I still enjoy the game because I've made some good friends that I still hang around with on my Ventrilo server, and Dad and I still play together once a week, questing and advancing our characters into the 70s that started together in their 20s.

Upcoming Video Content

And I still have the drive to make videos and offer helpful tips and tricks every time I play.

So, as a result of a wee bit of playing recently, I've got a video coming out soon that I'm working on putting the finishing touches on right now in iMovie '09, and I'll be posting it to my long-estranged YouTube channel which you can subscribe to through that link.

I hope to see a lot of comments on the videos when they're posted! Feel free to link to the video from your guild website or blog or wherever, if you think the tips and tricks would be helpful for your friends.

Related posts:

1. Prince Malchezzar in Karazhan Video, Priest Healer
2. How To Get Into PUG Raids Without An Achievement
3. Partying All Night Long on WoW MMORPG

I mean, I know most of these dungeons like the back of my hand after having run friends through or PUGged them a billion times, or having farmed through to the end of the various instances for the Achievements.

So, it's the perfect time to get into Tanking - not only do I know where I'm going and have a decent handle on generating threat on multiple targets, but I can move quickly because I'm not often questioning where to go next.

For me, however, Gnomeregon is one such instance that doesn't fit into the category above.

Learning Gnomer As Healer

PUG on Gnomer Elevator

I went there a few times with friends to get the achievement of completing the instance, and one time that four level 70's actually WIPED in there because someone aggro'd an alarm bot in a very bad place (causing a very very huge pull that eventually landed on us), but I never played it enough to actually learn directions.

So now that one of my tanks has reached the level where Gnomer starts popping up (27 or so), I've started to queue myself only as Healer or DPS so I don't have to try to lead the group as its Tank when I have no idea where I'm going.

The Lowbie Tank and Healing Team

At least this way, I know we're not getting a Ninja Healer in the group. :)

But it means that I'm no longer in a "leadership" position when it comes to the Tank/Healer team dynamic, and am therefore at the mercy of the Tank and his or her quality and experience and attitude about leading a team.

But, I'm cool with following at times, and leading others.

Until the Tank breaks the Tank/Healer team bond in a way that shows me he or she hasn't realized the control this team has on the rest of the group. Then, suddenly, I can think of 15 things I'd get more joy out of doing right now.

DPS Wannabee Tank Ahead of Tank

About DPS-Wannabe-Tanks

In lowbie instances, there is a lot of attitude of "this is easy" and "nobody dies in these instances".

Plus, some DPS players join the LFG tool as DPS yet harbor dreams of being the leader of the group, like the Tank generally is.

Druids, Warriors, Paladins and Hunters are the worst for this from what I've seen, although some Shaman and Rogues pop in there occasionally as well.

It's easy to recognize, too - you've got a DPS person running ahead of the Tank, or pulling mobs instead of letting the Tank do it, and taunting mobs off which the Tank currently has the attention of. At a low level doesn't seem like a big deal, but to a Tank it's often quite annoying.

Tank's Frustration Not Completely Shared By Healer

As a Healer in a low level instance, for the most part it doesn't matter who is taking damage - healing requirements are low as long as only one group is pulled at a time.

But for the Tank, it can feel as if part of your job is being taken away from you when an over-eager DPS decides to take on the tanking role. And for a good Tank who is watching the mana level of the Healer, it can be even MORE annoying because the DPS getting the group into combat again just further slows down the Healer from regaining mana and allowing the group to move forward with speed.

So what can a Tank and Healer team do in order to keep the party moving smoothly without allowing the Wannabee Tank to disturb the process?

Maintaining The Tank/Healer Bond

Razorfen Kraul Pally Healing

Healers, maintain a bond with your Tank.

DPS, don't be envious of this bond - become a Tank or Healer instead. (You'll get faster LFG parties anyway)

What does this bond that I speak of look like? How does it show up, how does it affect this DPS who refused to take on the full responsibility of the Tank role yet feels he or she is a "great tank" and sets out to prove it?

The bond, I'd like to say, first starts with mutual respect and a degree of trust - even for a complete stranger. Without this mutual respect and trust between Tank and Healer, an unruly DPS will seem even more annoying and distracting. So except in extreme circumstances (see Ninja Healers), make this respect/trust thing a priority in your grouping, Tanks and Healers.

Once the basic bond is there, Tanks and Healers can easily work together to discourage unruly DPS - especially those who like to aggro mobs before the Tank is ready to dive in.

Primary Tank/Heal-Bonded Strategy

As a Healer, I personally don't mind a little bit of neglect in my job.

That is, if a DPS is pulling aggro regularly and purposefully, or stands in the fire/roof collapse, I don't mind not sending them heals.

In fact, if you were a reasonably-paced Tank during an LFG run and you had a DPS who was annoying you as a Wannabee Tank, I'd respond very favorably to your request for me to NOT heal that person AT ALL when they purposely pull aggro.

Truthfully, that's part of Healing that took a very long time for me to get used to - and Heroics helped a lot with settling that mindset. In Heroics I tended to find that if a DPS pulled aggro or pulled first, there was no way I *could* save them. And now when I'm in a leveling LFG party and the Tank is obviously annoyed at the DPS who is pulling out of turn, I have ZERO problems neglecting to heal the culprit who won't stick to his or her role.

So Tank, feel free to request that the DPS not pull first, or pull adds, and if your request isn't heeded after two mentions, feel VERY free to request that I, as the healer, not heal the DPS who doesn't listen.

The only time I'll go against you is if that DPS is doing 50%+ of the group's damage, and the instance progression would slow down terribly without them. In that case, the bond with the entire group is more important.

But really, I don't often find that players with quality DPS skills are the ones jumping ahead and pulling in place of the Tank, so it's not often a consideration.

What NOT To Do As An LFG Tank

Sadly, not all Tanks have figured out how to determine whether their Healer is on their side regarding loosy-goosy DPS and Wannabee Tanks, and that's unfortunate.

Those Tanks will end up taking their frustration out on the entire group, instead of finding a way to team with their Healer to lessen the frustration.

For example, a Gnomer run I was in last night had a Paladin Tank and a Druid DPS, but the Druid was in bear form and was pulling ahead of the Tank, despite the Tank's frustrated requests that he/she not continue to do that.

All of a sudden, the Tank runs way off ahead, aggro's 50 mobs and dies. As a Healer who believes in the Tank/Healer bond, I tried to keep up with him, thinking he knew something I didn't about being able to get away from everything he was aggro'ing. So of course, I died shortly after he did.

That was the end of my run with that guy. Before I left, however, in between the rest of the DPS calling the Tank a tool for wiping the entire party due to one person's inability to listen, I mentioned the Tank/Healer bond, and let him know I would have gladly stopped healing the Tank Wannabee if only he had actually requested it.

It's the first time I've actually told a Tank not to fuck over their Healer when we as a duo could aim the fuckage to the right person by not taunting mobs off and not healing, either.

I wonder if he took the suggestion to heart?

Related posts:

1. For DPS Specs: How To Drive Away Healers And Tanks
2. What’s With All The Healer Ninjas??!!
3. Do You Feel Guilty Ditching An LFG PUG?

Fact: PUG Ditchers Used To Be More Annoying Than They Are Today

Not to say that I think people should feel free to ditch groups they got into and have progressed part way through the instance with, but I definitely think with the cross-realm LFG, there's a lot more flexibility than there used to be.

It used to KILL a group when the Tank or Healer would leave, especially when it comes to Heroics and having already completed one of the bosses in the instance. DPS has always been easier to replace, but there have been times where that wasn't possible either, so the loss of a DPS in the group killed the party, too.

But now any role can be replaced rather quickly and easily with just a little bit of patience.

Do You Commit To Stay For The Whole Instance?

I was listening to a podcast the other day (unfortunately I don't remember which one) and the hosts were talking about the new Dungeon Tool and how great it was, and about the types of parties they had been assigned to in terms of class balance and ultimate ability to quickly complete an instance.

One of the podcasters spoke strongly about his opinion regarding the quality of player who will leave a dungeon instance in the middle. He went so far as to say that if you could not finish an instance, then don't start it, because you're "screwing" the other four people in your group if you leave.

What do you think? Is it really a big deal to ditch PUGs these days?

And do you feel GUILTY when you leave, even if you know they'll likely find a replacement quickly?

Related posts:

1. What’s With All The Healer Ninjas??!!
2. To The LFG Tool: An Ode
3. To The LFG Tool: Some Laments

But man, what's with all the Healer Ninjas in the leveling dungeons??!!

Playing With Friends? Playing With Strangers.

Personally, I love the challenge of PUGs with complete and utter strangers.

Druid Tanking In Wailing Caverns

In fact, for a while there were social friends I wouldn't invite into dungeons to fill final slots in parties, because I found that playing with complete and utter strangers was a more positive playing experience with less negative ramifications after the party was complete.

After all, BC was a time where Crowd Control was valued extremely highly, and as a Mage I was getting into parties right left and center specifically because I was not only DPS, but I was one of the more reliable classes in terms of repeatable Crowd Control techniques.

The social friends I would avoid inviting to fill out dungeon groups were generally DPS classes (Healers and Tanks got regular invites), and the ones I'd avoid inviting the most were the ones who only wanted to go into dungeons in "guild groups", and then once they got there demonstrated exactly why - they had NO grouping skills, and didn't think that was a problem.

For whatever reason, guild Hunters were the ones I remember the most in terms of ones I'd avoid grouping with in a dungeon.

Huntards who refused to freeze trap. Who broke other forms of CC with their flame traps, snakes and multi-shot. Who "liked chaos" and therefore didn't pay attention to kill order. Who pulled aggro, and only feigned death once the mob was on top of them... generally leaving the mob to turn its attention to the nearby healer. Or a DPS wearing more than toilet paper for gear if the healer was lucky.

After a few runs with such social guildmates and hearing them talk about their beliefs and intentions for future runs, I started to realize that in order for my playing skills to improve while I'm actually enjoying myself, I'd be way better off playing with complete and utter strangers.

Crazy Eyed Gnome!

Some Strangers Suck, But I Can Ignore Them

This isn't to say that all of the strangers played better than these social guildmates - not at all.

There are always plenty of strangers who are either under-experienced or over-experienced, and both of those levels of understanding can result in challenging (or annoying) group situations.

But at least they're strangers, which means I have no urge to say "hello" to them when they log in the next day, or the next week. If they're annoying, boasting, aggro-pulling, chaos-generating players, I can pretend they don't exist - at least until the next time we end up in a PUG together (which didn't tend to happen much with the bad ones, even before cross-realm LFG).

Yet Another Dungeon Tool Effect On Parties

These days, it's not very often that a social guildmate is the right level to join me in the Dungeon Tool, so I'm doing a lot of PUGs with complete strangers. My social guildmates are all pretty decently skilled now that we've been playing for years, though, which makes it easier to invite them to groups when we do match up.

But now what I'm finding is that it's BETTER to bring in a social guildmate (as long as they're not complete tools), because that extra person that I can influence cuts down on potentially annoying, time-wasting situations.

Like the Healers who are incredibly crappy healers, but who have discovered they can get into dungeons much more quickly if they mark off that they're able to heal, than if they just list themselves as DPS.

Healing In Deadmines

Beware The Healer Ninja

As a lowbie tank, I completely expect that every dungeon I go into is going to have its share of challenges.

Whether the challenge is that the dungeon is Wailing Caverns or Gnomeregon which have players drop as soon as they zone in (because both are very long and have huge potentials for someone unknowledgable to spend a lot of time wandering around trying to find their way to the end to get the satchel), or the challenge is that the DPS are predominantly weak (due to inexperience, class dynamics or just plain laziness), or it's that the healer is new to their job and doesn't have any addons to help them heal (*cough* Healbot *cough*), I fully expect there to be SOME kind of challenge.

I am, after all, tanking at under level 30 at this point, and by default most players haven't had much experience with their characters to really know how to rock their role.

Most challenges aren't a big deal - if someone leaves the group, the Dungeon Tool fills their spot. DPS and Healing requirements are quite light for low level instances as well - everything is very forgiving and it's not very often that a DPS who pulls aggro even experiences death at this point.

But the one challenge that's bugging me these days is all about the Ninja Healer.

What's A Ninja Healer?

Simply put, it's a player who joins the party in the Healing role and then chooses "Need" on every gear drop they can roll on.

And on top of that annoying behavior, they're usually horribad healers who prefer to DPS (and do), but don't want to wait for the Dungeon Tool to place them as DPS!

The Dungeon Tool's restriction for kicking players early in an instance is what makes this player especially annoying to me more than anything - if after the first five minutes I've done 40% of my own healing, as a Warrior Tank using Healing Potions periodically, something is very wrong. And my not being able to vote the healer out because we haven't been in the party for long enough is highly frustrating to the rest of the group as well.

Sometimes I'm lucky and there's a class that can cast backup heals to keep us going until we can remove the dead weight, but lately I haven't been so lucky, and I've had to make the long run back to the instance because the One Who Doesn't Heal But Needs Everything also doesn't ressurect - and generally doesn't even respond to conversation on the party chat line.

It's getting to the point where I can recognize a Healer Ninja within the first three or so pulls in an instance, just by watching my health as I progress from group to group. The healing meters in Recount serve as a source to back up what I've noticed, and at times communicate it to the rest of the group before I initiate a kick.

But unfortunately, as I mentioned before, early in an instance there are kick restrictions in place, and therefore our group generally has to live with a Ninja in the group for what feels like an eternity before the vote actually gets past the restrictions and has a chance to pass.

How High Do The Healer Ninjas Show Up?

I'm working on lowbies right now when I get a chance to play, and I'm finding that Healer Ninjas are more prevalent at 20-30 than they were from 15-19.

I wonder, what's your experience with crappy Dungeon Tool healers who have to be kicked early in the instance because they're rolling Need on everything they get a chance to roll on?

At what level can I expect this horribad population to more or less die out?

Related posts:

1. Do You Feel Guilty Ditching An LFG PUG?
2. LFG Tanks: Don’t Screw Your Healers!
3. Tank/Healer Not Required: An Alternate Universe

Specifically, on my Horde-side, well-established set of toons, a couple of them have Direbrew's Remote.

And the Remote, other than being a rare daily boss drop during the Brewfest celebration which was difficult to get in the first place, has a couple of neat features that can be enjoyed year round.

Tauren Chieftains in Blackrock Depths

Dusting Off The Remote

For the heck of it I hopped onto my Troll Mage and activated the Remote I got from Coren Direbrew, and took a ride in the Dark Iron Dwarf's Personal Mole Machine.

When used by its owner or any party member, the Personal Mole Machine takes a player directly into The Grim Guzzler in Blackrock Depths. When I was first going into BRD, my social leveling guildmates referred to that spot as "The Bar" so you might know it better that way.

If you're bringing a real party, or a friend for a run through, or an alt for a boss drop, there are a couple boss fights here you can engage without moving very far from where you land when you zone in:

• Ribbly Screwspigot
• Hurley Blackbreath (Alliance)
• Lost Thunderbrew Recipe (Horde)

Say Hello To The Band

Tauren Chieftains Lead Singer

Well, first to make newbies gather around you in the city when you pull out the Personal Mole Machine and they've never seen one before, or only rarely seen one before...

And then, once you're alone in Blackrock Depths, or there with your buddies or party, it's all about the band.

Allll about activating the band.

Rock and Roll, baby!

How To Activate The Band

The band can be activated any time of year, but during certain times I do believe the band comes out by itself.

Tauren Chieftains Undead Bass Guitarist

At any rate, if you talk to the NPC to the right hand side of the band gear and go through the scripted conversation with him, you'll ask for the band to be brought out and use guilt and the fact that you came all this way with the remote to see them, and eventually the goblin will agree to bring them out.

A few moments later, the band will come out, and they'll play for quite a while!

If you target one of the band members and /cheer them, you'll get a stat buff too - perfect for buffing up just before you take on the two bosses I mentioned for the quests earlier!

I hope you like the pictures, I had fun taking them :)

Related posts:

1. Ode To Blackrock Depths
2. How To Use Your Direbrew’s Remote To Get A Companion Pet
3. Farming Wailing Caverns, Flailing Around in Blackrock Depths

This entry is more about the things that I lament about the new LFG tool.

Ready Check For Random Dungeon

Like It? Don't Like It?

Now, don't get confused. Overall, I L-O-V-E the new LFG tool. I think it's a wicked upgrade to an already useful tool.

But, there are some things that "just aren't the same" anymore, and I can't help but miss them just a little bit.

Gimme Back My Global LookingForGroup!

The first thing I noticed about the LFG Tool upgrade that I didn't like was the fact that the LookingForGroup channel was now restricted to the cities, and if you moved out of those restricted areas, one couldn't "lurk" in it any longer as a way to find out what PUG raids were going on.

I don't know about you, but I rarely hang out in the city, and when I do, I'm probably doing something very specific and have most of my channels turned off to reduce spam. And when I'm actually interested in getting into a PUG raid, I'm generally out and about, doing Fishing or Jewelcrafting Dailies which take me out of the city.

I used to put myself in the LFG tool under something like the zone of Icecrown so I didn't get ninja invites, but was still able to keep a finger on the pulse of what was going on RIGHT NOW that I could get into with various toons. Now I've completely left the LookingForGroup channel because it's useless and spammy to me.

Don't Force Me To Commit

Space Goat Death Pose

Having to commit to Heroics *or* Raids, and not being able to pick and choose like we used to be able to do, sucks too!

I used to list myself for the one specific Heroic I wanted to do (daily, generally), and then I'd list myself for a couple of Raids as well. Whatever I got an invite for, I went to.

But now I have to commit to what I want to do - raid or do Heroics - and I find that a wee bit restrictive.

Although I do admit, the Heroics pop so fast these days that it doesn't make much sense to list myself in anything else when I list for Heroics. But I still resent being forced to make a commitment right from the start, as it takes away some of my "I like random things" joy. I've basically stopped listing myself for raids at all as a result.

Let Me Vote To Kick More People

In my Lowbie Leveling PUGs I quickly found that there's a limit to the number of people that can be voted out of a group.

So, in the Wailing Caverns run I had on my lowbie Paladin Tank, the guy who went AFK to girlfriend aggro (to do the dishes, 10 min into our run - yah, marry that one and keep bowing down to her, you'll be REAL happy together) got voted out, and then his replacement was a huntard who rolled Need on everything despite agreeing to our requests to only Need on what he'd equip himself, so he got voted out, and then a third person joined who couldn't find his way to us (and we weren't in the twisty part yet at all) yet rolled Need on everything that dropped... and we couldn't vote him out.

Now, I understand that the Vote to Kick feature can be abused if I were to bring three of my friends and myself into a group, and keep kicking anyone who rolls on anything for that fifth person, but when we're all virtual strangers from different realms, I don't see the potential for abuse as much. After all, it only takes one dissenting vote for the kick to not go through, and the tool "knows" whether we were grouped together to start, or randomly tossed together.

Is this Vote To Kick thing limited by time, does anyone know? If we were in an uber-long run, would we be able to Vote Out more than two/three people?

Related posts:

1. To The LFG Tool: An Ode
2. How To "Lurk" On The LFG Channel
3. How To “Lurk” On The LFG Channel

1. I can finally get into dungeon groups on leveling lowbies!
2. No longer do I have to be one of the people who get to the stone to summon (since 3/5 people in almost every party I was in didn't bother)
3. Getting into dungeons like Uldaman and Maraudon aren't hellish anymore!
4. Vote To Kick is brilliant!
5. Refilling spots after someone leaves is also brilliant!
6. No longer is it painful to be the "leader" of the group, especially when someone leaves. Not up to the leader to find a specific new person to fill the slot.
7. Yay for the Satchels of goodies!

I'm sure there's more about the LFG tool that I love, but right now, those were the top things that came to mind about it.

Heroic LFG vs Leveling LFG

LFG Tool, Random Dungeons

However, with my Lowbie LFG players, I'm getting more of a mix of roles - the dps/healer gets more Healer roles than DPS roles, but not by the huge margin as in Heroics. And the tank/healer lowbie I'm working on seems to be about 50/50 in terms of what role comes up for me when a dungeon pops.

It's kind of neat, putting myself into the tool and then getting the "roll the dice" surprise as to what role I'll be performing. Reminds me of the "cherry surprises" Mom used to make at Christmas time, where (to me anyway) the real surprise was whether it was a RED cherry or a GREEN one.

Always delightful :)

Your Random Dungeon Group Is Ready!

How To Get An Instant LFG Party: Solo

I'm sure this isn't a shocking surprise to anyone, but after partying with about 200 strangers over a variety of toons, I noticed this:

• If you're a DPS, it takes a few minutes (sometimes up to 20) for an instance to pop.

• If you're a Healer, it takes anywhere from 5 seconds to a few minutes.
• If you're a Tank, as soon as you put yourself into the tool, an instance pops.

Not at all shocking considering the vast majority of leveling players are DPS spec'd because leveling (though quests) with a Tank or Healer spec is significantly slower.

And of course, players can't dual spec until level 40, so even the wealthiest players can only switch gear around in order to handle different roles, whether they're inside a dungeon or questing out in the lands.

LFGing It With A Friend

I've used the LFG tool to complete parties in both the Heroic and Leveling ways, but because I'm so comfortable with dungeon PUGs now, I really only list myself as DPS if I've got another role selected as well - either Tank or Healer - so my experience may be different than yours, for sure.

After all, since I put myself in as either Tank or Healer too, I rarely have to wait very long for an instance to pop, and as a result, I purposely seek out DPS friends to join me when I list myself in the tool. This way, they can benefit from the fast-popping instance as well.

Plus of course, it's ALWAYS more fun to run a dungeon when you've got at least one friend in the party, isn't it? :)

I'm happy to hear from my DPS-only friends that the tool is pretty awesome for finding a tank and a healer for a 2- or 3-DPS party, too!

The Social Woes NewLFG Have Reduced

This upgrade of the LFG tool to be cross-battlegroup and intelligent enough to put together a proper party (you know, one with a designated tank and healer so it doesn't have to be decided after formation) has gone a long way to alleviate some Social Woes that have existed for quite a while in the game.

For example, a lot of behaviors that could be labeled "rude and lazy" aren't much of a concern anymore:

• You can continue to quest right until the teleport sequence is engaged, and nobody is inconvenienced (by having to make their way to the stone to summon your lazy ass).
• You can AFK in an instance without any word, or do stupid things like run ahead and get yourself swarmed and killed (and get kicked via Vote).
• You can leave parties right in the middle, even if you're a Tank or Healer, and the party rarely breaks up.
• Even people who roll "Need" on everything are only a pain for the first 10 minutes of them being there.

What Features Of The LFG Tool Do You Love?

I've probably missed some of the great features of the dungeon tool in my post, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.

Future post on the matter will cover the Laments I have about the new Dungeon Tool - because no matter how awesome it is, it'll never be perfect .

Stay tuned!

Related posts:

1. To The LFG Tool: Some Laments
2. Wailing Caverns via Dungeon Tool = Tests Galore!
3. Do You Feel Guilty Ditching An LFG PUG?

CURRENT FOR PATCH 3.3!

Here's a complete Gemming and Enchanting Guide for Paladin Tanks in WoTLK World of Warcraft.

This guide includes two sets of gem/enchant suggestions: One for the beginner and another for "pro" raiders

BONUS: Complete Materials Lists + helpful suggestions to help you reduce your raid gear-enhancing costs!

EVERY TANKING PALADIN RAIDER NEEDS THIS GUIDE!

Raid Geared Paladin Tank

If you want to find a fast, efficient, friendly raiding team, read on!

Raiders Who Don't Waste Time Gem and Enchant Their Gear

Sure, gems and Enchants aren't NEEDED in order to get into raiding.

Lots of people get wicked gear upgrades, but then continue to raid week after week without enhancing that wicked gear. And yes, they're still invited into raids.

But if THEY are so poorly Gemmed and Enchanted, I'll bet you can tell what the rest of the group looks like, too!

Some entry-level raiding guilds overlook an applicant's Gems and Enchants initially, but then discriminate when it comes time to build in-guild raid teams. The well-gemmed and enchanted tend to only want to play with others of the same ilk, potentially leaving YOU on the outside.

Use this guide to shine up your gear the best you can before a raid guild application, or to shine up the gear of your new alt raider!

Shine up your gear to Awesome Raiding Guild standards and notice how your in-game social circles begin to change as playing with well-gemmed and enchanted players becomes your new standard.

Topics In This Document

Buy Now!

The Raiding Tankadin's Gemming and Enchanting Guide

WoWGrrl's mini-guides are based on many hours of research, and therefore are comprehensive and specific, but I still keep them very low-cost. Your purchase helps support the hosting costs of the WoWGrrl.com website and production of future guides on various World of Warcraft topics.

I appreciate the opportunity to help you reduce your research time and increase your play time, while you help me keep my blogging and guide-writing costs down through your contributions!

Feel free to leave a note to suggest a topic you'd like to see covered in a guide!

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2. Holy Paladin’s Gem and Enchant Guide
3. WoW Rogue Gem and Enchant Guide

CURRENT FOR PATCH 3.3!

Here's a complete Gemming and Enchanting Guide for Death Knight Tanks in WoTLK World of Warcraft.

This guide includes two sets of gem/enchant suggestions: One for the beginner and another for "pro" raiders

BONUS: Complete Materials Lists + helpful suggestions to help you reduce your raid gear-enhancing costs!

EVERY DK TANKING RAIDER NEEDS THIS GUIDE!

Lich King's Student?

If you want to find a fast, efficient, friendly raiding team, read on!

Raiders Who Don't Waste Time Gem and Enchant Their Gear

Sure, gems and Enchants aren't NEEDED in order to get into raiding.

Lots of people get wicked gear upgrades, but then continue to raid week after week without enhancing that wicked gear. And yes, they're still invited into raids.

But if THEY are so poorly Gemmed and Enchanted, I'll bet you can tell what the rest of the group looks like, too!

Some entry-level raiding guilds overlook an applicant's Gems and Enchants initially, but then discriminate when it comes time to build in-guild raid teams. The well-gemmed and enchanted tend to only want to play with others of the same ilk, potentially leaving YOU on the outside.

Use this guide to shine up your gear the best you can before a raid guild application, or to shine up the gear of your new alt raider!

Shine up your gear to Awesome Raiding Guild standards and notice how your in-game social circles begin to change as playing with well-gemmed and enchanted players becomes your new standard.

Topics In This Document

Buy Now!

The Raiding Death Knight's Tank Gemming and Enchanting Guide

WoWGrrl's mini-guides are based on many hours of research, and therefore are comprehensive and specific, but I still keep them very low-cost. Your purchase helps support the hosting costs of the WoWGrrl.com website and production of future guides on various World of Warcraft topics.

I appreciate the opportunity to help you reduce your research time and increase your play time, while you help me keep my blogging and guide-writing costs down through your contributions!

Feel free to leave a note to suggest a topic you'd like to see covered in a guide!

Related posts:

1. WoW Rogue Gem and Enchant Guide
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Here's a complete Gemming and Enchanting Guide for Rogues in WoTLK World of Warcraft.

This guide includes two sets of gem/enchant suggestions: One for the beginner and another for "pro" raiders

BONUS: Complete Materials Lists + helpful suggestions to help you reduce your raid gear-enhancing costs!

EVERY ROGUE RAIDER NEEDS THIS GUIDE!

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If you want to find a fast, efficient, friendly raiding team, read on!

Raiders Who Don't Waste Time Gem and Enchant Their Gear

Sure, gems and Enchants aren't NEEDED in order to get into raiding.

Lots of people get wicked gear upgrades, but then continue to raid week after week without enhancing that wicked gear. And yes, they're still invited into raids.

But if THEY are so poorly Gemmed and Enchanted, I'll bet you can tell what the rest of the group looks like, too!

Some entry-level raiding guilds overlook an applicant's Gems and Enchants initially, but then discriminate when it comes time to build in-guild raid teams. The well-gemmed and enchanted tend to only want to play with others of the same ilk, potentially leaving YOU on the outside.

Use this guide to shine up your gear the best you can before a raid guild application, or to shine up the gear of your new alt raider!

Shine up your gear to Awesome Raiding Guild standards and notice how your in-game social circles begin to change as playing with well-gemmed and enchanted players becomes your new standard.

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