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Perri looked dutifully at the at the gold that the Inn Keeper handed over, his bags somewhat lighter than a few moments ago. The hand full of coins looked pitiful compared to the pile of gear that the Inn Keeper had, but that was always the way when trying to cash in on a run. The Gnome didn't trust those Goblins, but again, he doubted that they trusted him. Still, his robes needed a few stitches in them and the gold in his hand would pay for his repairs and the slap up meal his mouth was already...

The place to start with inter-player combat (PvP), in my opinion, is in a battleground (BG): Warsong Gulch, Alterac Valley, Arathi Basin, Eye of the Storm, Strand of the Ancients, and, for all practical purposes, Wintergrasp.

• Dueling and arenas tend to involve experienced opponents in good PvP gear. It’s hard to learn from your mistakes when you are dead before you can do anything.
• Also, BGs involve new

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Naxxramas and the Vault of Archavon are so easy compared to what Karazhan was like in the first few patch of the Burning Crusade (when the 25-man instances were just plain out-of-the-question for most of us), and they have no attunements! By the way, the comments below are mostly by, for, and about warlocks.



But even when you reach level 80, you still don’t want to be carried by your guild. Many of us...

This question has been asked in the Warlock's Den forums over and over, and the answer is generally:

But why? Is there anything special about 25%?

I used a spreadhseet model to have a look at the damage contribution of two key Shadow Bolt (SB) talents, Improved Shadow...

A while back, I switched from a classic affliction build (raiding 42/0/19) to DS/destro (0/21/40). I had 202 spell hit, over 1100 shadow damage, and 21% chance to crit with Shadow Bolt. My DPS dropped like a stone against multiple T5 bosses.

Warlock's Den posters sternly advised at least 25% spell crit for Shadow Bolts after talents (see Crit needed for Destro build?, for example). I collected some side-grades, traded shadow damage for spell crit, and respecced again after I was...