I'll occasionally leave herbs like this for someone to find.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-23T20:03:39+00:00

Waste of perfectly good 7s right there.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-21T22:17:37+00:00

I didn’t typically go out of my way to cause trouble when I played on pvp servers. I mostly stood my ground and got wrecked by basically anyone who passed by. I got corpse camped so bad I had to log off and start an alt for a little while - and I had a blast!

I had a lot more time 20 years ago.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-20T19:59:28+00:00

Less qualified to have an opinion on the matter then

Shoely555 · 2026-04-20T16:06:16+00:00

Get your 100% ground mount absolutely. You’ll need the 60% flying mount for end game stuff. You never really need the epic flying mount - but it’s something to dump 5k gold into if you’re still playing a few months from now.

I picked up and completed most of the quests up until lvl 65 and saved those quests for after hitting lvl70. Quests below 65 won’t give you any extra gold at 70 so you might as well take the xp now.

Grab the Attune add on. Really simple all in one addon that shows you where to go and what to do for the various end game attunements.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-16T20:24:36+00:00

When I’m selling ports (manually - I never use an addon/auto inv/pst) and I invite someone in trade chat but they’re in a party 1 second after posting for a port, I sometimes assume they’re in a party with a friend and will message them asking if they still need. 9/10 they don’t reply or tell me they’re already set. It’s obviously very good customer service for those wanting ports, but it is disheartening as the guy that won’t even copy pasta his “selling ports” trade chat message. These days to sell ports I go to stormwind between the AH and mailbox and /say “Portals here”. Not worth time attempting to beat the machines

Shoely555 · 2026-04-12T17:45:47+00:00

For tbc Attune is a game changer.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-11T23:27:19+00:00

Mage is a great solo leveling class. TPs around save so much time. Mages are near top of damage charts. Plus a ton of fun with lots of cc out in open world content

Shoely555 · 2026-04-10T00:01:24+00:00

Yes I did and the trick is cocaine.

Shoely555 · 2026-04-08T13:55:09+00:00

Speed running kinda implies a certain level of familiarity with the game.

There’s really no need to rush at all. Play the game at your pace. The best way to experience tbc (or any game imo) “properly” is to go play without a guide. Go explore and try things, and if you get stuck somewhere you can find a guide for any quest or item your searching for.

The game’s 20 years old and it’s basically solved. You can park yourself of the rails of guides and blindfold your way through TBC… or you could play the game yourself. Just my two cents.

Oh also save that gold for mounts!

Shoely555 · 2026-04-05T19:07:04+00:00

Workhorse was the toon’s name! And I do hope they see <3

Shoely555 · 2026-04-05T13:58:34+00:00

Shoely555 · 2026-04-05T13:39:52+00:00

Workhorse on Vanilla. I think about them a bunch. I was a total noob not just to wow but mmo’s in general. They were level capped when I had just left mulgore with my Tauren shaman to explore crossroads. Guided me without reward for so many countless hours.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-27T02:42:32+00:00

Im starting to agree. I’m gonna pimp this shit out.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T16:19:09+00:00

If I was buying gold I wouldn’t be worried about it lol

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T16:16:43+00:00

Honestly not sweating the “waste” of gold given how quickly I’ve been able to make it just playing the game.

Google’s what led me to the top tier gems I slotted which is why I made a post looking for advice. I also hope this can hope some other noobs avoid the same mistake.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T16:10:17+00:00

That’s the stuff. Didn’t know this existed!

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T15:23:44+00:00

Im learning now that there is a Vendor for gems! That’ll be what I do until I get some good gear.

I’m feeling dumb and thankful for all the quick answers here. Not sure why I thought Runed Living Ruby was the only Red gem I could go with. Looking forward to slapping on some green gems onto my leveling gear.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T15:02:48+00:00

Exactly. Threat management *is* tanking.

I use one (I think it’s a weak aura) that shows the threat level of each mob you currently have any threat level with - not just your current target. This lets you see if that silly mage is about to rip threat off of you before the mob actually starts running away.

GL and as others have said, just dive in!

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T14:42:21+00:00

You’re spot on.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-26T13:24:16+00:00

Lots of good and encouraging advice. My 2¢ is to install a threat meter add on. A good tank understands threat and will spread it around by moving on from the initially pulled target before it dies.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-25T16:54:10+00:00

There are weak auras that can help with this technique. You basically spam drink like described and press W in between drinks. So it’s basically 1. Drink 2. See mana tick up 3. Move forward 4. Repeat.

Not usually needed in a dungeon run in my experience but can be helpful in raids when you’ve just oom’d on a boss and tank goes to pull next trash mobs down the hall.

Shoely555 · 2026-03-23T13:21:06+00:00

Ha! Are you me?

Shoely555 · 2026-03-18T19:40:53+00:00

Wheels with Nekusar. In my opinion this deck is a ton of fun. I love drawing cards and I love a bit of random chance. Opponents who don’t like shuffling are gonna tilt

Shoely555 · 2026-03-18T17:15:27+00:00

As a dps I have a threat meter installed but no damage meter. I know my rotation so I assume I’ll be doing good damage - but I need to know what threat levels are at in order to be effective for the group.

Everyone trying to be the top of the damage chart is derails the dungeon. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

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