Jame's Game Guides

The Cataclysm launch went very well. I dinged 84 last night with my character, and I did that while:

• Editing mistakes I saw in the leveling addon files
• Sleeping and eating (granted, I don't sleep much) normally!
• Only took the morning off on tuesday, which means I almost did normal work hours since the release and still managed to hit level 84 last night around midnight in Uldum while taking notes and updating the leveling guides as I went.
  

This just shows how good our leveling addon is! It allows for such fast leveling, without ever having any downtime being stuck on a quest. I'll hit level 85 tonight easily, while taking notes to update the Twilight Highlands guide ;)

And it keeps getting better, as our team of guide writers and testers go through our guides several times, we spot mistakes or things that could be optimized, and we improve them!

Cataclysm is out since only 3 days, and we already got tons of updates, which will be implemented in the next Addon Update (coming soon!).

Meanwhile, if you can't wait and want the latest versions, I've uploaded the new Uldum file, which I just re-optimized myself. It should be near perfect now:

Download: WoW-Pro Leveling Addon - Updated Uldum File

And of course, our Uldum Leveling Guide gets you the following zone achievements:



About addon leveling speed: I honestly don't think there can be a faster way to level up. I was level 82 in about 7 hours of /play after the launch, and that's with:

• A very poorly equipped character which I hadn't played since he hit level 80 back then in WotLK!
• All the overcrowding and fighting over the same NPCs with other players. I even lost 20 minutes on a certain quest in Mount Hyjal, it was hell.
• I was taking notes as I went! Wasting time alt-tabbing between the game and my notepad.
  

So just imagine the kind of leveling speed you can get without all those hinderances ;)

All in all, I'm extremely happy and impressed with the our Leveling Addon, and I can't wait to do a speed run with a new character once it's all finished.

I'll post my results of course once I'm there, so stay tuned (list of our feeds, twitter, facebook, newsletter, etc) for more leveling guides and addon updates!

Hey everyone!

We've been working hard on our leveling guides for Cataclysm, and they're ready!

Not only do we already have a lot of guides ready for Cataclysm:


But we also have our own in-game leveling addon:


If you've never heard of our amazing free leveling addon, here's a quick video to give you an overview:



Please remember that all our guides are free and driven by the wow-pro community. The only thing we ask in return is to SPREAD THE WORD!

• Talk about it (tell your friends, your guild)
• Share the video on Facebook
• Share the video on Twitter
• Share the video on message boards you visit

Thank you in advance!

For those who haven't heard of our Cataclysm Leveling Guide project yet, here is a short summary:

• Our aim is to have a full 1-85 Leveling Guide by the time the Cataclysm expansion pack ships.
• Not only will have have the usual paper version of the 1-85 Leveling Guide, but we also plan to have it available as an in game 1-85 Leveling Addon, covering all zones.
• This includes a full revamp of all the old Azeroth leveling guides.

To that effect, we've been working on our very own leveling addon, with Jiyambi leading the wow pro leveling addon development. She's been making big progress with the leveling addon, which is already in a stable version.

For a list of all the current and upcoming features which will be integrated in the addon, please visit our official wow pro leveling addon page.

So far, the support from the community has been great and I'm confident we'll have the best set of leveling guides and leveling addons by the time Cataclysm is launched.

If you want to test the addon and help with improving it, you can get the latest version here.

Stay tuned until then if you don't want to miss on this huge project! Follow me on twitter if you want to be informed instantly whenever we have news to share.

It looks like we won't be able to use TourGuide as a base for our leveling addon in the near future. To find out why, visit this thread: http://www.wow-pro.com/node/2850

But this might actually be good news, now is actually a great time to create a new addon, specifically for wow-pro, and with all the improvements we would like to implement.

We were already going to re-write the whole guides from 1 to 60 for Cataclysm anyway, with the arrival of Cataclysm and the revamp of all the old Azeroth zones, so the timing could not be better on this.

We've already got a few wow-pro members willing to help on this new project, but since this is a huge project, we'll take all the help we can get.

In any case, we need everyone's input for our new leveling addon.

What features would you like to see in the new addon version?
What would you like to see changed compared to the old version?

Discuss it here, your opinion matters.

Hello fellow readers, I'm back!

I apologize for being so inactive over the past few months, but I was going through some big changes in my life, so I didn't have the time nor the motivation to stay active on wow-pro and on my blog.

But now that things are back in order, expect frequent news and big projects from me ;)

WoW-Pro Leveling Addon Update - Cataclysm


1. There will be a Cataclysm Leveling Addon and Cataclysm Leveling Guides

• Yes, you read that right. I will be writing together leveling guides for Cataclysm, and that includes a full revamp of the old Azeroth zones from 1 to 60. But this time, I will do it smart, which means I won't be doing this all by myself and run out of time before the Cataclysm beta ends.
  

2. How are you going to make a full Cataclysm Leveling Addon in time?

• I will build a team made of wow-pro members, and they'll work together with me during the Cataclysm Beta to speed up the guide writing and leveling addon writing process.
• Here's how it will work: we'll get Cataclysm Beta Keys, then I will assign zones to each of member of the team, give them advices, quality control their guides and improve them as I see fit until they reach the "WoW-Pro" standards.

3. Who gets to be on the Cataclysm Leveling Addon & Guides team?

• Needless to say, the wow-pro top contributors will have priority, they already have the experience in guide writing and/or addon writing, plus they deserve to be asked first.
• However, this is a huge undertaking, so new members will probably be more than welcome to help on certain aspects of the project.

4. Where do I sign up?

• Nowhere for now, keep following my blog and I will let you know as soon as it's time ;)

5. What can I do to help meanwhile?

• We will need Cataclysm Beta Keys, and I'm not sure I can provide enough on my own. So if you have contacts to get some beta keys and are willing to help with this project, let me know so I can plan ahead, that would be a huge help.
• Keep on talking to your friends, guildmates and other gaming buddies about wow-pro, about the free quality leveling guides we provide there, and how helpful the community is.
  

Other News

HolyJame Leveling Addon Speed Testing

If you were following the progress of Holyjame, I'm sorry to let you know that there won't be a next chapter.

The reason is simple: with Cataclysm coming and the whole old Azeroth zones being revamped, it makes little sense to work so hard on the current 1-60 zones.

However, I will be doing a similar speed testing diary once we're done with the Cataclysm Leveling Addon ;)

My other big project

I lied, I haven't been completely inactive while I was away. I do have a big project going on, and yes, it's related to a Blizzard game. I can't reveal much more right now, but I will in the coming few days right here on my blog, you don't want to miss it ;)

Stay tuned, and thank you all for your patience and support!