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On your marks…get ready…get set…GO!

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Over on Big Red Kitty, BRK is getting a naked gnome race together for this Saturday on the Drenden realm and has a poll up to decide on the start time. I have decided that I want to participate, mostly because this would be the first time for me for this sort of thing. It really seems like fun and though I will most likely lose, I think it will be really interesting.  So if you join in the fun, look me up. I will be a little green-eyed warlock gnome named Punlock.

And don’t worry, I haven’t logged in as him yet. See you there?

Raiding for Dummies, Noobs, and Jabberwocks

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So I have started yet another toon, but this one will, perhaps, get to do something none of my other ones have: that is raid. He is my first Alliance character in over a year, so that in itself will take some getting used to. I know the Horde area like the back of my hand, but playing the Alliance feels like a whole new game.

I have done many 5-man instances, but honestly I still feel like a noob with every one I have done. So I need to not only level a new toon rather quickly, I need to practice and hopefully master my class. So I have a few questions to help me become a better player, so that when I do raid, I won’t be the weakest link.

  • What are some things one should be doing while leveling to prepare for instances?
  • Should I try pre-BC instances to better learn my class, or should I just get to 70 as fast as possible and maybe do run thrus of lower ones then?
  • What has someone done that made you pleasantly surprised in a PUG? What have you done that surprised people?
  • Now in my case, I am a Demon spec Warlock. I am going that way for leveling. When PUGing, should I automatically give everyone a Healthstone? If there isn’t a Priest who do I Soulstone? Should I offer to do crowd control or just ask which demon they want?
  • What are some of the worst things you have seen a Warlock do in an instance that I should avoid? What have you done in an instance that immediately made you smack your head with your palm?

Give a guy and hand and give me an education I won’t soon forget.

Level 10 Blood Elf Warlock Questline Walkthrough

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Hello my name is Phil and I am here to today to walk you though the level 10 quest to get yourself the big blue fighting machine known as the Voidwalker.

The Voidwalker is the second summoned demon that you are able to get and the quest becomes available to you at level 10. The Voidwalker does minor melee damage, but is a formidable tank that has gotten me out of some really bad situations let me tell you.

Now I currently am using Cartographer as my map add-on, the coordinates I will be giving work with what ever add-on you will be using. I like Cartographer, however as pointed out by some of my guild mates; I have a really bad UI setup and really need to learn how to set up a better one.

So when you reach level 10 you will need to go to Murder Row in Silvermoon City and go in The Sanctum. (74, 45) It’s the last building on the right hand side before you enter the Court of the Sun. There you will find the Warlock Trainer named Talionia; she will give you a quest called The Stone, which requires you to obtain a Voidstone from the Dead Scar.

Now at this point I highly recommend you visit the Auction House and buy whatever upgrades you can afford. While the mobs in the area where you will be going are only 10-11, there are a lot of them ,so you will need all the help you can get. Also, I would suggest that you go to the inn in Murder Row (79, 57) and make that your home, just for ease of this quest’s completion.

This quest will require you to go into the Ghostlands so, unless you have the flight point, you will have to take the path all the way down. I hear the run is beautiful, especially this time of year! As soon as you cross the bridge going from Eversong Woods into the Ghostlands (48, 11) make a right and go down the river. You will see a small waterfall at 43, 13 and below there you will see a bunch little blue glowy things. Those are the Voidstones.


Once you acquire the Voidstone you will be presented with another quest: The Rune of Summoning. Where you will need to go to the Goldenmist Village, if you just follow the river all the way down to the west you will come to another, much larger waterfall (30, 9) just jump off and you are there.

The building in the center of town is where you will need to go, it is actually the first building you see on the left hand side when you swim to shore. The area is surrounded by the Quel’doei Wraith and Quel’dorei Ghosts and they are level 10-11 mobs.

You will need to fight your way up to the second floor of that building to a little room where the summoning circle is located (27, 15). Now if you die and you very well might I suggest that you try and see if you can rez up on the second floor it will make it much easier.

Now once you have cleared the area of all mobs you will need to stand in the summoning circle and right click on the Voidstone to summon the Voidwalker. You will have to fight him so ensure that you are at full health and mana. Once he is defeated the quest is complete. Now at this point you will need to go back to speak with Taliona again to turn in the quest. Now you can hearth back to the inn or what I recommend you do before that is go down to Tranquillien and get the flight point (45, 30). It will save you a trip later.

Once you turn in the quest with Talionia you will learn a new spell; Summon Voidwalker. He and all future Demons require a Soul Shard to summon.

So congratulations you have yourself a new Voidwalker, or VW for short, also known as the blueberry.

I hope you have better luck with the names than I have had: Juk’gak, Helkrast, and Makvhug.

Grinding and Milestones Along the Way

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So I finally dinged 50 the other day and being a demon spec Warlock was able to, with the ease of placing a single talent point, acquire a shiny new demon; my Felguard.

Now for me this accomplishment has been something I have been working towards for awhile and finally doing it makes me go WOOT! Finally getting to level 50 has gotten me thinking as well. Thinking about the goals and milestones I set for myself along the road to 70, because in my mind just having a singular goal of 70 makes it seem like an overwhelming task. For me, at least with my Warlock I have had quite a few milestones/goals.

Level 10- getting my Voidwalker: Man that guy can take a beating.

Level 20- getting my Succubus: Whip… whip it good!

Level 30- getting my Felhunter: Ah my little anti-caster puppy thingy.

Level 40- getting my mount: So he’s on fire and I have to ride bareback?

Level 50- getting my Felguard: that’s a mighty big axe you have there fella.

Level 58- I will finally see what Outland looks like.

Level 70- At least for the purpose of leveling, and for now, the finish line.

So how to you break up the levels? What milestones/goals do you set for yourself along the way that makes you go WOOT?

Well I have not yet really taken my new Felguard out for a night on the town, so I think I am going to go slaughter a low level Night Elf village to celebrate my shiny new demon.