Here are my top ten tips to improve World of Warcraft. These tips may or may not apply to everyone, but I hope that there are a few things here to help you improve your game.
10. No matter what you think, your graphic settings are probably too high. Go adjust your graphics settings down a bit and see how much better your game runs. The biggest offender is your draw distance. Dropping it down a bit can give you massive performance boost.
9. Everything has a price. Reagents, bandages, potions, etc. all have a cost affixed to them. Some costs are necessary evils and are usually refunded by the random dungeon finish or raid boss kill, but others can be avoided. Be frugal with your consumables and you’ll find you have a bit more money. Wait until before the pull to flask, don’t quaff a healing potion if you’re going to die anyway in world PvP, and Mage food/water is free so try to stock up every time you find a table.
8. Until Cataclysm there is only one place you need to worry about your gear while leveling up and that is level 1-58. Even then, save your gold, and just use quest rewards or do a random dungeon for the random loot. The auction house is usually for people who want to do the battlegrounds so low level gear is often overpriced.
7. Like number 9, your time is also very valuable. Don’t skimp on travel costs to speed up leveling. Fly everywhere until you get your flying mount. At which point you will save a lot of money by relying purely on flight.
6. Get rid of the U.I. clutter and read our guide to making the perfect U.I. setup. Get rid of addons you don’t use every major patch and research the ones that you do. We have an awesome line of World of Warcraft Addon Reviews to help you with this.
5. Take a look at your at your guild and think to yourself “do I really belong here?” More often than not, you’re probably in a guild you’re not really enjoying. If you’re not having fun then it’s time to revamp your social life in the game and start searching for a better fit. Many people get stuck into a slump of being in a guild just because they are and feeling miserable about it. Sure, leaving the people you’ve been with for awhile isn’t the easiest decision, but not having fun while gaming isn’t something you want to do.
4. Clean up your inventory and sell off everything you’re hoarding but don’t need. You’ll be shocked how much gold is sitting in your bank off of items collecting dust. Disenchant all of those purps from Ulduar you’ll never equip again, sell off all of those lowbie herbs, and get rid of those extra mats you’ll never use. For real! If you need ‘em again then you’ll be able to buy them back. The extra space can really make your life easier when you loot something and don’t have to search day and night for it. We have a review of the addon “ArkInventory” which can help sort your inventory as well.
3. Double check your gems and enchants and make sure you’ve got all of the right spells on your bar. Snag this addon, Rankwatch, and audit your gear. You might find something more optimal and at the same time find you’re doing more DPS when you’re using the max level of every spell.
2. Download the Underachiever addon and use it to “fake” achievements to fool PuG raid leaders if you’re confident you can do the raid. Look at our instance guides beforehand so you don’t feel like a fool going into the dungeon ignorant of the encounters.
1. Try something different! You’ll be surprised how the game will feel if you spend a day doing something you don’t normally do. Never farmed achievements? Give it a try one day. Never raid? Try to get into a pug raid of something. Mix things up to keep the monotony at bay. After all, the most important thing about WoW is that you have fun playing and exploring more ways to have fun is a sure fire way to keep the game fresh when it’s becoming a bit stale |
