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Point of Interest: The instance "The Deadmines" is abbreviated "VC" after the name of the last boss: Edwin VanCleef. Dire Maul is abreviated "DM" even though it was added to the game long after Deadmines.

DM itself is a single instance (three main areas with five entrance portals connected by a pair of tunnels) but most people only run one "wing" at a time. The wings are North, East, and West so typically people would call out the specifics: LFM DM West, or Rogue, LFG DM North Tribute* run, have matts.

* A tribute run was a special kind way of running DM North that resulted in fewer but better quality pieces dropping.

It's confusing to keep tabs on who's running what. I couldn't figure out why people were farming DM when they could be in outland getting much better gear from much more interesting instances.

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Point of Interest: The instance "The Deadmines" is abbreviated "VC" after the name of the last boss: Edwin VanCleef. Dire Maul is abreviated "DM" even though it was added to the game long after Deadmines.

DM itself is a single instance (three main areas with five entrance portals connected by a pair of tunnels) but most people only run one "wing" at a time. The wings are North, East, and West so typically people would call out the specifics: LFM DM West, or Rogue, LFG DM North Tribute* run, have matts.

* A tribute run was a special kind way of running DM North that resulted in fewer but better quality pieces dropping.

It's confusing to keep tabs on who's running what. I couldn't figure out why people were farming DM when they could be in outland getting much better gear from much more interesting instances.

Ahhh.

I say DM to mean Deamines heh.

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SMELTN

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yeah the only reason you would want to farm something in an instance now, is to make a twink.. If you are just leveling gear will get replaced so fast that its pointless and ALOT of time lost that could be spend on leveling to get to Outlands.

For those of you not 60+ yet, let me give you an example. My guild had BWL (BlackWing Lair) which was the highest Tier level loot in the game before Burning Crusade, and we replaced 80% of those items by level 64 in outlands with green gear. So don't waste alot of time getting gear, it will come, either focus on leveling as fast and as efficient as possible or take your time and just enjoy the game.

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For those of you not 60+ yet, let me give you an example. My guild had BWL (BlackWing Lair) which was the highest Tier level loot in the game before Burning Crusade, and we replaced 80% of those items by level 64 in outlands with green gear.

Top end Raid loot (The AQ40/Naxx stuff + some loot from BWL) holds up really well until you start getting level 70 gear. The real problem is unless you're getting run-through the old raids by level 70 people with nothing better to do, there's pretty much no way anybody leveling will see that gear.

I wore 3 pieces of Tier 2 and rings from late AQ/Early Naxx until I'd cleared Karazhan and Started into SSC/TK: Ring of the Martyr and Band of answered prayers and they were pretty much best-in-slot at the time. Stat-wise they hold up pretty well to the blues people doing heroic 5-man content can get: Ring of fabled hope and Ancestral Band.

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welll...I just started playing again. Just checked my account, first time I have played since 10/2006.

Im transferring my 60 warrior over to Lothan server. So if you are on this server let me know. I feel like Im playing it for the first time again and honestly can hardly remember the general combos..whats good here/there etc.

and just started a draneia shaman there too. So any tips for a shaman would be nice, cause right now he seems confusing with the stupid totems (only level 8)

Quick question as this is the first time I have played on my new monitor. Is there a way to increase the font size? I have to lean in/squint/strain my eyes to read quest info and chat stuff as well. Any suggestions for this?

edit: Also is there a way to change the health bars of my enemies to numbers instead of %. I see numbers for their mana but not their health. I unchecked that box in advanced options "display %" yet its still there.

ooo one more thing, where did the AA/AF slider go? I know it used to be there. Im guessing I can turn that one up all the way and make the game look prettier :)

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SMELTN

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From my experience, horde usually calls DM as VC, whereas alliance tends to just abbreviate it as DM. But thats just how it is on the servers I play on...

Anyway, my current UI

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UI looks nice. I see you are using what looks like Quartz, Pitbull and Bartender, but which minimap mod is that? I love the gloss finish on it. Also if you are using bartender which skin do you have selected? Are you using cycircled with it and if so what skin?

Thanks man

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brentaal

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Actually, I'm not using any of those mods. :p Tho I have used them in the past.

The mods I'm using now are part of a package. You can get it HERE.

If you're only going for the minimap mod, then just look for the rMinimap folder in that .rar file. However, I suggest you try out the whole pack and see if you like the unitframes, buff bars, cast bar, etc.

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SMELTN

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I want to run Ulda tonight. Is there good gear for a Mage in there?

http://www.wowdb.com/location.aspx?id=1337#1:0:0

Just go there and click the NPC tab, then click on each boss' name, and you can see what they drop.

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A new player in need of suggestions. Please write.

I just started playing as a Troll Hunter and I am having a bit of .... problems.... figuring out what type of hunter should I play. I want to follow the survival and marksmanship trees, but do I really need the beast master? Can I go without that?

And, for Undead, which class should I choose. I am thinking mage or rogue. Any suggestions?

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I dont know alot about hunters but in reference tot he undead choice, you should play whatever is going to make you happiest, there is no right or wrong choice pick according to how you like to play.

One more thing, i would concentrate on levelling one character at a time, not 2 once one is levelled up to 70 or 80 if it takes you that long then you should make your "alt"

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A new player in need of suggestions. Please write.

I just started playing as a Troll Hunter and I am having a bit of .... problems.... figuring out what type of hunter should I play. I want to follow the survival and marksmanship trees, but do I really need the beast master? Can I go without that?

And, for Undead, which class should I choose. I am thinking mage or rogue. Any suggestions?

BM tree for the hunter is just the quickest leveling tree.

You could level on Mark/Survival, but it will just be lower.

In WoW, while leveling, the quickest tree is usually what most people want ;) You can respec at 70 (Y)

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brentaal

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To be more specific, go for THIS talent build while leveling.

Once you're 70, you dont need the survivability and pet armor talents, so you should respec to THIS, which is the best damage dealing talent build for a hunter.

About the classes for an Undead... You should definitely try out a warlock, they're easy to lvl since they have a pet just like hunters. Rogues are also a fun class...

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Argi

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I think some rules should be set up for creating alts, like one level 55+ per level 70 you have.

Blizzard has said that they don't want heaps of level 1 Deathknights running around - lorewise it wouldn't fit so last we heard Deathknights were going to start around level 55 give or take. Of course this was 6 months ago so things might've changed internally since then.

A new player in need of suggestions. Please write.

I just started playing as a Troll Hunter and I am having a bit of .... problems.... figuring out what type of hunter should I play. I want to follow the survival and marksmanship trees, but do I really need the beast master? Can I go without that?

And, for Undead, which class should I choose. I am thinking mage or rogue. Any suggestions?

For hunters I believe Beast Mastery is the best spec for levelling. As for undead, you should really try both classes as they play significantly differently and you might find you like one style more than the other.

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