10-18-2005, 10:19 PM
I'm tired tired tired of the lounge not having any WoW content. So I'm going to be making some instance guides when I get back. I know some of this stuff is out there already but the lounge doesn't have any. So if you want to help this is the basic format.
Quest Gathering (horde and alliance side).
I want all the quests that take you into an instance mapped out. Screen shots of the map where the NPC's are that give them too, of where you need to go to get stuff for them, the whole list of quests in the chain. Shots of the where things are in the instance itself.
This will also try to include quests that don't actually involve the instance but have objectives that are in the same area as the instance quests will be.
Pre-instance
Stuff you can and should do before going through the instance portal. Uldaman is great for this on alliance side because if you do your work right you can get all the quests that are inside Uldaman done in one trip. Horde isn't that lucky. Screen shots of the areas where important stuff is are again needed.
The instance
Screen shots of the area where the boss encounters are and some directions on how to get there. Data on the bosses, damage type they do, how much an appropriate level toon can expect to take (this is where I need help. I'll need people that are -3 to +2 of the highest level boss in an instance to get there with a group and run some damage meter to show what damage they do with the basic gear set-up you can expect to have).
Basic strats for encounters you will have. This will depend on group of course but tips on what might be good to CC, different basic strats that can be used. For example the golem lord in BRD can be done successfully a couple of different ways. You can off tank him and burn down the golems or you can do what I've had the most success with and that is have an off tank (which is often a hunter pet or even a void walker) tanking him while the warrior holds the two golems and you focsu fire on him then take out the golems. Heck I've held the two golems with a paladin before. :) Anyway stuff like that.
After the instance
Where the quests go, what you can get for rewards (tie's into the quests again). Again screen shots of all this would be nice.
So what can you do to help? Well the biggest help would be screen shots. I don't have level appropriate toons for all this stuff anymore so shots of the quest givers with the ! and ? and quest descriptions would be nice. My 60's can actually go to a lot of the places to get shots of the battle areas, that isn't too big an issues.
If you have a basic plan of where the quests are and what chains and hidden things you need to do to pick them up (i.e. you have to actually zone into Dire Maul east before the guy in Moonglade will talk to you about getting the box and the felvine shard, though you can do that after doing the instance since you can pick the shard up without having the quest) that would nice. There are some older posts on the boards that do have some of this. I know Scarlet Monestary and Uldaman both had some nice outlines written up that need to be fleshed out.
But regardless we need some content on this site. So fire up the screen shots when you are instances please. You can send them to my ggthemad@gmail.com e-mail address since I won't run out of mailbox space there anytime soon. :)
I'll post drafts of each guide as I get them done so we can get them polished up and then I'll talk with Bolty and Mongo about getting them hosted here on the lounge as guides, not just as forum posts. :)
My lounge is not feeling like my lounge of old and I'm going to try and fix that. Besides this will be a great project for when I've got writers block for my other writing. :)
I won't be starting this in full till probably next month. There is a lot going on in my life right now that is taking much of my time away from the internet but I wanted to post anyway to give a heads up for anyone that wants to help.
Quest Gathering (horde and alliance side).
I want all the quests that take you into an instance mapped out. Screen shots of the map where the NPC's are that give them too, of where you need to go to get stuff for them, the whole list of quests in the chain. Shots of the where things are in the instance itself.
This will also try to include quests that don't actually involve the instance but have objectives that are in the same area as the instance quests will be.
Pre-instance
Stuff you can and should do before going through the instance portal. Uldaman is great for this on alliance side because if you do your work right you can get all the quests that are inside Uldaman done in one trip. Horde isn't that lucky. Screen shots of the areas where important stuff is are again needed.
The instance
Screen shots of the area where the boss encounters are and some directions on how to get there. Data on the bosses, damage type they do, how much an appropriate level toon can expect to take (this is where I need help. I'll need people that are -3 to +2 of the highest level boss in an instance to get there with a group and run some damage meter to show what damage they do with the basic gear set-up you can expect to have).
Basic strats for encounters you will have. This will depend on group of course but tips on what might be good to CC, different basic strats that can be used. For example the golem lord in BRD can be done successfully a couple of different ways. You can off tank him and burn down the golems or you can do what I've had the most success with and that is have an off tank (which is often a hunter pet or even a void walker) tanking him while the warrior holds the two golems and you focsu fire on him then take out the golems. Heck I've held the two golems with a paladin before. :) Anyway stuff like that.
After the instance
Where the quests go, what you can get for rewards (tie's into the quests again). Again screen shots of all this would be nice.
So what can you do to help? Well the biggest help would be screen shots. I don't have level appropriate toons for all this stuff anymore so shots of the quest givers with the ! and ? and quest descriptions would be nice. My 60's can actually go to a lot of the places to get shots of the battle areas, that isn't too big an issues.
If you have a basic plan of where the quests are and what chains and hidden things you need to do to pick them up (i.e. you have to actually zone into Dire Maul east before the guy in Moonglade will talk to you about getting the box and the felvine shard, though you can do that after doing the instance since you can pick the shard up without having the quest) that would nice. There are some older posts on the boards that do have some of this. I know Scarlet Monestary and Uldaman both had some nice outlines written up that need to be fleshed out.
But regardless we need some content on this site. So fire up the screen shots when you are instances please. You can send them to my ggthemad@gmail.com e-mail address since I won't run out of mailbox space there anytime soon. :)
I'll post drafts of each guide as I get them done so we can get them polished up and then I'll talk with Bolty and Mongo about getting them hosted here on the lounge as guides, not just as forum posts. :)
My lounge is not feeling like my lounge of old and I'm going to try and fix that. Besides this will be a great project for when I've got writers block for my other writing. :)
I won't be starting this in full till probably next month. There is a lot going on in my life right now that is taking much of my time away from the internet but I wanted to post anyway to give a heads up for anyone that wants to help.
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It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
It's all just zeroes and ones and duct tape in the end.
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