Posts tagged: world of warcraft

Oct 19 2009

An Introduction To The Concept Of A Virtual Currency

To those who are not very familiar, if at all, with massively multiplayer online role playing games, then the term virtual currency will mean absolutely nothing to you. A strange concept but certainly not a particularly new one, a Virtual Currency is exactly what it sounds like.

Virtual currency is often have exchange rates with the real world currencies, especially the United States dollar. One of the most popular examples is about have a highly popular virtual world online, known as Second Life.

For example, in the popular MMORPG, a World of Warcraft, the currency is simply called gold. This gold is gathered in the game through numerous methods. Examples include doing daily quests, killing monsters in the game that drop gold and many other things.

This virtual currency is earned within the game and use to buy certain things. However, the economy works rather differently to how it does in the real world and is indeed a lot simpler. Many games such as this have much the same sort of economy.

This gold is then used to improve your in game character with better equipment and other things. Because of its inherent value, it is always going to have a vague exchange rate with the real world currencies. This is because some people always want to buy the gold, even if it is against the terms of service.

Even games such as World of Warcraft, the gold is worth something in a sort of exchange rate with the United States dollar. You can buy this gold online if you don’t want to be bothered getting it in the game for yourself. Although this is generally against the terms and conditions of most games like this, it is a popular and highly lucrative business which many people participating. For some, it makes these games a lot more bearable.

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Jun 19 2009

Buy Cheap Wow Gold, The Easy Way To Get Gold

by Jill Richards

If you are looking to buy Cheap WoW Gold, and you will find plenty of providers on the Internet. You will find a generally no matter what server or faction you play on, you should have no problem finding gold providers. Prices vary considerably and it depends entirely on the faction you play on and the realm. The average price is approximately ten to eleven U. S. Dollars per thousand.

You will need this virtual currency throughout the game experience and it becomes even more important at the end game, once you have reached the level cap. You are going to need it for levelling crafting professions and buying new gear so you’ll be ready for raiding. Without gold, there is very little you can do in the game has had is an essential part of the economy.

Getting WoW gold, although easier than it was before the expansions, is still extremely time consuming. This is especially true if you are saving up to buy one of the most expensive things. You will find that the higher end epic equipment for level eighty costs an enormous amount of gold on the auction house.

Just to give you an idea of what you can spend all this gold on, the most important thing would be to start equipping yourself to get ready for the raids. You will also want to get your epic flying skill and a number of other skills. Another large gold sink are the crafting professions and you can spend thousands on to ease to level them up to the maximum.

This epic mount is the latest gold sink in the game and the most expensive item ever to grace the World of Warcraft. It carries up to two passengers and endorsed and is truly unique.

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Apr 06 2009

How to Choose a New World of Warcraft Server

by Anne Glitsky

When I first started on World of Warcraft, I had no idea where I should create my new characters. So I decided to ask a few friends which server is the best. No one had an answer, so I went to the server where most of them are playing…Only to find out that it doesn’t suit what I want to do on WoW, or how I want to play the game.

Jonathan Kenins of secretwarcraft.com offers guidelines on how one can go about doing that. I found his latest podcast while searching for server guides. I found it quite useful, he goes into detail on how you can choose a server that meets your standards on how you would like to play the game.

The way I want to play World of Warcraft is to earn a lot of money through the auction house. In order to do this, I would need to find a server that has a lot of people.

There’s a website that will help you get an idea of how many Horde and Alliance are on a particular server. WarcraftRealms.com uses an add-on to do a census on US or EU WoW servers.

A couple of things that you need in order to make a lot of money on a particular server: A populated server – More people means a higher demand for items, so they’re more higher priced than that of a server with not a lot of people.

A good balance between Alliance and Horde. That, or you can choose a server that has a bit less people playing on the side that you want to be in. The side with less players will usually have a higher price range on items.

Depending on the way you want to play the game, you can either go PVE or PVP. If, like me, you want to make lots of money…You’d be better off going PVE. You will have to gather a lot of stuff in the wild, and this can get pretty annoying on a PVP server.

Finally, once you have eliminated the servers that you don’t want to be playing on based on the guidelines above, what Jonathan Kenins advises you to do is to make level 1 characters on each server (1 on each faction) and bring them to their respective auction house ” Stormwind for Alliance and Undercity for Horde. Just do a scan, look up and monitor prices for high-end herbs like Goldclover, Deadnettle, Tiger Lily and so forth. 40g and up a stack would be a good price for these herbs.

Check out Cobalt Ores, Mithril Bars, and Gems, these trade goods usually go for a high price. What you need is a server that is wealthy enough to support prices in the higher-end for these items. If these things are more on the lower-end of the price range, then that server probably isn’t for you.

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Jan 17 2009

Best Classes for Characters in World of Warcraft

by Patrick G. Moore

There are eight classes for you to choose when you are playing World of Warcraft. The question is how are you going to decide which class that you want to create a character? This is because each class has its own benefits and disadvantages. To pick the best class for your character, you will have to understand each classes in details.

So, the classes available are rogues, warriors, warlocks, hunters, shamans, paladins, priests and mages. Rogues is possibly the best class for some players. The reason is because Rogues kill mob faster than any other classes. As such, you get to level faster.

However, Warriors would be best tanks. Warriors are great in PvP especially if you are a caster. However, they normally kill real slow especially when you are at low levels. So, to kill faster, you will need to level your character to higher levels.

Normally, first character would be a Hunter. Hunters have companion (i.e. pet) and so they hardly die unless if they are being ganked. If you hate dull character, do not pick Hunter as your character class. Personally, I do feel that Hunter is too dull compared to other character classes.

Warlocks are also great for characters because you get pets at different levels. Warlocks are much fun compared to Hunter and kill faster too. They have better DPS pets at different levels so look out for the pets you can get if you pick Warlocks.

Shamans get great DPS class at higher levels. Other than that, Shamans are also great for PvP or PvE. Although you will find that Shamans level slowly and kill rather slow as well but they can heal based on their talent build. This is their specialty.

Being priests, you level slow but there is nothing to be disappointed about after all you need priests to heal everyone in intances. Priests leveling is easy but killing will take a long time. Still, you can cast many healing spells even when you are fighting.

Now that you have known the properties of each character classes, it is time to make your pick based on your interests and goal in playing World of Warcraft.

Paladins are truly the best because they are great in almost everything. They are also being feared by most of the other classes. However, if you are a Paladin, you can AoE and stay alive to tell the story. You can DPS and tank while healing at the same time. Paladins are simply powerful in every way.

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Jan 15 2009

Warcraft Helps To Increase IQ

by Patrick G. Moore

Warcraft is a popular game as always and while most people enjoy Warcraft, some people claim that Warcraft is bad especially for kids because of the addiction that cause kids to sleep late and miss classes. However things have changed when it is proven that Warcraft is able to raise your IQ as you play the game.

The reason is because you will need to use your skills to achieve success in the game. Warcraft is a lengthy game, a game that will take a very long time to finish playing and there are different levels to play. Your task is to compete quests and move on to the next level until you have reached a level where it stops.

The tasks that you need to complete are very mentally challenged. There are combats and to win these you need to think logically and strategically. There will be planning on the attacks and winning them, which causes you to think even harder and use your brain. When you think, naturally your brain works harder and increase your intelligence.

Usually it takes some time to layout the plan for combats and you will need to coordinate with other fellow players to defeat a certain enemy and win the quests. While your character might sustain injury from the combats, you must think fast and look for ways to protect your character from further injury. There are magic, spells and weapons available in Warcraft that helps you win the battle if you know how to use it.

Therefore, with excellent management and smart thinking, you will have to decide what items to bring along when your characters travel through the lands and cross the seas. There is a limit of items your character can carry at a time so carrying the proper and useful items may be useful during the travel. However, it is all depends on you who decide on the items to bring along.

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Jan 04 2009

Auction House: What not to do!

by Patricia Adams

It’s a common mistake for people, especially new ones to assume that World of Warcraft economy works like that of the real world. It doesn’t, (thank god!) Imagine losing your epic mount to one of the guards on there, or your gold to the bankers!

With this common mistake comes the most common Auction House blunder: Selling your items for a lower price, and selling them all at once.

Making a good and fast profit on World of Warcraft is actually very easy, the answer isn’t about selling your items at a lower price than usual. It’s all about:

* The item

* The time of day

* The type of server you are on

The amount you’re selling your item is not at all very important when it comes to how fast people bid on it. It is important though, on how fair your price is. Pricing low makes you lose money. Price it high, and people won’t bid on it. Balance is the key.

Nothing is more disgruntling to an Auction House person such as myself than to see certain items selling for 5 times lower than the amount it would normally and reasonably sell for. There have been many situations where I have wanted to sell my item in the Auction House, only to find out that first, someone beat me to it, and second, they’re totally ripping themselves off because of their incredibly low prices!

When faced by this abominable prices, my first instinct would be to sell for a bit lower than my usual price, but I have quickly come to realize that I’m also helping these people who have no clue, to kill the market! So what I do now is buy all their stuff, and sell them at my usual prices. They DO sell, and I still get my profit!

So you see, the price of the item doesn’t really change anything, it will still sell, as long as people find your prices reasonable. That being said, why bother selling for low when they would still buy at the normal to high price?

Save yourself the trouble and don’t sell your items low. “Go for the gold” and earn maximum profits from your items!

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Dec 19 2008

How To Dominate The World of Warcraft

by June Carr

I’ll have to admit I’m a little bit depressed as I write this, my little brother completed dominated me in World of Warcraft, I think I’m going to have to hang my head in shame. Of course it wasn’t always like this, there was a time when he looked up to me, emulated my every move, strived to learn my techniques, I was the hero now he’s acting like he’s the king, and I’m simply someone he used to know, all because of one simple PvP guide.

If you find the right PvP guide, it’s akin to finding the Holy Grail in World of Warcraft; and this is exactly what my little brother did. It seemed that overnight he learned techniques that had taken me months to master, not only did he kick me off my pedestal, he achieved worldwide ranking. Honestly, I’m embarrassed he’s just my little brother, but now there’s no catching him.

There was one particular day, when it all came together for my brother, something changed inside of him and he made a decision to become a champion. I didn’t think he’d follow through, but he proved me wrong. Here’s exactly what happened, he was able to get ahold of the best PvP guide around, it’s called “Warcraft Honor”, and used properly it can make you a champion.

When you have this guide, you can immediately learn how to achieve maximum honor points, no longer will you lose allies and be threatened in battle, instead you will be the one who dominates the battlegrounds and arenas.

FACTOID: World of Warcraft, known as WoW, is an Internet legend. It’s a multiplayer role-playing game that is the brainchild of Blizzard Entertainment. There are millions of people that play every single day.

If you’re a newbie to World of Warcraft, it’s important that you learn the basics, and I’m going to tell them to you, just like I did to my little brother. If you use the Internet, and search for World of Warcraft tricks and tips, it’s amazing what you can find from some of the best players in the world. While they won’t reveal their best secrets, they’ll tell you enough to propel your honor points upward.

In world of Warcraft. You’ll be learning to survive in the land of Azeroth, this is the mystical land where World of Warcraft is played. We all need some help when were first starting, I certainly did, and so did my little brother, although he would never admit it now. There are more than 11 million subscribers to WoW, and you’re sure to meet people that share your playing style, and with whom you can form allegiances.

Anyone can log on and immediately start to play World of Warcraft, have some fun, and with a little bit of help become experienced enough to garner honor points. As you begin to play more and more however, you’ll find that owning a good PvP guide can a man sleep help you through the various labyrinth of the game.

It is very difficult or impossible to master everything about World of Warcraft, since it is very in-depth, with thousands of different options. I would say that anyone can play the game, but few can excel to the role of master; unless they do one of two things, either kidnap my little brother or get a copy of your own PvP guide.

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Dec 15 2008

Play Warcraft and Increase IQ

by Patrick G. Moore

Warcraft is a popular game as always and while most people enjoy Warcraft, some people claim that Warcraft is bad especially for kids because of the addiction that cause kids to sleep late and miss classes. However things have changed when it is proven that Warcraft is able to raise your IQ as you play the game.

The reason is because you will need to use your skills to achieve success in the game. Warcraft is a lengthy game, a game that will take a very long time to finish playing and there are different levels to play. Your task is to compete quests and move on to the next level until you have reached a level where it stops.

The tasks that you need to complete are very mentally challenged. There are combats and to win these you need to think logically and strategically. There will be planning on the attacks and winning them, which causes you to think even harder and use your brain. When you think, naturally your brain works harder and increase your intelligence.

Usually it takes some time to layout the plan for combats and you will need to coordinate with other fellow players to defeat a certain enemy and win the quests. While your character might sustain injury from the combats, you must think fast and look for ways to protect your character from further injury. There are magic, spells and weapons available in Warcraft that helps you win the battle if you know how to use it.

Therefore, with excellent management and smart thinking, you will have to decide what items to bring along when your characters travel through the lands and cross the seas. There is a limit of items your character can carry at a time so carrying the proper and useful items may be useful during the travel. However, it is all depends on you who decide on the items to bring along.

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Nov 25 2008

WOTLK Leveling Guides

by Patrick G. Moore

It is no doubt that World of Warcraft is a popular game online. As proof, you can see there are many guides on the game in the market. While some of them are for free, the best kind of guides usually will cost you a few bucks. It is up to you whether you are willing to invest the dollars in such guides to help achieve your goal for the game.

Usually the popular guides include, gold making guides and leveling guides. To be exact, there are five guides that are really reaching to the stars with its popularity. These guides are in conjunction with the release of Wrath of The Lich King expansion pack.

First of all, we have Zygor Alliance and Horde Leveling Guide. This is a high quality leveling guide that offers top quality tips that are definitely useful and there is no where else you can find it. The Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide is simply all rounded offering both leveling and gold making guides.

Extreme Leveling Guide is a very detailed guide that offers level 1 to 80 leveling guides and also a separate Dark Knight guide. Joana on the other hand has released a new version of her popular Horde leveling guide. Team iDemise is also having a new version of its Team iDemise Leveling Guide.

Overall, these are not bad choices when it comes to learning how to level your characters fast and easy because without these guides, you probably won’t be able to level as fast as you have imagined. Of course, you will need to play the characters and do everything the guide teach you in order to reach your goal. Leveling guides are indeed useful in helping your characters to reach higher level and at the same time harvest more Gold from the game itself.

There is no reason why you should not get the leveling guides. In order to be an expert, you need to learn from an expert and start with one of the leveling guides today.

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