Trim Your Monthly Expenses

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Wishing You a Happy New Year

Household Tricks

Broken GlassUse a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.Squirrel AwayTo keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants withcayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.Flexible vacuumTo get something out of a heat register or under the fridge, add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift

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My friend has family in Iowa. Her brothers' son (her nephew) was born with a heart defect, which makes his health critical on a daily basis. The little one must be monitored 24 hours a day. This condition causes other side effects, but makes his heart stop for no apparent reason.The parents living in the middle of no where were concerned that if the baby's heart stopped, how would they get to the

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Does Your New Year's Resolution Include Weight Loss?

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Rebuild Damaged Credit

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Do You Know About Pixel Protector?

If you have recently purchased an expensive large screen TV for yourself or as a holiday gift, you should be aware how you can protect your investment.It may not have occurred to you that to get the best quality and prolong the life of your TV, you need to correctly set up the TV's calibration, keep your TV free of screen burn and fix any stuck pixels. Doing this will provide optimal

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If you own a dog, you may not be aware that giving your dog as few as 7 raisins or grapes can be extremely toxic causing renal failure.After I received an email regarding this, I did some investigating and found it to be true. If a dog eats raisins or grapes, aggressive treatment is needed as well as fluids and close monitoring for survival.Be careful leaving raisins and grapes in places where

Free e-Cards

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Entrepreneur Trends to Watch

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Feast of Winter Veil Event

Another event has graced us and this one have been around for some time now but with some new goodies added for this year. Here are some notable changes made for this year's Feast of Winter Veil Event:

Profession Related:
- Alliance Tailors (250+) recieve [Pattern: Red Winter Clothes] in the mail from Greatfather Winter.

- Horde Tailors (250+) recieve [Pattern: Green Winter Clothes] in the mail from Great-father Winter.

- Cooks (325+) recieve [Recipe: Hot Apple Cider]

- Leatherworkers (285+) recieve [Pattern: Winter Boots]

- The Preserved Holly that players can get from completing special holiday quests can now be used on flying mounts. This will temporarily turn their flying mount into a flying reindeer that trails sparkles as it flies through the air

- Handful of Snowflakes: this is a new item you can obtain by /kiss -ing a Winter Reveler NPC. It will create a light snowfall above any targeted player.

- Burning Crusade Holiday Bosses: as in past years, certain bosses will be dressed in a festive fashion and will drop seasonal hats when defeated. The holiday versions of the bosses will begin on Dec. 25 and end on Jan. 2. These bosses include:

*Grand Warlock Netherkurse (Shattered Halls)

*Grandmaster Vorpil (Shadow Labyrinth)

*Exarch Maladaar (Auchenai Crypts)

*Captain Skarloc (Durnholde Keep)

*Nethermancer Sepethrea (Mechanar)

*High Botanists Freywinn (Botanica)

- Mechanotoy: This is a new gift that can be obtained from under the Winter Veil tree in Ironforge and Orgrimmar. It lets you summon a Mechanotoy non-combat pet to follow you around.

Jury Duty Scam

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is also included below).This scam seems to be spreading fast, so be prepared should you get this call.Most of us take those summons for jury duty seriously. A new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced. The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. The caller claims to work for the local court and then claims you failed to report for jury duty. The

The Mind Body Connection

It is fact that what people think and believe can affect their health. Research shows that keeping the body in a calm state is crucial to well-being and optimal health.Relaxation and stress management techniques will help you reach a calm state to achieve physical and mental health. Relaxation decreases wear and tear on your body and also helps self-control to handle stressful situations at work

Repetitive Stress Injury: Hand/Wrist

Over 60 percent of all workplace aliments are repettive stress injuries. They can be healed with early diagnosis. If you expereine constant pain in the hands, wrist or forearms, you may want to see a physician for advice.Hand and wrist warm-up and stretching exercises are beneficial in preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and relieving chronic and intermittent pain. If you use the computer for most

Second Act Saves You Money

Our thoughts are now on holiday shopping and getting the best deals. With that in mind, I wanted to make you aware of Second Act. This is an online retailer that offers the lowest prices on factory refurbished, factory closeouts, overstocks, end of life products and open box products. Who doesn't like saving money?I know that there is some doubt when purchasing these kinds of items, but I myself

NJ Is The Fourth In People Leaving The State

Since I currently reside in New Jersey, I found the following information to be of interest.New Jersey is the fourth in people leaving the state. In recent studies and polls it shows that more people are leaving the state than coming in. More than half of those who remain would like to leave also.A study produced by Rutgers University professors James Hughes and Joseph Seneca reported that in

Do It Yourself or Search Engine Marketing Agency?

Search Engine Marketing, or SEM, is a form of Internet Marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in the Search Engine result pages. This method is effective in driving targeted visitors to your web site.There is quite a bit involved in SEM and it could be overwhelming to a newbie. You can do research and learn for yourself, but this takes some time on your part. Have

Bottled Water vs. Tap Water

Which one do your prefer? It seems this is a question with many different answers as to why one likes either bottled or tap water. Personal reasons, scientific or aesthetic reasons. Water comes from many different sources. It can come from rivers, lakes, reservoirs, springs and wells and the treatment process for each source varies. When water travels over the surface of land or through the

Vista Print Holiday Cards

I have been doing business with Vista Print for some time now.I have ordered business cards, postcards and other items with confidence knowing my items would be high in quality and would arrive in a timely manner. I have been completely satisfied each item I have ordered and received.I often get emails informing me of special deals. Some products are free and I just have to pay for shipping.

Legislative Action Soon on Ten Week Paid Family Leave

A paid family leave mandate requiring all employers to provide 10 weeks of paid leave is expected to be considered soon.There has been a lot of controversy regarding this issue. S-2249 is the bill number of the proposed paid leave mandate. The legislation is expected to see a final vote before the current session ends on January 8, 2008.The bill would provide employees with 10 weeks of paid leave

Refinance Your Auto or Truck Loan and Save Money

I think it's safe to say that we all want to save money each month on our expenses. The cost of living is on the rise, mortgages are resetting and homeowners may find these are causing more money to leave our pockets.If you have an auto loan, do you know what the interest rate you are paying? I was surprised to learn how many of my friends and associates don't know this.Did you know you can

Fight Rental Housing Discrimination

I recently received an email asking for my help and/or advice on how to prevent discrimination when looking for rental housing.The family that contacted me has a very sick child with a rare disease. The family was told to obtain a 'therapy dog' by their physician. For those of you who are not familiar with this term, according to Wikipedia: a Therapy Dog refers to a dog trained to provide

Save Buckets

Now that everyone's mind is on shopping for holiday gifts, why not compare prices before you buy the items you are looking to purchase?Take for example MP3 Players,which seem to be a hot item this year. You can use this online comparison shopping service to get the best price. Looking for a laptop?Why spend more than you have to?Save buckets doesn't sell any products. They simply allow you to

Be Kinder With Words

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Join Revenue Sharing Boom

I am sure many of you have read success stories in the entrepreneur business world. Why not become one of these successes?Now with Giblink, you can. You can promote, advertise and expand your business with the use of a business social networking opportunity also known as Web 2.0. This site will allow entrepreneurs and businesses to connect, share thoughts, ideas and also bring to life a business

Thinking Outside The Lines

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Go Green with LED Christmas Lights

Now that Thanksgiving is over, our thoughts turn to decorating for Christmas. If you are like me, you have a few old tangled Christmas light sets packed away. Each year I would have to unpack each strand and plug them in to see if they're still working.This year my home will be going 'green'. My old incandescent lights are not only old, but inefficient and bad for the environment. My choice this

Smart Home Solutions

Remove Old WallpaperCombine equal parts of hot water and liquid fabric softener in a five gallon bucket. Pour into a tray. Using a paint roller, apply to the wall until it's saturated. Let sit for about 20 minutes, then carefully peel off. The water softens the wall covering and the fabric softener will break down the adhesive.Spritz Away Soap ScumTo make your own shower cleaner and save money,

Have You Ever Considered HomeSchooling for Your Child?

With so much violence and negativity going on within our school system these days, no wonder more and more families are considering home schooling for their children.Author John Caldwell Holt believed that the failure of school children was not in spite of the efforts of the schools, but actually because of the schools.There are many reasons why a parent may want to home school their child(ren).

Concerns Regarding Diacetyl Exposure

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In reading blogs throughout the blogsphere, I have come across many great tips for the blogger. These tips when given the chance have proved themselves to be worthwhile.Some tips explained the many ways you can obtain readers for your blog. When writing emails, include your blog url after your signature. If in business, include your blog url in the footer of your letters, brochures and

Is Procrastination Keeping You From Making Money?

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Spruce Up Your Kitchen

Adding value to your home can be done simply by sprucing up your kitchen light fixtures.This is an inexpensive remodel and will improve your kitchen's appearance. The key to good lighting is the type of fixtures you choose and the placement of the lights.Define each area of the kitchen separately. The main task space and the dining area should be lit independently. The variety in lighting

Google's Reverse Telephone Book

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Sending Business Holiday Cards

Should you send Holiday cards to your clients and customers? I think so...it's not only a tradition, but shows your clients/customers are important to you.I believe you should send cards that are high in quality. This is a reflection of your company. You do not want your company to look cheap. Stick with traditional themes, so you don't offend anyone and send only Business Holiday Cards that are

The Benefits of Exercise

There were two studies done that reinforce the importance of exercise. The first study showed that exercise improves depression symptoms and the other study found that a particular regimen can control blood sugar in diabetics.In the Psychosomatic Medicine Journal, a study was published from Duke University Medical Center that found exercise could be as effective as medicine in relieving

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It is important when buying a home to have a termite inspection. This is not to be confused with a general house inspection. Having a termite inspection will entail looking for any evidence of wood destroying insects and organisms. The inspector will look at the interior of the home, including the basement or crawl spaces and the exterior of the home.Don't be fooled into thinking that termites

Ask AC Associates

And, the answer is:Nicole wrote asking: The selling price is $479K...I owe $385K and I wouldlike to sell the house outright, but the market isvery bad right now and no one is buying...so how canyour system work for me and how does the bank notcall the loan due if they learn that I'm owner financing? Hello Nicole,I understand your question and the confusion you must be feeling. Offering owner

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House Committee Passes Mortgage Reform Bill

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Adamantite Mining Route at Nagrand

Well here is another map for Adamantite Ore deposit route at Nagrand which is much dearer thus making you more gold at the end of the day.



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Keep More Money in Your Pocket

My son recently leased a 2007 Hummer and to get the best rates, he found a site which allowed the car dealers to compete for his business. He didn't pay full price, but received a quote below wholesale price.He usually asks for my help or advice, but this deal he did on his own. He felt confident by having the dealers contact him and present their quote, he'd then be easily able to distinguish

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In my opinion, focusing just on results can be damaging. Damaging to your self esteem, to your confidence, to your energy. You should focus more on your efforts. You have control over that, not the results. In business, if you focus strictly on results, you can kill your drive. What if you set a goal to have 10 new clients by the end of the month? BUT, if you did not get the results you wanted,

Fel Iron Mining Route at Hellfire Peninsula

Everyone knows mining is a huge money maker especially when coupled with Jewelcrafting prospecting ability. The following map indicates the best route to obtain Fel Iron in Hellfire Peninsula. This is best done with a flying mount if possible to save time.



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Zul'Aman Instance Map

Here is a detailed map of the upcoming exciting 10-man Zul'Aman instance.

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Confused about which toner cartridge goes in what machine? If your home or office contains a printer, copier, a fax machine or even a photo printer, how many times do you forget which cartridge to buy?Wouldn't it make life easier to just sit in front of your computer and click onto a site that would instantly give you the correct information?Well, now you can go to Cartridge Finder for exactly

Random Tidbits

Technology LifelineA recent study by Knowledge Networks looked at the various media and technologies that US consumers ages 13 to 24 couldn't live without.Computer................ 52%Cell Phone............... 49%TV............................47%Microwave.............. 35%MP3 Player............. 28%Newspaper.............. 15%None of the above... 20%What couldn't you live without from the above

Uptown Saturday Night

Within the next few months people will take a get away trip to Florida to escape cold weather, visit relatives during the holidays or just take a quick break from the hustle bustle of their busy lives.If you are planning such a trip, make sure you include a stop at St. Augustine. St. Augustine is the Nation's oldest city and you can expect to feel the charm and romance of St George Street.A

Google Page Rank Updated

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Random Stats

~ 35% of Small business owners say the housing slump has significantly hurt business ~ 83% of Women business owners help buy technology for their company ~ 40% of woman business owners have a post graduate education ~ According to the 2007 Cone Environmental Survey of 1,066 Americans, 85% said they would switch brands for environmental reasons. 21% have donated money to save the environment ~

Ingenious Technology to Save Lives

Are you looking for ways to improve driver safety and possibly lower your insurance costs?GreenRoad Technologies has come up with a solution by offering risk management.This service is for you if you have a business with a fleet of vehicles and want to monitor your drivers or an insurance company wanting to offer a solution to their clients or if you have a teenager behind the wheel.This

Inspirational Thoughts

Conflict robs energy. Peace restores energy.Life tastes sweeter when you know it is yours to live.To find your spirit, listen to the words you speak. To find your strength, be aware of the journey your feet have walked. To find you, own your emotional attachments.When you feel forgotten, it is only because you have forgotten yourself.When you try to take from someone else’s pocket, you will never

Is Your Mortgage Resetting?

About $50 billion in adjustable mortgages are resetting this month. The interest rates will be going up for many borrowers.What can borrowers do at this time? Most will have to find a way to pay the higher expenses, but are they prepared for this? Many are not even aware of how much their new payment will be.If you have an ARM mortgage, you should be concerned and become aware of your options.

And The Answer Is ~

Ask AC Associates and you will receive an answer...I received a question concerning Capital Gains from a gentlemen selling a home in Florida. See below for the Q&A:Hi ! I hope all is good with you. If you don't mind a question regarding the sale of a house.It belongs to my parents,they live in Florida,2 family,I live on 1st floor have power of attorney and selling by owner.Is it true they do not

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The printer in your office may be the newest health hazard. The International Laboratory for Air Quality and Health at Australia's Queensland University of Technology did a study that finds the air quality may be affected by your choice of office printers.The study looked at particulates and emissions and found that only 60% of the 62 printers assessed were 'nonemitting'Researchers were looking

Definitions of Mortgage Terms and Mortgage Loans

Purchasing your first home can be an overwhelming experience. This is the biggest investment you will make and a huge financial commitment.Once you find the perfect home for you, you will then need to find a mortgage loan. With so many options out there, do you know which loan is right for you?Is there such a thing as cheap mortgages? It would certainly be in your best interest to take some time

Farming Honor Hold and Thrallmar Rep

A very easy way to get to exalted with either Honor Hold or Thrallmar can be done via this method. Make sure you have a strong group who are aware of the objective before heading out as you will be sacrificing loots for rep.


Location: Hellfire Ramparts. Heroics or Normal.

Who: Vazruden and his mount, Nazan. The last boss of the instance.

Important object of interest:
Vazruden's War-Horn (pic on the right). The horn was added to the ledge of the last boss's spawning point, since there are many ways to kill him and some were causing him to despawn incorrectly.

The Exploit:
After you have killed Vazruden and his mount, you have several seconds (exact time unconfirmed) before the chest with the loot spawns, and you are unable to do this exploit.

After you have slain the two bosses, quickly run to the horn (you can't miss it) and click. Make sure your group is in on it!

This will respawn Vazruden as he was before you killed him- IE, with his mount. He will agro the same he did when you killed his Watchers.

The Result:
An almost limitless source of Reputation with Honor Hold or Thrallmar, with any good group.

Kindly note that once the chest is spawned, you will be unable to re-summon the boss.

Inspirational Messages

Growing Each DayThe potential that lies within each tiny acorn is huge, just as it is in each of us. Nature rewards the persistence and patience of the acorn by giving it the strength to grow into a powerful, mighty oak.By realizing your natural potential, you can achieve great results and continue to grow each dayWhen you believe in yourself, the sky's the limitBelieve and AchieveEach fall,

Having Your Own Personal Recruiter

A Review of Trovix:Whether you are a professional looking for the perfect job opportunity or an employer wanting to find candidates with the best background for the positions at your company, Trovix offers a complete service for both.Trovix has received “HR Product of the Year” award by Human Resource Executive Magazine and was selected as “Software Newcomer of the Year” finalist by the Software

Building Green

On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind: Our EnvironmentI have already included several posts on this blog concerning our environment. From tips to save in your daily life to curb your carbon footprint to green news around the world.Today's post is regarding tips for Building Green.To determine how to incorporate

Zul'aman Boss Guides & Tactics

The following boss fight tactics are based on the current PTR, the final release may vary to a certain extend.

Nalorakk - Bear Avatar, 1st boss:
Loot Table

It is a 2-Phase fight:

First phase - Human form:

He does a random charge.
Mangle - Increases damage done by bleeds by 100%.

Second phase - Bear form:

Applies 2 different bleed effects.
Raid wide Silence - 4-5 seconds long, does approx 1k damage.

Phase 1 is simply tank and spank. Make sure to heal the random person charged.

Phase 2 have the 2nd tank taunt the boss and be careful of the cleave so make sure the raid is not next to where the 2nd tank is bringing the boss.

When he goes back to human form, have the first tank taunt it, repeat until he is dead.

After this boss you can take your pick at targetting any of the 3 next Avatars first but in terms of difficulty they are listed below.

For the time quest the kill order would logically be: Bear, Eagle, Dragonhawk, Lynx, Malacrass and finally Zul'Jin.


Akil'zon - Eagle Avatar, 2nd boss:
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Roughly every 60 seconds he will cast the his Storm on a random person with an emote. This player is raised up in the air and a cloud appears above them, simply everyone find this person and run under him and you will take no damage. The boss channels this spell so feel free to keep attacking at ranged unless you are lucky enough to have him target a melee next to him, just be carteful not to over-aggro the MT.

This is a basic tank and spank fight with a small twist. Also during the storm have ranged/casters target the eagles in the air and dot/attack them to give you more time on dpsing the boss, the melee just concentrate on the boss himself. A very easy fight, might take a wipe or 2 to understand what is going on.


Halazzi - Lynx Avatar, 3rd boss:
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This boss has a tiny amount of hp, roughly 600k. This is a 2 phase encounter that rotates (similar to Nightbane) every 25%.

Phase 1 -

He hits quite hard and also does a Mother Shahraz type of ability like Saber Lash that if it hits more than 1 person the damage received by each person is much less than if it were to hit only 1. Once you get him to 75 % he will go into phase 2.

Phase 2 -

During this phase he will transform back into his Shaman form and spawn a Spirit of the Lynx that has approx 200k hp. Also during this phase he will drop a nasty totem known as: Corrupted Lightning Totem that does chain lightning for approx 5k, maybe some nat res is not a bad idea, but not a necessity. The last ability of this phase is a Flame Shock that he will do randomly to 1 target.

Basically tank and spank in phase 1. When phase 2 occurs, 1 tank stays on the Shaman and the other tank takes the Spirit. You need to dps down the Spirit as fast as possible so you will not stay in phase 2, too long because of the nasty totems.

Kill the totems when they spawn (similar to Tidvalas during the Fathom Lord Karathress encounter in SSC), cleanse people if needed. Rinse and repeat till dead.


Jan'alai - Dragonhawk Avatar, 4th boss:
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Jan'alai has 2 major abilities, and at 35%ish hatches his remaining eggs(explained later)
- He has a 5 minute enrage that is rather unimportant, as it barely increases his damage.

1 - A "Flame breath" type cone that has a long range but a small width, this does about 4-5k to people in a single line and adds up fast (believe to be random target). It is important to minimize its damage by spreading out appropriatly.

2 - He will periodically teleport the entire raid to him, put up "flame walls" on the outer ring of his area so you cannot escape. He will then begin spawning "time bombs" randomly throughout his area. After approximatly 10 seconds they will blow up dealing 3-5k(?) dmg in a 5 yard area, so you need to find a spot that is safe and does not have fire bombs on it. This ability seems to be on a random timer as sometimes he will forget about it and other times he will spam it.

Throughout the fight he calls 2 "Hatchers"(Low HP) which run to the side and begin hatching eggs into dragonhawks at an increasing rate. You need to Kill 1 Hatcher as soon as possible and go give the 2nd one a hug, tanking and killing the dragonhawks he spawns (we would normally do about 5-7 hawks at a time and just draw out the fight).
When you are comfortable with the amount of hawks spawned, kil the hatcher and mop up the remaining hawks. This is the hardest part of the fight as you will have to heal alot of raid damage due to the small area of the egg platforms and the damage his fire breath does, you should assign at least one healer to go with the group that willl kill eggs, preferably one that is good at raid healing (CoH priest, resto shaman etc). The other difficult part of this fight is his ability to port and put up fire walls to the egg spawns while the hatchers are busy hatching eggs, causing you to get zerged so be careful!

The dragonhawks individually have a stacking flame buffet, and a fire damage based proc on top of their normal melee which is about 1k~ on leather.

The tactics to this boss are really, really simple
1) Minimize his fire breath damage when he isnt spawning hatchers
2) When hatchers spawn kill one, send the group to kill dragonhawks spawned by the other one.
3) Dont die to the fire bomb minigame.
4) Make sure you hatch almost ALL of the eggs before 35% (yes this means light dps for the entire fight), or you will be horribly zerged.
5) Profit


Hex Lord Malacrass, 5th Boss: (in-complete info)
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He starts with 4 random adds. Possible known adds:

Ogre - Melee add, Sheep him.
Imp - Fireball Spam, possible banish or kill quickly.
Dragonkin - Flamebreath & Thunderclap, sleep him/kill quickly, if you get this add, preferrably killing is a good option.
Undead - melee and instant casts, shackle him.
Blood Elf - Heals. Interupt heals/Kill quickly.
Serpent - Posion bolts. Sleep it / kill quickly, like the Dragonkin, killing it is preferred due to your druid does not have to shapeshift.

People seem to kill 1 or 2 of the adds before focusing on the boss.

Malacrass:

Does a nasty dot that lasts for approx 15 sec and deals roughly 300-400dmg per tick.

During the fight randomly he will Soul Drain 1 random person, he will take on 2-3 abilites of that persons class. He will continue to use these new abilities till he Soul Drains another victim and repeats a new cycle of attacks.

Every minute or so he will drain everyone of their power by 1% and giving it to himself, thus increasing his size and his damage by 10%.

Tank and spank and deal with the new abilities he may gain.

Possible Soul Drains:

Druid- Thorns & Lifebloom (big heal!!!)
Hunter- Traps
Mage- Frost Nova & Firebolt/Frostbolt
Paladin- Consecrate & Holy Light
Priest- Heal & Mind Control.
Rogue- SnD & Blind.
Shaman- Fire Nova Totem & Healing Wave
Warlock- ? ?
Warrior- Whirlwind & Spell reflect.


Zul'jin - The Final Boss:
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Every phase change he does do a threat wipe, when he turns into an Eagle you do not need to worry about a threat list though as explained below. He changes phases every 20%.

Phase 1:
Watch out for his whirlwind (melee range). He also casts a debuff similar to the one in Slave Pens that does a dd and then ticks until the player is topped off. Seems like it was only around 2500-3000 damage, so if you are good at assist healing you can downrank accordingly to top them off just enough so they do not take any ticks.

Phase 2:
As soon as he starts this phase you will notice everyone gets a Paralysis debuff. Dispell it off the main tank and yourself, then other healers if time (or the tank doesn't need a heal). DPS etc do not need it dispelled. After 5 seconds of having the debuff, you will become stunned and take a little damage, assign someone to top people off before the next. He can hit decently hard, so keep the tank topped.

Phase 3:
Stay away from the tornados that spawn and move around the room. They knock you back and deal around 1k damage. If you are a caster (yes healers included) everytime you cast you will get hit for about 1250 damage. The key thing to do in this phase is not get cornered by tornados and stay alive. Heal over time spells really make this phase much easier. Melee need to try and burn him down as quick as they can as they get no punishment for doing damage.

Phase 4:
Lynx form he melees fairly weak all around. He also will fixate upon a random player in the raid and melee them. Intervene near the end of the 10 second or so phase to help out squishy people. Also does a weak version of the whirlwind Leotheras / end boss of Shattered Halls. I think it also places a debuff on people that will make them take more damage, it's either this or the fixate. Watch debuffs and note that that person will need extra heals.

Phase 5:
As stated above, you will get a buffet like debuff put on you every so often. He will choose random people throughout the raid and place a beam of fire on them. If they are not topped they will probably die due to the debuff. It's a simple phase if people are good at staying out of void zones.

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After you have barked at all 4 points, click on your normal epic mount, equip your riding crop, and go top speed back to the quest giver with out having to worry about fatiguing your ram. If you switch mounts before you hit all 4 points/flags and complete the quest, you will not "bark".

Pink Elekk quest!
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New Event - Brewfest Guide

Introduction:
Type: Brewfest
Date: 2-16 October
Location: Main Event: Orgrimmar and Ironforge.
Beer gardens will also be set up outside of Silvermoon City, Darnassus, Undercity, Stormwind, Thunder Bluff, the Exodar, and Shattrath.


Official Site: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/events/brewfest/

Now this is ram racing ... Almost (Ram Tutorial)
The first quest you will get is a tutorial about how to use a racing ram. You will need ram racing reins (from the apprentice next to the quest giver) to speed up with your mount, you can consider your speed like an energy bar that you fill everytime you use the reins. Basically, everytime you switch to trot, using the reins 4 times will get you to the "max" level of canter, using it a 5th time will change it to a galop, and smashing the button like mad will eventually exhaust your mount (when your Ram Fatigue debuff reaches 100) and get you stuck in place for 15 seconds. You can also pass near apples buckets to remove the ram fatigue debuff, there is one next to the signs after the bridge and another one behind the guy you need to see in Kharanos.

Daily Quest - There and Back Again
Reward : 15 tickets the first time, then 5 tickets for each keg delivered. (You can only do it once a day and you still have the 4 minutes limit, however you will get extra time everytime you deliver a keg and you can get 50 tickets each day with a decent route)
You need to get a keg from Flynn Firebrew in Kharanos, he's standing on a hill on the right of the road (next to the armory). Bring it back to the quest giver and do this 3 times, you can use the apples buckets to make it faster, but you can do without it.

Did Someone Say, "Souvenir?"
Reward : Yellow Brewfest Stein
Just give the voucher to Belibi Quickswitch in the Brewfest camp.

Daily quest - Bark for the Barleybrews!
You're supposed to go to 4 flags in the capital and yell, I don't know if it's bugged or if I was too stupid to do it, but I couldn't complete it.
Reward : 50 Tickets

Daily quest - Bark for the Thunderbrews!
Reward : 50 Tickets
You're supposed to go to 4 flags in the capital and yell, I don't know if it's bugged or if I was too stupid to do it, but I couldn't complete it.

Catch the Wild Wolpertinger!
Reward : Wolpertinger's Tankard (This pet is actually invisible to other players)
The point here is to ... drink, drink, and drink again. Buy wine from the wine vendor (or anything else) and drink until you feel completely smashed. (The emotes will appear in this order : You feel tipsy > You feel drunk > You feel completely smashed). When you're smashed, you will be able to see the Wolpertinger for about 10 seconds, then they will disappear and you will have to drink again to make them reappear.

Pink Elekks on Parade
Reward : 75 Tickets
Visit the beer gardens in Stormwind, Darnassus, and the Exodar (they're small camp at the entrance of each city) and zap 3 Elekks at each location. You have to be drunk as well for this quest.

Seek the Saboteurs
Every hour, Dark Iron dwarves will attack the brewfest camp, during the attack you can use Complimentary Brewfest Sampler in your inventory to throw them at the attackers, Belbi Quickswitch will give you a Brewfest Prize Ticket for each dwarf you knock down.
After the attack, you will be able to get a quest from plans on the ground. This quest requires you to go in Blackrock Depths (Grim Guzzler tavern) to find a guy. He roams in the room, behind the barrels most of the time, and will hide behind the plans seller when you come too close. Just talk to him and you will get the [Dark iron Tankard]

Tickets rewards
You can buy tons of things with tickets. All these items (including mounts) will last after the events except the Belbi's Eyesight Enhancing Romance Goggles (Turns everyone into a gnome/orc depending on your side. 7 Days duration). The "Honorary Brewer" hand stamp will let you buy mounts from the apprentice (10 gold for the normal mount, 100 gold for the epic one). You need 600 tickets for the mounts, 100 for the goggles.

The mount is the same for horde players, and is permanent even after the event.

Easy Consortium Rep To Exalted

Credit: Snarg of The Edge of Nowhere

* FIXED AS OF 2.2 PATCH

My friends and I were making about 7,000 rep an hour using this method.

When exalted you can go grab a bag of gem each month at the Nagrand outpost (31,52). Our first bag had 4 blue and 2 green gems.


Ideally, you need the following group setup:

1 tank with 200+ arcane resist
1 healer
2-3 dps (works better if melee or hunter)


Here's how to do it:

Go to Mana-Tombs heroic with your group.
You have to clear your way to the first room where the boss is standing.
Kill everything except for 2 of the Ethereal Sorcerer.

Now, when you enter that room, on your left there is a big chunk of floor that is going up, like a ramp. Get your tank to grab the 2 sorcerers and tank the behind that big ramp, so that their spells won't affect the rest of the party.
But the tank needs to be in LoS from the healer standing on the other side.
Once the tank has enough initial aggro, he has to un-equip his weapon and spam Demo shout.

What happens is that the sorcerers will summon 2 small adds about every 10-15 seconds. The healer will get aggro from theses adds and they will come toward him, thats where the dps takes them down, they have very little hp, something like 4k. Be careful as they AoE explode for quite a bit and the bad part.. they aoe silence.. Thats why dps has to intercept them before they get to the healer.

You can all exit the instance if the hp of the sorcerers gets too low in order to reset them to 100%

Each add gives 15 consortium rep. 4 of them spawn each 10-15 seconds which means it is very possible to obtain Exalted within a few hours if your group sticks together.

Enjoy!

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Playing a Warlock is indeed very demanding due to its versatility and numerous spell abilities. To maximize your gameplay and knowing what to do in certain situation, I've compiled a list of Tips posted in the WOW EU Forums for easier reading and understanding.

* Your healthstone spell only allow you to carry 1 healthstone with the same rank, however this doesnt prevent you from using a lower rank healthstone spell, and this leaves you with 2 healthstones, the max ranked healthstone and the lower ranked healthstone: There will still be a CD, but still good to have > if 2 different locks have different talent points in imp healthstone you can hold both stones even if there the same lv.

* When using Fear as CC in Pve, CoR Rank 1 will break it if the Feared mob is running towards adds. Rank 1 is used to not give the mob too much AP, but it will still break the fear effect.

* Applying Curse of Shadows straight after applying UA and Corruption still gives the first ticks of the two dots its +%damage effect. Allows your DPS to start a fraction sooner than if you applied CoS first.

* Always buff yourself and your PvP mates with Unending Breath and Detect Invisibility - because a fair few of the dispells available in the game targets random buffs. Having a mage spellsteal unending breath is a *lot* nicer than having him spellsteal sac void bubble.

* When pvping, always have some distance between you and your pet (use ctrl+3 to make it stand stil, while you move away) It will make it harder for other players to attack your pet, and make sure AoE effects doesn't hit it. (getting your pet feared can easily be the difference between winning and loosing.) Also if you're using the felguard, it will allow it to intercept anyone who gets into melee.

* Many locks use wands while they can instead use spellstone witch gives extra ~1% crit and a full debuff remover on a 3 min cooldown(saves your ass many times vs DOTers)

* Using CoD + Banish r2 then r1 and wait 10 secs = Kaboom without getting hurt on Elementals and Demon mobs

* If you ever see an unstealthed rogue send pet to attack and dot then it unstealths them most of em panic and vanish

* In battlegrounds, Create single healthstones and give them to loads of ppl from different servers. If they wont use it untill the game is over you will get back all ur healthstone so you can have many of the same size in youre inventory

* Use felhunter to remove fear/sheep and dots from yourself.

* To remove the DR timer use Death Coil and the DR timer is now reset so u can do Fear(10sec), Fear(5sec), Death Coil, Fear(10sec) etc. quite nice in PVP

* Use Drain Life against warriors with MS or Rogues with similar poison, the MS/Poison does NOT affect the healing of drain life = easier to survive.

* To prevent healers from drinking in arena, keep the pet on him, he wont come Out Of Combat, though u will be able to.

* When rebuffing in 5 mans, place a Soulwell and grab a healthstone, life tap to max. mana, use the healthstone and take another one. Will help you rebuff faster.

* In PvP/Arena when you're affliction, do not trinket out of the kidney shot from a rogue but out of his cheap shot and quickly press Howl of Terror (instant). The rogue'll expect that you wait till kidney shot and will Cloak of nubs then.

* Rogues and warriors can be easily kited around with CoExhaustion pvp trinket breaks hamstring, save it for after your death coil and the intercep.

* In PvP, apply SoC and then quickly add UA. Sometimes dispellers will see SoC and try to dispell it but if you're on time you can make the dispeller dispell UA.

* Use your felhunter to dispell UA on an ally. Your felhunter won't take any dmg!

* Use SoC on pets if you can. It will explode the owner with it. (Works on hunter snake traps too)

* When boosting, use a firestone! It can be quite usefull in places like the stockades.

* Since the global cooldown is always 1,5seconds, you can save talent points by spending only 2pts in Improved Corruption, making it 1,2 second cast.

* Lifetap then hellfire to die without durability loss.

* An intercept when there is less than 1 seconds remaining on cheapshot allows for a fully uninterupted fear cast.

* I'm affliction so I CoE kite almost exclusively . Get them away from u (ihot to give yourself 2 yards before they trinket or deathcoil) then Hit your trinket + Free Action Potion (trinket removes the poison/hamstring, pot makes u immune for 30 seconds)

* vs BM Hunters SoC the pet, Howl of Terror the snakes when affliction because BM you can't fear anyway (when he's big and red), death coil away and hope your DoTs tick away faster than he does with your health. Backlash/nightfall procs come in handy. If you're affliction siphon life/corruption the pet for nightfall + health. Seduce might work and give you some time to fear the pet if not BM, voidwalker sacrifise works nice too.

* - On hunter pets: CoW and siphon.
- On felguards / felhunters: CoS before banishing.
- Vs warriors: Dot them in combat, trinket the intercept, coex kite. Should they actually get an hamstring in anyway with your trinket on CD, deathcoil + amp coex works. Another trick is to cast immolate and hope they pummel it, then proceed to drain tank.
- Vs rogues: Trinket KS, iHoT, wait for cloak, then deathcoil > fear, coex.
- Vs undeads: iHoT > wotf > deathcoil > fear.
- Vs mages: Dont cast a shadow spell until he's spell locked or feared. Devour frost nova asap if they're frost.
- Shadowfury > HoT is a very nice escape combo as well.
- Vs shamans: Use your pet to kill totems. Grounding totem is always first priority, then tremor totem.
- If you got felguard, be sure to learn to use intercept at the right places. Abuse stay and follow.
- Also, on 5 man instance thrash as affl, don't bother casting all dots. Just use UA, corr, CoS and then shadowbolt.

* If you meet a player with kick, bash, silence ect, cast fear, then stop casting it asap. 80% of the time the enemy will waste his silence and not lock your shadow school. Wait a few sec and recast fear safely.

* When playing desto and you meet a Aff-lock wait until you have netherprot buff and hit your spellstone. Wola: No dmg taken from UA if it gets dispelled.

* Summon the Infernal as often you can. It sux big time, but generally ppl panic just by seing it.

* Make a macro also so you can dispell your 2v2 teammate with felpuppy.

* Make 2 HS'es to each of you in arena, some fights might last long.

* The New Darkmoon Trinket Lunacy, which give 51 stamina and random buff when killing enemy, it gives the buff when you sacrifice one of your demons. So if you in to arena you will get the buff lasting same time as the void walker sacrifce, very nice

* Manually casting imp fire shield on yourself and the team before summoning a useful demon adds yet another debuff to the layer. It can also be useful against a snake trap.

* Spamming Rank 1 Magic on a paladin is a great way to get him to go OOM.

* Summoning stun doesn't last the full cast time of another pet. So when doing void sac + new pet trick, you can safely start casting your new pet and sacrifice that void 0.5 sec before the new pet gets summoned.

* Priest's shadowfiend does shadow damage. So CoS the target it's hitting. On the contrary, ask for a shield for anyone from your team that is getting hit by shadowfiend and remember to use your shadow ward.

* Shadow reflector + spellstone is an evil combination.. If the reflector doesn't fail. But since atleast I use the reflector for the resistances vs 4 shadow dps teams, I can always give this a try. When you get UA, use reflector and if it doesn't fail, use spellstone. This will reflect the UA dispelling silence and damage to the orginal warlock caster. Of course, changing gear after the arena has started is no longer possible in the next patch.

* Dont bother banishing frostmages' water elementals, they want you to try that. Instead use Curse of tongues, a corruption and a siphon life, which kills it off quite fast while seriously reducing its effect.

* In arena always carry your spellstone, with one click you can remove all the debuffs of a shadowpriest, and most of the warlock ones.

* Never use your deahtcoil as an opener, lots of locks tend to do that because they want to open with a can of whoopa$$, but dc is too much of a trump card you gotta leave up your sleave and use it to really turn the battle around. (combined with drain life it's imba)

* Use fear, lol this might sound stupid but I know alot of warlocks have stopped bothering after all the nerfs, even if it doesn't last long, it's still 3 interupts on enemy casters you can pull of with some luck (dangerous with mages ofc)

* If you get attackt buy a mage, and you have your felhunter up and the basterd is so smart that he sheeps you and cast Detekt magi on you dont forget that your pet will only despell that deteckt magic and not the sheep in that case pray to good that you got a trinket ore wait to he is casting lets sey a pyroblast wait to the end of the spell to **spell lock** to to then he all redy waisted 4 sec on his sheep and then get silineced for 4 more sec that suld give you time to dont take that mutch dmg and still be abel to turn the fight.

* Use a macro to destroy totems with /petattack.

* Mages don't decurse. Bad mages don't even decurse themselves.

* When engaging another Warlock the one who trinkets/deathcoils/spellocks last normally wins - be prepared with shadow ward. Never lock his fire school.

* Don't attack a warrior or send your pet after him if you intend to kill the healer in the bushes first - it's just free rage.

* If you have decent gear, the guards at alterac flags can be killed with 2 seeds (put a coa on the seedet nonelite target(s) too). Just kite them a little bit away after your second seed cast then proceed to fear/dot kite the elite.

* Never send your pet on one of the pillars in Blades Edge arena. They are bugged.

* Always try to kill shadow priests and mages during farm status raids when competing for DPS. As soon as one of them has more then 100% threat try to reach 130% - then soulshatter when the mob is near you.

* When you silence paladin, he can use bubble. When you counterspell paladin (it means, you interrupt his spell with spell lock), he cant bubble for duration of the counterspell (4 - 6 sec, depend on talents)

* Last rank of drain soul does decent damage

* If you meet an arena team with a non-shadow priest - do NOT dot up more than one target. Prayer of mending will jump like silly between your enemies and it will become incredibly powerful (instant, costs little and heals like 8k total).

* If you mount you resets your pets cooldown and also gives it full mana..... so in a bg with your felguard after you have won just mount up and down to have the charge ability ready again, or to fill up your imp when you are grinding as affliction.

* Eye of killrog, and move into shade of arans chamber. Lekeep the eye inside the boss for 6-10 seconds, the boss will activate. Arcane missiles reach all the way to the bookcase to enter Illhoof's chambers.

* Don't know how much of a trick it is, but when you are in shattrath and needing shards, fly a little further to the east than you normally would to farm shards, and get them off the basilisks there. The basilisks drop [Chunk o' Basilisk] which can be cooked into spelldamage food

* When fighting a priest --> curse of agony , instant dot (syphon , corruption) , unstable affliction, another dot (syphon or corruption) , enjoy ur dots fully ticking out since maybe 0.5% of priest community has rank1 dispell on their hot bars

* UA/CoT applied simultaneously (you know what i mean) followed by a fear will make most pallys bubble...whuch can tun the fight your way quickly

* If you get siphon life reflected on you it will heal you more than damage you. (If you have fel armour on)

* If you get CoA reflected you can cast a different curse right after to replace it

* I you see a druid stupid enough to go in tree form near you. banish him!

* When grinding with dark pact/imp make sure to use dark pact during the fight as well as after. your imp's mana bar should never be full if yours isn't, else you're just wasting his awesome mana regen.

* Shadow Embrace is a pretty weak talent for PVP. However spending 1 point here adds another debuff to the target. This means your DoT's are more protected from dispells AND you get an additional 4% for your Drain Life (assumeing you've taken Soul Syphon talent).

* Keybind your and pet's spells and DO NOT activate the auto-functions of your pets except some more obvious things like invulnerability of your succy.

* When you are defending farm in AB and you see some rogue or druid unmounting and stealthing, cast Seed of Corruption at the rats! SoD will proc immediately and its AoE will sometimes hit the rogue/druid.

* Rank1 Rain of Fire when you expect some stealther around you (even better when you put some points into pyroclasm).

* Regarding sacrifice void before arena start. Summon your void, when time is short you can start summon the demon you want, and SPAMM click sacrifice, when you summoned demon its about 0,5 sec before it gets up so you can sacrifice exactly at the point before you get your new pet. Whollaa 30 sec shield.

* For affliction lock that's boosting... spam Siphoon life on 20 mobs.. life tap once in a while and boost like a king

* With succy in instances, pull with searing pain, halfway through the cast start seduce, land a CoS at the same time as searing pain hits. The succy will now not take aggro, and the mob will follow you around when out of seduce. This allows for you to run away from it, past your succy, meaning between seduces all the mob does is run.

* If you get sheeped in arena, dont unsheep right away, let your hp fill up. Use fear to force trinkets, count to 15(amongst other things) then CoS and fear...lots of proffit

* In arena send pet to the warrior to let him enter in combat ..so bb charge

* Use shadow ward before entering in arena

* When someone got mind controlled in instance use on them CoR // a bit low armor is nothing compared to fear immunity somethimes.

* Always use lesser invisibility in arena cause u will be able to see succubus and banish them before seduction

* In world PvP, fear your target's mob. Hopefully it will soon be back with his friends; still his aggro list is unchanged.

* If your bags are full when you create healthstone, you lose the shard and don't get a healthstone.

* When questing with a mage buddy duel them and let them steal Fel Armour for the damage bonus.

* If you have improved drain soul use rank 1 just before the killing blow lands, I'm spending 55 mana and getting 1400+ back.

* At the beggining of an AV, SS yourself and start the ritual of doom, chances are people will click it, and you get a doomguard.

* In the second boss in shadow labyrinth, each time he does his "it's time for fun" mass mindcontrol, it resets your "one curse per target" limit. Thus, you can have CoS, Agony, Curse of Doom, etc. on him at the same time.

* Easiest way to farm a whole lot of shards: Go the big lake in zangarmarsh, at the bottom there's a whole bunch of fish which have very low HP and come in packs of 3-4.

* Always stand with your back agains a wall/cliff or something, as they can't run behind you they rly have a hard time nuking. Versus combat rogues stand facing the wall and drain him, as he can't gouge if you do that. Works like a charm in arenas too. No backstab for a dagger rogue means he's pumping less dmg then my drain life regenerates. And I remember dozen of times when they run down from cliffs and stuff trying to get behind me.

* You can drain enemys through walls/obstacles as long as they are in range and in line of sight when you start draining them

* Save your cooldowns (mostly speaking about death coil here) when you're up against melee opponents

* If you're in a tight spot where you might get silenced, you can spell lock your enemy in advance and then cast fear or ua without being counterspelled.

* If you're in one of the tempest keep dungeons and need to get back to Cosmowrench for some reason (such as needing repairs or to summon somebody), lifetap to critical health and use hellfire. You'll die, but take no durability damage thanks to the hellfire. And since you can't ghost run to TK, you'll appear near cosmowrench on full health with no additional gear damage.

* Get raidbuffs on your imp, especially brilliance for a bigger manapool and spirit for faster mana regen.

* Also, pester local paladins for BoW on your imp

* Cast UA and then corruption immediately after. Both will be on the same timer and can be recasted at the same time at the same manner. Saves keeping track of 1 timer.

* If there is a shadowpriest around, go for CoS. Keep shadow priests happy. Learn to love your shadow priests. Hug them occasionally.

* Consider your dots as fast-cast / high damage / long cooldown spells. Never overwrite your own dots before they're finished, but try to keep them up most of the time.

* If you have dots on a mob that just did a aggrowipe (several bosses have this), using soulshatter will *not* get it off you. Save the shard, just run to your tank and hope you survive, and next time don't be so stupid with mistiming.

* At the start of a bossfight where you can have a damage-curse, pop amplify curse (this will start the amp cooldown fast), use a trinket and then first shoot all your other dots and hope for a spellstrike / t4 proc, if you have them, before dropping your amped doom. 200% spelldamage modifier on doom is a lot of fun so get the most out of it.

* Also just keep spamming sbolts around 10-12 seconds before you doom goes off. If an imp SB proc is up when the doom goes off, it gets that bonus as well. +20% on a doom beats a few wasted ticks of dots most of the time. As a bonus, getting sick dooms makes the mages feel impotent!

* If you have a choice for Soulstone targets, pick a paladin. They got plate and bubbles to survive longer so they won't eat your soulstones on trash as often.

* In case some people don't know this (I doubt it), if you are more then 20 foot away from a target you can throw a killing shadowbolt and cast a drain soul while the bolt is still in the air to get a soulshard from the sbolt killing blow. So make sure you keep some distance from targets in groups/raids.

* For the more experienced players: Use the Quartz addon, or a similar one that shows latency on your castbar. Modify your spell hotkeys with /stopcasting, /cast . Now if you're casting a spell and the bar hits the red "latency" part of the cast you can immediately start a new cast and the previous one will still finish. This will pretty much annihilate your latency allowing almost maximum theoretical dps.

* When your tank tanks multiple targets on pulls, try to figure out how well his aggro is over those targets. With most tanks you can drop 1 or 2 dots on all adds aside from the MT without eventually pulling aggro. Though some people see this as "cheating dps lists", it is simply a good tactic to wither down all adds for increased killspeed. When you get a good feeling for your tank you can decrease time killing trash by a substantial amount.

* If, at the end of a gaming session, you're left with a spare soulstone, cast it on yourself. The next time you login you will be soulstoned.

* With the fearkite-bounce, the fear will stay on the target when you apply CoR to pull it back, so all you have to do is throw another curse to send it fleeing again. If you use CoExhaustion as your other curse you get plenty of time to re-apply fear and dots. You can solo basically anything that can be feared in this manner.

* Get a damage meter addon (KTM / Omen). Not only is this very handy in groups, but when fighting with a minion, u get to see how the aggro relation works between yourself and your pet, who builds up aggro most or fastest or when using a certain spell.