Getting Started

I never know how to start these things out. This is the first post, what should it be about? I need to make an good first impression! Do I just jump into some raid boss strategies? I can't decide! So I've decided to just briefly introduce myself and lay out a basic plan for how I will post tips and tactics in the following weeks and beyond.

Please take a look along the right side of the page for my Mission Statement and a brief profile. To add to that, I joined a progression-oriented raiding guild at the start of September. This guild had just started raiding past Karazhan and now, 4 months later, we are sitting at one Kael'thas kill away from clearing all of T5 and heading into T6. So I would say this makes me fairly experienced with End Game. By the time I get to T5 Strategies, I'll probably be half-way through T6 content. I really expect this to be a fully comprehensive blog about Warlocks in The Burning Crusade.

There is just one caveat - I don't PVP. I played on a PVP server for about a year and hated it. I never really got into the Battlegrounds. Never really found them to be that fun. As such I never bothered with newer BG's or the Arenas. I am all about PVE and Raiding. So this blog will deal with everything PVE - soloing, leveling up, 5-man grouping, raiding, etc; but it will not concern itself much with the PVP side of things as I have little experience on that side. Things may change in the future, never know, but for now that is how it will be.

Let me get some bragging out of the way first :) I consider myself a very knowledged and skilled Warlock. I have leveled numerous Warlocks and have played and experimented with all the talent trees. I have successfully completed many group or harder quests solo where many others need the help of a group. I am regularly one of the top damage dealers in raids. I almost never die or screw up strats in raids. I have a pretty good understanding of current theorycraft. If I had to estimate my ranking amongst Warlocks, I would have to say I'm in the top 5% easily. OK, now that you realize how awesome I am, let's move on!

Actually, my point here is that these tips and tactics I will be presenting are the ones that this particular very-good-warlock lives and dies (rarely) by. They can be trusted. I am not some smuck spouting nonsense or repeating cliche. I have personally experienced this stuff and in my opinion these are the best or easiest ways to do something. A lot will be personal opinion or preference and not everyone will agree, and it's fine if you don't, but there is no denying that it will be good stuff.

In closing, I just want to lay out what to expect in upcoming posts. While my guild is stuck learning Kael'thas and not experiencing a whole lot of new stuff in the near future, I will focus on leveling up a brand new Warlock from the decision to pick a Lock, what build to go with, which talents to put points into and when, soloing strategies, etc, all the way up to lvl 70. At that point I will offer details into how to prepare for End Game, getting through Karazhan, and then into the full raiding stuff. There will probably be deviations along the way, such as for tradeskills or interface/mod related discussions. I also will likely have a few opinion posts here and there for variety. But overall the posts will be a guide from 1-70 and beyond.

I hope we have fun along the way!