Why Gold Selling Just Doesn’t Work

In World of Warcraft, the name of the game is gold. Without it, players can’t do a whole heck of a lot. They’re left trying to scrounge up the needed scratch to buy their newest epic ground mount or that consumable stash they need to do another run of Ulduar. For this reason, there are a number of services on the market that send out constant spam and push their services to buy gold in the game with real money outside the game.

Not only does Blizzard avidly frown on this kind of activity – they come down hard on anyone who is caught doing it. This involves banning accounts, removing characters, or imposing tough new sanctions. It’s not a good deal for anyone involved, but it’s necessary to maintain the integrity of the game. For those players that do consider buying gold for World of Warcraft, here are a few additional reasons why it’s a bad idea:

You Work Hard for That Money

In game, you may put a lot of time into farming for gold or selling at the auction house, but it’s all still a game and it’s all still fake money. The second you take the step to start pouring your actual hard earned money into the game, you set a dangerous precedent for yourself. How much more money will you spend in the long run to maintain those gold numbers over time? You have real world needs for that money – things like your bills, your food, your clothing. Gold in World of Warcraft can disappear very quickly – why spend real money that disappears just as quickly on its own to get it?

You Will Lose Respect

The thing about World of Warcraft players is that they are perfectly willing to respect you for the work you do, but if you take shortcuts and cheat, you may as well not bother. The point of getting all that gold is to compete and gain the accolades of your fellow players, is it not? If you decide to pay cash for the gold, you fast track around all their hard work and make it evident that you’re not willing (or able) to do the hard work necessary to get where they are. That can be a shameful burden to bear in such a social game.

The Banhammer

Getting banned is the final and most obvious risk of buying gold with real world money. Blizzard does not like it. It’s their game and their gold (even if you do get to use it), and they don’t take kindly to people buying and selling it outside the game. It’s explicitly banned in their Terms of Service and if you decide to ignore those ToS you may as well turn your account off now – they’ll eventually catch you.

The bottom line is this – if you want to enjoy World of Warcraft with your friends, unlock fun new content and get to new areas and new content day in and day out, then you’d better find a way to do it that doesn’t involve spending piles of real world money on in-game gold currency.

How To Max Power Leveling By Being A Good Raiding Tank

There are two roles in raiding that can be among the hardest and most stressful in World of Warcraft. The first is that of a healer. The other is that of a tank. A tank is responsible for maintaining the focus of encounter bosses and trash mobs throughout an power leveling encounter, taking major damage and trying to hold agro with AoE threat attacks and numerous other cooldowns all at once.

One small mistake from a main tank can quickly lead to a raid wipe. So, it’s important that a tank knows exactly what they are doing before taking on such an important role. For those interested in tanking for their guild, here are three tips to ensure you are prepared for the demanding position you’re seeking:

1. Practice Often

Step one is to practice daily – ensuring that you get a good feel for how your character operates and what is expected of you. If you leveled up your character under a different talent spec (e.g. an Arms Warrior), then switch to your tanking spec and start practicing with it in PvE solo play. You can run daily quests or play around with your friends while getting acclimated to the different abilities that your character has available to them.

2. Start Off Small

Never start out by trying to tank a raid, no matter how many videos you’ve seen and practice you’ve completed. You should start out small, and by small it should be very small. Go on 5 man runs in Outland and learn how to pull an encounter and hold them in place. It may only take your team 15 seconds to kill bosses in those early instances, but the practice you gain by learning how your character operates as a tank is vital. You’ll never be able to gain that experience effectively with 24 other players filling your raid channel with expletives when you get them wiped.

Even when you’ve gotten to the point that you feel comfortable running those early 5 mans, move on to the Wrath 5 mans with teams, even before you hit heroic. You shouldn’t do anything challenging until you feel comfortable in the role of the Main Tank. That might take a few days or a few weeks to accomplish.

3. Gear and Consumables

All the knowledge and preparation in the world is meaningless if you’re not fully geared and stocked for an instance. A good tank needs to be as maxed out on his or her stats as possible for the instance you’re running. This means you should have 20,000+ HP for any 10 man raids before Ulduar and 25,000+ HP for any 25 man raids before Ulduar. After that, scale it accordingly to the gear you acquired during those earlier raids.

The same goes for consumables. Choose your buffs wisely, ensuring you get the necessary boosts to your Attack Power and Haste that are needed to keep your threat levels high and reduce the impact of high level bosses.

If you can do these three things and spend a good chunk of time preparing yourself effectively for what it takes to be a good raider, you might find that your guild quickly elevates you to a status of prominence. Good tanks for power leveling are hard to come by. Prove you worth and you’ll be welcome for plenty of content to come.

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