, while the three last ones will have to be unlocked through questing.


Sunwell Plateau

* Kael’thas will be one of the boss of the 5-man dungeon, he’s still alive and he’s now got a huge green crystal etched to his chest.

* Kil’jaeden will be the final boss of the 25-man instance. The other bosses include Brutalicus, a giant Pit Lord who has lost his wings, Kalecgos, a blue dragon enslaved by Kil’jaeden, a Fel Dragon, the female Eredar Twins, and a Dark Naaru.

* The 25-man instance will be slightly harder than Black Temple, and is tuned for Tier 6 geared players.

* There will not be any “real” Tier 7 set, but some of the drops will be set pieces (not necessarily class specific). The drops quality will be above T6.

Daily quests

* Patch 2.4 will raise the cap of Daily quests allowed in a day from 10 to 25.

PvP

* Balancing actions will be taken in regard to PvP for certain classes.* Blizzard have large plans for, and they will be aiming to bring it closer to e-sport acceptance.


With this I want to thank you all for being readers of this humble blog and wish you all a happy and prosperous 2008!

/Patrik

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