Release Dates – Updated 15th February

Hmm the server just shutdownHmm the server just shutdown for me but I can’t find any announcement anywhere saying that it’s shut down for good. Any link?

Yes, but I knew it was gonnaYes, but I knew it was gonna happen. My guides are done up until Grizzly Hills, that will take most people to level 76. The rest will be released a few weeks after the release, I’ll have to level my characters quickly and then write the guides for the last 4 levels.

Beta closedBeta has been closed down. is this going to cause problems for creating the 74-80 guides?

Keep it upJame you’re so awesome

The reason is that I want toInitially the reason was I wanted to try to spread the traffic rush over several days, instead of releasing everything on the same day and ending up having a slow site or worse, a crash 😛

This is no longer relvent though, with my new host it should remain smooth no matter how many people hit the site. But anyway, I’m still releasing them one by one so people have something new everyday while waiting for that last week before WotLK release 🙂

I’m not too worried about the ripoffs, people will come here first and they won’t look elsewhere (why would they go look for my guides on some shady website anyway? :P) and if any other website copies my guides, they’ll get taken down shortly after.

Thanks + QuestionHey Jame,
First off want to express my thanks for your guides; they have made levelling a toon a whole lot easier and so much less of a headache…greatly appreciated!!

I had a quick question about your WotLK guides: How come you are releasing them like a week before the expansion goes on sale? Won’t that allow dodgy websites to rip them off in time for the launch as well?

Keep up the awesome work and all the best,
Oboc.

Thank youThank you 🙂

Death Knights!For my whole entire life that I played WoW, the only class I was playing was the Paladin. Why? I don’t really know. I made a lot of different classes and the only one I didn’t “delete” from my list was the Paladin. Hunters were pretty damn cool, though, they have a pet, can solo everything without problems, etc. But Pallys were more awesome! 😛
But now, things are different… I’ll say it in two words:
1. Death
2. Knights :jawdrop:

Death Knights do a lot of damage, eat and drink as much as Hunters (that means they don’t drink and eat at all). I really think they’re overpowered, and you said, Jame, on your blog, that you will put them to do things in your guide that other classes couldn’t do. And I saw a lot of videos with DK killing like 5 mobs at the same time, and they were almost at full Health. Death Knights are now something more than Paladins (for me :P).
Now here’s somebody that I really appreciate :). He is a site owner, has a lot of blogs, writes guides, and we all love him for his great work! Yup, you guessed, Jame, it’s you 😉 ! I could never enjoy WoW without your guides. And especially that you’re working very hard for us right now, writing the guides for Northrend and DKs. You make our lives easier in WoW with your great guides! We all love you for your great job, keep up the good work 🙂 😉 !!!

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1. They are not exactly1. They are not exactly finished. Still not fully text formatted and still no circuit map
2. Not fully copyrighted yet, anyone could copy paste my guide and then publish it somewhere and pretend it’s his own, and then I’d have to spend a lot of my time on legal battles (no thanks)

My MistakeI guess I worded it badly so let me have another go at it 🙂

Why do you currently only allow your “viewers” to preview the guides? My question is if the guides are finished then why not release the full guides?

1. Everyone can preview the1. Everyone can preview the guides. I just logged out and tried and I could see the previews. The preview is just the start of the guide by the way, very few lines.

And about members testing them, that would be nice, but right now I don’t know anyone in the beta who could fit that role. Either they don’t have the time, either I don’t know them well enough to trust them with my guides.

2. Jame

And lastly, thank you! :p

A Few Things to SayHey!
I think this is the second time I have posted, originally on your blog asking about the market and such, but anyway I’ll get right to the point. I simply had a few questions for you, I’ll go ahead and list in a numbered matter.

1. Why do you only allow members to preview the guides currently, If the guides are finished then why not allow members to begin viewing or possibly testing them if they happen to be in the beta?

2. Would you prefer to be referred to as Jame or James?

And lastly, it’s kind of become a requirement for every poster to mention how much they love your guides, so I love your guides!

Unfair, Blizz, I’m getting mad at you!! :(Yeah, I was thinking about the same crappy thingy… But what about the others??? What if, for example, someone has 3 full realms of 70s (I don’t think that’s really possible, but it’s just an example) and he wants to join the BETA, and, on the other side, let’s say, Derek Bleacher (it’s just an example, Blake, nothing personal) has only one 60 char that’s staying there just to jump from the Orgrimmar mailbox to the bank thingy, eh?
It’s not that I’m jealous on the people in the BETA, guys, I think this is unfair, it’s a discrimination, for god’s sake!!! :sick:

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<3Can I tell you that you are my hero??? I used to absolutely hate leveling (only had one 60/70 for the longest time), but since i have discovered your guides I have leveled 3 other toons. Thanks for the awesome work! I was worried that I would be without a guide for leveling to 80, but you do not fail me 😉 I can now look forward to the xpac thanks to you! Just wanted to let you know your hard work is appreciated 🙂 Keep it up!

WellWell that sounds nice 🙂

Good luck making the guides!

Thank you for your concernThank you for your concern Nuggi, I appreciate it. But don’t worry, I’m ok. Actually having fun writing these wotlk guides 🙂

James.James remember dont push yourself too much. Its fine that you are making all those guides, but please do not push yourself too much.

-Nuggi

Well, Blizzard actuallyWell, Blizzard actually never said that beta invites were only sent out randomly. The have made several random invite waves from the opt-in pool (and stupidly random at that. People without a single char above level 50 got invites), however they seem to have also targetted certain groups with extra invites, like top guilds, addon authors and probably also guide creators etc, which makes sense in a way. It wouldn’t be that great if many of the popular addons like FuBar or Bartender could only be adjusted to Woltk after release. I’d hate to play for several weeks with the default interface 😀

My guess is that theseMy guess is that these people have friends/contacts linked to Blizzard in one way or another :p

I don’t quite get it…I am sooooo happy we’re having new guides from you!! I can’t thank you enough for you’re great job. There are a lot of people that sell their guides and they aren’t as good as yours :sick: !!!
Just a little thingy that I don’t quite get it around here on the Internet:
Why every blog poster, guide writer, site owner, etc. that is about wow is in the BETA? Cuz Blizzard chose RANDOM accounts for testing WotLK…
Anyway, keep up the good work, and I can’t wait till the new expansion! I want that DK quicker!!!!

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Don’t forget to copy/paste bunny to help him achieve bunny world domination 😉

And your two cents are mostAnd your two cents are most welcome 😛

No worries, I will do the SMV and Netherstorm extra circuits in the future, we’ll just have to be patient.

James – You rockSeriously i think you are the best world of warcraft “Guide Maker” Ever. You fucking rock. i have used your guides since i started and i get to lvl 70 so fast. Maybe its a bit boring some times but you get people to lvl 70 so fast!. I just wanted to tell you that. Keep it going 🙂 😀
PS: You own 🙂

-Nuggi

WIGGLES! I just hit 70WIGGLES! I just hit 70 about …. hmmm, maybe a week ago. I hit 70, put on all my farmed pvp gear from 69 bgs, and set out to finish Blade’s Edge, Netherstorm, and whatever else was left of your guide. (note, I took so many breaks, I had rest exp all the way to 70 since level 65,) … so I’ve made probably 1000 gold just doing those quests (sadly spent on gems and other items of nonsense) … and the expansion rears its ugly head. Maybe I’m just too dependent on someone telling me where to go or what to do, since that’s essentially what you’ve done with these guides.

In any case, I wish/hope/need/WANT guides to shadowmoon and the rest of Netherstorm…. but I realize my desires and hopes are minimal and insignificant. I recognize you’re busy, you’re most likely stressed (ionno), and you’ve got deadlines to meet. But I thought I’d just .. eh, toss in my two cents.

😀

Hehe thank you. But to beHehe thank you. But to be honest with you, I’m gonna have a really hard time sticking to all those deadlines, it’s more work than what I expected 😛

In any case, I’ll release a full 70-80 Wotlk leveling guide at some point, no matter how much time it takes.

You are awesome!!James,

Do you get paid for it, you are so bussy with it, its just awesome how you make guide before the release!! :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop: You are really awesome, and its even free!! the best
The best!!!!

Yes, this is a good idea andYes, this is a good idea and I’ll implement it, but not in my general leveling guides, I don’t want to overload them with any extra infos relevent to only one class.

This kind of info will be included in my class specific leveling guides, which will come later this year 🙂

Rep grind, etc, warnings in new guides?Love your guides. If I might make a suggestion – it would have been great if the earlier guides had had rep grind warnings, like, “if you are a feral druid, consider grinding unidentified plant parts now before doing any cenarion expedition quests.”

If there are such “warning points” in 70-80 for rep or for achievements or whatever, if you could insert something in the guides that would be great.

Good luck on your release dates – very ambitious!

There are quite a lot ofThere are quite a lot of good upgrades in the starting zone. At least one good piece of armor for each slot before you finish the first zone.

For example, if you’re Horde and start in borean tundra, the first few quests you do will get you the following items:

[url=http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=37482]Mightstone Legplates[/url]
[url=http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=36938]Mightstone Breastplate[/url]
[url=http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?item=36883]Combatant Greatsword[/url]

And there’s much more of course, that’s just from the first 5 quests you do.

Warriors in WotlkHey, Jame
I love your guides and have used them on my toons a lot.

I would like to know if you remember anything about the warrior part in wotlk? Should I be pvping and getting 2x 2h weapons from honor or will there be good weapons in the start of leveling in northrend? I don’t want to waste all that time on 54k honor and end up replacing my weapons in a few levels. Also, how good is the armor dropping in the first few levels like 70-72, etc.? Is it worth spending time trying to get good gear at 70 or will there already be good gear from questing in northrend?
I have tried Wowhead and other sites like them but they don’t seem to really show which quest the weapon or armor comes from or the weapon is usually acquired at like level 74~.

Thanks again for the great guides and I hope to continue using them. 😀

*cough cough* Questhelper*cough cough* Questhelper *cough cough* What? I was just coughing!

From 55 to 58, the questsFrom 55 to 58, the quests are the bomb and you have to do them anyway, there’s no way around it.

From 58 to 60, I’ve revamped my plaguelands circuits and adapted them to DKs, and the result is a much better XP/hour rate than for other classes, partly due to how much DKs own at this level (and full blue set helps too), but also thanks to the self teleport to the Ebon Hold, which is right above Light’s Hope Chapel, and I’ve abused it to the max in my guide to save travelling time.

DK vs Other 55-60I’m curious to know if there’s a difference in leveling speed between 55 to 60 for a DK versus the old classes. Are the DK quests more efficient or on par with your old guides?

Yes, I’ll do that rightYes, I’ll do that right after I finish my Northrend guides. There’s definitely a point in doing them: A lot of easy xp, gold, rep, items and of course, achievements 🙂

starting zonesHey Jame i am a big fan of your guides i just want to ask.

You said you are doing borean tundra for horde and howling fjord for alliance.
Will you at a later date do and alliance for borean tundra and horde for howling fjord or is there no point in doing them?

Just the 55-60.5 part willJust the 55-60.5 part will be released before WotLK. The rest will come after. Sorry for the confusion!

DK guide?I must admit that i’m a bit confused Jame. 😉

Here you’ve announced that you are publishing your DK lvling guide, but on your blog, you have devided into several parts..

Will the fully guilde (55-80) be released the 7/8th of November, or just the first part (55-60,5) ? 🙂

Thx in regards.

I’m in the beta, of courseI’m in the beta, of course 🙂

Just a llittle bit confusedOkay before I begin I’d like to say that your guides are great, ive used them to level to 70 twice now,

Anyhow I’m confused as to how you can release the guide before WotLK is released. Are you in the beta or something?

Jame, was thrilled to findJame, was thrilled to find out you’re going to have guides ready for expansion.

I’ve used your guides to level 5 of my 6 70s, and I’ve found nothing that compares to them. I’ve even got an addon (won’t say which one) that shows me all the locations for quests and quest objectives – and whenever it conflicts with your guide, it gets ignored.

Excited to see what you have for Northrend. To anyone who might be new to Jame’s guides – this is the best you’ll get, hands down.

Aww, I am SO disappointed.Aww, I am SO disappointed. I have been waiting for those two guides! Thanks a bunch for the work on do on these guides, they are excellent!

Aye, sorry. For now theyAye, sorry. For now they are. I’ll see if I can squeesh them in before the release of WotLK though.

Jame,

I guess theJame,

I guess the Netherstorm + SMV money making guides are postponed?

Regards,
NSH

Hey, glad you love my guidesHey, glad you love my guides 🙂

1. I’ve chosen Borean Tundra for Horde and Howling Fjord for Alliance.
2. Yes, that will be done while I do my first Class Specific Leveling Guide, probably without 3 months.

And thank you for your encouragements!

BusyLooks like you are keeping yourself busy 🙂

I love your guides and have two questions regarding the WotLK versions.

1. How are you planning on handling the multiple starting zones in Northrend?
2. Do you have any plans to revise the 60-70 guides to the lowered experience reqs for these levels?

Keep up the wonderful work and good luck in your new country.

Thanksalredy done the quest on Sunwell to the limit (now exalted) and realy sick of them taking 2-3 hours just becus horde feel like killing me 🙁 so guess i’ll use your guide to speed level my hunter and then use the gold from him to buy it. You Rock

Wise things get said but, Few get understod

Try to do the quests in SMVTry to do the quests in SMV or simply do daily quests, there are a lot of them on Sunwell Island (you access it through a port from Shattrath).

Argh… what should I do?I’ve reasently sold out all the things i’ve gatherd in my bank after I completed almost all the quests in netherstorm and now I’m sitting on about 4000g but got quite little time to play now so I dont feel spending it by grinding. So should I proceed with the quests in Shadowmoon or wait for your guide since it’s much faster than me running in cirkles dont knowing what to do 😕

Wise things get said but, Few get understod

Very nice.Very nice.

Good to hear

Keep up theGood to hear 😀

Keep up the excelent work. looking foreward to try them out 🙂

good to hear! This will begood to hear! This will be fantastic for folks wanting to get an epic flying mount.