Gear BEFORE Level 80: The Tools

Gnomeaggedon has written a nice guide to choosing gear before you hit Level 80.  It covers it all, using WOW Head to create a profile, how lower level is often better than new stuff, why agonizing over gear is silly, etc.
http://gnomeaggedon.net/2009/11/26/minmaxing-gear-before-80-part-1/

Using RAWR and Character Profiler and creating a spreadsheet of your characters and their gear.
http://gnomeaggedon.net/2009/11/27/minmaxing-gear-before-80-part-2/

More on spreadsheets and building an upgrade list.
http://gnomeaggedon.net/2009/11/30/minmaxing-gear-before-80-part-3/

You can always find this again by searching for "gear guides" using the search box at the top left corner of the page.  Many thanks to WOW Insider for pointing me to this resource.

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Why Solo an MMO?

Tobold posted a provocative question about why anyone who wants to solo plays an MMO in the first place on his blog.  He thinks it might be cheaper to play single player games.  The comments are very interesting, especially since I didn't see anyone talk about the immaturity level of players that makes groups and guilds difficult to participate in, at least on the Solo MMO Player's realm.  There are so many kids that even the most fundamental organization before a raid is impossible. Most guilds are not raiding on the Solo MMO's realm either, making raiding solo the only viable alternative.  Many thanks to Miss Medicina for pointing this out to me.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2009/12/thought-for-day-soloing.html

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