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Rolling an Alt in Cataclysm
Most players have rolled at least one or two alts in their day. In BC, players could choose Draenei or Night Elf, and in Wrath everyone rolled at least one Death Knight at level 55. But, never before have so many possible alts been on the horizon as in the upcoming expansion of Cataclysm. This time around, players can choose from Goblins and Worgens as well as 15 new race/class combos that were never before available.
To top it all off, the old world of Azeroth has been completely revamped so that most players will want to take a look at where things have gone and how the old world will now look. So, rolling an alt this time around is a much bigger decision. How will you make it?
The New Races – Worgens and Goblins join the ranks this time through and the beta word is that they are very fun to play. That means lots of fun new low level quests, new options for special abilities and just play coolness in your new characters. There will be a lot of people out there rerolling just to try them out, so expect some serious crowding.
New Combos – There are more than a dozen new race/class combos available in the expansion as well. Players can pick up long wanted combos like Dwarf Shaman or Troll Druid. Nothing major changes for these characters, but the simple fact that a never before available combo is there and that you can now play through the revamped Azeroth will change how the game feels on a fundamental level.
Where Do You Want to Explore – Everyone will want to explore somewhere different. The changes to Old Azeroth are extensive, the new starting zones are a lot of fun, and the end-game content is bigger and badder than ever. Which of these brand new areas do you want to try out and how will you prioritize the ever growing to do list that the expansion is thrusting upon you?
The key to rerolling is to know what you want to get out of the new content. If you’re setting foot in Azeroth for the first time in 3 years, what content do you want to see more than anything else? If you have rerolled dozens of times since Wrath, maybe you’d like to stay with the new races. And if you’re simply bored with all this buzz and want to hit Level 85, what 80 will you take there? It’s a lot to process, but above all else, make sure you’re ready with a plan, not only for which character you’ll roll but how much gold you’ll need to do it.
Expansion Gold Making in a Nutshell
Every two years, Blizzard drops a big update to their mega selling MMORPG World of Warcraft. And yet, most players miss a fantastic opportunity to make massive amounts of gold from that expansion release. You’ve probably heard that you can make a LOT of gold when a patch hits or when new content is updated on the server, so why don’t more people take advantage of an expansion as a fantastic way to fill their coffers for the next two years?
How Expansion Gold Making Works
The idea is simple. When an expansion comes along, the entire game economy is turned on its head. Players no longer have any idea what’s valuable or what things should sell for. It’s because the demand goes up so high and the supply is so low. It’s not just the items already in the game, however. Players will also be looking for lower level items this time around because of the influx of new alts in the form of Goblins, Worgens, and the new race/class combos.
What You’ll Need
So to take advantage of this surge of interest in low level items, you should start stockpiling certain items that will almost assuredly resurge in value after cataclysm launches. Because no one will be in Outland or Northrend and because most lower level players will be in too much of a hurry to farm their own stuff, you can sell items from those areas for HUGE markup and make a massive profit, but only if you stock up now.
The Risks and Rewards of Planning
If you plan now, you can make a lot of gold, but only if you know exactly what to stock up on. Some items will completely lose their value when cataclysm comes out and will never regain it. Others will be worthless for weeks until demand suddenly rebounds after everyone hits level 85. So, there is a risk for sure that you might stockpile the wrong items or sell them at the wrong time, but there is also a big chance for profit if you plan properly, well in advance.
If you’re serious about preparing for Cataclysm when it releases on December 7th, you need to have a plan. The number one most important thing you can do in that plan is have gold set aside through careful investments. Do that, and you’ll be ready to sell out at key moments and make a tremendous profit off of the inundation of new lowbie characters and professions that surge through your server. Have fun first and foremost, but don’t forget to make a tidy little profit.
New Features on the Horizon for Cataclysm
If you haven’t heard yet, Cataclysm – the third expansion for the mega-popular World of Warcraft – is hitting the store shelves on December 7th of this year and will sport all sorts of new features that will fundamentally change how you play the game. But, which new features will have the biggest impact and how can you best prepare for them when the game finally launches? Here is a rundown of what you should be watching for first and foremost.
New Class/Race Combos – Other than the overhaul of Azeroth, the biggest buzz point right now is the wave of new alts that will be inundating the game when it relaunches on December 7th. Players will be loading up as Dwarf Shamans, Troll Druids and Night Elf Mages (among a dozen other new combos). Additionally, we have Worgens and Goblins joining the ranks as new races.
Stat and Talent Changes – In the 4.0.1 patch, we’ll see the overhaul of our classes finally which will completely revamp the talent trees and set into motion another two years of tinkering and tweaking to get the balance just right. With all those changes come a reload on the enchants, gems, and gear we all use. How much will those things change once half our stats are removed from the game?
Revamped Professions – They aren’t changing as much as the rest of the game, but the professions will be getting a big overhaul as well. That means things like glyphs becoming learned, jewelcrafters getting new dailies and all sorts of new transmutes to complement the new items. Look for other new features as well like random stats on crafted gear.
Guild Leveling System – This is a big one as it will drive a lot of guild membership in the new version of the game. With a hard guild cap of 600, and a load of new bonuses available for guild members who are active, there will be lots of reasons to be in a good guild, which can cost you gold and time.
There are dozens more additions to the game – all of which will have a profound impact on how you play your characters going forward, but some changes will have a more immediate impact. How much gold will you have when you need to replace your glyphs, revamp your enchants, level up new alts, and get into a good guild where you can take advantage of all those new rewards? The big question here is preparation and if you’re not prepared, it will be hard to take full advantage of all the new fun stuff.
How Much Gold Should You Have for Cataclysm?
Whenever a new expansion hits for World of Warcraft, people sit back and try to figure out how much gold they are going to need. Most of the time, they estimate too little and end up sitting by broke and annoyed for the first month or two of the expansion. But, if you sit down and clearly map out what things will cost and how much gold you REALLY need when the new content hits the servers, you can prepare for it much more readily.
Common Expenses
There are a lot of small expenses that most people forget about. It costs money to train new skills, professions and pets. You’ll also need to pick up consumables to speed along the levelling process and most characters will need to buy new gear when they reach Level 85 so they can start playing in the dungeons or raids right away (unless you do full progression). You’ll also need to pay for things like the new flying upgrade and if you have any alts that you want to level up, those are even pricier. Sit down and make a full list of all these expenses and know for sure how much gold you need BEFORE you set foot in Cataclysm.
Professions and Farming
One of the biggest expenses in a new expansion is the upgrade cost for a profession. It costs a lot of gold to get any crafting profession from 450 to 525 and if you’re one of the unlucky few with Blacksmithing or Jewelcrafting, even more gold than everyone else. So, make sure you have enough cash on hand to reach the new cap. Also, get the right farming professions in place to speed it along if at all possible.
New Stuff
There’s a lot of new stuff coming your way in Cataclysm – from epic flying in Azeroth to new race/class combos to a variety of new ways to play your current classes. Gold is a must so make sure you plan accordingly before we get to December.
How much gold you need for an expansion really depends on what you hope to get out of the game. If your goal is to get every new item, upgrade, and piece of gear that has fallen into the game since the last expansion, you’ll need a LOT of gold on standby. If you just want to reach Level 85 and enjoy a few raids, you need far less, but you still need a good stash, especially when you take inflation into account for the new consumables and crafting goods. Be ready and the xpac will be much more fun.
The Three Most Common Needs in a WoW Expansion
It’s almost December and that means World of Warcraft Cataclysm is right around the corner. If you’re like most players, you’re interested in preparing for the game the best way you know how – with lots of message board surfing and video watching. But, keep in mind that there are quite a few things you’ll need before you step foot in the remade Azeroth for the first time. Know your needs and you’ll be much better prepared when it comes time to play the new content.
1. Gold – Step one, get some gold because expansions are very pricey. You need to have a good gold stash on hand from the start because the inflation rate for all new items will be ridiculous. If you plan on upgrading your professions, buying dungeon gear, or loading up on new items for any of your common activities, you need to have a lot of gold on standby. So, sit down and map out your specific plans (see step 3) and then assign a generous gold amount for each so you know how much you’ll need.
2. Gear – Leveling is easy, but what about when you reach level 85 and want to go into a dungeon, or what about when you hit level 30, 40, and 50 in the old world with your new Worgen? What do you do when you need to upgrade your gear to keep your levelling speed up? Do you have the items on hand you need or do you need to pick it up? If you stock up on the gear now, you’ll save a LOT of gold for later because the prices are going to spike very high when there are a million players all in need of level 40 mail or plate.
3. A Plan – Finally, make a plan. Sit down and map out everything you want to do when you get into the expansion and your plan for how to do it. This includes all the new places you want to visit, the alts you plan on rolling, the mounts you want to buy and so on. The sooner you can determine what you need to accomplish your goals, the sooner you can set about getting those things BEFORE the expansion hits.
Gaming in an expansion is tough. If you fall behind, the realms get crowded, slow and quests are nearly impossible to finish. If you get too far ahead, it’s empty and a little lonely. So, make sure you know exactly what you need before you start the new segment of WoW and have the tools necessary to get those things on day one.
Who’s Ready to Kick Some Expansion Butt?
Expansions come and go, and most of us scrape by with just enough gold to buy what we need, wishing we could figure out how the gurus are making thousands and sitting in their towers on high, watching the rest of us scramble.
I got tired of it last time and almost gave up on the game completely, so when I saw that T Dub Sanders had a new guide out called Cataclysm Insider showing you how to prepare for a new expansion by building your inventory up for gold making, I was pretty interested. After all, an expansion only comes around every two years and I sure as heck didn’t do well last time.
It turns out that Cataclysm Insider is a preparation guide for the expansion. There are some other ideas like this floating around, with many of them focused on things like “how to prepare your account” with achievement completions and whatnot. However, we all know that gold making is where your preparation energies should be focused. What else is there to worry about, really?
You won’t make tons of gold before the expansion hits. The idea is to stockpile certain items and prepare your account for when Cataclysm comes out, so that when the game launches you’ll be ready to play the game at top speed from Level 80-85 (or 1-85 if you’re a Worgen/Goblin fan).
It remains to be seen just how great these tips are, because we won’t see the results until the expansion hits, but already I can see exactly what T Dub is having people do and it’s going to work like a charm, but only if you’re actually READY for the expansion.
If you haven’t yet, check out Cataclysm Insider. The idea is sound and I’m very interested in seeing how it plays out when the xpac launches once and for all.
DISCLAIMER: I am an affiliate for Cataclysm Insider. I receive a commission for any sales of T Dub’s guide through this site.
How to Make Gold Going into Cataclysm
The biggest question anyone has right now about Cataclysm is how to make enough gold to be ready for the expansion. What do you do when the new game comes out to make sure you have enough gold on hand to buy all your new mounts, new gear, new items, and everything else?
It’s a tough one. No one knows for sure how messed up the economy will get when the xpac goes live, but we do know it will be messed up (it always is). Some items will be completely worthless, others will be on hold for a while. Others still will disappear from use entirely.
And it doesn’t help that in Cataclysm all of our stats and talents are going to change, plus this time around we have tons of new alts starting up with new class combos, two new races and the rebuilt Azeroth to check out.
So, how do you make cash in that new environment so that you can afford all the cool new stuff Blizzard has been cooking up for two years?
It starts with a bit of preparation – something that Cataclysm Insider has been developed to help you do.
Why a Guide?
You’re probably wondering why you need a guide to help you prepare for Cataclysm right now. What does it have that common sense can’t get you. I can’t speak for everyone (and some of you are pretty good at this stuff), but my head starts spinning when an expansion comes along and it doesn’t stop until a couple of months have passed.
I get overwhelmed. With Cataclysm Insider, it looks like that content induced vertigo won’t be an issue. The idea being that if you know what to buy and what to sell and when to do it, that you can make a tremendous amount of gold in Cataclysm without having to give up the things you’d rather be doing when the xpac hits – like levelling, raiding, or PvP.
It remains to be seen just how good the tips in this guide will turn out being, but as of right now, I can already see a lot of players getting a huge jump start on everyone else in the preparation game. If you’re not already doing so, remember – you only have until December 7th – then you’re on your own.
DISCLAIMER: I am an affiliate for Cataclysm Insider. I receive a commission for any sales of T Dub’s guide through this site.
Do You Really Need Another World of Warcraft Gold Guide?
I did a quick count to see just how many WoW gold guides were on the Internet just a few hours ago, and I couldn’t do it. I lost track. There have got to be more than 50 of them at least and the number keeps growing.
So, when I heard about Cataclysm Insider – the newest option from T Dub Sanders – I wanted to know for sure whether this was something worth investing in. Was yet another gold guide worth buying when there are so many out there?
The Quality Test
The first thing on my agenda, of course, was to see whether the other guides on the market passed what I call the quality test. Are they capable of making you any gold? There are quite a few guides out there that just plain…well, they’re bad.
They promise results and then flower you with out of date, overused tips that don’t even reap much gold any longer. They have tips from BC or even worse, Vanilla in them and they haven’t been updated since the 3.0 patch….pre-Wrath. So, those are automatically discounted.
But, how does Cataclysm Insider stack up against guides that have the pedigree and results to prove their worth? There are a few of them and they are very interesting options for anyone ready to put in a bit of hard work.
I’m happy to report that Cataclysm Insider is not the standard gold guide. It’s not a rehash of the same old “fish here, farm there, sell that, buy this” mentality. You won’t get yet another Auctioneer walkthrough (though the obligatory mention is in there – mercifully, T Dub admits you should have a good handle on it by now, though).
Instead, Cataclysm Insider assumes you know a bit about your account and your gold making chances. It then outlines exactly what to sell, what to buy and how to prepare for Cataclysm, a full two months out.
Of course, if you’re reading this closer to December 7th, that means your time is running low. The whole premise of Cataclysm Insider is that you can make gold if you start preparing before the expansion hits. I personally see huge profit potential here. If you haven’t checked it out yet, get in there and do so now.
The name is Cataclysm Insider and it looks to be the kind of guide most gold-farmers are looking for.
DISCLAIMER: I am an affiliate for Cataclysm Insider. I receive a commission for any sales of T Dub’s guide through this site.
Dugi’s Ultimate WOW Guide
Rating: 5/5
Dugi’s Ultimate WoW Guide definitely has the ‘WOW’ factor! This is the best guide I have seen – it offers a huge amount of content at the best price. What makes this guide stand out from all the others is the fact that you can get:
* Alliance 1-80 Leveling Guide (100% In-Game)
* Horde 1-80 Leveling Guide (100% In-Game)
* Dailies & Events Guide for WOTLK (100% In-Game)
* Ultimate Gold Guide
* 1-455 Profession Guide
* Class Talent & Gear Guide
* BONUS: In-Game Talent Guide for Leveling / Dungeons / PVP (100% In-Game)
* BONUS: PVP Strategies
* BONUS: Macro Guide
* Updates for WOTLK
* Email Support
* Community Support Forum
This site is a ‘one stop shop’ where you can pick and choose what guides you want and it also offers package deals at discounted prices. It is all web based and very easy to navigate.
The Gold Guide offers a really great ‘Auction House Video Tutorial’. This shows you step-by-step how to earn over 600g/hour. It is ideal for beginners and advanced players and is the best feature of this guide. Also included with the Gold Guide is a step-by-step Profession Guide. This shows you how to level all 15 professions from 1 – 450 the fastest and cheapest way possible. The email support is excellent. Another great feature is the regular updates, which is very important with the game frequently changing.
Here is a summary of what you will get with the Ultimate Wow Guide…
Dailies & Events Guide
- Exclusive In-Game Dugi’s Guide v4 Addon (this lets you read the guide from within the game)
- Complete Wrath of the Lich King Dailies for Northrend Zone
- Complete Dailies Preresequites Guide
- Complete Patch 3.2 Argent Tournament guide.
- Speed Gold Run Guide Make 375g/hour Guaranteed!
- BONUS: 9 Seasonal Events Guide, this include in-game guide and videos.
- BONUS: Over 20 instructional videos for faster dailies.
Leveling & Class Guide
- Exclusive In-Game Dugi’s Guide v4 Addon (this lets you read the guide from within the game)
- New improved 1-80 leveling path
- Super compact (only takes up a fraction of your screen)
- 100% Questing 0% Grinding
- Detailed step-by-step guide of where/when to accept, complete & turn-in quests
- Automatic detection of quest accept, completion & turn-in to take you to the next step
- Automatic class quest detection – guide will naturally blend in class quests along with the guide
- Automatic ‘use quest items’ – automaticly displays items to use for the right quest
- Death Knight Starting Zone for all Races
- Leveling Talent Guide (available inside the In-Game leveling guide)
- Class Quest Guide
- Talent & Gear Guide for every Class
Gold & Profession Guide
- Gold Earning Strategies (earn 600g+ / hour)
- Video Tutorials on Gold Earning
- Best Farming locations (shows you where to go, what to kill & what to collect)
- Step-by-Step Profession Guide (covers all 15 Professions)
- 20min Auction House Video Tutorial (great way to make heaps of gold!)
I found all the content informative, easy to read, up to date and most importantly very helpful, with plenty of useful tips, strategies and advice. I believe that this guide covers pretty much everything and will benefit any Wow player. I highly recommend Dugi’s Ultimate WoW Guide.
Druid Leveling Guide
A Druid is a great class to level no matter if you choose to level as a Feral Druid or as a Balance Druid. Reason for this is that you are still able to heal up after you get some damage. In this article I will describe a great Feral Leveling build and a great Balance leveling build. The Restoration tree can be partially taken as you will see but a full Restoration build will slow down your leveling.
Feral Druid
As a Feral Druid that wants to level up fast you should specialize in your Cat Form ability because the damage done in Cat Form is better than the Bear Forms available. There are some talents that are better for Bears then for Cats so these can be skipped. Please note that this is a solo leveling build that focuses on maximizing the damage of your Cat Form.
Instead of saying why the talents that are chosen are chosen, I will tell you why you can skip the ones that are not:
Feral Instinct: Swipe is a Bear’s ability so you can skip it. The reduced chance to become visible is not important while leveling.
Thick Hide: This talent supports the tanking kind of Druids, not adding anything to quicker leveling.
Brutal Impact: It is more of a Bear ability since it reduces the cooldown of Bash and makes Bash last 1 more second. While for a cat it only gives an additional 1 second to his Pounce stun duration. It’s not bad though so that’s why you can spend a point here.
Natural Reaction: Pure Bear talent.
Primal Tenacity: Not good for leveling purposes since you will remain in Cat Form and fear and Stun effects are not a killer while leveling.
You should add some Restoration talents to this build because of three reasons: Improved Mark of the Wild which is still one of the better buffs out there, Naturalist which increases your damage done by 10%, and finally Omen of Clarity which gives you a chance to use your abilities without spending Energy.
Balance Druid
As a Balance Druid you just try to get as much possible damage but also don’t want to run out of mana too often.
Genesis: Isn’t really worth it since Moonfire and Wasp Swarm are the only Dot’s that can be used.
Brambles: Yes, a lot of Entangling Roots can be used while leveling + Thorns, Bark skin and Treants boosted.