Comments on: A raiding guide, from a newbie, for newbies – Gearing Up.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:13:45 +0000

[...] Raiding Guide for Newbies Series [...]

By: Up Your endGame - Part 1. « Ctrl-alt-ELITE!

Up Your endGame - Part 1. « Ctrl-alt-ELITE! — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:47:15 +0000

[...] you’re having trouble, check out Master’s Call Raiding Guide for quick hints and tips on how to get you [...]

By: Highlights from the Blogosphere (3/13-3/19) | Mend Pet

Highlights from the Blogosphere (3/13-3/19) | Mend Pet — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:01:00 +0000

[...] A raiding guide, from a newbie, for newbies @ Master’s Call Faulsey has written a great 3 part guide on getting yourself ready to hit the raiding scene for the very first time. It’s even a good refresher for those who have been raiding for a long time, to make sure you’re doing everything you should be! [...]

By: Faulsey

Faulsey — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:39:17 +0000

@Sys: I’m glad you like it, and I hope you find the next two entries just as helpful!

By: Sys

Sys — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:37:53 +0000

All I can say is… “DOH!” about Thaddius. I just did that last night. Definitely a new raider and luckily I have incredibly talented and patient guild friends (I just started playing WoW a couple months before Wrath hit). I’ve been working on rep, but I definitely need to work on getting my hit rating up.

Thanks for the good post!

By: Faulsey

Faulsey — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:16:17 +0000

You would power into Heroics if you had a guild to help you do so.

In the current enviroment of asking people their stats before you get heroic invites, how is a fresh level 80 mean to get into a heroic? And assuming you aren’t asked for your stats, you’ll probably still perform pretty poorly.

Ulduar coming isn’t really an excuse to skip things for new players – guilds are still going to be running Naxx when they get Ulduar down – there’ll still be plenty of time for newbies to gear up from Naxx.

I guess I’ve just had the idea of progressing properly ground into me. For people on their umpteenth Alt, sure, skip stuff, you know your guild can and won’t mind your crappy ass tagging along. For a new player, you’ll probably need to prove yourself before you get into a raiding guild, and with people being so snobby about gear, you haven’t got a chance unless you have geared up properly.

By: misanthropicleprechaun

misanthropicleprechaun — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:50:44 +0000

Oh noes! Now the nubs will know how to play!

Good post. But I would actually power through into heroics and 10 Naxx with my scrubby 80 gear instead of tortuously build my way through normal instances, etc. Ulduar is almost out and if you aren’t geared for it now, the gap will soon widen to where you’ll need Naxx runs and everyone will be doing Ulduar. Though faction gear is a must before you’re ready for 25 Naxx. So good call on that.

And with the links to EJ. Wow Bible, I call it.

I’ll be starting a WoW blog of my own soon for my rogue (Enni, gnome, Firetree server) at http://gnomebeard.wordpress.com. I’ll add this as a link.

By: Hear Ye, Hear Ye! « Slow Wolf

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! « Slow Wolf — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:14:08 +0000

[...] also like to embarrass Faulsey over at Master’s Call one last time: Congratulations on the Guide(which you should all check out!), and I’ll bet my mount money you’ll hit 8 thousand [...]

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The Daily Quest: Of macros, mother-in-laws and Addon movies | — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:25:59 +0000

[...] Master’s Call blog has a guide on Gearing For Raids for Newbies. They’re just getting into raiding and sharing what they are learning in a series of [...]

By: Victor Stillwater

Victor Stillwater — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:31:15 +0000

Thanks! You may want to wait a while though, since you may have to revise it once 3.1 comes out, depending on what talents get finalized and such.