Leveling Addon and other news

You've all waited long enough for it. Here's an update!
  • Big update for the WoW-Pro Leveling Addon
  • We finally got a Shadowmoon Valley questing guide. I didn't write it myself, but trust me, it's just as good
  • We've got a High Quality Naxxramas guide



Big Update for the WoW-Pro Leveling Addon

New versions out!

Alliance - v0.6.5

NEW: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide Dragonblight | JamesL85
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide Zangarmarsh | Arannar
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide Terokkar (Aldor) | Arannar
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide Terokkar (Scryer) | Arannar
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance leveling Guide Borean Tundra | JamesL85
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance leveling Guide Howling Fjord | JamesL85
REVAMP: Jame's Alliance leveling Guide Grizzly Hills | JamesL85
MISC: Fixed the TOC. Addon will no longer appear as "out of date" | Jahwo/Jame

Horde - v0.6

REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide Nagrand | Jiyambi
REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide Howling Fjord | Jiyambi
REVAMP: Mannovan's Undead Starter | Skully0815
REVAMP: Snowflake's Ghostlands | Skully0815
REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide (21-31) | Jiyambi
MISC: Fixed the TOC. Addon will no longer appear as "out of date" | Jahwo/Jame

As usual, you can download the latest versions here:





Shadowmoon Valley Guide

Many people have been asking for me to write a leveling guide for that zone, and they've been waiting for nearly two years. Well now their wish has been granted!
Krowa , a wow-pro user and fan of my leveling guides, decided to take it upon herself and to write it. It looks amazing, it's just as if I wrote the guide myself, you won't tell the difference.

So props to Krowa, and also to her husband who worked on the maps. It's really a huge undertaking and you can see at first glance that they put a huge amount of effort into this guide.

So here is the guide, please test it and leave feedback:

Shadowmoon Valley Questing Guide

PS: It's Horde only. Hopefully we'll see an Alliance version in the near future.


Naxxramas Guide

Eric has been working on a very high quality 10-man Naxxramas guide over the past few weeks. So far he covered the following wings:

  • Arachnid Quarter
  • Plague Quarter
  • Military Quarter
He also made a huge list containing all the items dropping in Naxxramas. He will be releasing the rest of his guide in the coming few weeks, which will come in two separate sections:

  • Construct Quarter
  • Frostwyrm Lair
Here is the link to this awesome guide, don't forget to rate it and leave feedback!





And of course there are many more other guides being released every week, all they need is you to test them, rate them, leave feedback. All you have to do is check our frontpage regularly!

Expect more news from me in the near future ;)

WoW-Pro News!

First of all, yay! 200+ blog followers already. Thanks everyone for following my blog!

And now for the news, here is a list of what am I working on right now and what's coming next for wow-pro:

  • Finishing the Leveling Addon and making it perfect (short term)
  • Adding a chat on wow-pro (short term)
  • Zul'Drak, Scholazar Basin, Stormpeaks and Icecrown leveling guides (medium term)
  • Complete facelift of the site, with a lot of new cool features (medium term)
  • A guide writing contest, where the winners will possibly win Starcraft 2 beta keys and other goodies. (medium term)
  • Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley leveling guide (long term)
Feel free to comment on this and to add your suggestions!

Leveling Addon News: New version out!

Hey guys, just released a new version of the addon!


Alliance

WoW-Pro-TourGuide_Alliance v 0.6.3 -- Update April 1st 2009

*Default guides can be accessed again. They can be found at the bottom of the list | Thank Jahwo for this fix!
*New revamped chapters will follow soon. Please have patience!


Horde

WoW-Pro_TourGuide_Horde v0.5.1 -- Updated April 1st 2009

*Default guides can be accessed again. They can be found at the bottom of the list. | Thank Jahwo for this fix!
*Added: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide 51-60 | Jiyambi
*REVAMPS: Hellfire Peninsula, Zangarmarsh, Snowflake's Blood Elf Starter, Hosho's 12-20




Thanks to the whole community, and especially to Jiyambi for the huge efforts on the horde side!

DOWNLOAD THE LEVELING ADDON HERE

More will come next week, I promise!

Leveling Addon Speed: Horde side Chapter 2

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of udpates, I've just been busy.

However, this is going to change real soon, I'm gonna go back to my old habits and provide you with new articles several times a week.

For starters, I need to hurry up and continue with the speed testing of the WoW-Pro Leveling Add-on (Alliance). Expect a new chapter before the end of the week.

Meanwhile, Jiyambi just released the second chapter of her Speed Testing character on the horde side. Check it out, it's a good read (and you can see her wearing only underwears !)

Leveling Addon: Big update!

Hey folks!

We've got a big update for the Leveling Addon today, especially on the horde side. Make sure to download the latest version.

A next chapter of the Adventures of Holyjame should follow in the coming few days, stay tuned ;)


List of Changes


Alliance

WoW-Pro-TourGuide_Alliance v 0.6.2 -- Update March 13th 2009

  • FIXES: to Snowflake's Draenei Guide (1-12)
  • FIXES: to Sven's Bloodmyst Leveling Guide (12-20)



Horde

WoW-Pro_TourGuide_Horde v0.5 -- Updated March 13th 2009

  • NEW: Jame's Death Knight Leveling Guide | Coder: Gethe |
  • NEW: Shinke's Tauren Starter | Coder: TzTz |
  • REVAMP: Zerinj's Orc Starter
  • REVAMP: Snowflake's Blood Elf Starter
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide 21-31
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide 31-41
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide 41-51
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide Hellfire Penninsula
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide Zangarmarsh
  • REVAMP: Jame's Horde Leveling Guide Terokkar




Enjoy and please help us test and improve the addon!

Leveling Addon Speed: Chapter 3

Here we go for another chapter of the adventures of Holyjame. This chapter will cover levels 20 to 30, while following the WoW-Pro Leveling Addon version of Boston's Alliance Leveling Guide (20-30).

At the end of the previous chapter , we were Level 20 with a /played of 9h 3min.

==Note== I had a little bit of rested bonus at the start of this chapter, for about 40% of level 20. This couldn't be avoided, despite the fact that I purposedly logged out outside of an inn, I still had rested bonus from not touching this character for a couple of weeks.

In any case, this is still less rested bonus than any normal player will get. So the results are still very accurate and are obtained under very handiccaping circumstances:

  • I remind you that this is done with NO rested bonus. I logged out my character outside of an inn on purpose. I only had about 40% of rested bonus at level 20. That's it.
  • I'm leveling a Paladin, they aren't exactly the fastest levelers, as you all know.
  • No twinking. I'm leveling on a new server, so this character isn't getting any financial help for his gear. You can check Holyjame's Armory Profile and you'll see he's only using greens from quest rewards or which dropped for me while leveling. The only exception is the weapon, which I bought from the AH. But this level 30 sword was quite a bargain and only cost me 1 gold.
  • I'm leveling First Aid, simply because it's something I think every character should level. This probably slowed me down by a good 10 minutes.
  • I died a couple of times once again, simply because I played like a reckless noob trying to take on camps of 5 mobs with no mana left and lay on hands on cooldown. Another 10 minutes wasted.
  • I alt tabbed and fixed a couple of mistakes as I went. Another 10 minutes.
  • I added the whole Paladins quest line in this chapter while doing the speed run. It made me waste another good 10 minutes because some quest turn ins were being annoying and not updating properly. However, I'm quite happy with the end result, I think the paladin quest chain is now incorporated beautifully and fits perfectly in the guide ;)
So there you have it, another 30 minutes wasted. and if I had logged out inside an inn, you could easily chalk off another 60 minutes. If you add that to the time wasted similarly in the previous chapter, it's safe to say that we could substract 2 hours from the total /played at the end of this chapter.

Now let's see how this section went:

Level 21


Level 23



Level 25


Level 27


Level 29


Level 30


Total time /played at level 30: 19 hours
Average time per level from 20 to 30: 60 Minutes


I think it's safe to say that this is simply amazing, given the circumstances. And without all the time wasted since I started speed running this paladin, it could have been 17 hours to level 30. WITHOUT rested bonus and WITHOUT twinking. Let's just say I'm amazed at how good this addon is turning out to be :)

And that's not all of course. When I dinged level 30, I was far from being done with this guide. So I went until the end of it to see how much extra XP there is in this chapter:


Level 31


==Note== Level 30 to Level 31 only took 51 minutes. Quite impressive. I guess the 60% speed mount helped, but still impressive.

End of the Chapter


And that was the end of Boston's Alliance Leveling Guide (20-30). I ended up being level 31 and 74% EXP in. This means I'll be able to skip any eventual grinding session in the next chapters and generally have a very easy time completing quests, being 1 or 2 levels ahead :)

The next chapter will be interesting, because I'll finally start following my own guide: Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide (30-40) . I'll include a lot of revamps in that chapter and add extra quests you haven't seen in the paper version yet. The leveling speed should be quite something.

So stay tuned!

Leveling Addon News

Yes, I know. I'm late once again. I should have released the next chapter of the addon days ago and made a speed test with Holyjame, but I just got caught up with a lot of RL stuff.

However, I will right those wrongs tomorrow morning and do you one better:

  • I'll upload new versions of the Horde & Alliance leveling addons, including new revamped zones by me and Jiyambi (who is doing an awesome job at it by the way).
  • The default guides won't appear anymore. This means you won't have to scroll down to find the wow-pro guides ever again! It will also fix some issues people were having with guides not showing up on the list.
  • Many other minor fixes
Meanwhile, Jiyambi has started revamping the Horde Leveling Addon and is also doing speed tests with a new character she just created. Check it out on her blog !

Leveling Addon Speed: Chapter 2

Here we go with the Adventures of Holyjame - Chapter 2 ( Click here if you missed Chapter 1 )

This chapter covers the Addon Version of the levels 12-20 of our Alliance Leveling Guides: Maw's 12-20 Alliance Leveling Guide.

At the end of the last chapter, we were Level 12 and 78% done, and our /played was 2h 54min.

Level 14


Level 15


Level 16



Level 18



Level 19



Level 20



Level 20 /played: 9h 3min

Average time per level this chapter: 50 Minutes

This is quite good, and it's even more encouraging if you take into account the following:

  • I remind you that this is done with NO rested bonus. I logged out my character outside of an inn on purpose.
  • I'm leveling a Paladin, they aren't exactly the fastest levelers, as you all know.
  • No twinking. I'm leveling on a new server, so this character isn't getting any financial help for his gear. You can check Holyjame's Armory Profile and you'll see he's only using greens from quest rewards or which dropped for me while leveling. The only exception is the weapon, which I bought for 25s at the AH (quite a bargain ^^)
  • I decided to level First Aid while leveling, simply because it's something I think every character should level. This probably slowed me down by a good 10 minutes.
  • I died a couple of times, simply because I played like a reckless noob. Another 10 minutes wasted.
  • I alt tabbed and fixed a couple of mistakes as I went. Another 10 minutes.
So there you have it, if I hadn't wasted those 30 minutes and if I had logged out inside an inn, you could easily chalk off another 60 minutes. Which means that the /played from 1 to 20 could be somewhere close to 8 hours, which is awesome for a non-twinked Paladin.

Stay tuned for the next chatper!

Leveling Addon - New Version released!

Just released a new version for the alliance!

WoW-Pro_TourGuide_Alliance.zip v0.4:

  • My own latest chapter - Maw's Leveling Guide 12-20 - Try it, the quality is very high!
  • Also added a new revamped version of the Borean Tundra Guide (Thanks to Wizerd - also thanks to Elmo23 and NLX3647 )
  • Started to rename the files, so that it looks more organized in the list. YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF TOURGUIDE FOR IT TO WORK.
  • Fixed a few minor bugs in several other files
And you know what this means? This means we'll have another epic chapter of The Adventures of Holyjame the Paladin tomorrow!

You don't want to miss it :p

WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - New Version

Hey guys, a quick post to inform everyone that I just released a new version of the WoW-Pro_TourGuide_Alliance.zip
Here are the changes:
  • Many improvements were made to the Borean Tundra Guide | Original Coder: NLX3647 | Revamp by: Wizerd | Needs further testing
  • Fixed names in .xml
  • Fixed a few errors in the 1-12 night elf guide
As usual, you can download it here.

On a side note, I'm working on the Maw's Leveling Guide 12-20 and it should be out later tonight. And of course, the next adventures of Holyjame the paladin will follow a few hours after ;)

Stay tuned!

WoW-Pro Addon: Big decision - Please read

In short, we decided to stop working on two leveling addons at the same time. We'll only focus on one addon format from now on: the WoW-Pro Leveling Addon.

This means we're abandonning the wow-pro custom addon. So all efforts should now be concentrated on the tourguide version of the WoW-Pro Leveling Addon.

More information about this decision here.

Article on wowinsider

It looks like my interview with GameSpy is having side effects.

Wowinsider just published a news article about my guides ;)

You can find the article here: WoW Insider Article

I appreciate getting more coverage, really. Because the only weakness of my guides is that they aren't known enough. People tend to overlook them because they are free, thinking that because it's free, it's probably crap.

However, there are a few inaccuracies in this article, sadly. I wish the guys at wow-insider would have contacted me and I'd gladly have provided them with more accurate information.

Anyway, I'll list the inaccuracies here:

  • My guides do not turn the game into a "to-do" list. It does not ruin the content, it actually makes it more enjoyable. Every single person who tried my guide said so. The reason is simple: while following my guide, you're doing as many quests as possible, in the shortest time possible, with as little running around as possible. So basically, you will probably do more quests than if you were not following my guide (because I make sure to include even the most hidden quest chains in the game when they are worth it). You will effectively enjoy more content than if you were on your own. Moreover, what my guide does is cut a huge chunk of "running back and forth", by smartly optimizing the quest routes (and if you thought QuestHelper's route optimization tool was smart, you'll think my circuits are genius). So yes, my point is simple, my guides WILL make you enjoy the game more, while also making you level faster, I guarantee it.
  • While following my guide, nothing is preventing you from reading the quests descriptions. Moreoever, you can read it in a more relaxed way, you don't have to focus on sorting out what part of the information is important to complete the quest, you can simply enjoy the lore instead.
  • My wife didn't "need help" leveling ^^. As I said in the GameSpy interview, we were both leveling our alts together, and she was simply following me because I already had those "optimized quest circuits" in my head, and she was just enjoying the ride. But she would have been fine leveling on her own, even though I wish I could be that superhero taking a damsel in distress through the mazes of Stranglethorn Vale. But it just wasn't like that :P
Luckily, I see that a few of my loyal wow-pro members are already posting there under the article to correct those discrepancies. So it's all good, and I'm really happy to have such a supportive community.

In any case, I'd like to thank wow insider for bringing my guides to the attention of their readers. Because that's really what I care about the most: people trying my guides. A lot of effort was spent on writing them and improving them (and not only my effort, an army of wow-pro members also helped testing them and gave me feedback), so it always pains me to see people totally ignore my guides and jump on the "paying" guides, simply because they think "FREE" cannot be as good "Paying". Well, this is true in most cases, but not in this case. And to change that mindset, all we can do is spread the word about it, and that's exactly what wow insider and gamespy are doing at the moment. So cheers to them!

ps: I'd gladly give an interview to wow insider, should they be interested in more infos about my addons, guides or future projects.

Interview with GameSpy

Hey guys, sorry I'm not done with the next addon chapter as I had planned. You'll have to wait a little more for the next adventures of Holyjame the retadin.

However I've got some interesting reading for you instead. I had an interview with GameSpy today and they wrote a nice news article about it.

You probably know part of what we discussed already if you follow my blog, but there is also some new stuff I never talked about before, so I recommend checking it out, it's very nicely written.

You can find the article here: GameSpy Interview.

Feel free to comment and discuss!

Leveling addon: new chapter tomorrow

Hey guys. Just a quick post to inform you that I tomorrow I should be done with the second chapter of Maw's Human Leveling Guide (12-20).

And that means that you'll be able to see Holyjame in action again! :P

Meanwhile, I've also been playing Urban Rivals a little. It's a free online card game and it's pretty fun.

I created a guild there for WoW-Pro members, we've got about 20 members already ;)

My blog followers are of course more than welcome, check this forum post I made for more info about joining.

Come join and the fun, and stay tuned for the next chapter of the adventures of Holyjame!

WoW-Pro Leveling Addon: Leveling Speed

"Hey m8, how much /played you need to finish your guide?? From 30 to 60?? From 37 to 38???? Do you like ponies?!"

I get this question a lot (no, not the one about ponies). So I've decided to finally answer it once and for all.

I'll be using this blog entry to keep track of the leveling speed of each of the wow-pro leveling guide in addon format.

Everytime a section is 100% complete, tested and perfected, I'll run through it with a normal character, with no rested bonus and with no help from other characters (no twinking, powerlevel or anything).

For now, the only section which I consider 100% complete (by my standards) is the one I just released, for Maw's 1-12 Human Leveling Guide. See previous blog entry for more info.


List

  • Maw's Human 1-12 : 2h 54min (Level 12 and 78% done)
  • Maw's Human 12-20: 6h 10min (50 minutes per level on average)


You might think that 2h 54min to reach level 12 (almost 13 actually) is ok, but nothing special. But you have to take other things into account:

  • A lot of travelling was done in this chapter to prepare for the next chapters. The flight paths from Ironforge, Westfall and Thelsamar were picked up on the way. This will save a lot of time in the next chapter, and you'll see the results once I publish the next part.
  • No rested bonus, no twinking. I made a character on a new server so that he'll be on his own all the way to 80.
The aim is to see how fast one can level with the wow-pro addons, under the worst possible conditions. And so far it's very promising. Despite all those handicaps, we did almost 13 levels, with an average of 13min 40seconds per level.

And remember this time, if I can do it, anyone can. This time there's no advantage for me. I just blindly follow the addon, my knowledge of the circuits and the zones doesn't help me one bit in this case.

If you want to try this section as well, simply follow this link:

WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - Jame's Leveling Guide TourGuide Style

Here are a few screenshots of the Paladin I created to test the addon. Behold, Holyjame the retadin!

Level 6




Level 11



End of the guide - Level 12 (and 78%)



And that's it for now. Stay tuned for the adventure of Holyjame the retadin and his quest for leveling speed mastery!



WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - Aiming for perfection

I just coded my very first addon chapter into an addon format. I've put a lot of effort into it and I can proudly say that it's near perfect.

As a starter, I decided to pick Maw's Human Starter Guide (1-12). It's the best human starter guide we have, and I thought it would be a great way to let everyone test it and see what kind of quality the wow-pro leveling addons are aiming for.

  • 99% of the steps auto-complete when the objective is reached. When they don't auto-complete, a note in the step tells you to simply close the step after reading it.
  • 99% of the steps have a TomTom arrow guiding you to the next location. When there's no arrow, it means it's totally unecessary.
  • There's even an arrow pointing you to the nearest NPC to sell junk and repair.
  • Information has been adapted to the addon format so that very few reading is needed. The aim is to really not waste any second and level as fast as possible.
  • Class Quests are included
  • Optional quests are also included
  • Easy item use: whenever you need to use an item, a little icon pops up next to the tourguide bar. All you have to do is click it and it will use the item. You won't have to look through your bags.
  • WARNING windows pop-up if you sell an item by mistake
  • The guide has already been thoroughly tested
All it needs now is people using it and giving feedback! So go install the latest version of the addon, log in, scroll down the list and choose "Elwynn Forest (WoW-Pro | Maw's Human 1-12)".

Follow this link to learn how to install the addon: WoW-Pro_TourGuide_Alliance

Please note that the other guides have not been coded by me and have not been thoroughly tested. But they are still very good and they WILL become perfect at one point, with the help of the wow-pro community.

Now go create a human and have fun!

ps: I recommend creating a paladin, they really are easy to level from 1 to 12.

WoW-Pro Karma Rankings - Big plans for the near future!

In case you don't know what "Karma Rankings" are, it's basically a user contribution ranking system for wow-pro. Everytime someone posts a guide or a useful comment, he gets Karma Points. The more Karma Points, the higher the rank on the site, from simple Member to Moderator.

I already made a long post a while ago explaining how the system works and what priviledges can be acquired, I suggest you read it before continuing with this blog post if you haven't already:

How to gain ranks on wow-pro - The Karma system


So here's what's new about the karma system:

  • The system is now fully integrated in the site. You can check how many points you have in your user profile. To access your profile, you can either click on your own avatar in a comment/guide you made, or simply click on "My Account" on the right-side menu.
  • The best part: the rankings are now updated instantly whenever you gain points. Follow this link to see the current Karma Rankings.
  • Moderators will be able to award points as well, and we should soon get a few moderators, since we have a couple of members closing in on 200 Karma points ;)
What's next?

  • In the future, top ranked members will get rewarded for their efforts. Like for example, the TOP 5 Members will get a beta key for the next WoW expansion. Top 20 Members will receive a cool custom WoW-Pro T-shirt. Things like that ;)
  • An XP bar will appear under the user's avatar to see how close he is to attain the next rank.
  • The user's rank will be displayed next to his avatar as well.
There will be much more, but for now, that's all I'm going to reveal. Stay tuned and keep contributing ;)

Death Knight Dual Wield DPS - Gear, Talents and Rotations

I was asked a while ago what were my thoughts on Death Knights DW. My answer was that I couldn't fathom how someone would even want to Dual-Wield two poke sticks instead of one big shiny 2-Hander. Just from an aesthetics point of view.

Moreover, since most DK abilities are instant and based on weapon damage, it was quite natural to think that 2-Handers were the logical choice for maximum DPS.

Well, things have changed, and my asumptions were crushed by a few parses posted on the Elitist Jerks boards:


Ariastrasza is a Death Knight specced 0/33/38

His DPS is actually not 5751, but 6558. Because WWS doesn't take into account Ghoul and Army of the Dead damage.

This fight is not a fluke, he actually gets numbers just as impressive on pretty much any fight and even on trash clearing. And yes, he dual wields.

Gear needed
  1. Reach 8% hit rating (or close to that).
  2. Go for STR. As much as you can. All your gems should be STR, besides the two blue gems you need for the meta gem activation. Your meta gem should be Chaotic Skyflare Diamond.
  3. Weapons: go for two fast weapons. Below 2.00 speed if possible. The faster the better. Something like 2x Fang of Truth is a great way to start and easy to acquire.
  4. Sigil: Use Sigil of the Dark Rider
  5. Glyphs: Use Glyph of Icy Touch, Glyph of the Ghoul, Glyph of Bone Shield.

How to play this spec
  1. Use Blood Presence. Don't let anyone tell you that Unholy Presence is better for DPS. It's not.
  2. Summon Gargoyle AFTER your +STR/AP boosts proc. (Unholy Strength, Mirror of Truth if you have it). You get the point, your gargoyle's power is determined the moment it is summoned, according to your stats at THAT moment, that's why you have to try to summon it when all your procs are active.
  3. DPS Rotations:
  • IT > PS> Howling Blast> Bloodstrike> Bloodstrike> Death Coil
  • IT > PS> Howling Blast> Icy Touch> Icy Touch> Death Coil
  • Try to use Howling Blast whenever you get a Killing Machine proc.
  • Try to squish in additional Death Coils whenever possible.
That's about it. It's a very easy to play spec and it's a lot of fun, especially when you get to do those 8K AoE crits with Howling Blast, and that Howling Blast cost you nothing because you had a Rime proc ;)

There are other Dual-Wield Builds which are just about as effective, but I thought I'd share this one with you, because it's my personal favorite.

Don't expect to reach those kind of numbers easily though. This WWS parse was taken from a player with top notch gear, in a 25-man raid with optimized class buff synergies. But still, try it and you'll love it.

Currently, Dual-Wield builds actually OUTPERFORM 2-Handed builds, believe it or not. However, that probably won't last for long, because blizzard already has plans to nerf it in the next patch. We can't say for sure how hard they will nerf it.

So, enjoy it while you can ;)

Once the patch hits, I'll make a new blog entry with an updated version of this. I believe that Dual Wielding will still be a viable spec, it will just need a few adjustments.

I'll also be covering 2-Hand builds in the future on this blog, for all talent trees.
And finally I'll also share my experiences about Death Knight tanking.

Stay tuned!

Jame's Leveling Addon - Work in Progress

Most of you probably already heard about it. Yes, all the wow-pro leveling guides are finally being converted into an addon format.

There will actually be two addon formats and the community will make sure that they both get supported and updated.

Why? Well simply because both addons are very good, but have slight differences, and a poll has shown that people are very divided on which of the two addons they prefer. So we'll keep both of them ;)

Let me introduce them to you in a nutshell:

WoW-Pro Custom

WoW-Pro Addon Info Page

A custom made addon for wow-pro, coded by Jahwo, a wow-pro member.

The advantage of this addon over the other is that it stays closer to the appearance of my guides in terms of text formatting. It uses the same color codes. Basically, it looks more like my guides.



It looks great and it has most cool features you want in a leveling addon: an arrow tells you where to go, steps get automatically completed once you're done with them, etc. More features will be added in the future whenever necessary.

List of finished guides:

Alliance
Horde

Please note that these chapters have been coded by the addon creator himself, so they have a very nice quality.


TourGuide WoWPro

And then there's the other addon format, TourGuide.

The advantage of this addon is that it takes less space than the other one on your screen, it is very minimalist. It only takes one line of text:


And when there is more information, all you have to do is hover over the window with your mouse pointer and the extra information pops up:


TourGuide uses the very cool TomTom addon to give you directions in game:


It also has the auto-completion step detection feature, as well as another cool feature: when a quest requires you to use a certain item (like a torch for example), an icon automatically appears and clicking it makes you use the item, without having to look for it in your bags.

List of finished guides:

Alliance
  • Snowflake's Draenei Guide (1-12)
  • Boston's Gnome/Dwarf Guide (1-12)
  • Boston's Leveling Guide (12-20)
  • Boston's Leveling Guide (20-30)
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide (30-40)
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide (40-50)
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide (50-60)
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Hellfire Penninsula
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Zangarmarsh
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Terokkar
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Nagrand
  • Jame's Alliance Leveling Guide - Blade's Edge Mountains
Horde
  • Snowflake's Ghostlands Guide (13-21)
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide (21-31)
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Hellfire Peninsula
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Zangarmarsh
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Terokkar Forest
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Nagrand | Black Cat
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Howling Fjord (70-71)
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Borean Tundra (71-73)
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Dragonblight (73-75)
  • Jame's Horde Leveling Guide - Grizzly Hills (75-77) {~80% complete}
Please note that many of those chapters haven't yet been tested, so there might be a few glitches here and there. However, I've tried a few of them and so far it's been great.

The wow-pro community is already working hard on more chapters, so expect to see new releases almost every day from now on ;)

Testing the addon

If you want to test either addon, simply follow these links and read the explanations:

WoW-Pro Custom Addon
WoW-Pro Leveling Addon

If you test the addons, please leave some feedback.

Contributing

If you want to help by writing a section for the addon, check these links:

TourGuide Style
WoW-Pro Custom


Enjoy!

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Incredible Video - The Craft of War: Blind

I just have to share this, it would be a shame if anyone missed it.

I've made a lot of videos, so I know how hard it is to do what that guy did. Actually, I don't even know how hard it is, because I really don't have a clue how he managed to get such an amazing animation in his movie.

Even if you aren't into machinima, this is worth a look. Trust me :)


The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo.