What to do when you feel overwhelmed... (Part 2)

In part two we will talk a little more about what I find to be the best thing to do when your WoW time is at a premium because you only get to dedicate an hour or so a day except on weekends. In my case even an hour a day during the week can be tough.

So what do you do when you only have an hour to play WoW? What do you do when you have so many things you want to accomplish but don't have the time to hit it all?

I have a couple other suggestions once you get in the ballpark of the 60's through 70's and even into level 80!

1) Achievements are still important. Figure out what achievements you wish to... achieve and start running towards them. Is there a certain title you want? Is there a mount you are looking forward to receiving? I find myself grinding out rep for The Diplomat title. Currently I am two shotting ogres in Nagrand for the Kurenai. Xan already has the Ambassador of the Alliance which I feel fits my personality as well as Xan's. But to add a Diplomat title to change back and forth from would make it all the more fun.

2) DAILIES! Is there certain gear you are looking to obtain through a certain faction? Is there a pattern you want for your profession? I find myself doing the Argent Tournament/Silver Covenant, Sons of Hodir, and Kalu'ak dailies. I just finished hitting Exalted with the Oracles and so now it is a once a week shopping trip to the Basin just to get me another egg.

3) The final example of what you might be able to accomplish while your tie is at a minimum... Battlegrounds and Arenas. Although I am not a HUGE fan of PvP (Player vs Player) stuff I still go in and get my butt handed to me on a platter just so I can gain honor points for gear upgrades. If you have at least one friend within earshot or a phone call you can hook yourself up with a 2v2 team. As long as you grind out 10 arena battles a week you will be able to earn some points. I will say it is a long grind, but it can be worth it in the long run.

Things I wish I knew as a new player that would have come in handy now

When I first started playing WoW, I just thought it was a fun game that brought to life these fun little characters. I enjoyed the social aspect and the different scenery, but didn’t really think much about it.

I then learned about the ‘Defender of the Timbermaw’ an item you can get once you are exalted with the Timbermaw. I MUST HAVE IT! I MUST! (After all, I am a squishy and don’t always have a healer on hand.) Thus began the grind…

Let the killing begin! OK, sorry I got a little carried away with that. Ahem… The way you gain reputation is by killing enemies of certain factions (or helping to kill them), completing quests for that faction or turning items in. The first two options are pretty obvious, so I won’t be boring and tell you about them. The turn in part, I will tell you about.

Being the experienced noob that I am, I didn’t know about the turn-ins. I am in fact, embarrassed to admit that I would more than likely be Exalted with EVERY faction in game, had I not sold items that could be used for rep turn in. (Hindsight is 20/20 huh?) These items range on what they can be. (If you do a Google search for rep turn-ins for WoW, all kinds of lists will turn up. That and I am just too lazy to list EVERYTHING, I mean come on guys, you need to do some work for yourself /smile.) Often times, you will know these items because they have the white text and you can find them at the auction house selling for an exorbitant amount of money. (Go, farming gold, go!)

Now, I know you are asking yourself why you would want to have a good reputation with different factions. Let me tell you! One great thing, when you hit ‘Honored’ you get a 10% discount with the vendors. (This really does add up) As you gain rep, they also have wonderful bonuses…some are items you can use or recipes for really good items.

After I had my eyes opened to the wonderful things you can have, I have been very aware of watching my reputation climb with the various other factions. It really is pretty easy to do once you get it down and something that a lot of people don’t know about as they do get started on WoW.

Now go out there and get yourself a reputation!

~ Bela ~