The Daily Quest: Of Frost leveling, jump mechanics and the problem of promiscuous pygmy fish
by Dan O'Halloran 
Mar 1st 2009 at 6:00PM
- Pike from Aspect of the Hare made a visual quilt of the pets on her various Hunters (pic above.) Head to her site for their names and levels.
- Banana Shoulders has put up her guide to Paladin Seals and when to Judge them. She breaks it down by damaging, buffing and debuffing Judgements and adds recommendations to which Paladin uses what in raids.
- There has been a sudden explosion in the population of the pygmy suckerfish Alchemists use for MP5 flasks. What's a fisherman to do with all the extra? WoWGrrl has a few suggestions, some of them quite entertaining.
- Markco at Just My Two Copper has a reader submitted mining route for Icecrown.
- Euripedes at CritalQQ posted a fine guide to leveling a Mage using a Frost spec back in Novemeber that I just discovered this morning. I may use this to kickstart my stalled level 30 Mage.
- CriticalQQ also has an interesting analysis of jump mechanics and AE effects in raid encounters. Based on the Best. Bug. Ever. post we made a few weeks ago, he talks about jump mechanics and how the game engine doesn't register your position until you land. Important concepts for those trying to dodge black holes and other AEs in boss encounters.
Filed under: Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Fishing, Mining, Making money, The Daily Quest
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Inferious Mar 1st 2009 6:09PM
Got nothing useful to write? Sorry lol..
Dan O'Halloran Mar 1st 2009 6:21PM
No offense taken. As you can see from the rest of the front page, we've been writing non-stop since Patch 3.1 hit the PTR. But every day we come across great blog posts around the Internet that we think you should also check out. That's what this daily post is all about.
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elstor Mar 1st 2009 6:29PM
phail comment
AyaJulia Mar 1st 2009 7:21PM
Acutally, I found two of the articles linked here to be really interesting and helpful. Hush.
Medros Mar 1st 2009 11:01PM
Hey Dan, how does a WoW community content creator get their updates in for this? I have seen several podcasts mentioned, and would love to get my releases in there too. Thanks.
Hilus Mar 1st 2009 6:24PM
Critical QQ is an amazing blog, full of fun, good writing, zero "political correctness" and very good info for mages. And yes, his guide to level alone with frost is very, very good.
Orbit Mar 2nd 2009 12:47AM
:(
Now everyone and their mother is going to use the route I use for farming in Icecrown.
Thyrial Mar 1st 2009 8:25PM
That's the mining route I use in Icecrown... Works pretty well :D
jbodar Mar 2nd 2009 5:38AM
Interesting read on the jump mechanics. Guess Blizzard hates bunny-hoppers too, though that theory would go against the Keristrasza encounter design...
Kemikalkadet Mar 2nd 2009 6:44AM
Wow i never knew about that jump thing, but it makes so much sense now. I'm a habitual jumper, if i'm on a tank and spank boss that doesn't need me to run around i'm constantly spamming my spacebar while i do my rotation, and if i need to move out of the way of something i'll jump to get out of its path. That explains my frustrating deaths to sarths fire wall, i'd always do an action-movie style leap from the flames and end up being hit by them despite being in the clear. This'll save many a death and cursing down vent.