The Problems of a Solo Hunter in Classic WOW

The Solo MMO Player says that hunters and their pets have a lot of moving parts in Classic WOW.  Petopia explains it best.  This page is particularly helpful as it explains how to tame wild pets, learn their abilities and transfer those to other pets.
https://www.wow-petopia.com/classic/differences.php

Basically you have to tame a pet that is your level or lower, then feed and level it.  You have to train it in the abilities you've chosen by spending training points, and those abilities must be leveled in rank as your pet levels.  Fortunately you can only have three pets in Classic or you would lose your mind trying to keep it all straight.  Follow the links in Petopia above to help you figure this all out.

WOWhead also has charts that tell you what your pet will eat, and organizes pets by whether they are better at offense or defense or whether they do ok in both.
https://classic.wowhead.com/guides/classic-wow-hunter-pets

Icy Veins has a great chart that compares DPS among the various pet types.
https://www.icy-veins.com/wow-classic/hunter-dps-pets-guide

Good luck and happy hunting!

P.S.  If you are an experienced hunter, these BBB articles are for you.
https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/30/kitty-burst-dps-and-you/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/24/from-the-mailbag-mangle/

https://thebigbearbutt.com/2007/08/18/so-should-i-get-cranky-in-my-first-post/

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The Problems of a Solo Rogue in Classic WOW

To get poison capability on your blades during a quest as a level 20 rogue you have to acquire lock picking in another quest as a rogue first.  The practice boxes inside the lumber mill you have to open to gain lock picking have a rare level 23 elite spider camping them, so you will have to level beyond level 20 to kill the spider.  This is a small area with two-three other spiders and some of the small fire-spitting dragons roaming around outside the mill, and a solo player will have to worry about the elite spider re-pawning.  Perhaps some wiser and better player can compensate for these issues as a solo Level 20 rogue, but if you are a regular player like the Solo MMO Player, don't listen to what WOWhead says about the practice boxes quest.

Actually, WOWhead's information is becoming similar to that of a travel guide writing about Thailand who has never set foot there.

I have to say that some older WOWhead information seems good.
https://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=116181

For now Warcraft Tavern seems to have the best information, but the quality level of game info has dropped significantly across the board in the last five years.
https://www.warcrafttavern.com/guides/wow-classic-lockpicking-guide-1-300/

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Druids and Experience in Classic WOW

The quickest way to level your druid in Classic WOW is to find and kill mobs that are all your level. 

If you kill something that is a lesser level than you, you get less experience than usual, which makes sense.  Oddly, the same thing happens if you kill something of a higher level than you-still less experience than usual!

If you kill a mob that is lower level than you, still less experience.  If you kill a mob that's all higher level, still less experience.

The best way to proceed if you are a druid according to the Solo MMO Player is to find a mob with everyone the same level as you.  This isn't easy as mobs generally are a mix of levels, but it's worth thinking about as you run from Point A to Point B in Classic WOW….

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Rift: Foraging Guide UPDATED

A guide to foraging with maps to help you find resources.
http://www.riftbro.com/rift-foraging-guide/

UPDATE:  Maps with mining and foraging locations.
http://rift.incgamers.com/scarlet-gorge-gathering-maps/

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How to Level Alchemy in Cataclysm: A Guide

How to move from level to level from 425 to 525 in Cataclysm if you are an alchemist.  Note the disclaimer.
http://eviscerated.net/?p=478

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Guild Leveling: A Discussion

Psynister discusses how guild leveling works and goes over the numbers.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/guild-leveling-numbers/

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Lich King Leveling Now Easier (and DaIly Quest Gold Bug)

Blizzard has reduced the experience needed to level in Lich King from 71 to 80 by 20%.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/wrath-experience-needed-to-level-reduced-by-20/

By the way, the daily quest gold rewards have been halved but this is a bug.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/daily-quest-gold-rewards-slashed/

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Advice for the New Rogue

There is also a link to help lower level rogues level buried in this article for new Level 80 rogues.  I've posted that separately below.
http://samueltempus.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/deckswabber-to-swashbuckler/

http://samueltempus.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/leveling-a-rogue-rogue-101-basic-mechanics/

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Cataclysm Leveling Overview

Psynister has done us all a favor by describing leveling for various characters in the Cataclysm beta.  He talks in general about mailboxes, glyph vendors, profession trainers, flight paths, etc.  He is trying to stay away from spoilers and lore while giving readers a view of the changes.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/leveling-overview-cataclysm-1-10/

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Rogue Leveling Guide (Patch 3.3.5)

A new leveling guide for rogues from Psynister.  First, level 1-29.
http://bowdowntous.com/index.php/wow/comments/rogue_leveling_guide_1_29_combat

Levels 30-49 (Combat)
http://bowdowntous.com/index.php/wow/comments/rogue_leveling_guide_30_49_combat

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Cataclysm: Leveling Down and The Sightseer Report

Apparently Cataclysm will allow players to temporarily lower their level to run instances.  Here are the facts as they have been pulled from an article in The Escapist.

"Cataclysm may also eventually include a system that allows players to scale down their character's level in order to help newer players. The heirloom items unveiled in Wrath of the Lich King already scale with a character's level, so adjusting them to suit a downgraded character is already part of the design. Cataclysm will go one step further and replace individually purchased spell ranks with a scaleable system that allows a single ability to grow along with a character. Scaling down levels probably won't be possible when Cataclysm is released, but it's a feature that will be coming eventually and should help players of differing levels adventure together more easily."

Thanks to the Pink Pigtail In for publicizing the article.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_267/7999-This-Is-the-Way-the-World-Ends

Here's Tobold's reaction to how "downleveling" will work.
http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2010/08/downleveling-is-half-solution.html

By the way WOW Threads has been doing some Cataclysm sightseeing and writes about it here.  There are plenty of photos and spoilers.  However, handsome is as handsome does, so no matter how great the screenshots are, how the game plays is the important thing.
http://wowthreads.blogspot.com/2010/08/cataclysm-sightseeing.html

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Guide to Holy and Discipline Priests Plus Shadow

WOW Insider has started a guide to playing as holy or discipline priests.  Ignore the verbage at the front of each article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/27/spiritual-guidance-so-you-wanna-play-a-priest/

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/11/spiritual-guidance-so-you-wanna-play-a-priest-part-2/#continued

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/spiritual-guidance-so-you-wanna-play-a-priest-part-3-levels-1/

They also have a series on leveling a Shadow Priest.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/16/spiritual-guidance-starting-a-shadow-priest-from-scratch/

http://www.wow.com/2010/06/23/spiritual-guidance-a-shadowy-work-in-progress/

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/07/spiritual-guidance-the-dawn-of-the-age-of-shadow/

http://www.wow.com/2010/07/25/spiritual-guidance-so-you-wanna-play-a-priest-part-4-levels-4/

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Leveling Druids With the Dungeon Finder

Anyone who has the stomach to use the random dungeon finder a lot can use it to level their druid characters.  Lissanna at the Restokin blog pointed me towards a very nice forum posting by Wildpaw on how to use the random dungeon finder this way.  The guide is broken into two parts:  tank and healer.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24702232850&sid=1

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Leveling a Fire Mage in Patch 3.3

Psynister starts a series about leveling fire mages by covering information up to Level 30.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/mage-leveling-fire-1-30/

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Obtaining Leveling Gear Through PvP

Many long time players know good gear is available without too much effort through PvP in Battlegrounds even for lower level charaacters.  Psynister spells out the process here with examples of great gear available for purchase with honor points gained by investing time in Warsong Gulch.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/amazing-leveling-gear-for-free-ish/

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Papa Lou's Power Leveling

The second in a series produced by Aion Online's developer and Rooster Teeth about playing MMOs.

http://kotaku.com/5521044/the-not+so+real-dangers-of-power+leveling

Here is the first video, about buying gold.  It's not as funny as #2 but at least they are trying to reach the game players.

http://na.aiononline.com/board/notices/view?articleID=235&page=2

Thanks for the laugh, Kotaku!

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TourGuide Interview: Copyright, Advertising, Blizzard and Addons

A fascinating and complex interview with TourGuide's creator, touching on how it became a vehicle of a paid leveling guide service,  how other leveling services used TourGuide, and with a bit about Blizzard's policy towards addons, including the problems with Carbonite's ads, PLUS what this all means.  A very convoluted story, with implications for the future and also copyright protection issues.
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/13/what-happened-to-tourguide/#continued

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Leveling Tips for New Trees (Resto Druids)

Good advice from a long time resto druid player.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2010/02/trees-do-it-with-flailing-arms-leveling-tips-for-new-resto-druids.html

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The Elemental Shaman

All about the elemental spec for the shaman.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/19/totem-talk-elemental-101/

Gear for the new level 80 elemental shammy.
http://www.wow.com/2010/01/26/totem-talk-elemental-gearing-for-the-new-80/

Using Thunderstorm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/totem-talk-thunder-thunder-thunderstorm-ho/

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Advice for a New PvP Druid

Restokin has a guest posting with tips for a new druid leveling on a PvP server.  This covers Levels 10-19.
http://www.restokin.com/2009/12/leveling-a-druid-pvp-from-10-to-19/

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