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WoD Treasure Finding Addon

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Now that the queues are mostly dissipated, people are actually getting into the game and trying Warlords of Draenor with a vengeance. And believe me, this expansion has sooooo much to offer this time around.

One of the cool things are treasure chests spread all across Draenor. Mists of Pandaria had these as well I believe. The WoD treasure chests can give XP as well as things like gold, garrison resources, and even gear. Pretty sweet reward for essentially walking around and randomly tripping over these things. If you’re lucky, that is.

Well screw luck. Let technology be your guide!

Swifty posted a youtube video where he uses this addon during his Twitch stream. Not only do you get to see how the addon works, but he mentions a few other ways that it can be used.

WoD – Get to Level 100 Fast

Warlords of Draenor. For some, like those in the UK, it drops today. For North Americans, tomorrow. In any case, millions of gamers are about to hit this new content, and hit it haaaaaard. Many will read the new quests, enjoy the scenery, and savor every delicious bite of WoD.

This post is not for those people.

Sweet, sweet content.

Don’t choke on your expansion.

Bellular Gaming has come up with some helpful tips to get through Warlords as fast as possible. Sure, raiding doesn’t start for another three weeks. But 100 is where everyone wants to be. If you don’t have the time and want to get through the leveling grind as fast as you can, peep the video and use this knowledge to hit level cap.

Enjoy your leveling experience. Enjoy Warlords of Draenor.

Rokk Talk – Busy Weekend

The Main Monk was busy on Halloween weekend.

  • He got his Leatherworking up to 325, which was the goal. At 325 he could make the bind on pickup chest piece, Primalstorm Breastplate, for his new transmog set. It was the final piece that he needed to complete his look at Robin, the Boy Wonder.
    Holy Cornball, Batman!

    Holy Cornball, Batman!

    Needless to say, Rokk made this look his own.

    Rokk the Robin, Tweet Tweet Tweet!

    Rokk the Robin, Tweet Tweet Tweet!

  • Rokk faced off against the Cataclysm Pet Masters and defeated them. Goz Banefury was the most frustrating, and there are currently talks to build the Battle Pet army to cover contingencies such as needing an actual variety of pets to beat the Battle Pet Tamers.
  • With Blizzcon 2014 coming this week, and Warlords of Draenor coming next week, it’s going to be a very interesting time in the near future.

    Metallica to Play at Blizzcon 2014

    No Blizzcon

    Fate. Look, I’m sorry I kicked your dog or whatever it is that I did to piss you off. You tease me with a Blizzcon ticket, then change my work schedule so I can’t attend. THEN you release Warlords of Draenor a week later, which still falls under my standby schedule and prevents me from playing at launch.

    THEN you have the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick, host Blizzcon.

    And now Qelric reports THIS.

    Metallica? Nerdist? Blizzcon? Warlords of Draenor?

    I hope this makes us even.

    Waiting for WoD

    Better Luck Next Time

    Better Luck Next Time

    I came back to WoW after taking about a year off because I’d managed to score a ticket to Blizzcon. Irconically, not going to Blizzcon about a year prior was one of the main reasons I lost the motivation to play WoW. That and the ladies. Much more entertaining than a video game. Much more social, too. True story.

    Anyway, when the Warlords of Draenor release date came out I was stoked. Blizzcon and a new expansion? All within a week? The gamer crawling around in my wheelhouse giggled like a fiend.

    Those giggles turned to gagging when my work schedule was changed. Oh I was going to be out of town at the beginning of November, but I wasn’t going to be in Anaheim. I would be out of town on standby for work, for two weeks. Which meant that not only was I not going to Blizzcon, but I would be AFK for the first week of WoD.

    A double-whammy of suck.

    A double-whammy of suck.

    The expansion will be over a week old by the time I can even log back into my computer. But as strange as it may seem, I do not feel like this is a bad thing. There are certain advantages to waiting before getting into Warlords.

  • Bugs – As hard as the beta testing goes, there is always issues with the game when it first releases. Zones, classes, items, there are always a few emergency patches to fix things during the first few days. After a week of “live testing”, the major bugs should be resolved. Or at the very least, addressed.

  • Queues – People have been raiding Siege of Orgrimmar, the final raid of Mists of Pandaria, for over a year. Needless to say, players are starved for WoD. The second the expansion is pushed to the live server, players are going to be hitting that content like a ravenous zombie on a nice plump brain. That’s going to mean queues. It’s hard to say what the wait may be like, especially on a high pop server. That waiting time should have tapered off after a week.

  • Addons – Despite all the preparation, addons tend to break once the new expansion releases. Normally the developers tackle these bug fixes within a few days. Before I log in, I will simply make sure my Curse client loads the latest version of all addons.

  • Planning Time – Just because I will be away from my computer, does not mean I will not be able to keep up-to-date on what is happening with the expansion. This will let me know if there are any in game issues I will need to be aware of before I log in. I will be able to avoid the minefield ahead of time.


  • So while there are some disadvantages to not logging in on Day One, it’s nothing I’ll lose sleep over. There will be plenty of sleep to lose on Day Seven and beyond.