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good info for diehard Wow fans. gives all the info u need to run the dungeons and not miss any good loot and for going straight for the main mobs, bypassing dead ends.
This last point may seem trivial, but if WoW had as many mistakes in it as this book has, gamers would have run away from it in frustration long ago.While this work is still helpful in several aspects, its age (in computer gaming terms, anyway) prevents it from being an end-all, be-all for the WoW gamer. The typeface and layout of the book tend to be quite wearying on the eyes, so spending a lot of time reading it in one sitting is not advisable.
The work covers all of the instances from the original game (before any patches) and does so in alphabetical order as opposed to a more-helpful level-of-instance organization. This reference work may have been more helpful when it first came out, but now it lags behind the actual content that it is attempting to reveal.
Blizzard has released numerous patches and updates since the book's publication, rendering much of the content obsolete. On its own merits, it provides a sound basic understanding of the instances level 1-60 players may encounter.
In addition, it also goes into the single and chain quests for each faction that are part of each dungeon--especially helpful if you want to go after Onyxia, for example, which involves the longest chain in the pre-BC game.The work does suffer from several problems, though. Finally, Brady seems to have cut the budget for proofreading, as there are numerous spelling and typographical errors in the work.
The reader should use it for a general overview of what a dungeon is all about, but then should use the constantly-updated resources online to give the specifics as to how to run each dungeon and to keep up with all the modifications that Blizzard has made since this work's publication.
There is no doubt you have spent your money in the right place if you buy this book. Wanna run dungeons one time, with all the quests in your log, buy this book and its made simple.
For many WoW players, one of their first group activities is the dungeon adventure. With this guide, there is a lot of info on what each class can do and how best to be part of a team, so that you don't anger the other players by accident or on purpose. Therefore, this book isn't just good in showing you how to defeat the big boss and what great loot is there, it also gives you hints on how to interact with the other players. And let's face it, the screen loading hints only tell you so much. After all, WoW is first and foremost a multiplayer game, and the dungeon adventure is the biggest element of the mutliplayer interactivity (other than PVP).This book can use an update, but even in this state, it's still very useful today. Highly recommended for a novice WoW player.
But these guides seem to have be so rushed that there are typos, incorrect information and missing information. A seemingly good idea in concept, an unbelievably bad idea in reality.These guides suffer from a few issues, that ultimately make them a bad purchase.(1). This fact alone makes these guides a complete and total waste of money. Understandably they must be pressed for time. Whoever setup these guides doe not understand information design or the essential needs of a new player. If you really want a guide, buy the.PDF version from Brady's website or ask Amazon to carry the.PDF version.
Any guide will likely be used by newer players. Obviously a printed guide for an online game, won't be up-to-date, but these guides are hopelessly out of date. Mistakes like these can make the guide unusable at times.(3). The.PDF version is updated periodically throughout the year.(2). Due to the nature of all the games being released at any given time, there are lots of guides to write. They will need to find information quickly and easily.
Even if you skip reason 1 and 2, when you actually use the guide, you will likely be frustrated many times.For they quickest way to find WoW info and answer your questions bookmark wowwiki.com, wowhead.com and thottbot.com
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