The First "10" Levels

The first 10 levels of World of Warcraft are just like a child’s bike with training wheels. You want to play with the big boys, but you have to learn how to balance. Here are some quick and dirty tricks for survival.

Loot everything – I know this seems simple, but you would be surprised how many times I come across corpses to skin that are locked out because they were never looted. Looting a corpse is the primary source of money during early levels.

Sign a guild charter – Guilds are an essential part of the game as you level and work together for raids. Guilds are often used by players as an extra private bank. Yes, some people need that much storage. Collect the money upfront and sign a charter. The going price varies from server to server, but on average ranges from 5-10 gold. The nice thing about this is after the guild is formed you can leave and do it all over again. When you are ready to leave a guild, use the command /gquit.

Bags are great – After you earn some extra gold look for a nice set of bags. They can be bought from various merchants cheaply. It will make your job of looting much easier. The more you can store, the more you can bring back.
Skills – At every even level you have access to visit a trainer and learn new skills. These will greatly speed the process of leveling. Make sure you visit them each time it becomes available.

Professions – I am sure at this point you are not sure what you want to do just yet, but in the meantime I would take two gathering professions. Choose skinning and either mining or herbalism. But instead of vendoring these items, save them for the auction house. They will bring in much more money that way.

Auction house – Try to stay away from the auction house at this level, for two reasons. The first reason is that it is time consuming to learn, and the second is if you don’t know what you are doing you can actually lose money. I know I just told you to use the auction house for your vendored items. I do want you to do that, but make sure you are getting a good value for what you are selling. The best tool for that is an add-on called “Auctioneer.”
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Welcome to World of Warcraft

Welcome to the exciting World of Warcraft. I am sure right now you feel overwhelmed by all the choices that you have to make. Do I choose Hakkar or Aggramar as my starting realm? Will I fight for the alliance with honor or unleash my dark side as the horde?

I still remember my first days in World of Warcraft when I thought how expansive this all is. Come to find out, that was just the low level alliance areas. I was amazed by the depth of the game, from character choices, professions, quest, etc…

Then I met “Hogger.” It was the hardest thing I could imagine coming across. That was a mistake! Each moment was a new challenge in both team and solo play.

Do you like capture the flag? Yes, World of Warcraft has that as well. Battlefields are a great way to learn how your character plays out in a PVP-style battle for the flag. If PVP is your thing, there is an entire arena system included as well.

Do you like playing the stock market? Yet again, World of Warcraft has an auction house that rivals the NYSE. You can buy low and sell high or just start an empire from the ground up by gathering and creating the goods your server needs. While not as formal, you can become a business titan within the game and lock down your market niche.

I hope you enjoy the hours of quality game play World of Warcraft has to offer, and I hope we see you again as we walk you through each aspect that comes “After The Install.”