Which Is Harder, PvE Or PvP?

You have probably wondered at some point or another, the question that plagues many WoW players, the debate over the difficult of PvE compaed to PvP and PvP compared to PvE. First we have to look at it from both perspectives.

PvE is harder than PvP

The people that think the above statement is true have very valid arguments that can combat the other sides' opinions. Some arguments would be that in PvE, more true in 25 man then 10 man, that it requires coordination of a larger group of people (only valid when comparing to arena). Anyone who says that would probably also say that in PvE, the bosses have set difficulties which are a lot more challenging than some players in PvP that are just plain bad. Another argument would be that as a raider, especially on heroic bosses, you have to treat each boss mechanic with extreme caution because wipes can happen with one wrong move, whereas in PvP you can screw up miltuple times and still live through something that the other player threw at you. The statement I have heard more often than not is that you can suck at PvP and still win, you opponent just has to be worse. With all of those arguments lets shift gears into the seat of a PvPer that thinks he has it harder than a raider.

PvP is harder than PvE

The people who beleive this statemnet is true have some strong selling points, the first one being that you cant plan out a battle with another player, so you have to think on a dime. Another points is that you have to be thinking about and using all your class abilities, not just abilities that your spec uses to heal or dps but both of them. Along with the previous statement the argument that in PvP, CCing is essential even while your fighting another player. One could also say that in PvP, your fighting other players that blizzard tries to balance closely to each other, in PvE, it is possible for blizzard to make the fights to easy (it is also fair to say that they could make them too hard). And with the previous statement in mind it is also possible to class stack for specific bosses (sometimes considered "bug" abusing) that we have seen happen in this expansion *cough*paragon*cough*feral druid*cough*, sorry, I have a cold.
Anyway, from what I laid out above in this post, you decide for yourself which is harder. For me I do both so I cant really decide which is harder, rather that they are both really fun :P. Thanks for coming over to my blog.

Addons In World of Warcraft

What do addons do in World of Warcraft?

In World of Warcraft and pretty much every other PC based MMO game there is something called addons. Addons are exactly what they sound like, they are something added on to the game to serve a specific purpose. Addons specifically in World of Warcraft display information that the game has but is not showing you. For example Deadly Boss Mods, an addon many World of Warcraft players are familiar with. What it does is show you boss timers that are counting down to let you know when a specific ability will happen. All of the boss timer information is stored within the game, Deadly Boss Mods, just lets you see that layout of information in a very organized way. This is just one example of an addon, there are many other addons such as those to help you with your dps rotation, let you know the cooldown on your mitigation abilities, and the widely used raid frames for healers and raid leaders alike. All of these things display information on your screen in a more desirable and neat fashion to let you know whats what when your in the middle of a boss encounter where every second matters.

Are addons necessary to play World of Warcraft?

Addons are a preference and are not necessary to play the game because if they were then Blizzard would have included them in the game to begin with. However, addons in certain situations are extremely helpful and whether in a raid encounter, arena match, or rated bg, are widely preferred to be used rather than not. In a sense they make the game easier to handle when your in a situation where you need to know a layout of information without going through each tooltip or looking at each players health. Personally I could not do without my raid frames as a healer that has been use to click-to-cast his whole raiding history.

Should using addons be considered cheating?

Addons aren't necessarily cheating, because they aren't playing the game for you. The definition of cheating in a video game, however, is defined as making the game easier through non-standard methods. But if you take this definition and apply it to the situation, using addons in World of Warcraft has become a standard method and as far as Blizzard is concerned, isn't against the rules of the game. So if someone without and addons is fighting someone with an addon and the second guy wins because he has an addon, he isn't cheating. Because the first guy is allowed to use those same addons if he chooses to.

Fastest Way To Level In WoW

So your either playing World of Warcraft for the first time or leveling an alt.

What is the fastest way to level in WoW?

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What is the best method to use when leveling in WoW?

I have heard this question asked many times in the World of Warcraft community of what is the fastest way to reach max level. If you have been searching all day and have stumbled upon this post you aren't going to be surprised that my answer isn't much different from the many other ones circulating the web. The fastest way to level varies from person to person but I am going to explain in depth the different methods of leveling. First and foremost you want to obtain any level enhancing equipment pieces or any guild perks to make leveling go faster. If you have a toon with enough justice points or honor points you can buy a chestpiece and shoulderpiece that each increase xp gains by 10% from monsters and quests. If your guild is level 2 you get an extra 5% xp bonus and when it reaches level 6 you get a 10% xp bonus. Additionally, when your guild reaches level 10 and you are honored with them you can buy a cape for 1,200 gold that increases xp gains by 5%, and when it is level 20 and you are honored with them you can buy a helm for 1,500 gold that increases exp gains by 10%. Adding together all of the above that is a total 45% extra xp gain. Now that the static xp gains are out of the way there are four ways to level up your toon. The first way is to quest and follow the questing storyline, this method is the slowest out of all of them and is fun and relaxing if you are leveling you first toon in World of Warcraft. If you choose this method your going to be reading each individual quest and go out performing tasks according to what it says, again this is the slowest of the all but if it is your first toon, it will help you with understanding the lore behind the game. The second method is quest grinding. With this method you are still questing but are less focused on why you are doing the quest and more focused on the objective of the quest and getting it done as fast as possible to get xp from the quests and monsters involved in the quests as fast as possible. This method is very fast and even faster if you follow a leveling guide that can be found for free in many places online. The third method is to follow the second one but in addition stay queued in the dungeon finder tool, this way there is no downtime and you are switching between questing and clearing out dungeons which is a nice break after hours of questing. This method is the most preferred and can at times be better than the second method depending on if your group knows what their doing. The fourth method is to level only through the dungeon finder. This method is very controversial and is the method that most people would hope to be the most effective as it is the most fun. However unless your a tank or healer, or have a tank or healer friend going in with you it is not very practical as DPS queue times are very long leading to a lot of downtime. This method can be effective especially if you are well rested but in most cases unless the mobs are at just the right level it is a little slower than method two or three. A fifth method that I'm not going to go into much detail as it is not widely used anymore is to just grind mobs out in the open world. This is the method that was used to obtain worlds first 85 but blizzard didn't really like that. There are many factors that come into whether this method is effective, one of which is that for it to beat out the others, you have to be ungrouped with at least 5 other people killing elites for you while you tag them. Even if you do get 5 other people to help you out, whether blizzard frowns upon this or not is widely unknown as they have been known to ban people for this. Thanks for taking the time to read this guide, if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them below. If you have a topic for me to talk about you can also leave that below in the comments section.

Note: When obtaining a group quest you should only take part in one if you know you can solo it or if there is already a group forming to complete that quest. Looking for a group yourself creates a lot of downtime in most situations. Don't feel bad not completing group quests.