Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Energy Pack

Every player needs to know how to get an energy pack. Mafia Wars require players to complete different tasks. Each of these tasks requires different amounts of energy to complete. As you level up, you will need more energy simply because these jobs will require more. The benefit of getting energy packs is that it refills your energy to the max, plus an additional 25%.

Here are a few ways to get an energy pack. Mafia Wars offers different ways of obtaining them. You can go to the Godfather to get an energy refill. When you complete a tier, you are awarded reward points. You can use these points, providing that you have enough, and trade them for energy refills.

Ask your friends for a pack. You are only as strong as the first 501 players in your clan so you need everyone in the family to be strong. If other family members believe you're a serious player, they should be willing to give you one. This goes both ways, so if you have an extra pack to spare, you should return the favor.

Complete the Boss Tier. This a difficult tier to complete but once you do, you will receive the job mastery item, the Golden Throne. The Golden Throne will give you double the energy per regeneration period.

Outlined above were a few answers to "How to Get an Energy Pack." Mafia Wars tasks require energy to complete jobs, so here are a few ways to use your energy wisely. You can only use an energy pack once every 23 hours therefore you should only use the pack when your energy is finishing out. This allows you to gain an extra 25% when you refill. Don't use a pack when you are close to moving up a level. You will get full energy after leveling therefore using the pack just before leveling will be a waste.

Hopefully I answered "How to Get an Energy Pack." Mafia Wars can offer great loot items if you complete the jobs, providing that you have the energy. Don't get caught short on energy. You should ask for an energy pack daily from your family.

Dugi's Ultimate

Today I'll be reviewing Dugi's Ultimate PVP Guide. I love PVP; it is one of my favorite things to do. When I'm not slicing and dicing mages in the arena, I'm beating up Paladins in Wintergrasp. While I consider myself a veteran of PVP, and fairly well versed in how everything works, this guide was able to teach me some stuff.

This is a wonderful guide; it presents you with suggested talent specs for each class, and in some cases multiple talent specs. The guide goes into detail on how you can fight against ever class. It goes over topics such as how to counter enemy moves, when to use specific spells, and even when to run away.

I especially like how you can download the templates for each class. You can download a program that will open the talent sheet and display the list of talents for you.

It has video tutorials such as "Arena Line of Sight", and "Advanced Keybinding Tutorials". It lists a bunch of videos for addons, which addons to use, how to install them and most importantly, how to properly use them.

Once you've finished looking over the information on your preferred class, you can take a look at other classes to see how they might counter your moves and come up with some very advanced strategies.

This guide is very thorough, and I recommend it to anyone who is looking to get serious in PVP, or who is just looking to PVP casually. No matter what your intentions, you can't go wrong with this guide!

Hayden Hawke's Secret

Wow, Just Wow. That's what I have to say about this guide. It has so much information that it's staggering. This guide seems to cover every topic that you can think of. If you can make money off of it, it'll be in this guide!

The guide comes as a PDF download, with a proper table of contents. The table of contents alone takes up 6 pages. The guide covers virtually every method to make money. It covers the Auction House, Gathering Professions, Secondary Professions, Farming, Instance Farming, Dailies, Stuff to do BEFORE level 80 and other, miscellaneous ways to make gold. This guide even covers efficient ways to beg for gold.

Now don't get me wrong. I hate beggars as much as anyone and I don't condone begging. However, if you wanted to, this guide tells you how to do it, and how to do it better than everyone else.

Each chapter is broken up into several sub-sections. For instance, the Auction House chapter has 6 sub-sections. The one I enjoyed the most would definitely be "Finding, Buying and Selling Hot Items". In the 2 hours of work I put into it, I've made about 1000 gold. If you're familiar with anything in the stock market, you'll have a good time in the auction house.

While dailies are a reliable way to make money, this guide takes it to the next level; telling you which dailies to do and how to do them.

Other sections such as the Profession sections tell you how you can make money off of your professions. It lists which items to harvest, ideal prices to sell for, for each of the different "gathering" professions.

The crafting section is similar; it tells you ideal items to craft and what to try to sell for. It covers all of the different professions telling you exactly what you need to do to make money.

Another one of my favorite sections is the "Before Level 80" section. This section covers how anybody can make money at any level. It covers levels 1-30, 30-60, 60-70, 70-80, then other miscellaneous things that can be done regardless of level.

The sheer amount of content in this guide is amazing. This guide comes highly recommended to anyone looking to make gold, regardless of faction or level.

World of Warcraft

If you are looking for a quick and easy guide to help you out with farming gold in World of Warcraft, than these tips may prove extremely useful.

Tip 1:
Take as many quests as you can because as you spend time leveling up your character, you can unknowingly complete one of your quests, thus earning gold.

Tip 2:
Completing quests is also a great way to get gear and any other items you may be tempted to purchase on your own. Instead of using your gold to buy gear at an early level in the game, hold on to it. Chances are you will be able to find the gear later in the game.

Tip 3:
There are specific creatures to kill that will give you more gold than others. One of these creatures is the humanoid - keep your eye out for him.

Tip 4:
When you first choose which character you want to play, you should pay close attention to the stats of that character. Every character has weak and strong points and depending on what they are they could help, or hurt you later in the game.

Tip 5:
Until you have reached a level higher than ten, you should stay away from auctions. Spending your gold on these auctions at an early stage in the game can prove to be wasteful, especially when you can just wait until it is dropped during a quest.

Tip 6:
Whatever skill your character takes on, you should practice it as often as possible. The better you get at mining, for example, the more money you will make when you sell your items.

Tip 7:
Resell an inexpensive item for a larger profit. This is something that anyone can do to get good amounts of gold. All you need to do is purchase something that is fairly cheap, and wait a while until they are harder to find. Once that happens, simply sell the items you have for more than the original asking price.

Tip 8:
After you reach a decent level, you can start charging newer players for your help. Whether they need you to help them through a quest that is simple for you, or they just need you to show them around, take advantage of it and make money doing it.

Shapeshifting Forms

If you're new to playing a Druid, you're new to shapeshifting. Today, I'm going to break down the various forms that Druid gets while leveling up, what their uses are and how they're unique compared to other forms. Here we go!

Humanoid Form.

This, as you can probably guess, is the standard form that you start in, just like all characters. Why did I include it? Well, because it's important to realize that you're not restricted to just one form that you'll aquire as you go. It's useful to switch back into this form because you can do anything while in it, though your other forms are more specialized. For instance, when I was raiding Feral DPS, I'd often jump back into caster form to cast Tranquility and other spells when needed. Always keep in mind that this form has it's value too.

Bear Form

Bear Form is gained at level 10, though it's not going to be optimal for leveling until around level 25-30 when you're tanking multiple mobs. Bear Form gives you an increase to your armor class and makes you like a defensive warrior. Even at level 10, one can already see that the Druid in World of Warcraft is a versatile opponent.

Aquatic Form

Aquatic Form is gained at level 16 and performs one simple function. It let's you breathe and swim fast underwater. This can be useful for travel and also some underwater quests and dungeons. Don't forget about this at level 16. It has many applications. It can even be useful during PvP like Arathi Basin when swimming!

Cat Form

Cat form is a huge benchmark for the druid. Melee DPS is now possible, and with a little work and information about the correct builds and ability rotations, you can even start to compete with Rogues for damage. When you hit level 20, Cat Form is automatically given to you and should be used to level all the way to 80 if you're looking for the fastest and most efficient path.

Travel Form

With the recent patch, Travel form is now learned at level 16. Damn you young kids! When I leveled my druid i had to wait until level 30 to run fast! Anyway, this form allows you to travel faster on land and makes up for the fact that you don't have a mount yet. If you've ever played a Shaman, this form is very similar to Ghost Wolf and should be used when turning in quests, running to new locations, etc. However, unlike Ghost Wolf, this form is undispellable by casters so this makes for optimal flag running vehicle for Warsong Gulch as well.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

2 Ways to Play Games

Do you want options? Do you want to play games? Raise your hands, if you want to play more games! Well, in this article, we will look at 2 main ways to gain access to games. Find out how to play more games with the budget available. Enjoy!

Let us begin with a scenario. You have $50 to invest in a game. You go to a game store, and pay full whack for the game.

The result? You go home, you have the game and you play!

What happens if you don't like the game? Then what? You can't return the game. Now you need to spend more cash or wait till next month, etc. So what are you to do?

In another example a $50 is spent differently. This person went online and found a game for $35. Yes, it is the same game that the first person paid $50 for, but now they were able to buy 2 games!

This person has immense fun. There is another option, and let us look at the third option.

A person has $50. They go online, but instead of buying, they rent the game. The result? They manage to rent 10 games in one go.

They play 10 games for a month, and within the month return the game. Now that is immense game play!

So the person decides that one game is the best, and next month goes and buys that game. We have so many options, and it is easy to go for the expensive route.

Does it mean renting is best? Not necessarily. I still love buying games. However, there is one game that matters most, and that is the one that you love.

So make sure to find the right game to buy. I like both, as it does make all the difference.

Great Game

There are many great games out there. I don't mean the latest and greatest games, but those games which you keep returning to! One of those games is Age of Empires. Let us look at this great game.

Many games, you buy. And they are great. You have great game play for a period of time, but then you look for other games. What has made Age of Empires unique, is that it truly is a game that gammers keep returning to.

We see that age of empires has all different versions. These versions are upgrades, but they each have there own place in game play. For example, look at Age of Empires - Age of Mythology, and what you find is that it is slightly different than Age of Empires - The Age of Kings.

What makes this strategy game so appealing is the depth of research gone into the program. Take a look at the game and you find that it has been researched to the point that you can understand a lot about life at those times.

Take for example, starting a village in Age of Empires - The Age of Kings. What do you find? You find you have to forage for food, and start with basics, this then develops as technology improves.

The game play then shows how life used to be back then. Listen to the different people in different countries, and you find that it is the actual language. The Japanese speak actual Japanese in the game.

The game comes from Microsoft, and it was one of the first games they dabbled in. Support for the game has been so immense, that we find that they have brought different versions over the years.