Horde Side's Best Race For Mage

By Jeff Kamar

Trying to figure out which race to go with for your mage, either when you roll your new one or race change in the near future? Have you decided looks aren't a big factor, because mage always looks cool? Then this guide is the place for you. We'll talk about the benefits each race brings to the table, and figure out the best PvP and PvE races among them.

First up for discussion is Undead. Will of the Forsaken is/was possibly the best PvP racial in the game until Patch 3.3, where it will be nerfed to share a 45 second cooldown with PvP trinket effects. This means that the only thing that Undead is best at now is looking cool while they cast. And while this doesn't effect the use of WotF in PvE, it's not like WotF is really a big deal for PvE anyways. Skip undead if you want the best.

Blood elves are the second race we will talk about. Arcane Torrent is the primary racial of note here. For PvP applications, it is one of the better ones around; an extra silence is always a great thing to have. For PvE, the mana regen from Arcane Torrent is great while you are leveling, but at max level you shouldn't be having mana issues anyways, making it mostly useless.

The last Horde race is the always unpopular Troll. For their big racials they have Da Voodoo Shuffle, a PvP racial that reduces movement impairing effects by 15%, and Berserking. Berserking is probably the best mage racial in the game right now. For PvE, it is the biggest DPS increase you can get from a racial, and for PvP an extra damage cooldown can help you get in that last-second gib before the heals land.

Horde racials are pretty clear-cut once you look at them. Undead is nerfed into 'mehness' come 3.3, and was never good for PvE to begin with. Blood elf is decent for leveling and PvP, but lacks PvE oomph. And Troll has a racial that is enormously valuable in both PvP and PvE. So, for the first time in WoW, I can say Troll is the best choice.

I'll wrap this up by reminding you to pick on racials only if you don't mind the looks of the race. The benefit of a given racial is relatively minuscule; talents, gear, and skill are all infinitely more important. In the end, Blizzard has been working to reduce racials almost since the beginning, with nerfs and the removal of certain class-based racial abilities. It's only a matter of time before all of them are barely worth noting, so don't play something you can't stand for a minor, temporary buff. - 32500

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Choosing Your Hunter's Pet In World Of Warcraft

By Mike Miller

One of the best reasons to play a Hunter in World of Warcraft is to get access to a pet. There are literally hundreds of pets to choose from, though and if you are just getting started with this class, there are a number of things that you need to keep in mind.

Playing the Marksmanship tree, for instance, does not depend quite so heavily upon a pet, so you might select one based on its appearance. However, the Hunter is designed for the Beast Mastery tree so the pet you select will be extremely important for this specific gaming type. So, what aspects are important in selecting a pet, and which one is the right pet for you?

If you pose the question to other players as to what is the best pet for you, you will get a variety of answers. Essentially, it will come down to deciding what you intend for your character to do, and which pet will help you achieve your goals.

Essentially, there are three different types of pets that you can pick up. A tanking pet is going to be a pet that produces a fair amount of aggro while having a fairly high armor rating. These pets will let you do damage from a distance while keeping the mob away from you. Tanking pets are perfect for the solo Hunter and tend to have high survivability.

Conversely, DPS pets are more delicate, and you might have to dedicate time to nursing it back to health if you enter dangerous zones. However, they can inflict more harm than a tanking pet, and they're certainly the best choice if you want to enter some battlegrounds. They don't necessarily hold aggro or generate.

Middle of the road are pets that can both hold aggro while dealing damage but which are not amazing at either. They can be great for people who are comfortable with a number of different styles, but it is important to remember that you can keep more than one pet at a time.

Do not forget that your spec has a lot to do with how effective your pet is. Putting your points in Beast Mastery will help you get a lot of damage out of pet as well as help it keep aggro.

Additionally, you will be required to think about how you will nourish your pet once you obtain one. You are well aware that dog food is not available on Azeroth, so you will need to either purchase or hunt for your pet's food. Depending on which pet you get, some will have to eat particular food, but others will eat anything you put in front of them.

Many methods exist on how to select a pet as a World of Warcraft Hunter. If your goal is to level up fast, your selection is essential. You might want to examine the ways in which an Alliance leveling guide will provide you with important tips on selecting the right pet for you. - 32500

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Aion Leveling Guide - 5 Tips For Leveling By Questing in Aion

By J.J. Dundle

As everyone knows, leveling in Aion Online is not quite a piece of cake, especially after you pass level 30. Since my XP bar seemed stuck, I started to look for solutions to improve my progress. After a few hours of digging through the Internet, the best solution I could find was an Aion leveling guide. This has proven to be quite an excellent tool for fast leveling as I was the first who reached the level cap in my guild. So, to help all the players struggling with their XP, here are a few tips for leveling enhancement I've learned from this Aion leveling guide.

1. Quests are an excellent way to level up in Aion: Tower of Eternity, but to level fast by questing you must know exactly what to do and where to go. Always work on 4-5 quests at one time if possible and minimize your travelling from an area to another. Fortunately, this Aion leveling guide has outlined for me an excellent questing path, so my XP was flying.

2. Keep the level of your quests lower than you. It's much easier to complete quests in an area you won't die every five minutes and this way you'll be more effective.

3. Doing quests in the Abyss is a fast way to level up. All the quests here have almost double XP and the mobs drop quite nice loot and Kinah. Even if you run out of quests in one area, in some cases grinding on the mobs in the Abyss can grant you a fair amount of XP if you're a fast killer.

4. When questing, try to avoid PvP. Even if killing other players will bring you Abyss Points, you risk being hunted down and camped by the opposite faction. So, avoiding conflicts and keeping a low profile will help you maintain a high XP rate.

5. Gather every resource that you can find because you will get XP. Also, in Aion Online crafts are very important, not only because you will turn them into your personal gold mines selling what you craft, you also get a fair amount of XP over time by crafting. So, don't neglect your gathering or tradeskills.

These were just a few tips that I hope will help you knock down your levels faster and smoother. However, if your XP bar still seems stuck, I can only recommend you the Aion leveling guide I've been using. - 32500

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