Deathknight Leveling Guide and a 6 Year Old

Deathknight Leveling Guide and a 6 Year Old

I’ve made the claim over and over again that Deathknights are grossly OP and I’ve made the claim that getting a leveling guide for your Deathknight was a smart move, I will now tell you a story that will tie them both together.

I am a father of 4 with a 15 year old who love’s World of Warcraft. I also have a 6 year old who has been playing since he was just a week over 5. Now when I say playing I mean grinding Ore for daddy. Yeah it’s me taking advantage, but the way I see it he loves the idea of beating up Boars in Outlands and farming fel iron for me, so who am I to get in the way of his happiness?

About 2 weeks my oldest son decided to show my younger son that he could start a deathknight, so he did and now I lost my grinder :(.

Did you know that a 6 year old can effectively use Dugis wow leveling guide to take a horde DK from start to level 65 in a little less than 2 weeks while only playing an hour and a half a day, with 2 hours max on the weekend? WITH NO HELP FROM DADDY other than picking which add ons to use? Now if a 6 year old can manage this ALL WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO READ imagine what someone who can read will be able to accomplish. Seriously my son has gone through the guide step by step and all with no help. What do you suppose that says about the strength Dugis leveling guides? I would say it’s a very strong testament to just how effective the guides are. Seriously if you’re looking for a Deathknight leveling guide Dugis is definitely an awesome pick. If you want to get some more information on Dugis Leveling Guide click the picture above or follow this link: CLICK HERE

So on to the OVERPOWEREDNESS of death knights.

Here’s how I know a Death knight is overpowered.

MY 6 YEAR OLD consistently ranks in the top 5 for either damage, HK, or Killing blows in every BG he’s done. Oh it’s grand to watch him chew people up in BG. My older son and I will watch him play sometimes and just laugh. Just this weekend I told my oldest, “do you suppose I should tell the 2 guys your brother just soloed that they got rocked by a 6 year old who can’t read and literally spammed keys 1-6?”

Not that my 6 year old isn’t good at BG’s, but trust me when I say he’s not following any previously established “Skill rotation”. So what does this tell me? Well it tells me that quite literally ANYONE can throw some blues on a DK and open up a PWN shop in any BG, even in AV.

What mystifies me still is that even when other DK’s (I’m assuming being controlled by NON-six year olds) are in the same BG they fall below my 6 year old? Seriously guys what are you doing?

That has me wondering then, if other people, who I’m assuming are older than 6 years old, are playing in the same BG against the same competition and my 6 year old son is still outperforming them does that mean my 6 year old is doing something right?

I guess I’ll have to monitor his strategy a little more closely from now on to pick up on his PVP technique and steal a move or two.

More Northrend Grinding: Gold Grinding and Level Grinding

First if you’re grinding for gold or experience stop, you would have much more fun questing for gold and experience, it’s faster and much more lucrative. If you find you’re questing is going slow I highly recommend using Zygor’s Guide not only will you level in no time flat, but with the quest rewards you can do so and have enough gold for just about anything. Click here to check out the guide and get your free trial copy.







I’ve recently been out trying to find more “grind spots” for people. Rather than cover each and every spot that I found I decided to go over some of the “requirements” you need to keep an eye out for. When most people start looking for a place to Grind in Northrend, or anywhere else for that matter, they typically try to find a place with a lot of mobs who drop a lot of silver. This is generally an ok idea. Lots of mobs + lots of gold equals lots of gold for you right? Well yes and no.






More than just looking for more, the idea of picking a grinding spot based on quality is just as important. When looking at mobs you need to take a few things into account.


1. Gold – Obviously this is a key component. You want to find mobs that drop decent amounts of gold.


2. Items – Some mobs drop “auctionable” items, others drop greys, and others drop greens. Here you want to find items that are in high demand or that sell for decent amounts. Certain humanoids, in addition to gold, drop a fair amount of cloth and other items that can stack in 20’s that can be sold for 2-4 gold a pop.


3. Damage and Health – “the bigger they are the harder they fall” doesn’t apply here. Typically the bigger they are the harder they hit yu and the harder it is to kill them. Try to find mobs that have a low amount of health and that take a lot of damage quickly, without dishing it out. This helps decrease the amount of time you have to spend healing or drinking many pots.


4. Respawn Rates - Some mobs respawn in seconds, some in minutes. You want to find mobs that are leaning towards the seconds... The faster they come out the faster you can grind them.






My next northrend grinding spot is out in Zul’ Drak. The name of the city escapes me at the moment, but there is a flight path to it and it’s on the easter side of the zone. It’s in the area with the Giant changed up snow leopard and bear.






Basically right outside of the little city with the flight path there is a square full of Ice Trolls. Ice Trolls in the square and out along the edges.


Step 1. Mount up.


Step 2. pull 2-5 of these guys


Step 3 Kill them and loot.






Wash rinse repeat. Go after the healers first...as they tend to heal. The warriors can do damage to you but if you have any degree of respectable AOE they should not be a problem. I’ve found that lvl 78 is the minimum to use this area to grind for either exp or gold.


Anything below this and you’re most likely not going to have a good time.






Last night I hit this spot up for a quick 200g in about an hour or so. Good grinding spot for greys and greens. Lots of cloth too. EXP wasn’t so bad either with rested exp.






If you have any questions please feel free to add a comment, or you can contact me here: blackthought@opendomain.ws






Happy Hunting

Level Grinding In Northrend - Why are you doing this?

Level Grinding In Northrend - Why are you doing this....seriously?

OK hold the phones everyone shhhh..shhh... I need people to get this point and I need them to get it clearly.
When you ask me, "Hey Blackthought, where is all the level grinding and gold grinding in northrend going on", and I respond by laughing at you then telling you "wtf are you doing?" I mean it in with the utmost sincerity.

Seriously wtf are you doing still trying to grind levels in Northrend for...or gold for that matter? I understand the need to kill 5 or 6 mobs to level on occasion, we've all been there. Or the occasional need for a fast buck without having to spend forever in the AH. What I don't understand is when I ask, "well how much till you ding" how I can get "only 20 bars"...there is nothing "ONLY" about 20 bars that's damn near the entire level my friend. Stop what you're doing and think for a second.

Ask yourself: "What could I be doing to make the most of my time in Northrend?" ...If "I need to get my grinding on" was the answer you came up with do me a favor and go sit in time-out for a few minutes.

I really want to help out on this one, I really do. There's no reason you should be grinding for levels or gold in Northrend...or any other continent for that matter, it's just so cavemanish and boring, I mean really do you want to sit and kill the same thing over..and over..and over again? Yeah I didn't think so, you're paying money to play this game, why waste it grinding?

There are many different things you can do to help get both gold and levels pumped out more quickly. Many of these tactics I've covered on the site, ALL of them are in either a wow leveling guide (if it's leveling you're after) or a wow gold guide (if it's gold ye seek). Why waste your time waiting for things to respawn when you could be out pvping or raiding?

So some advice from me to you, if you want to know everything about level grinding or gold grinding in northrend start by looking at:

Zygor Leveling Guide - For Leveling & Gold Making

Warcraft Wealth - for gold making.

Trust me when I say you're time will be much better spent. ... If that's still not good enough for you then I'll give you a good grinding spot I used to use.

The city just south of Venomspite in Dragonblight is chalk full of humans. Grab your mount, pull 5-8, AOE, loot. Hop on mount, head down to the beach near the tents, pull 5-8 mobs, AOE, loot. Hop on mount, there's a ship nearby with 10 or so mobs, HEAL, pull them all, AOE, loot. If you're a miner theirs a cobalt node just as you come off the boat on the beach too. Just wash rinse repeat this and you're looking at 100-200 gold an hour depending on what drops...it's just not that fun.

Oh and if you are going to do this make sure to loot EVERYTHING, even greys. Remember a grey weapon will sell for 1-4 gold at a vendor.

Happy hunting.

Dugis Ultimate World of Warcraft Guide - BEST GUIDE, better than Zygor

OK hold the phone. I’ve just been made aware of a new Guide. Believe it or not I think I’m going to be changing up my ENTIRE process here. Dugi’s Ultimate Wow Leveling Guide is basically ALL you’ll ever need to level through WOW. Not only are you getting an awesome leveling guide, you get EVERYTHING else as well. A great gold guide, PVP guide, the NEVER BEFORE SEEN in game talent guide, class guide...well to put it in a nutshell EVERY type of guide you’ll need to be start leveling.

I didn’t think I’d see a better guide than Zygor’s Guide...but it looks like I have.

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GM's and a Glitch

So this morning was a mixed blessing. I was able to get on and pump out 30+ steps on my leveling guide and get like 5-6 bars in about an hour. Right before I decide to log I figure I’ll finish up another quest or two by killing this lich lord guy in the Northern part of the Tundra Zone. I walk into the undead “temple” like structure and step on a hill leading to the second level and the next thing I know I’m like 10000 feet above the ground, so high in fact that I can’t even see the ground. I’m plummeting down fast and I’m angling so I’m heading north at break neck speeds. On the 1 hand I got exploration experience for most of the zone north of the tundra as when I finally died I was at the northern part of the next zone :) ON the other hand I when I released I was still in the tundra with my corpse nowhere in site on my map.

It just so happens that at that very moment a GM whispers me about a ticket I put in 2 days ago...talk about fate :)
GM: Hello Blackthought, how are you doing today
Blackthought (as I’m trying to locate my body on the map): it’s funny you should ask :)
GM: Oh and why is that?
Blackthought: Well because I just fell through the floor and into the sky.
GM: Ah I see, well then that is a problem isn’t it.
Blackthought: Yes it is, especially since I can’t seam to find my body.
GM: Have you checked (Zone Name)?
Blackthought: You know it didn’t occur to me as I was in Tundra when I died.
GM: Hmmm well that does make sense then. Tell me where you near the (Area name in Tundra)?
Blackthought: Well yeah it just so happens that I was.
GM: Yeah we’ve been having some trouble with that and they are working on fixing it.
Blackthought: Ah well it’s not all bad I did get some exp for exploration.:)
GM: HA! Well then it’s not an entire waste. So I wanted to check with you on your mailbox issue...

I tell him things are just fine now and he goesGM: Ok well Blackthought is there anything else I can do for you?
Blackthought: Again, Funny you should ask. My body is 20k yards from me in a zone I can’t get into because there’s a giant mountain in the way. I’ve recently used my hearth stone and the zone is well above my level...this is going to make both getting my body and walking back...well it’s going to suck. Is there any way you can res me? And if it’s not to much place an epic item in my mailboxJ
GM: LOL I’ll take care of the res as you DID fall through the ground into the sky. The epic you’ll have to work on though.
Blackthought: yeah well you can’t blame a guy for tryingJ Thanks for the res.

LOL GM’s are cool.

Gold in Northrend - Easy Northrend Gold Grinding Spot

UPDATE: Well now that 80 has arrived the next crucial thing is gear and gold. I went ahead and went the route of the “GOLD GUIDE” and tried a couple of them out. If you want a MONSTER of a gold guide then I highly recommend this guide. It is pretty much the TOP of wow gold guides and is easy to use and understand i'm sitting at about 6k gold after a little less than a week...not hardcore play time either. No grinding and such. If you're serious about making gold, or serious about getting that flying mount get your copy of Warcraft Wealth.

Getting gold in Northrend is like trying to hit the floor when you spit, that’s to say it’s pretty damn easy.

I’m by no stretch of the imagination a “GOLD MACHINE”, love machine maybe, but “gold Machine” I am not. BUT I’m finding that without doing dailies and just questing I can rake in about 150g in an hour and a half easy, keep in mind that’s not including the Cobalt Ore I’m selling at 2.5-3g a pop.

I decided to simply try to grind to see what the rate of gold was...I was pleasantly surprised. Right outside of WS Hold as you head out the main entrance there is a big “wall’ with spiders on it. Head up the ramps on that wall till you get to the area with moths and little troll type guys that shoot fire, Blood something harvesters or something like that, and you’ll be in what I like to call the gold zone. Between the moths and the harvesters and the various nodes out there I was hitting about 150g an hour there. The trick was LOOT EVERYTHING especially the greys. Sure it’s not the funnest thing in the world to do, but gold is gold. The kicker here was the amount of grey weapons (2-4g when sold to vendors), and the green drops (2-6g when sold to vendors) were dropping from the harvesters like they’d just robbed an armory. Also be sure to pick up the various crap grey items as well a stack of 20 will often sell for 2-4 gold.

I would still recommend questing as a means of getting gold as you can definitely make more money that way. But if you’re in the mood to just hit a few guys and make some gold try this spot out. The mobs are easy, they drop 10-20 silver per humanoid and then they drop any number of green and grey items you can vendor. PLUS you’re getting semi decent experience to a point. There are a few more of these area’s I will be dropping hear in the near future. After taking a holiday vacation from WOW I have some levels to quickly make up. I will say I went from 70-72.5 in a little under 10 hours with the help of Zygor Guides, bare in mind this was with spending some time in Nexus and a few other instances.

Zygor Guides and Leveling to 80 Faster Than Expected

When I get behind something I expect for that something to be extra special. So it was to my dismay that I’ve heard these rumors about Zygor Guide not getting people to 80 when expected. I was taken back by the many countless times I heard “I was not at the same level the guide said I should be at.”

I guess the only reason I’m writing about this is because right after saying that I generally heard “I was higher in levels!”

Not only has Zygor Guides delivered on getting people to level 80 in no time at all it has done so a head of it’s own expectations in many cases. With average times ranging at about 2.8-3.5 days played to hit level 80 from level 70 it’s a wonder these things aren’t flying off the shelves.

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So back to my rant...

Zygor if you’re going to tell me I should be at level 74 when I’m at level 75 or 76 then I’m really going to consider buying another copy and giving it to my guild mates:)

If you’re interested in getting to 80 as fast as possible this is the way to go.

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Level 80 has been reached...stop playing???

In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past week or so the race to level 80 is over, stop playing Warcraft because Nymh has already reached level 80. What’s the point in leveling quickly now right?

WRONG.

Just because someone has already reached level 80 doesn’t mean the desire to get there quickly isn’t still there. If you’re wondering how Nymh was able to level so quickly a quick google of his tactics reveal that he grinded for a full 27 hours almost completely straight. What is also revealed is that he had a healer shadowing him to keep his happy butt alive while he pulled mob after mob. I know we all have healer friends who are willing to devote their time to keeping you alive whilst they get no experience to get you to level 80 as quickly as possible...what’s that? No you say. You could barely find a healer for Kara before hand and the chances of you finding a healer for this little endeavor or slim to none?

I recently asked a healer friend of mine if he would stop leveling himself and come heal me full time till I hit 80. Where he told me to put that idea is rated R so I can’t post it here, but rest assured it was not friendly.

So with that in mind I thought I would remind everyone that questing is still going to be the best way to hit 80 and getting a leveling guide...really in any shape or form is going to be your best bet.

I tried grinding in the same spot as Mr. Nymh and well...let’s just say after about 10 minutes I decided it would be better if I put hot pokers in my eyes and deleted my characters. Grinding is horrible my friends...horrible.

Back to using Zygor Guides to get me to where I need to go.

See you in Northrend

p.s. I know the site has been “LEVELING GUIDE” intensive for the past few weeks...but really that’s where the bulk of everyone’s attention has been. Once things simmer down a bit you can rest assured the tips, tricks, strategies and tactics of yester year will be back. Once the hoopla is over I’ll begin focusing heavily on the PVP aspect of it all as well as instance guides and build info.

WOTLK Leveling Guide – Zygor Getting the Job Done

As expected I know I am more than pleased with using Zygor Guides as my leveling guide in Northrend. As the uptime for the wow servers has been...shaky at best I haven’t had a chance to look at the Death Knight Leveling Guide, BUT for only being able to play a total of 2 hours I can say being a bar away from 71 is more than fine for me. Also as expected Zygor Guides delivered in detail, clarity and usefulness...everything I want in a WOTLK Leveling guide. Based on what I’ve seen, if the rest of the guide is even half this good then Zygor Guide is definitely the way to go if you’re looking for a WOTLK leveling guide.

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I haven’t had a chance to review the other three guides and honestly I probably will wait to get to level to 80 on my main before I test the others.

As a WOTLK Leveling Guide I stand by my choice in Zygor Guides.

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