World of Warcraft Questing Strategy
Questing is the staple feature of the World of Warcraft. Through quests players gain experience, items and a better understanding of the world they are a part of. Quests are the primary way in which the story of Warcraft is told to the players. For all players, it is best to implement a strategy that best suits your goals when it comes to quests.
There are two types of players when it comes to quests. Those that only care for the rewards the quests grants and those that enjoy the story they tell. Both will take a different approach to their questing experience, but there are some commonalities that they can share to maximize their experience.
One such tactic involves fully exploring a zone to reveal the entire map prior to beginning your questing experience. This accomplishes several things. The first is finding every quest hub that exists within the zone. The second is that your in game map will now have all locations revealed. Now when you receive a quest that tells you to find an abandoned house on the western side of the zone you will see on your map where exactly you need to go.
Another simple suggestion is to read the entire quest if you are having trouble understanding what to do. Nearly every quest in the game has a detailed description of what is required within the quest text. For those quests that are slightly less clear, you have several resources that can help.
Three resources you can turn to are the various online databases wowhead, thottbot, and wowdb. These databases contain information on nearly every quest that exists within the World of Warcraft. While these databases are very helpful, the problem with them is that you need to leave the game to get to them. Whether you are alt tabbing or minimizing the game, your character could die while you look up information and that is why there are better resources to handle quest look-up in the form of addons.
Addons are modifications to the user interface of World of Warcraft. Thousands of addons exist that modify hundreds of aspects of the game, but the ones we will examine are the ones that improve quest functionality. Questhelper, tomtom, and lightheaded are but a few of the choices you have when it comes to these addons. The best ones will highlight areas of your map to tell you exactly where you need to go to complete your quests. For those that seek the quest rewards the addons are the single best way to quest; however, if you are one that wants to enjoy the story then you may only wish to use these when you really get stuck.
Overall the World of Warcraft questing system revolutionized the way that massively multiplayer online games were built. If you truly wish to enjoy all that questing has to offer then it is about time you develop your questing strategy.
October 01 2008 03:10 pm | Uncategorized