Hunters are known to be one of the easiest, if not easiest class to level. Send in your pet, put autofire on, go for a coffee, come back and see that your pet didn’t only kill the mob you wanted him to attack but also 3 other mobs that attacked you while you were AFK. No but seriously, a Hunter is easy to level.
How do your maximize your efficiency though and reach the level cap as soon as possible? The answer is quite easy for this one; The Beast Mastery Tree.
The Beast Mastery talent build will make your pet a lot stronger and this will make it easier for your pet to keep the enemy NPC’s attacking him while you do steady damage with your ranged weapon.
Here you can see a nice leveling build for a Hunter:
Hunter Leveling Build
Choose Hawk Eye and Lethal Shots to boost your damage and range a bit.
From the Beast Mastery talent tree you can skip Imp Aspect of the Monkey because you will not be the one taking the hits. Imp Revive Pet isn’t necessary for leveling. I would choose to put only one point into Imp Mend Pet because of the Dispelling purpose.
Thick Hide isn’t bad at all but I would rather go with some damage abilities instead of some bonus armor.
When you choose this build your pet will receive:
+10% Health
+10% Crit
+100% Focus Regeneration
+9% Dodge
+10% Attack speed
+15% Damage
+10% Movement speed
+4 Additional Skill points
This all together with a lot of nice abilities that will be gained in this talent tree like Intimidation, which make the pet stun a target and creates a high amount of threat, Bestial Wrath, which causes the pet to do 50% (!) bonus damage for 18 seconds.
The Hunter himself will also receive quite a few nice boosts through this talent tree like 20% Attack Speed, 5% Health, Improved Aspects and other nice boosts given through the pets abilities.
Besides these abilities the Hunter and his pet will also move around the areas quicker because the Aspect of the Cheetah and Aspect of the Pack abilities will become more effective, a 10% mounted speed increase is given as well as a 10% bonus to their normal running speed.
Another nice thing of this talent tree is that the Hunter can Tame some creatures that otherwise could not be Tamed.
Al together, the Beast Mastery talent tree is the way to go. The Marksmanship talent tree looks nice and it definitely gives a great boost to the Hunters damage. However, you will notice that your pet can’t keep the mobs on him and that they will come for you, which makes it all a bit less nice. The Survival talent tree is nice at later levels, especially for PvP.
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The Hunter is a pure damage dealing class and isn’t able to either tank or heal. Their main damage comes from their ranged attacks which they make with a Gun, Bow, or Crossbow. The Hunter is well known for his ability to tame pets which can fight for him. The Tame Beast ability becomes available after doing some Hunter quests at level 10. Once you tame a beast you will be able to summon him whenever you please. You can also leave your pet at a stable, which can usually be found outside the Inn and near Hunter trainers, and tame another one. You can have two pets in your stable and one at your side and can then change pets for different occasions, think about a PvP-pet, Tank-pet, Damage-pet etc. The pets have recently obtained their own talent tree which makes them even more powerful than they were before the WoTLK.
A Hunter isn’t only about the pets he can use though. The Hunter will, in most cases, do a lot more damage than his pet still and has great abilities. The Hunter mainly fires shots and stings from a distance. However, he has great slowing abilities to keep enemies away from him like traps, and slowing shots. The Hunter is a versatile damage dealer that should move around a lot. Even though it is not often needed in PvE and while leveling because there is either a Tank or the Pet to keep the mobs on him, ‘kiting’ is sometimes needed and no class can do that as good as the Hunter.
The Hunter can Feign Death. This will save the Hunter in a lot of scenarios from being killed which will save him a lot of gold in the long run. The Hunter does have some other expenses other classes don’t have like the need for ammunition and food for their pet.
The Hunter can be played by Night Elves, Dwarves and Draenei of the Alliance and Taurens, Orcs and Trolls of the Horde. The tree talent trees are called Beast Mastery, Marksmanship, and Survival. A combination of these talent trees is usually best even if it was just because on the top of each talent tree some nice talent can be found. On the top of the Beast Mastery talent tree you can find Improved Aspect of the Hawk, in the Marksmanship tree you have Lethal Shots, and in the Survival tree you got Hawk Eye. All three of these are great talents.
From there on one can choose if he or she wants to follow one tree or still make sort of a hybrid build. The Beast Mastery talent tree will boost the power of a Hunters pet mainly, even though it also has some nice features that will strengthen the Hunter. The Marksmanships tree gives the Hunter’s shots and stings more power and also provides him with some new shots. Same goes for the Survival build but this tree also focuses on the survival capabilities off the Hunter as well which makes this tree great for PvP.
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On low levels making gold will be fairly easy if you choose the right professions. Mining and Herbalism are the two easiest professions one could choose to make some gold. Selling herbs and ore on the Auction House is the best way of getting a nice amount of gold while you are still leveling up. These two professions could be quite useful and still prove to be gold makers even on higher levels. It is advisable to download the Gatherer addon before you start to help you track all the discovered herbs and ores.
Where to find the trainers?
Mining trainers can be located:
* Belil (Silvermoon City)
* Brek Stonehoof (Thunder Bluff)
* Brom Killian (The Undercity)
* Johan Facht (Silverpine Forest)
* Krugosh (Hellfire Peninsula)
* Krunn (Durotar)
* Makaru (Orgrimmar)
* Pikkle (Tanaris)
Best areas to find ores:
The best area for mining Copper ore is The Barrens.
Tin Ore can also be found in The Barrens, usually in the southern parts. The Stonetalon Mountains and Thousand Needles are also home to a lot of Tin veins.
Iron ore and Gold ore could be found in the Alterac Mountains. Ashenvale, Desolace, Stranglethorn Vale, Arathi Highliands and Badlands are also goof areas to mine Iron and Gold.
Mithril ore and Truesilver ore can be found in the Thousand Needles - Highperch. For Mithril ore another good place could be Badlands. The best location there is the Lethlor Ravine.
Best spots for Thorium ore and Dark Iron ore are the Burning Steppes and Searing Gorge.
Herbalism
Where to find the trainers?
Herbalism trainers can be located:
* Angrun (Stranglethorn Vale)
* Aranae Venomblood (Hillsbrad Foothills)
* Botanist Nathera (Silvermoon City)
* Botanist Tynarriel (Eversong Woods)
* Faruza (Tirisfal Glades)
* Flora Silverwind (Stranglethorn Vale)
* Jandi (Orgrimmar)
* Komin Winterhoof (Thunder Bluff)
* Malvor (Moonglade)
* Martha Alliestar (Undercity)
* Mishiki (Durotar)
* Ruw (Feralas)
Best areas to find herbs:
Peacebloom, Silverleaf and Earthroot could be found in Durotar, Mulgore and Tirisfall Glades.
Westfall and the Barrens have plenty of those herbs as well as the Mageroyal.
To collect Bruiseweed go to Stonetalon or Redridge Mountains.
Wild Steelbloom and Kingsblood could be found in the North part of Stonetalon.
To collect Fadeleaf go to the Badlands, Hinterlands, Alterac Mountains or Arathi Highlands.
One of the best places to farm various herbs including the Khadgar's Whiskers is the Swamp of Sorrows and to find more Sungrass visit Feralas.
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There are two major questions every World of Warcraft player is always looking for the answer to, and dungeon leveling provides the perfect solution to both of these questions. All WoW players are always trying to find faster ways to level their characters and new ways to make more gold than they ever had before. Thanks to patch 3.3 in Wrath of the Lich King, we now have the dungeon finder system. The dungeon finder solved a problem so many players had: not being able to find a group to complete dungeons with. However, the dungeon finder is much more than a tool for level 80 characters to earn badges and gear up. It also provides the perfect way to power level.
More Experience
Many of the early WoW dungeons from the original game and the Burning Crusade have been overlooked in the past few years, thanks to all the new content from the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. But don’t forget that those early parts of the game had dungeons too, and these dungeons provide a valuable resource for those who want to power level their characters more quickly than they ever have before. The average experience earned per second is far higher for those who are dungeon leveling instead of traditional solo questing, and the rewards earned from completing dungeon quests are of much better quality than those earned in the solo route.
More Gold
Additionally, dungeon leveling also allows you to earn a lot more gold in a shorter amount of time than questing alone. There are three ways dungeon leveling can help you earn plenty of WoW gold. The most basic way is the fact that you’re killing monsters much more quickly and efficiently. Each kill gives you a cut of the gold as loot, and party members take turns looting the kills. Simply selling all the trash you pick up from all of those kills will help you earn even more gold than you could by questing alone.
The second level of earning more gold from dungeon leveling is the fact that you’ll have more access to unique and useful items that can be sold on the auction house. If you don’t know how to use the auction house, then it’s definitely worth your time to learn, especially if you’re power leveling through the dungeon finder system. Creatures will drop cloth, gems, and other materials for various professions, and all of these will sell on the auction house. You increase the likelihood of actually seeing these items drop by going the dungeon leveling route instead of the solo questing one.
The third level of making WoW gold from dungeon leveling also involves the auction house, but it also requires that you have an enchanter in your group. If there’s an enchanter in the group, then you will have the option to “Disenchant” in addition to “Need or “Greed.” Selecting “Disenchant” is a great way to get enchanting materials and earn some extra gold on the auction house.
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Dungeon leveling came to World of Warcraft with patch 3.3, and it truly is the fastest way to power level your character. The dungeon finder now makes it easy for anyone to find dungeon groups at any time of day. Here are four reasons you should try dungeon leveling.
1. More Experience— Instance leveling gets you far more experience than power leveling through solo quests, and there are several reasons for this. First, your down time is kept to a minimum. You’ll get many more average kills per second and spend a lot less time trying to track down your corpse after you die. In fact, you’ll find that you probably don’t die as often because you have four other players helping you.
Completing the dungeon quests is also a very important part of dungeon leveling. Blizzard has increased the rewards you get for running the dungeons, granting double the experience for dungeon quests. It means you’ll have to run twice as many solo quests to get the same amount of experience you’ll get from the dungeon quests.
2. Better Rewards— Dungeon leveling also gives you access to much better rewards. You’ll find that the drops you get from killing the bosses inside of the dungeons are much better quality than the drops you’ll get from solo questing. Better gear will make you more powerful, which, in turn, makes power leveling your character even easier. You’ll also find that the rewards for completing dungeon quests are of much higher quality than the rewards you get for turning in solo quests. Instead of gear that’s made up entirely of green items, you’ll have a chance to get the highest quality blue items that are available for your current level.
3. More Fun— Instance leveling is also much more fun than playing by yourself. You get a chance to interact with players from other servers and learn how to work as part of a team. Before the dungeon finder, many players didn’t set foot in a single dungeon until they reached level 80. Most of these players got all the way to level 80 without a full understanding of the three roles needed for every group: rank, healer, and DPS, also known simply as damage. Dungeon leveling will truly unlock the fun that was meant to be had by all.
4. More Gold— Instance leveling also gives you a great new way to make gold. All of the old gold guides are out of date now that the dungeon finder exists. Sure, you can farm your way to plenty of gold, but dungeon leveling gives you unique access to enchanting materials whenever you happen to have a player who has the enchanting profession. Enchanting materials always bring in gold on the auction house, and rolling to disenchant green items that you don’t need is a great way to get these materials to sell. You also get gold with every single kill, so naturally the amount of gold you make is much higher since you’re killing more monsters per second.
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A Priest is a great character to play, especially because he is by most recognized to be the best healing class at level 80. Getting a Priest to the level cap has never been really easy or fast. However, I recently leveled an Alliance Priest, after having leveled a Horde Priest 4 years ago, and I must say that the mana-issue while using the Shadow build wasn’t really a problem. You can’t expect to be Holy or Discipline and expect to level up as fast as a Shadow priest. Only if you have some friends that will boost you whenever you want to play you can consider this but if you know you are the one that has to do it, Shadow is the way to go.
Let’s have a look at the talent tree:
Priest Leveling Build
As you can see, all Shadow talents are chosen in this build. It speaks for itself that you do move down the talent tree as fast as possible and later take the less important leveling talents like Improved Spirit Tap, Shadow Affinity, Veiled Shadows, Psychic Scream, Silence etc. The talents are quite good though so at a later level they should definitely be taken.
The Shadow tree starts nice with Spirit Tap. While leveling this talent is so great because it greatly improves your mana regeneration after each kill. Once you got your points there you should skip Improved Spirit Tap and put two points in Blackout. Then put points in Improved Shadow Word Pain and Shadow Focus. Put a point in Mindflay once you hit level 20, it’s not that strong in the first few levels you’ll have it, especially if you have a nice wand but it will become stronger and stronger. Use four talent points in Improved Mindblast to reduce its cooldown.
Leave Veiled Shadows for what it is for now and go for Shadow reach and Shadow Weaving, both great talents. Now go straight for Vampiric Embrace which is a nice and free spell that will restore some hitpoints in your fights. Put three points in Focused mind and one in Improved Vampiric Embrace.
Now you can choose either between Darkness and Mind Melt before Shadow Form becomes available! Now this is what you have probably been waiting for while leveling. Your damage will be increased while damage taken will be decreased, it’s just too sweet. Also take the Improved version asap because of the reduced pushback which is nice for your Mind Flay among other spells.
Now take Vampiric Embrace when you get the chance because that is a great damage dealing and mana restoring ability.
All the talents in the downside of the tree are great and it’s up to your preferences which you’d like to take first. You should take Dispersion, a real life saver and mana-generator, whenever you get the chance.
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With most players on the World of Warcraft servers on the weekends,there are different kind of players playing on the weekend than Monday through Friday.
Most casual players are the ones on during the weekends. These players are often not as serious about the gold-making process that you are.
They are unaware of the pricing and economic schemes going on, and will add a superficial or unrepresentative spin to the Market during short spans.
They spend money as they make it, and, without gearing up or necessarily using Auction Houses, they will inject the market with products or money at any given time.
With their high level chars they are unlimited buyers of everything that’s purple, Bind on Equip items, gems, and Enchanting materials.
With this in mind, the buyer spike during the weekends floods the economy with cheap goods and cheap money.
When your Auction House expires 48 hours later, the weekend will be almost over, so you should put your goods in as early as possible, maybe Friday evening.
Also, you will usually find many good deals at the Auction House over the weekend, especially late in the weekend.
With these casual players dealing with items they may not know the value of, expect there to be many new items that were found over the weekend available for bid.
Many of these items will be purchased at a bargain.
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