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Revision of Jame's Alliance leveling Guide - Chapter I (30-40) from Sun, 2008-07-06 16:38
This is v2.0 of the guide. It has been revamped as mentioned in this news post to adapt to patch v2.3 changes. You can still find the old version of the guide here. At the same time, many other improvements have been made:
- Introduction/Addons section has been updated
- Kill everything on your way rule has been lifted unless you lack experience compared to the progress described in the guide
- ALL big grinding sessions have been removed and replaced by quest circuits
- Quests that aren't elite anymore have been integrated
- New patch 2.3 content has been integrated
- Maps have been remade and a lot of errors have been corrected
- Detailed map for Shimmering Flats circuit has been added
- Dustwallow Marsh circuits have been added
- Overall grinding has been decreased and leveling should be possible at a faster pace than before
This guide starts at level 30, if you need guides for any other level range (from 1-30 for example) please take a look at this page. This guide is not a follow up of any guide, however it will be to your advantage if you did Boston's Leveling Guide, because a lot of flight path gathering is done there: Boston's Alliance Leveling Guide.
This guide is optimized for FAST leveling with a minimum of grinding sessions. Quests are important, they give rewards and faction and are less boring than pure grinding.
Some people say that grinding is always faster than questing, this is true in theory when you don't know which quests to takeand which to avoid, and what is the best order to do them in. With this guide, questing will be very efficient and much better than pure grinding. Follow each instruction carefully and you will see for yourself.
The quest choices and order to do them in are optimized so that you run as little as possible while doing the most possible and then turning several quests in at the same time. This guide will be very useful for both veteran and novice players. I try to keep the amount of information as short as possible. So even the guide itself is optimized for the minimum reading possible, to save time! Let's get started immediately then! Everything described in this guide can be done solo (besides when I say otherwise). However you can follow this guide while duoing, grouping, it's not a problem, it works too.
Basic rules
- As soon as you see that you start to lack experience compared to the progress described in the guide start to kill everything that is on your way while traveling and that gives experience (Yellow mobs preferably, but greens are ok if they are just 3-4 levels below you, not more).
- Spend your talent points so you do the most damage possible. (e.g: Priest should specialize in Shadow Talents, Warriors in Arms/Fury, Rogues Combat/Assassination, etc).
- Don't waste your time trying to find groups for questing, you can solo everything that is described in this guide. Only group with someone when it's not gonna be a waste of time (e.g: meeting the person at the other end of the zone to show him the way to where your quest is - that is a waste of time)
- Try to always log out in an inn or in one of the major cities when you take a break.
- If I don't mention a quest, it means I consider it a waste of time, so don't take it thinking I forgot a quest here and there, I didn't. Also don't abandon a quest unless I say you should.
- Sometimes I will be making lists of quest you should have before starting with an area, that doesn't mean I will list the whole quest log, JUST the quests that interest us for the moment.
- When I say you should bind (make an inn your home location) somewhere, it's for a good reason, and it will save you much time. Don't change your home location until I say so.
Useful Addons
Something that's amazingly useful is the Ace2 updater. Download and install it and the program will present you with a list of addons which all use the same library (hence they consume very few ressources). From that list you can choose addons that interest you (I downloaded Fubar quest mod, Fubar location, Cartographer, Bartender and a mod to make my UI look better) and the program will install all the addons for you. Furthermore you can run the program every time before you launch WoW and choose to update all installed modules for you.
Side Note:
If your addons are not being loaded when you enter the game you might need to log out to your character selection screen and click on "Addons" in the left lower corner. Tick the box that says "Load out of date Addons". Relaunch WoW.
Shopping List:
Every time you pass by an auction house, try to buy the following items:
- 3 Stacks of Wool Cloth (Needed at level 30)
- 4 Lesser Bloodstone Ore (Can be used from level 32+ but also later, still worth it until level 43), don't spend more than 2g on this.
Color Code:
- Quests
- Items
- Locations
- Quest objectives to kill
- NPCs
- Locs
Level 30
**It is optimal to be bound in Darkshire however if you are not bound there, just bind at Stormwind instead**
First we need to get to Forest Song in Ashenvale. If you are still in Ironforge / Stormwind, fly to Menethil Harbor, take the boat to Auberdine and either fly directly to Forest Song or if you don't have that flight path yet, just fly to Astranaar then follow the main road all the way east until you get to Forest Song (86,47).
Once you are there, get the following quests :
- [30] The Howling Vale
- [32] Vile Satyr! Dryads in Danger!
Also get the new flight path.
1. Go directly west of Forest Song until you get to Xavian (78,45). There you should see a Anilia, an NPC lying on the floor. Carefully clear around her and turn your quest in, get the follow up. North of the NPC you should see a gate giving way to a path leading down a little. There you should see a few satyrs and the NPC we need to kill: Geltharis. He is level 32 but don't worry, he is a rather easy kill and can be pulled solo, provided you clear the other two satyrs in front of him. Kill him and loot his branch.
2. Go west through the lake and then follow the path marked on the map until you hit the main road. Follow it northeast until about (55,34) where you'll be able to go west into the mountains. At (53,37) you should see a cave entrance with Terrowolves in front. Clear your way inside (the cave is actually just a passage way) and you'll be in some sort of valley. Clear your way down this book:
Right-click it.
Now we're gonna get a new flight path. Go north and enter Felwood. In Felwood follow the road until you find the Emerald Sanctuary. Get the new flight path.
3. Fly back to Forest Song. Turn both quests in and get the follow up [30] Velinde Starsong from Sentinel Melyria Frostshadow.
Fly to Auberdine. If you don't like grinding and plan to skip the optional grinding circuit later on, make Auberdine your home location. If not, just proceed.
From Auberdine, take the boat going from the northern dock to Rut'theran Village (or just fly there if you already have that flight path). Go to Darnassus and follow the path to the Craftmen's Terrace. There you'll see a "!" on the minimap. You can turn in your Wool Cloth that you bought earlier here to gain experience and reputation with the city. You can do that in other cities too, use this as a means of catching up in exp whenever you need. I didn't include it as a strict requirement beside the first wool cloth turn in because it's simply very expensive.
Once you are done, follow the path further until you get to Thyn'tel Bladeweaver, turn in your quest and get the follow up. Now go to the Tradesmen's Terrace.
At (62,82) you'll find a chest which you need to open and loot. Go back to the previous NPC and turn the quest in. Take the follow up.
We are going to do some traveling / flight path gathering combined with some questing at this point. This will allow us to speed things up for the rest of the guide and to avoid grinding. If you don't want to run around at the moment, you can use Jame's original grinding spot (check the "grinding circuit" below) to grind your way to 31. Might certainly be faster especially if you have rested bonus but you will take more time to get certain flight paths later in the guide.
Anyway, before that, we're going to gather a last flight path:
- In Short: Go to Theramore by boat, in Theramore learn the new flight path. If you plan to do the grinding circuit, go to the inn, make it your home location. If not, keep your HS set to Auberdine.
Then go to Thousand Needles.
- In Details: From Darnassus, fly to Auberdine, take the boat to Menethil Harbor, grab this the flight path from Menethil Harbor if you don't have it. Then take the boat to Theramore (It is the boat that stops at the southern peer). When in Theramore, find the Gryphon Master and get the flight path.
If you plan to do the grinding circuit, go to the iInn, make it your home location. If not, keep your HS set to Auberdine.
After that, go through Dustwallow Marsh by following the road northwest and then south to the Barrens. When in the Barrens, go south toThousand Needles, go down the great lift (don't attack the guard just run past him, take the elevator and keep going until he forgets you).
At the bottom of the Great Lift, you should see a body at (31,24), loot the body, get Henrig Lonebrow's Journal, right-click it to get the quest [27] Lonebrow's Journal.
In Thousand Needles, go west until you reach the border of Feralas, and find the alliance outpost: Thalanaar (5,17). Turn in [27] Lonebrow's Journal, don't get the follow up, unless you plan to do the Razorfen Kraul instance (now is a good level to do it, by the way).
Get the new flight path from here.
Skip this circuit if you don't like grinding. The other alternative will probably be slower, because it will involve a lot of running around. It's up to you.
Go southeast along the mountain, keep going until you hit Roguefeather Den (27,51). It's grinding time! Don't worry, there will be a lot of questing after that, but you are gonna kill these harpies until those two goals are achieved:
- you hit level 31+
- you obtain 25 Vibrant Plumes
The harpies are lvl 28-30, drop cash and silk cloth. There are a lot of them and they respawn fast. (Make sure to kill the harpies that are down on the ground and those that are in the cave up on the hill) With the 25 Vibrant Plumes you can get 60 Tickets at the Darkmoon Faire, you can then trade 50 Tickets for a 14 Slot Bag, which is a big plus at this level (unless you are a twink). Sadly the Darkmoon Faire is not always available, check this Darkmoon Faire Necklace Guide to know when the Darkmoon Faire will be available, and put your Vibrant Plumes in bank until then. If you don't want the bag, you can either auction those plumes (they sell nicely) or save them up for your future epic necklace.
== END OF OPTIONAL GRINDING CIRCUIT (if you did the optional grinding circuit, skip to level 31 right away) ==
If you don't do the the optional grinding circuit, hearthstone back to Auberdine.
Fly to Forest Song. Leave the village to the south and follow the main road west until (67,71), from there follow the path south. At the border to the Barrens you need to run past the horde guards without being noticed:
If you go around to the left at the border, the small log wall has fallen down and can just be jumped over by anyone and there are no guards in sight
Go southeast until you hit Ratchet, be careful to make a big circle around The Crossroads. At Ratchet take the flight path, go to the docks and turn your quest in at Warfmaster Dizzywig, take the follow-up then take the boat to Booty Bay. There turn your quest in at Caravaneer Ruzzgot and take the follow up. Get the flight path (which is on the top floor of the building which faces the inn) and hearthstone fly to Darkshire.
Turn your quest in at Clerk Daltry and take the follow up then go talk to Jonathan Carevin and turn it in and get the follow up. If you did sufficient questing in Darkshire before you should be able to get the quest [31] Worgen in the Woods (step 3 of the quest line) from Calor. If you can't you'll have to grind about 5000 exp later on (or enough to be able to ding 31, depending on how much exp you already have, we'll see about that later though).
For now follow the road south and go towards the cave at (73,75). There you should see the Worgens you need for one of your quest. Clear your way inside while killing them but be VERY careful as you approach the cave as the named inside the cave Gutspill (level 32) has a HUGE aggro range, on top he comes with a guard so first clear around the cave at a safe distance then regen full mana and health, have your cooldown abilities up as well as a pot if possible and go for the mobs in the cave.
Clear your way to the bottom of the cave where you should see a mound looking like this:
Loot it then fight your way out and make sure you kill enough mobs for [31] Worgen in the Woods before you go back to Darkshire (also make sure that you aren't more than 10k exp away from dinging). If you couldn't take that quest in the first place, grind here until you are about 5k exp away from dinging 31.
At Darkshire turn in [31] Worgen in the Woods and get the follow up which you turn in as well at Jonathan Carevin. Then turn in the other quest and take the follow up. If your hearthstone is up, use it to go back to Auberdine. If it's not up, fly to Menethil Harbor. There take the boat to Auberdine and then fly to Darnassus. Go back to the Warrior's Terrace and turn your quest in.
Congratulations on level 31.
Level 31
For those who are in Darnassus:
From Darnassus get back to Auberdine and take the boat to Menethil Harbor. Then take the boat to Theramore, make the inn your home point
Sell, repair etc.
Fly to Thalanaar.
From there go east/southeast while following the road, all the way until you arrive at the Shimmering Flats. In the middle of that little desert you'll find the Mirage Raceway.
For those who grinded on harpies:
Go east until you reach the Mirage Raceway in the Shimmering
Get the following quests:
- [30] Hardened Shells
- [30] Salt Flat Venom
- [30] Load Lightening
- [31] Rocket Car Parts
- [31] Hemet Nesingwary Jr.
- [33] A Bump in the Road
- [36] Wharfmaster Dizzywig
You can find everything needed to complete those quests around the raceway. For locations where the quest mobs are often particularly concentrated, please check the above posted map. (Thanks to Jimjimjimmy for the addition). Keep killing stuff at these locations until you complete all the quests and until you get 10 Turtle Meat.
Avoid the level 35 turtles, they are orange to you and might be a little too hard.
Don't sell the Turtle Meat, put them in bank or somewhere in your inventory.
Turn in all the quests and get the follow up quests :
- [37] Goblin Sponsorship
- [35] Martek the Exiled
Level 32
Before we leave, go south and zone into Tanaris. Go to Gadgetzan and talk to the Gryphon master on the other side of the town to get the new flight path.
Hearthstone to Theramore, sell junk and repair.
If you have the Ratchet flight path, fly there, if not: get out of Theramore and follow the road northwest and then south to the Barrens. In the Barrens go north then east to Ratchet. Talk to Gazlowe in Ratchet, get the follow up [37] Goblin Sponsorship. Also talk to Wharfmaster Dizzywig on the docks and get the follow up [36] Parts for Kravel
Take the boat to Booty Bay. In Booty Bay on the docks, talk to Wharfmaster Lozgil and get the follow up. Then go to the inn in Booty Bay and make it your home location.
On top of the inn, just outside on the balcony you'll find Baron Revilgaz. Turn in your quest and get the follow up.
Get all the quests you can from Booty Bay. Once that is done, go train new skills in Stormwind by gryphon ride (for rogues, there's a trainer on the 1st floor of booty bay inn). Visit the Auction house, repair, sell, buy 4 stacks of food/drink.
Fly to Darkshire and follow the path south until you zone into Stranglethorn Vale. At (37,3) you should find a Rebel Camp. Get the flight path and all the quests available. Also turn in [32] Supplies to Private Thorsen.
Once done, follow the road south into Stranglethorn Vale until you cross a bridge. Just after crossing that first bridge, jump down to the northwest. You should already see the Nesingwary's Camp (35,10). Turn in [31] Hemet Nesingwary Jr. Get the quest [30] Welcome to the Jungle from Barnil Stonepot and turn in it at Hemet Nesingwary Jr. This should unlock several other quests, get them all beside [40] The Green Hills of Stranglethorn.
You should have these quests:
- [31] Supply and Demand from Drizzlik in Booty Bay.
- [31] Panther Mastery From Nesingwary camp.
- [31] Tiger Mastery From Nesingwary camp.
- [32] Investigate the Camp From Krazek in Booty Bay.
- [33] The Second Rebellion From Sergeant Yohwa at the Rebel Camp.
- [34] Bad Medicine Sergeant Yohwa at the Rebel Camp.
- [34] Raptor Mastery From Nesingwary camp.
- [35] Bloodscalp Ears From Kebok in Booty Bay.
- [35] Singing Blue Shards From Crank Fizzlebub in Booty Bay.
- [36] Hostile Takeover From Kebok in Booty Bay.
- [36] Parts for Kravel From Wharfmaster Dizzywig.
- [37] Krazek's Cookery From Corporal Kaleb at the Rebel Camp.
- [37] Goblin Sponsorship From the Baron Revilgaz on top of the Booty Bay Inn.
- [37] The Stone of the Tides From Baron Revilgaz in Booty Bay, prerequisite for this quest is given by Krazek in Booty Bay.
- [41] Scaring Shaky From "Sea Wolf" McKinley in Booty Bay.
No need to take the Green Hills of Stranglethorn quests (the one with the chapters), it will just encumber your quest log for now. You will complete each chapter when you get the right pages. So while you hunt always look out for these:
1. Kill River Crocolisks which can be found all along the river in northern Stranglethorn Vale until you find 2 Large Crocolisk Skins. While you search for crocs you can also kill Young Tigers close to the river for Tiger Mastery.
2. Then kill 10 Young Tigers (or as much as you still got left)
Tigers can be found mostly south and around the Nesingwary camp.
3. Kill Young Panthers, they are mostly found on the other side of the river to the east. (41,10).
4. Go further northeast to the Kurzen Camp (44,11) and kill 15 Kurzen Jungle Fighters as well as Kurzen Medecine Men until you get 7 Jungle Remedies (might take a while). Also you'll need a Fern Extract from one of the piles of crates scattered around the Kurzen Compound.
5. Once all 4 quests are done go turn 2 of them in (besides Supply and Demand, which you will turn in later) at the Rebel Camp where you get the follow up: [38] Special Forces..
6. At the Nesingwary camp, turn in the other two and get the follow ups:
- [33] Tiger Mastery
- [33] Panther Mastery
7. Go west until you reach a plateau (30,9). Up there you can find Panthers and Tigers. Kill 10 of each.
8. Further southwest on the plateau you should find Stranglethorn Raptors, kill 10.
9. Go south and down the plateau until you find the troll camp at Bal'lal Ruins (29,20) Get 15 bloodscalp ears from the trolls here. Be careful though if you are a melee class, they enrage and start to really hurt towards the end. If you don't have enough trolls there is another camp northeast at the Tkashi Ruins (33,15).
10. Go west until you hit the shore, and move along the shore towards the north until you find Crystal Spine Basilisks. If you run short on Basilisks, there is more on the lower plateau to the east along the shore. If there aren't any basilisks just go kill some trolls until they respawn. Kill basilisks until you get 10 Singing Crystal Shards.
11. After that, take a swim westwards until you hit the island at loc (21,22), you will have to go towards the middle of the island so the quest [37] The Stone of the Tides is completed, but be careful with the lvl 37ish elementals on the isle.
Hearthstone to Booty Bay.
12. When in Booty Bay. Turn in:
- [35] Singing Blue Shards on the ground floor in Booty Bay inn.
- [37] The Stone of the Tides on the top floor of Booty Bay inn to Baron Revilgaz.
- [37] Krazek's Cookery.
Get follow up quests:
- [36] Hostile Takeover
- [36] Some Assembly Required
- [37] Water Elementals
- [37] Favor for Krazek
- [41] Venture Company Mining
Repair, sell junk, buy 4 stacks of food/drink.
==Note== If you already have the 4x Lesser Blood Stone Ore (shopping list), you can turn in [37] Favor for Krazek and get the follow up [37] Return to Corporal Kaleb. If you don't have it, it's ok, keep checking the Booty Bay AH and the Stormwind AH everytime you get the chance. Don't spend more than 2 Gold on this though. When you get the ore, don't forget to turn it in during our next Booty Bay trip, get the follow up and turn it in at the Rebel Camp next time we go there. I won't remind you, so don't forget it. If at level 43 you still haven't found the ores, just abandon the quest.
Fly to the Rebel Camp. From there go south to Nesingway Expedition Camp and turn in all your quests, get all the follow ups.
Check if you completed any of the chapters of the Stranglethorn pages quests as well and turn them in if you did.
- Chapter I: page 1,4,6,8
- Chapter II: page 10,11,14,16
- Chapter III: page 18,20,21,24
- Chapter IV: page 25,26,27
You should be level 33 by now.
Level 33
Go back to the Rebel Camp and fly to Menethil Harbor.
1. From there follow the road east until you get to an intersection, there go north until you see a camp with dwarves that have a few quests. Take all three quests and start clearing your way into the fortress before you. Right at the start you should find plenty of Dark Iron Dwarves. Inside the building you'll find all the other mobs that you need.
2. Once [30] The Dark Iron War is completed, go southeast along the mountain until you get to a camp. You should found Balgaras the Foul in the camp which is the most to the southeast. Kill him and loot his ear.
3. Go back to the Dwarven Camp and turn in both quests.
Then go north over the bridge to Arathi Highlands and half way over the bridge you'll see an entrance to the right. Enter and go down the stairs (be full health/mana). All the way on the bottom you'll find a corpse with a question mark. Turn in your quest and get the follow up.
4. Run back to the Dwarven Camp and turn your quest in at Khag Garmason. Then go back to the bridge but this time cross it and then go right over a wooden bridge. You'll see a camp with dwarves and in the middle a wagon with barrels looking like this:
Clear your way to the wagon and loot it, then run back to the Dwarven Camp in Wetlands, turn your quest in and take the follow up.
This time cross the bridge for good and follow the path north inside Arathi Highlands until you reach Refugee Pointe. Get the flight path here and turn in your quest.
Repair and sell junk then exit the camp and go back to the main road. Follow it west / northwest until you reach Hillsbrad Foothills. There follow the road going east / northeast until you get to the second intersection, there go south until you reach Southshore.
Get the two quests: [29] Missing Crystals and [30] Down the Coast.
1. On the western side of the shore which is right next to Southshore you'll find the murlocs needed for [30] Down the Coast.
2. Once you are done with murlocs, go back to Southshore and from there follow the path north until you get to an intersection. There go east until you get to another intersection where you should see a half-destroyed tower (56,36). Clear your way inside and loot the unopened crate.
Run back to Southshore and turn both quests in. Don't get follow ups for now. You should be level 34 by now. Hearthstone back to Booty Bay.
level 34
Since you are lvl 34 now, go train if you wish to do so. Closest place to train is Stormwind by gryffon. (Unless you are a rogue, there's a rogue trainer on the 1st floor of Booty Bay inn).
While you are on gryffon (or in Booty Bay), ask in general channel if anyone has any page you need, and trade your spare pages in exchange or just buy them, they go for 10-15 silver on average. You can also check the Booty Bay auction house for missing pages. I suggest you even buy them overpriced (Offer 20-30 Silver for a page and you should get it quickly). The sooner you complete the page collection, the better for your bag space . Anyway, time to hunt again!
1. When you are done, fly to Rebel Camp. Run south/southwest towards the area north of Grom'Gol Camp. You should find plenty of Lashtail Raptors there. Kill them as much as needed for the quests.
2 & 3. When done with raptors, you should hit the river to the east and search along the banks for Snapjaw Crocolisks. At the same time you can start heading to the Venture co. Camp next to Lake Nazferiti and kill Geologists there (44,20), they drop the "tumbled crystals" you need for [36] Hostile Takeover. You can find crocolisks on both sides of the river, all around Lake Nazferiti[ and all the way down to Mizjal Ruins. Keep killing Goblins and Crocolisks until you get both quests complete.
4. When done with that, head northwest until you hit the area in between Bal'al Ruins and Tkashi Ruins (33,15). There you wil find Elder Stranglethorn Tigers and kill 10 of them.
5. Once done, go to Nesingwary Camp and turn in
- [35] Tiger Mastery
- [36] Raptor Mastery
6. Go northeast until you hit the Kurzen Camp, this time go straight for the cave there and kill Commandos and Headshrinkers. Careful the Commandos are stealthers.
7. When done with that go southwest to find Sin'dall. Sin'dall is on top of a hill at (31,17) right in the middle of Bal'al and Tkashi ruins. It is definitely soloable at lvl 34, just make sure all your long cooldown abilities are up.
Go to Nesingway Expedition Camp and turn your quest in. Continue to Rebel Camp and turn in your quest as well, get the follow up as well as [38] Kurzen's Mystery. Now hearthstone or fly to Booty Bay and turn in your quests as well, do not get follow ups. Get your turtle meat from the bank and fly to Southshore.
Gather all the quests in Southshore, you should have:
- [32] Farren's Proof
- [33] Hints of a New Plague?
- [33] Syndicate Assassins
- [34] Costly Menace
- [36] Crushridge Bounty
And [31] Soothing Turtle Bisque which you can complete immediately because you already got 10 Turtle Meat. You can buy the soothing spices from the
Don't bother with [34] Bartolo's Yeti Fur Cloak unless you are a Leatherworker or got a Leatherworker friend who can make a Hillman's cloak. You can buy a Bolt of Woolen Cloth at the auction house or ask a tailor.
Once you are ready, go to the western shore and start killing murlocs again. Kill these until you:
- Get 10 murloc heads
- Are 3k exp (or less) away from level 35
When that is done go back to Southshore and turn the quest in, get the follow up. Speak with Marshal Redpath in Southshore, get the follow up and talk to Lieutenant Fahren again. Get the follow up [32] Stormwind Ho!.
Congratulations on level 35.
Level 35
Sell and repair (there's an armorsmith behind a small house next to the inn), make the inn your home location.
1. Time to hunt Nagas now. The ones you need are on the eastern shore, right next to the town. Kill 10 Daggerspine Shorehunters and 10 Daggerspine Sirens, go back to Southshore and talk to Lieutenant Farren again and get the follow up [32] Reassignment.
2. Now fly to Refuge Pointe (Arathi Highlands). In Refuge Pointe get the quest [36] Worth its Weigh in Gold from Apprentice Kryten.
3. Go southeast until you reach the Go'Shek Farm (60,53) and find the NPC named Quae, she is looking over the Go'Shek Farm from the northwest edge. Talk to her and take the follow up quest [36] Hints of a new Plague?. You need to find and kill a Forsaken Courier and loot a Sealed Folder from him.
4. In Short: The Forsaken Courier roams from the Go'Shek Farm all along the road up until the wall to Hillsbrad Foothils. He is lvl 35 and doesn't have that much hit points, but he has 4 level 35 bodyguards. Find a way to kill and loot the Courrier. You can do it solo at level 35, I've done it with 5 different classes and I've heard about other players doing the same. For instructions on how to kill the courier with a certain class, see below.
In Details Now you need to find and kill the Forsaken Courier, he roams from the Go'Shek Farm all along the road up until the wall to Hillsbrad Foothils. He has 4 bodyguards, all level 35.
There are many ways to kill it though, even solo at level 35.
- Warrior: for exemple, charge the courrier, hit Retaliate, use Intimidating Shout, kill the courier fast, loot it and then run away.
- Mage: burn him down as fast as possible, start from max range with Pyroblast if you got it, use frost nova on the bodyguards, finish the courrier fast. Use a Health Potion if needed.
- Rogue: you can single the courier out. Use Distract so that only one guard stops while the rest keeps walking, then kill the guard solo, rinse and repeat until you get the courier solo. You can also just rush in the pack, hit Evasion and kill the courier quickly before evasion runs out.
- Warlock and Hunter: Send in the pet and burn the Courrier as fast as possible while your pet dies.
- Priest: Powerword:Shield and Renew yourself, be at max range, start with Smite, then a Mind Blast while the mobs run to you, then a Shadow Word:Pain. The bodyguards should be on you at this moment, use Psychic Scream, and keep on burning the Courrier with Mind Flay / Mind Blast.
- Paladin: Just go for the courier and use your invulnerabilities.
- Shaman: Check the following comment by Kenaimali for a way to do it as a shaman.
- Hunter: Drop a frost trap and kite them all around it while you kill the courrier, then just run away while the guards are still 60% slowed.
Once you got the Sealed Folder from the Forsaken Courier, go back to Quae (60,53). Turn in and get the follow up [37] Hints of a new Plague?, where you have to escort Kinelory.
For the escort, one word of advice: Let Kinelory be in the front, always walk behind her, when mobs aggro her, help her take them out one by one. And make sure they don't run far. Kinelory is quite a tank and can also heal a bit. If you let her be in front and don't let runners create trains, you will complete the quest easily.
5. When completed, talk to Quae and get the follow up. Then go southeast of Go'Shek Farm to the troll village (63,65).
Kill trolls until you get 10 Tusks. Kill Witch Doctors until you get 4 Medicine Pouches. Further inside the village and to the south (68,75) you will find a cave. Inside the cave you will find Witherbark Shadow Hunters and get the Hunter Knife you miss to complete the quest.
6. Once completed, run back to Refuge Pointe in Arathi and turn in the troll quest.
Hearthstone to Southshore, and talk to Phin Odelic and complete the quest "Hints of a New plague".
Sell and repair.
1. Go north and follow the road north until you zone to Alterac Mountain (96,47). A bit further up and to the right you will find Soferan's Naze (58,67). Clear the Syndicate camp there, and in the middle of the camp on a table you should find parchments named "Syndicate Documents". Right click one of them and get the two quests [34] Encrypted Letter and [34] Foreboding Plans.
2. Then go northwest towards the snowy mountains where you will find Crushridge Ogres, they drop the Dirty Knucklebones you need.
When you run short on ogres, you can go to the southwest where you will find the area called "Corrahn's Dagger" (47,76). There you can kill Syndicate Footpads and Syndicate Thieves as well as Mountain Lions and Hulking Mountain Lions. I suggest you go back and forth from this spot to the ogres whenever you run short on mobs. Do this until the Ogre and Syndicate quests are completed. Then there's more Lions further to the west at "The Headland" (38,55).
3. You should be close to level 36 now (not more than 5k exp away). If that is not the case, grind until you have that much exp then run back to Southshore.
Turn in the 5 quests in Southshore. Get the follow up [34] Letter to Stormpike from Loremaster Dibbs. Don't get the other follow ups.
Congratulations on level 36.
Level 36
Take a gryphon ride to Ironforge, go to the hall of explorers northeast of the Gryphon master and get the quest from Roetten Stonehammer [33] Reclaimers' Business in Desolace. Also turn in the quest [34] Letter to Stormpike at Prospector Stormpike in the Hall of Explorers, and get the follow up.
Fly to Stormwind.
Repair, sell stuff and train new skills. Also, go turn in [32] Reassignment, at Major Samuelson in Stormwind Keep. (72,16)
Check the AH for 4x Lesser Blood Stone Ores too if you haven't finished that quest yet.
Fly to Rebel Camp.
Run southwest and swim over to the island with water elementals that we've been too earlier in the guide. Kill Water Elementals there until you get 6 Water Elemental Bracers. When you are done run back to Rebel Camp and fly to Booty Bay. Turn the quest in at Baron Revilgaz on top of the Inn. Get the follow up [37] Magical Analysis. Hearthstone to Southshore.
At Southshore turn in [34] Further Mysteries at Magistrate Henry Maleb. Make sure you have the quest [36] Noble Deaths as well.
1. Run to Alterac Mountains and follow the path north then northeast at the first intersection. You should reach a village called Strahnbrad. Kill everything here until you get 7 Alterac Signets.
2. When done, follow the path marked on the map to get to Dalaran. At (18,75) you'll find Archmage Ansirem Runeweaver. Turn in your quest and get the follow up then run back to Southshore. Turn in [36] Noble Deaths at Magistrate Henry Maleb and fly to Ironforge.
Make Ironforge your new home location.
Sell trash and restock on food/drink etc. When you are ready fly to Booty Bay. In Booty Bay, turn in the quest [37] Ansirem's Key at Catelyn, she is on the 1st floor inside the Booty Bay inn. Get the follow up [39] "Pretty Boy" Duncan.
Take the boat to Ratchet. And then:
- In short: Go to Desolace.
- In detail: From Ratchet, follow the road to the west until you reach Stonetalon Mountains. In Stonetalon Mountains follow the road west/northwest until you are past Sunrock Retreat and reach Mirkfallon Lake, keep following the road until you can go west in between two cliffs. Follow this path, go south through the charred vale and you will arrive in Desolace.
Turn in [33] Reclaimers' Business in Desolace.
Then get quests:
- [31] Centaur Bounty
- [33] Vahlarriel's Search
- [33] Reagents for Reclaimers Inc.
- [35] Strange Alliance
- [39] Down the Scarlet Path
- [39] The Karnitol Shipwreck.
Get the new flight path.
1. Let's start with [33] Reagents for Reclaimers, kill Hatefury Satyrs in Sargeron, southeast of Nigel's Point (75,20).
2. When you got 10 Hatefury Claws and 10 Hatefury Horns go west to the area just north of Thunder Axe Fortress (56,17) you will find a ruined caravan there. Look for Malem Chest. It's not actually a chest, rather a crate. Open it, get the follow up.
3. Go back to Nijel's Point and get the follow up. Turn in the Satyr quest as well but don't get the follow up (huge time waste).
Sell and Repair.
4. Go southwest and past Thunder Axe Fortress. Then go west towards the sea until you see a big tower. Azore Aldamort is next to the tower just north of it down the cliff (38,27). Get the quest [33] The Sceptre of Light.
5. From there, go southwest to the shore towards (36,30), you should see the mast of a sunken ship. The Ravnitol Chest is on the shore at (36,30). Open it, and get the follow up quest. Right next to the chest is a black book named "Rackmore's Log". Click it and get the quest [36] Claim Rackmore's Treasure. The Silver Key drops from Drysnap Pincer or Crawler. The Gold Key drops from any Slitherblade Naga.
Take a swim and kill Drysnaps around the ship until you get a Silver Key. It takes about 10 kills on average. Then further north go kill Siltherblade Nagas until you get a gold key. 10 kills on average as well to get a Golden Key.
You should be level 37 by now or close.
Level 37
6. Once you have both keys, go east to the Thunder Axe Fortress. Enter the fortress through the main gate (56,30), go kill the Seer (he has one guard) on top of the 1st watch tower to the left past the gates. Loot the Sceptre of Light.
Then go in the big building and talk to Dalinda, get the follow up quest [33] Search for Tyranis. Tyranis is in the other building (the smaller of the two), southwest of the main one. Kill Tyranis and loot the pendant.
Go back to Dalinda. Before you talk to her, clear the whole building. After you talk to her she will start to walk out of the fortress, escort her and make sure she doesn't die. Once out of the fortress she will run away and you will get a "Quest Complete" message.
7. Go northeast and back to Nijel's Point, turn in quests, get follow up [39] The Karnitol Shipwreck.
Sell and repair, next circuit is gonna be long!
1. Go south to Kormek'Hut (62,38). Get the quest [39] Bone Collector (62,39) from Bibbly F'utzbuckle.
2. Then go west to the big tower and turn in your quest [33] The Sceptre of Light to Azore Aldamort. Get the follow up [38]Book of the Ancients
3. Go northwest and take a swim towards the Ranazjar Isle (30,9). Clear the eastern shore of the isle. You should find a chest in between a tree and the white building. Click it to complete [36] Claim Rackmore's Treasure.
4. Then clear yourself a path through the Nagas so that you can reach the statue on the northwestern part of the isle (28,6). Clear the way around the statue, get full health/mana and go click the statue twice. Lord Kragaru will spawn, a lvl 38 Naga. Kill it (soloable at 37) and loot the Book of the Ancients.
Before you go, kill Slitherblade Tidehunters and Slitherblade Sea Witches until one of them drops Karnitol's Satchel. Takes 15 kills on average (Took me only 4 once, and another time it took 29 kills).
5. Swim back to Azore Aldamort get your rewards.
6. Now go southeast towards the Kodo Graveyard (48,55). Gather 10 kodo bones there, kill the Carrion Vultures if they are in the way. When you loot a bone there's a 50% chance a lvl 37-38 Kodo Apparition will pop up and attack you. You can run away or deal with it, up to you, they disappear after about 10 minutes.
7. Once you got 10 Kodo bones, run east to Scrabblescrew Camp (60, 61) and get the quest [34] Kodo Roundup. Go back to the Kodo Graveyard and use the Kombobulator Rod on any Ancient, Aged or Dying Kodo. Once you have one tamed, run back with it to the goblin, then right-click on the tamed kodo. Rinse and repeat 5 times to complete the quest.
8. When done with that, go southeast to the Magram Village (70,70) and kill centaurs until you are friendly with the Gelkis (exactly 50 Kills, 46 if you are human). You can check your reputation with the Gelkis Centaur Clan by opening your character panel ("C" key) and clicking on the reputation tab or just directly press "U" key (or replace your exp bar with your reputation bar).
After those 50 kills you should also have 15 Centaur Ears by now, if you don't, just kill some more centaurs.
9. Go southwest toward the big arch (63,79). Kill 30 Undead Ravagers there. Beware of the Outcast Necromancers, interrupt them when they cast their summon spell. If not, they summon an Undead Ravager.
10. When done with the 30 Ravagers, from the big Arch, go west, stay close to the mountain on your left until you reach Gelkis Village. Then go northwest until you find Uthek The Wise (36,79). Turn in the quest [35] Strange Alliance, don't get the follow up.
11. Take the road east / northeast and then north. Follow the road until you reach Kormek's Hut (62,38) and turn in [39] Bone Collector.
12. Then go north to Nigel's Point and turn in all the quests. Get the follow ups:
- [39] The Karnitol Shipwreck
- [40] Down the Scarlet Path
This session started with the Satyr quest and finished right now after turning in all the quests in Nijel's Point. That was done with a level 36 character with average gear, solo, on a new server (no twink). I've tried it with 3 different classes and it works just as well. And there is still two quests to turn in, that's just to show how efficient the quest path of Desolace can be when done the right way.
Anyway you should be level 38 by now.
Level 38
Warp to Ironforge, go to the Hall of Explorers and turn in the quest [39] The Karnitol Shipwreck. Train, restock food/drink, sell junk etc. When you are done fly to Menethil Harbor. On your way to the docks of the boat that leads to Theramore, accept the quest [35] James Hyal from Vincent Hyal. Take the boat to Theramore.
Make the inn your home point.
Turn in [35] James Hyal at Clerk Lendry in the big fortress and get all quests from Theramore:
- [35] Inspecting the Ruins
- [35] This Old Lighthouse
- [35] Traitors Among Us
- [37] Tabetha's Farm
- [38] Mudrock Soup and Bugs
1. Run around in town and try to spot Deserter Agitators who mostly stand next to normal guards:
Talk to five of them and go through their dialogue. Be careful sometimes they turn aggressive and attack you. When you are done, turn the quest in at Calia Hastings and get the follow up.
2. Go to the ship which is furthest to the south of the Theramore docks and clear your way through it until you reach a room that looks like the captain's cabin:
Loot the boxes there and clear your way out. Turn the quest in at Caila Hastings and wait until she performs a little script, then get here follow up.
3. Talk to 6 Theramore Guards and go through the dialogue with them. Go back to Caila and turn the quest in. Get the follow up.
4. Now first swim or waterwalk to the little island with the light tower (72,47), right east of Theramore. Turn in [35] This Old Lighthouse at Babs Fizzletorque and get the follow up.
5. Swim directly south to the docks of Theramore and dive under them. There you'll see Young Murk Threshers. Kill them until you have 4 Thresher Oils.
6. When done, swim a little east to (76,55) where you should see a boat. Clear your way inside and go down the set of stairs which leads down from the deck. Instead of continuing straight, go down another set of stairs:
There you'll find Gavis Greyshield along with a guard. Kill them both, Gavis won't die but he'll turn friendly at some point and you will get a quest complete message.
7. Swim back to the island with the light tower and turn your quest in and get the follow up. Swim to the Theramore docks. Turn in [35] Dastardly Denizens of the Deep at "Dirty" Michael Crowe, get the follow up. Then turn in [37] The End of the Deserters at Calia Hastings.
Repair/sell junk.
8. When done swim southwest of Theramore to (58,60) where you'll find Nat Pagle. Turn in your quest and look in your inventory for some fish paste, use it.
9. Swim southwest to a wrecked ship at (56,62). A lurking shark will attack you, kill it and return to Nat. Turn in your quest, get the follow up and return to Theramore. Turn in your quest at Major Mills. Now careful, when you get the follow up a script will start:
In front of you a sea monster will spawn and attack the city. You'll have 12 marksmen helping you shoot the monster BUT you are not supposed to fire at him with your own weapons. At the docks you'll see canons which will become useable once the monster attacks for real. Basically your only job here is to run between two of the 3 canons and alternatively fire them at the monster until it is dead. You should be able to get the monster down easily before the marksmen are dead. Be careful of his water stream though, it pushes you back and you'll have to run back to the canons.
10. When the monster is dead (really nice script) you'll get some fireworks and you can turn in your quest at Major Mills.
1. Get the new quest from Sergeant Amelyn as well as the one from Lieutenant Aden. Leave the village and follow the path until you get to Sentry Point (60,40). Enter the tower and turn in your quest, get the follow up.
2. Go east and climb over the hills to get to Dreadmurk Shore. Kill Mudrocks here until you get 8 Forked Mudrock Tongues. (The turtles can be found on the shore as well as in the water)
3. When you are done swim to the island at (63,27). Hover over the Defias here to see which one is Garn Mathers. Kill and loot him.
4. Run back to the main road and go northwest until you find Swamplight Manor (55,26). Turn in your quest at Jarl and get the follow up. Also right next to the house should be a rather large dirt mound with an exclamation mark. Get this quest. Inside the house is another quest, [36] What's Haunting Witch Hill?, take it.
5. Quickly kill 10 Giant Marsh Frog critters around the house and then turn the quest in at Jarl. Get the follow up.
6. Now go straight west until you get to a tower at (46,23). Get the quest from Sergeant Lukas.
7. Continue going west until you reach a cave with spiders (35,24). Kill spiders here until you have 20 Unpopped Darkmist Eyes.
8. When done, make a big circle around Brackenwall Village and follow the path southwest, find Mudcrush Durtfeet (35,38), get the quest [36] Hungry!
9. Go further southwest towards the Barrens zone in. At (29,47) you should find Inspector Tarem. Turn in your quest and get the follow ups from the items around him. Hearthstone to Theramore.
Now, CAREFUL: Make sure to turn in all the green 35 quests first, as this turn in should make you ding and then you'll get less exp from the 35 quests. Turn all quests in, take all follow ups. Some will require you to do some turning in right there in Theramore. Do that and get all follow ups. Your quest log should look like this:
- [35] Jarl Needs Eyes (Complete)
- [36] What's Haunting Witch Hill?
- [37] Defias in Dustwallow? (Complete)
- [37] Raptor Captor
- [37] Tabetha's Farm
- [38] The Deserters
- [39] Mission to Mudsprocket
- [40] ... and Bugs
Level 39
1. Sell junk/repair/restock food etc.
Leave the town and go to Sentry Point. Turn in your quest and take the follow up.
2. Run to Swamplight Manor and turn in your quest. Get the follow up.
3. Kill Risen Spirits and Husks around the manor until you've gathered 10 pieces of information. Once done go back to the manor and get the follow up.
4. All around the manor you'll find plants looking like this:
Loot 9 of them.
5. Go back to the manor and turn the quest in. Take the follow up. In your inventory you'll find a torch. Get full mana/hp then go to the dock in front of the house and right click the torch. A gargoyle will spawn. Kill it and go back to the manor. Turn the quest in.
6. When you are done, go northwest until you see some raptors. Open your bag and search for an item called Sturdy Rope. Put it on a hotkey and whenever you attack a raptor and it gets to 20% hp, use the rope to capture it. You need to capture 6 raptors this way. While doing that walk towards (46,17).
7. At the aforementioned location you should find "Stinky" Ignaz. Take his quest and escort him. (When you turn in this quest later on in the guide, be sure to keep the Elixir of Fortitude for a quest in the next guide)
8. After the escort you'll be at about (48,24). Go to the tower with Sergeant Lukas and turn your quest in there and get both follow ups.
9. Go northwest to (41,14) where you'll see Blackhoof Village. Kill the Grimtotems here and free 5 Theramore Prisoners (the Grimtotems drop the keys needed). When you are done, search your inventory for a Raptor Bait and place it next to the little rotating mill that is in the center of the village (41,12).
10. Run back to Sergeant Lukas and turn both quests in.
11. From the tower go east until you reach (57,19). You should see a named murloc there called Razorspine. Kill and loot it.
12. Go further east and jump into the water. Swim to the little island at (62,18). At the northern top of that island you should find Renn McGill. Turn in your quest in there and get the follow up [37] Secondhand Diving Gear.
13. Clear the Defias camp on the island nearby and loot the tools and the damaged diving gear you need for the quest. Go back to the NPC, turn it in and get the follow up [37] Recover the Cargo!.
14. Swim towards Alcaz Island. Look in your inventory for a kit that looks like a backpack. Open it and you should receive a Salvage Kit and a Repaired Diving Kit. Equip the diving kit to be able to breath under water. Now look for Shipwreck Debris looking like this:
Look for these and use your salvage kit on them. Sometimes you'll be lucky and you'll get a Salvaged Strongbox. Sometimes you won't be lucky and a mob will ambush you after your attempt. Continue doing this until you have 6 Strongboxes. When done, return to the Renn McGill, turn the quest in and get the follow up [37] Jaina Must Know.
Now kill murlocs around this area until you finish the quest [36] Hungry!
15. Run back to Swamplight Manor and turn your quest in. If your hearthstone is ready, use it, if not run back to Theramore. Turn in both [37] Stinky's Escape and [37] Jaina Must Know. Take the follow up [37] Survey Alcaz Island.
Go to the gryphon master of Theramore and speak to the NPC next to hear called Cassa Crimsonwing. You'll get a free ride and a quest complete message. Wait until you get back to Theramore then turn the quest in at Jaina. Take the follow up [37] Warn Bolvar!
Sell junk/repair etc.
1. Run all the way to the point marked as "Lost Point" on the map.
On the way, stop by Mudcrush Durtfeet (35,38) and turn in [36] Hungry!.
Clear your way into the tower and carefully pull so you can reach the inside. Balos Jacken will attack you immediately, bring him down to like 20% HPs and he'll become friendly. Turn in your quest to him and get the follow up.
2. From the "Lost Point" ride directly east until you get to Tabetha's farm. Turn in your quest here. If you are less then 3900 exp away from level 40 proceed to paragraph 3. If you still need some experience kill spiders around the farm until you have enough experience.
3. Follow the path east then southwest until you reach Mudsprocket. Here take the flight path and turn in your quest and fly to Theramore. Turn in your quest at Captain Garran Vimes. Take the follow up. Go talk to Jaina and ask her to teleport you to Stormwind. Go to Stormwind Keep, find High Warlord Bolvar and turn in your quest, take the follow up [37] Return to Jaina. Train / Sell junk / Check the AH etc.
Congratulations on level 40. Whatever quests you might still have in the quest log, don't worry, we are going to take care of all that in the next guide.
Level 40 – End of guide
Original Guide: Jame
Revamp: Snowflake
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All i meant to say, was that
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-20 18:22.
All i meant to say, was that more Alliance-friendly places would be needed as alternatives
Alliance friendly places
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-21 21:31.
All the leveling spots in the upper levels are contested territory. You will find that ganking is quite common. When I was leveling, at 31, in Stranglethorn, I got killed over 60 times in a row within a half hour. It was basically a group of 40's, plus 3-4 lvl 70's, all camping just me, at the graveyard. I eventually faked them out after half of them gave up. Why on earth 8 people have the time to just sit there and gank me, I'll never know. The thing is, I didn't even kill a horde that day, it started with a lvl 70 priest camping the quest site killing everyone over and over and over, for no honor at all.
Moral of the story is, never give up, but make sure you don't break more gear than you can afford to repair =p
Wow Sounds Like
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-01-25 18:28.
Wow sounds like you are in The Forgotten Coast. No matter what time it is, the Horde is out and looking to kill. I'm a lvl 35 mage and I cannot go 10 minutes without being ganked in STV.
The best way to grind and so quests down there is to get a friend and work together.
titan panel
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-19 18:16.
im having a really big problem getting titan panel. i cant find it. on the file host website you provided it only has things like "titan panel health bar" and "titan panel pet xp bar" and ontp of it all i cant install it correctly!!!
please help me
Updated Version?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-19 01:57.
First Ill like to say kudos on the guides, mate! They were really helpful for my mage who was stuck. Although i havent played my mage, i plan to follow this guide, and it seems really good by other players.
I was just wondering however, is there an update for patch 2.3, or do you just tweak areas when you notice a bug?
Leveling Guide 30-41. Huge Thank You
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-20 12:56.
Words can't express the 'thank you' I feel you deserve for this guide. It reignited my interest in playing WOW!! I was about to throw the towel in!, having started playing about six months ago.
I am now level 41 now, thanks to your guide.
I love the guide, currently
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-01-17 23:35.
I love the guide, currently level 45 ^^ warlock, Just a note on going to desolace, if your a warlock, the quest "The Components for the Enchanted Gold Blood Robe" is great to stack with Reagents for Reclaimers and the robe itself is real nice.
Although do do have to do the first two parts of the chain to begin with.
Frost Oil
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-01-17 07:03.
"Shopping List:
Every time you pass by an auction house, try to buy the following items:
1. 1X Patterned Bronze Bracers ~50 Silver
2. 1X Frost Oil ~ 2 Gold
3. 1X Gyrochronatom ~1 Gold
These might not always be up for sale, so start checking early.
1. You should be in Ironforge, if not, use Hearthstone, as you should still be bound there. Get the Patterned Bronze Bracers, the Frost Oil and the Gyrocronatom from your bank (or buy them now if you didn't yet). I suggest you buy 4 stacks of food/drink at least before leaving."
I'm aware someone has already brought this up, but i've scanned ahead in the guides and none of these items have been mentioned again, and im just wondering why i should be running around with these in my inventry? Its really confusing me...
Starting before Re-vamp
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-01-16 00:48.
Hey James (James or is it pronounced Jamie?) I was wondering about how to cope with the 2.3 patch. I'm level 20 right now from bostons guide, but I should be level 18 by what the guide says. Since 2.3 decreased the XP reqs, I was wondering what I should skip in your guide to try and stay at the guides level. Should I just not kill monsters on the way and skip grinding sessions or should I just do exactly what the pre-2.3 guide says and deal with the high level?
thanks for great giudes
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-01-15 02:23.
i started using your guide with my pally and quickly leveled to 60 which was great as i joined a raiding guild at lvl 40 and raid regularly. i now use your guide for my warrior and again im levelling fast.
thanks for a great guide, it beats others ive tried. i would love to see one from 60-70 although ive found them 10 lvls pretty straight forward.
thanks again
Quest: A Sign of Hope
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-01-15 02:21.
First of all, thanks for the wonderful guide. I started at around level 32 and have doubled my leveling rate since following this guide. Now to my question: During the quest A Sign of Hope in the Badlands where you have to find Ryedol's pick by killing Dark Dwarves, I've been grinding on these guys for the past 5 hours and nothing.. am i at the right spot (Hammertoes' Dig Site)?
not removed
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-01-24 02:30.
The pick is not removed - dropped on my 5th kill today.
Try abandoning the quest and take it again perhaps?
btw: Thank you so much for this awesome guide - Id never thought I could level so fast ^^
Numbers next to quests
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-14 17:52.
How do you get the numbers next to the quests in your quest log?
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-14 17:10.
cool guide, can't wait to get started, even though i'm already 37, i'm gonna backtrack a little to do most of these quests...i felt like i was wasting too much time on dumb quests and not leveling quick enough...
one thing I want to add for the guide though...
that quest Hints of a New Plague where you have to kill the courier, as a rogue there is a much easier way to complete this one. You stealth up from behind and sap the courier. the guards keep walking and you just wait for them to get some distance, and WHAM, get your dagger bloody.
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-13 23:23.
You haven't mentioned tips for shamans, you've done all the other classes EXCEPT shamans...why? It would be nice for some tips, it's why I say that.
Sick guide
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-13 20:47.
after i finished mirage raceway i found out i only had like 3 bubbles left till 33. This guide is awesome!!!
Great guide... but I got a small problem
Submitted by Killerbees on Sun, 2008-01-13 19:46.
First I want to say this is a great guide It's very detailed, and it lets you do all the quests you can do at one single point, so you don't have to go to a place twice.
But I got a small problem. Since the alliance guide 30-40 I am using isn't revamped yet, I am not killing all the mobs on my way, since lvling will go faster.
But now, at lvl 34, I am nearly halfway, and I got only one quest left till 'at this point you should getting close to lvl 35'.
But I am not even on the half of lvl 35.
Does the mobs killing on your way give so much XP?
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-12 00:29.
Thanks for the great guide. Havent finished yet but im 39 and its took me 4 days to get there from 31... 1 more level WOOT!
:> Good job.
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-13 23:09.
Hi, I followed this guide 30-60 with my pala b4 2.3.
Now im levling my hunter, and since 2.3 it goes so much faster, i was level 29 on friday and today sunday im 40.. I just love your guides <3 keep them up.
You Rock, So Much
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-12 00:06.
Thanks, beyond thanks. I love your guide. I actually started it a few levels higher than the guide and started with the Salt Flats. I am now in the Badlands, level 40 and almost caught up with the guide. (Mind you in didn't do alot of grinding or SM yet). Thanks again. What a great guide.
Help... guide error ?
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-01-11 22:15.
lol Im sure its just me, due to no 1's every pointed this out. and you don't know how much of a noob Im gonna feel if I post this and I am WRONG. But after 3 hours just on chapter 1 im sure this guide is meant to help not to be so fustrating .. so with out further a do:
ON CHAPTER 1 lvl 30 it says
"In Thousand Needles, go west until you reach the border of Feralas, and find the alliance outpost: Thalanaar (89,45). Get the new flight path from there."
Im having a problem with the coordinates. It says go west to the border of Feralas but those points are more in the lines of (6,19)
And I went the right way, because if you read down on lvl 32 it says:
Go east until you reach the Mirage Raceway in the Shimmering Flats(80,77).
EAST is the totally the other way, and yes near the shimmering flats you do get points near 80's...
(89,45) is just north of Shimmering flats according to me. And I did check to make sure my titan panel was updated with the correct verison of the game.
Please help... Thank you ~ Gero ~
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-01-10 16:39.
hi ty for a nice guide.
when i start to use the guide shall i just abandon the quests i have from before lvl 30?
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2008-01-10 07:10.
I just started the guide and can't find any of the quest I need in Mirage Raceway. Can anyone help me out?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2008-01-09 23:25.
I love you man.. im pretty young and you final helped me achieve my most WANTED goal. To get a mount. I am SOOO happy. You are amazing. Thanks for taking the time to make this and help out EVERYONE! THANK YOU!
Suggestion for Mages
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-01-08 21:22.
I love this guide. It has really helped with multitasking the onslaught of quests out there and streamlining the insane number of options one can take.
The one suggestion I can make for mages is to keep aware of the mage quests in Stormwind. Many of these can be completed while doing the above quests as well or with slight detours. I would follow this and just jump to an adjacent section routinely to complete the mage quests.
Also, if you have tailoring, you will get ridiculous amounts of wool, silk, mageweave and runecloth from these quests which you can always turn in for the donation quests.
Thanks for such a great guide! :)
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-01-08 20:01.
Hey Jame!
Thanks for such a great guide! I'm just about to finish this chapter.
I noticed that you forget to tell us to hand in 'Murdaloc' after we've done it. I checked the next chapter, seeing if you tell us to hand it in later. But I couldn't find it.
Hope that fixes anything.
Sorry if I've just missed something obvious xD
Just to good
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-01-07 01:49.
This guide is damn awesome level a couple chars to 60 already with this guide. The only problem I had was from 30 / 40 theres still tomuch grinding in it
Anyway, the quests here are Yellow Collored on this website and I cant realy read it or do I have to change my settings ?
Keep it op Jame
Hey, I started this guide
Submitted by WuTangClan on Sun, 2008-01-06 08:27.
Hey, I started this guide and grinded like you said to 31. (unlike others I dont mind grinding ). But when I hit 31, I went to mirage raceway...And you said to do routes around the race track and kill the monsters that you need for the quest, All of the monsters are around 3-4 levels higher. I just find it very hard to do so.
then you need an armor
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-12 18:51.
then you need an armor upgrade and some stratedy lessons because every class should be able to do that
after SM
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-06 03:00.
So I remember hearing about grinding sessions in the badlands and so I am on average 1 level ahead of guide and I am about to go to SM...I really don't want to do badlands, and am wondering if it would be good to do some dustwallow marsh quests, I heard there are some new ones there. Anyone have any tips for me?
A great guide
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 2008-01-05 19:54.
I love this guide - All the positive comments are echoed here.
Just a small correction: in level 35, the Go'Shek Farm is South East rather than South West of the Farm.
Good Stuff
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2008-01-06 10:19.
This guide is great! Thank you very much Jame!
I do have one correction though. I noticed that when I was stalking the Undead Courier, she was cutting across grass and such on weird routes. The guide says she patrols the road from the farm to the Hillsbrad Gate. This is mostly true, but she sometimes veers off the beaten path. Just a heads up!
I started using this guide
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2008-01-04 16:41.
I started using this guide after the 2.3 patch...and solo leveling has never been faster.
I was about halfway to 30 (lvl 29 Human Warlock) when I found this guide, so instead of grinding on to 30, I decided to give it a go.
The beginnings in Thousand Needles and the Barrens kinda sucked, since I'm on a PVP server, but a quick and friendly /wave macro helped me not get camped so much since I was soloing in unfriendly territory.
However, In your lvl 35 section, The quest "Hints of a New Plague" where you escort Kinelory. The Messenger and his bodyguards do NOT roam anymore, but stay at the house at the edge of the farm. ...and they respawn VERY quickly. Kill one or two of the guards, and before you know it, they've respawned before you can kill the other two plus the messenger. So, as you're escorting Kinelory, she now walks right into the swarm of guards + the messenger + the other enemies that she pulls. It's nearly impossible to do solo at the level specified.
I couldn't do it, and ended up simply abandoning it.
BUT, on the plus side...since the patch, I reached lvl 37 while still doing the lvl 35 quests in the guide. That is strictly following the guide and not straying at all, other than to do class quests.
Great guide! Thanks for putting it together!


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Representatives from Canton, North Canton, Plain Township and Jackson Township held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss a proposed mutual economic development agreement intended to bring business to Stark County.
Canton Mayor William J. Healy II said the potential for new business in Stark County used to mean "a little bit of war" among area municipalities as they jockeyed to get a piece of the development.
But under an agreement four local governments have jointly proposed, officials would be able to collectively promote Stark County while still bolstering their individual economies.
"That really is what I think the public expects from their elected officials," Healy said.
Representatives from Canton, North Canton, Plain Township and Jackson Township held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss a proposed mutual economic development agreement intended to bring business to Stark County. No action was taken during the meeting.
The proposed agreement designates land in the townships for shared development. The land included in the agreement is the stretch of property that runs north of 38th Street NW between Whipple Avenue NW and the railroad and then between the railroad and the western edge of Plain Township, reaching to the Summit County border.
If the agreement is approved, government officials will market the land to businesses and give them the option of creating joint economic development districts. If a business were to choose to enter into a JEDD, the income tax from the new business would then be split equally among both cities and the township in which the business was located.
Townships on their own cannot collect income tax.
Much of the public comment portion of Wednesday's hearing involved officials answering questions posed by residents. The men who drafted the economic agreement clarified that the tax would only apply to new businesses, not existing ones, and only to the businesses that wanted to create a JEDD.
Of the 25 people who attended the hearing, two spoke in opposition to the plan, citing concerns about taxing new employees and halting the development of individual governments.
"There is nothing to gain here for the city of North Canton," resident Chuck Osborne said. "It is municipal suicide."
Plain Township Trustee Louis Giavasis reiterated that no part of the agreement is being forced on anyone involved.
He said that 10 years ago, officials from the township and North Canton would have been sitting in front of a judge bickering about economic development. But on Wednesday night, they were agreeing to work together — beginning a partnership that could lead to other joint ventures, such as shared public safety services.
Healy explained the economic agreement is expected to create jobs and to stop the conflicts that stymie growth in Stark County.
"If there are no jobs, we are fighting over nothing," he said.
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Rockville, MD 20852
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El Patio Argentine Restaurant was opened in Rockville in 2001. We are a family owned restaurant that serves traditional home-style meals from Argentina in a casual dining atmosphere. With authentic recipes from our country El Patio is like a little piece of Argentina in Rockville.
We are a unique combination of Restaurant and Bakery with a large number of packaged goods from Argentina and the greatest variety of Argentinean wines in the metropolitan area. Come and enjoy breakfast with fresh pastries (facturas) and a variety of coffees. Or enjoy our discounted lunch menu Monday through Friday, or our full service dinner with an extended menu and specials.
Our specialties include empanadas and quiches with several vegetarian options, sausages (chorizos), chimichurri sauce, milanesas and traditional Argentinean barbecue (parrillada).
With ample parking and conveniently located on Loehmann's Plaza. the closest metro station is Twinbrook. We also provide catering services, corporate lunches and barbecues in your home.
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We typically arrive between an hour and a half to two hours before the event start time. In extremely rare cases, due to an unforeseen incident such as a car accident or other emergency, our driver could potentially be late for an event. In such cases, we will do everything in our ability to have the event set up and the food ready as soon as possible.
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We accept cash, checks (checks have to be received 7 days before the event), or credit cards (there is a 3% fee for paying with credit card)
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El Patio Restaurant
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El Patio Restaurant
5240 Randolph Rd
Rockville, MD 20852
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Friday - Saturday: 9:00AM - 10:00PM
Sunday: 9:00AM - 8:00PM
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Experiencing the five stages of loss and grief after the 49ers' defeat in the NFC Championship game with these random thoughts for a Tuesday:
Experiencing the five stages of loss and grief after the 49ers' defeat in the NFC Championship game with these random thoughts for a Tuesday:
� Denial - San Francisco's season didn't end for the second year in a row on a forced pass by Colin Kaepernick intended for Michael Crabtree, did it?
� Anger - it did, and now the finger pointing: the officiating was horrendous, three turnovers in the fourth quarter were crippling, and Jim Harbaugh still has the two time outs he didn't use on the final drive.
� Bargaining - if Greg Roman truly were an offensive mastermind, and had Kaepernick taken better care of the ball, maybe ... yada, yada, yada.
� Depression - the thought of two weeks of features, interviews and articles on Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.
� Acceptance - Pete Carroll, who played and coached at Pacific, will experience his first Super Bowl as an NFL head coach. Good for him.
� And good for Tokay High graduate Julius Thomas, who played one year of college football before rising to be a standout tight end with the Broncos, who will play Seattle in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
� On Sunday, the Stockton Thunder lost to the San Francisco Bulls, a team on the verge of folding in its second season due to millions in financial losses. The Sharks' ECHL affiliate might land in Fresno, Oakland or San Jose. That and other matters, including Las Vegas possibly needing a new arena next season, will be discussed at the league's board of governors meeting Wednesday in Philadelphia.
� Magic Johnson blames Lakers owner Jim Buss for their fall to the bottom of the Western Conference. "He's got to quit trying to prove a point to everybody that he can do it on his own, get his ego out of it, and just say, 'Let me get someone beside me to help achieve the goals I want.'" A rash of injuries has had a lot to do with the state of the team, too.
� The U.S. bobsled team has added former Olympic sprinters Lauryn Williams and Lolo Jones to its roster for Sochi. Williams won a gold medal as part of the 400-meter relay team and Jones was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
� No athlete with the surname "Gold" ever has competed for the U.S. in the Olympics, but there will be three American Golds competing in Sochi: Arielle and Taylor Gold in snowboarding, and Gracie Gold in figure skating.
� Tweet from @NotAaronRodgers: "If Peyton Manning wins the Super Bowl and they ask him 'What are you going to do next?' and he doesn't reply 'I'm going to Omaha!,' I will be disappointed."
� A win over the Seahawks would make Manning the first starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. He won Super Bowl XLI after the 2006 season with the Colts. A loss against Seattle and the Broncos would be the first to lose five Super Bowls.
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The next airing of Grand Island High School's Viking Vision news program establishes another milestone for the student-driven news program.
The taping Wednesday at the school marked the 250th production of the show that is in its fourth school year, after starting halfway through 2009-10, on Jan. 20, 2010.
Mark Gorton, audio-visual technician and Viking Vision TV Club adviser, estimated more than 125 students have anchored, reported or taped segments for the show during its lifetime. The anniversary broadcast, and recent shows available at schooltube.com, have included messages from about 20 Viking Vision alumni, all recent GIHS grads.
"It's always great to see the alumni, find out how they're doing in college, and just see what their favorite memories are from years ago," Gorton said.
Gorton himself, though, can't pick his own favorite memory.
"I laugh and have a great time pretty much every newscast that I do with the kids," Gorton said. "They're just so much fun."
"There have been so many momentous ones that every time I go back and watch them it just gives me a smile on my face," he said.
Gorton notes that this year's group of Viking Vision anchors and reporters are the first to take part in the club all four years of high school. He said he's seen the development of reporting and speaking skills in students as they've grown from freshmen to upperclassmen.
"You really see how polished they've become in this field and on camera," he said.
Senior Ashley Serianni is in her third year with Viking Vision. She anchors about once or twice a month and helps write scripts, skills that will help her once she gets to college.
"I took a lot of interest in Viking Vision, especially after seeing it in my freshman year, and it's actually carried through. I plan on going to college for broadcasting," she said.
The show has grown over the years to include off-campus reports, such as one from DECA regionals at Lockport High School.
"It's definitely a chance to really find out what's going on in the school, and tell everyone else what's going on. I've met a bunch of great people through Viking Vision, and Mr. Gorton has been a great influence in my time here," Serianni said.
Senior Jenna DelSignore began at Viking Vision in her sophomore year for the opportunity to develop her public speaking, and to be on TV. No one is turned away from having a chance to work with the club.
"Everyone was so supportive at Viking Vision, and everyone is so upbeat and happy. It's just a lot of fun," she said.
"We open up to all grades, 9 through 12," Gorton said. "They don't have to have any kind of experience with broadcast writing or mass media."
The show also helps students stay connected with each other and with family.
"It's all over the Internet. Anyone can see it. I send my Viking Vision links to my aunt in Ireland and she watches it with my cousins. I've gotten calls from teachers in middle school and elementary school saying what a great job I did on Viking Vision and how it was nice to see me delivering the news," DelSignore said.


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This neighborhood is south of San Antonio's downtown, and is along the extended River Walk. Since I have moved here, I have been full of life and energy to draw, open an Etsy store, sew, cook, and play piano. The place is super tiny, but I love it, as I am reminded of what is important in life. It helps me live simply, and the huge trees surround me giving me the ability to relax 24/7.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – In a unique scheduling quirk, the Georgia College baseball team (18-12) split a doubleheader Tuesday, taking on two different teams. The Bobcats beat Barry University (14-12) 8-3, then lost to Florida Tech (18-12) 12-7.
Game one was controlled by the Bobcats, as they put up a three-spot in the second inning and never relinquished the lead. Second baseman Seth Bancroft (Sugar Hill, Ga.) had the big blow in the inning, a two-run double, followed by a Tanner Funk (Kearney, Mo.) RBI single.
Righthander Derek McGowan (Raytown, Mo.) picked up the win (3-4) in relief, throwing four innings while not allowing a single earned run. Reliever Zack Hula (Kennesaw, Ga.) mowed down the Bucs for the last two innings, recording five whiffs and just one hit.
Funk finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run, while rightfielder Bryce Williams (Manhattan, Kan.) was 2-for-3, tallying a pair of RBI and two runs scored.
In game two, the Bobcats dug an early hole and couldn't recover. The Panthers started out with an 8-0 lead after four innings, thanks to a four-run outburst in the fourth.
GC's own four-run rally in the seventh, led by RBI doubles from Funk and Karsten Strieby (Blair, Was.), cut the lead to 9-6, but a three-run Florida Tech eighth pushed it back out of reach. Strieby finished 3-for-5, scoring twice. Catcher Benton Yaun (Marietta, Ga.), Funk and designated hitter Cody Maas (Alpharetta, Ga.) each recorded two hits. Yaun scored a run, while Funk scored one and drove in another.
Righthanded starter Taylor Hart (Colbert, Ga.) took the loss (2-2), allowing four runs over the first three innings of work.
The Bobcats are back in action Friday, March 30 at 6 p.m., hosting North Georgia for the beginning of a three-game Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Divisional set. The 'Cats are 9-5 in conference play, first in the West Division. The Saints are 15-14 overall with a 5-10 conference mark, good for fourth in the West.
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Don't Settle for McRadio
Don't Settle for McRadio
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Gary Blau
Studio G, the air studio for 101.5 Lite FM
Studio A, the air studio for Majic 102.7
Control Room D, the control room for 790 the Ticket
Production Studio P is used by 790 the Ticket
Production Studio C serves Majic 102.7
This pull-out bracket from Mager Systems allows easy access to the PCs.
The punch blocks are mounted in a cabinet that is easy to access.
The facility for the Lincoln Financial Group's Miami stations was an older one, originally built in 1980. At the time it was intended to house two stations, but now handles three with its eight sub-divided studios. Built the old fashioned way with Bob Hansen acoustic design, floating floors, box-within-a-box isolation, redundant HVAC and isolated UPS tech power, it was done right. The wiring was multi-pair cables and 66 punch blocks. The consoles were the original Ward-Beck analog models and were suffering from Schadow switch disease among other geriatric maladies. They served us well, but now they were maintenance money pits. The time had come for a makeover.
We would not be able to simply replace everything all at once because the cost would be prohibitive and we still needed to operate the stations in the same space in the meantime. So, we embarked on a plan to upgrade all the rooms over a few years, renovating one or two rooms per year. This allowed us to focus on each room with a great deal of individual attention without disrupting current operations or strangling the life out of our capital budget. We began in 2000 and finished the last of eight rooms in December 2005.
A few key decisions were made early in the process. The first decision related to style and function. The second was determining the best technical choice for the heart of daily operations: the audio consoles. We began the process by identifying which rooms had the greater need and priority in refurbishment. This would drive our schedule during the next few years. An important aspect of this was involving the programming and operations departments in the process. When the station across the hall is getting its room rebuilt, the other guy is going to feel neglected unless he knows what the big picture plan is because he had a hand in crafting it.
The initial steps
Before making equipment decisions, we had to determine how the newly rebuilt rooms should work, feel and look. Our three stations are proud of the fact that they each have strong identities in the market, are active in the community and are staffed with actual live people producing live radio. In an age where canned, automated McRadio is produced in look-alike radio factories seems to be the norm, we wanted to emphasize what we think is not only a unique feel-good experience for our listeners and employees, but also a competitive advantage.
We decided to craft each room by how the room would be used most effectively by our teammates who would have to work in them. The end result was eight rooms with eight layouts, color schemes and personalities. All the rooms had to be able to function as an on-air or production studio if the future required it. Some are stand-up; some are sit-down. All have style, but function came first.
Central to the design process was involving a top-notch custom studio cabinet and furniture manufacturer throughout the multi-year process. We worked closely with Mager Systems in Phoenix, AZ, to develop each room's furniture design and layout, and solve some of the challenges that appeared. We also chose Mager's furniture because of the lumber components and build quality, and solid surface countertops that can be maintained into the future against scratches, unlike laminate.
Senior Engineer John Morris, who built the original facility in 1980, worked in Autocad LT to design the various room layouts, then worked with Mager and our operations personnel to be certain we had all the details covered. Morris' planning at this stage was vital to ensure fatal flaws were not overlooked and that the rooms would satisfy the end users.
Throughout the past 20 years a lot of equipment was replaced as technology changed, but the old furniture remained, looking shabby and not optimized for new needs. This is typical in that the last item considered in a studio project, as well as the last item that's ever replaced, always seems to be the furniture. Changing studio furniture is usually a disruptive undertaking so most people put it off or just live with what they have. Over time this tends to devolve into a less than attractive, sometimes even embarrassing, facility. Usually all the design effort and money is already spent on hardware with furniture being almost an afterthough. By then the decision is reduced to a commodity pricing exercise.
The fact is, you're going to be living with your studio furniture longer than almost every piece of equipment in the room, including the console. It's the one item that's going to receive the greatest abuse and still be expected to perform and look good. Suffice it to say that consideration of furniture design and construction is just as important as any other technical item in a facility.
Once we had our room functions and needs decided we looked at equipment. When the project began in 2000 the console market was still in transition. Router-based consoles were just coming out and choice was limited to a small number of models. We wanted a console that could be used as a stand-alone as well as integrate with a router. We did not want or need to rebuild the entire audio infrastructure of the facility at the same time. We wanted to be able to incorporate such a router-based backbone at our leisure in the future.
For our first rooms we chose the Wheatstone D-5000 for its simplicity of operation and capability of working with the then-new router whenever we were ready for it. Midway through our multi-year process a corporate decision was made to standardize on Harris consoles, causing us to finish the remaining projects with five more Harris BMX Digital consoles. This decision worked in our favor as we ended up with extremely capable consoles, and because we had not yet purchased a router to replace our trusty SAS 32000 there was no harm done. When the need arises we can easily incorporate the Harris Vistamax router system.
A little ingenuity
Because we had to fit everything into existing building space and room sizes, we had to create a few solutions. One is the need for significant numbers of computers in the studios. Our main distribution frame (MDF) room is a small one built before PCs were invented and when the biggest items to accommodate were patch bays and distribution amplifiers. There simply was no room to install dozens of PCs in a centralized fashion as is the common approach today.
In each studio we had to fit four to six computers for the Mediatouch automation, Vox Pro and Pro Tools audio editing, Metro Source news, Telos call screening, weather radar and utility PCs for Web browsing. Mager designed custom computer cabinets in each room, inventing pull-out rotating mounting brackets that allow full access to all computer connections for servicing. This eliminates the need to crawl into a cabinet to reach the rear of the computer. We also routed a tap of low-velocity cool air from each room's air conditioning feed into the cabinets to keep the machines at reasonable temperatures. Otherwise, placing multiple machines into a closed cabinet will eventually cause thermal problems. This is especially important with today's hot-running CPUs that will overheat quickly if not ventilated.
Some of the other unique things that Mager created for us were custom mic boom risers that mount into Ergotron mounting bases, custom solid-surface console end bells, and contactless touch switch guest mic controls built into the solid-surface counters.
We also standardized on a shallow, wall-mounted, floor-to-ceiling wiring and punch block cabinet for each room. This lets older guys with bad knees easily work on the wiring in each room without resorting to crawling into a cabinet or taking Oxycontin. All of the console inputs and outputs, including control wiring, are brought out to high density Bix blocks, and all cross connects are completed inside the cabinet, making future changes easy.
The final room, finished last December, was the Majic 102.7 air studio, which we wanted to make special for the people who patiently waited until last to get theirs. Because the station regularly has guests during the Rick Shaw morning show, we had to provide talent and guest space, as well as make the room more functional for the rest of the day. Our solution was a motorized turret for the morning show that houses the telephone and headphone controls, clock and timer. This can be lowered for the rest of the day to reclaim needed countertop space.
The end result of our slow but steady project is we're in good shape for the next decade and beyond with studios that are unique, functional, versatile, stylish and built like a tank. It's a facility with a strong sense of personality that we are proud of.
Blau is director of engineering for Lincoln Financial Group's Miami stations. Photos by William P. Gaines.
Equipment List
360 System Shortcut, Instant Replay
Bix blocks
Digidesign Digi-002 Pro Tools LE
Harris BMX Digital
HHB CDR-850Plus
Mager Systems studio furniture and cabinets
Marantz PMD570
Neumann U87 condenser mics
OMT Imedialogger, Imediatouch
Rode Broadcaster
SAS 32000 intercom and router
Sony CDR-W88
Tascam CD-RW2000
Telos Profiler, Direct Interface Module, Delta, Zephyr Xstream
Tieline Commander G3 POTS/IP codecs
Vox Pro v4
Wheatstone D5000


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IKEA Home Offices in Every Style
IKEA furniture can do a great job of illustrating one of our key principles — merging great design with accessible practicality. It's also just so dang versatile. Dress it up with elegant accessories, play it minimal and dramatic, or get creative and eclectic. I rounded up IKEA home offices in each of our new decor styles to provide a little inspiration.
IKEA's home furnishings offers many ways to inject one's own personality - credit that to simple, no-frills design that can be mixed, matched, and hacked to the limits of your creativity. Click each of the style categories for more decor style inspiration.
1. Simple Chic - featuring IKEA Vika Amon Table top with Vika Artur Trestles
2. Warm Industrial - featuring IKEA Vika Hyttan Table tops with Vika Fintorp legs
3. Classic Glam - featuring IKEA Vika Gruvan Table top with Vika Fagerlid legs
4. New Traditional - featuring IKEA Besta Wall Cabinets
5. Eclectic Collector - featuring IKEA Expedit book case
6. Organic Modern - featuring IKEA Micke drawer unit and Effectiv wall cabinets
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8. Dramatic Modern - featuring IKEA Enetri shelf and Vika Tabletops
Which category best fits your style?
(Images: 1. Juv Interior, 2. IKEA Hackers, 3. The Office Stylist, 4. Martha Stewart , 5. Decor Pad, 6. GetHomy, 7. OurHaus, 8. Flickr member Brad Gillette)


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