TheBlackGirl
Legend
Which tips do you find most usefull/fun or maybe dislike/like etc. Maybe got a favorite? Please share your thoughts.
I like 70) When interacting with other players a little kindness goes a long way!
• 1) Nearby questgivers that are awaiting your return are shown as a question mark on your mini-map.
• 2) Your spell casting can be cancelled by moving, jumping or hitting the escape key.
• 3) Clicking on a player name in the chat window lets you send a private message to them.
• 4) If you <Shift>Click on a player name in the chat window it tells you additional information about them.
• 5) You can <Control>Click on an item to see how you would look wearing that item.
• 6) An item with its name in gray is a poor quality item and generally can be sold to a vendor.
• 7) An item with its name in white is useful to players in some way and can be used or sold at the auction house.
• 8) If you are lost trying to complete a quest, the quest log will often tell you what to do next.
• 9) You can send mail to other players or even to your other characters from any mailbox in game.
• 10) You can <Shift>Click on an item to place an item link into a chat message.
• 11) You can remove a friendly spell enhancement on yourself by right-clicking on the spell effect icon.
• 12) When you learn a profession or secondary skill the button that allows you to perform that skill is found in the general tab of your spellbook.
• 13) All of your action bars can have their hotkeys remapped in the key bindings interface.
• 14) If a profession trainer cannot teach you any more, they will generally tell you where to go to get further training.
• 15) On your character sheet is a reputation tab that tells you your status with different groups.
• 16) You can use the Tab key to select nearby enemies in front of you.
• 17) If you are having trouble finding something in a capital city, try asking a guard for directions.
• 18) You can perform many fun actions with the emote system, for instance you can type /dance to dance.
• 19) A Blizzard employee will NEVER ask for your password.
• 18) You can only know two professions at a time, but you can learn all of the secondary skills (archaeology, fishing, cooking and first-aid).
• 20) You can right-click on a beneficial spell that has been cast on you to dismiss it.
• 21) The interface options menu <ESC> has lots of ways to customize your game play.
• 22) You can turn off the slow scrolling of quest text in the interface options menu.
• 23) Spend your talent points carefully as once your talents are chosen, you must spend gold to unlearn them.
• 24) A mail icon next to the minimap means you have new mail. Visit a mailbox to retrieve it.
• 25) You can add additional action bars to your game interface from the interface options menu.
• 26) If you hold down <Shift> while right-clicking on a target to loot, you will automatically loot all items on the target.
• 27) Your character can eat and drink at the same time.
• 28) If you enjoyed playing with someone, put them on your friends list!
• 29) Use the Looking for Group interface ("I" Hotkey) to find a group or add more players to your group.
• 30) There are a number of different loot options when in a group. The group leader can right-click their own portrait to change the options.
• 31) You can choose not to display your helm and/or cloak with an option from the interface options menu.
• 32) You can target members of your party with the function keys. F1 targets you; F2 targets the second party member.
• 33) Being polite while in a group with others will get you invited back!
• 34) Remember to take all things in moderation (even World of Warcraft!)
• 35) You can click on a faction in the reputation pane to get additional information and options about that faction.
• 36) A monster with a silver dragon around its portrait is a rare monster with better than average treasure.
• 37) If you mouse over a chat pane it will become visible and you can right-click on the chat pane tab for options.
• 38) Sharing an account with someone else can compromise its security.
• 39) You can display the duration of beneficial spells on you from the interface options menu.
• 40) You can lock your action bar so you don't accidentally move spells. This is done using the interface options menu.
• 41) You can assign a Hotkey to toggle locking/unlocking your action bar. Just look in the Key Bindings options to set it.
• 42) You can cast a spell on yourself without deselecting your current target by holding down <Alt> while pressing your hotkey.
• 43) Ensure that all party members are on the same stage of an escort quest before beginning it.
• 44) You're much less likely to encounter wandering monsters while following a road.
• 45) Killing guards gives no honor.
• 46) You can hide your interface with <Alt>Z and take screenshots with <Print Screen>.
• 47) Typing /macro will bring up the interface to create macros.
• 48) Enemy players whose names appear in gray are much lower level than you are and will not give honor when killed.
• 49) From the Raid UI you can drag a player to the game field to see their status or drag a class icon to see all members of that class.
• 50) A blue question mark above a quest giver means the quest is repeatable.
• 51) Use the assist button (F key) while targeting another player, and it will target the same target as that player.
• 53) <Shift>Clicking on an item being sold by a vendor will let you select how many of that item you wish to purchase.
• 54) Playing in a battleground on its holiday weekend increases your honor gained.
• 55) If you are having trouble fishing in an area, try attaching a lure to your fishing pole.
• 56) You can view messages you previously sent in chat by pressing <Alt> and the up arrow key.
• 57) You can Shift-Click on an item stack to split it into smaller stacks.
• 58) Pressing both mouse buttons simultaneously will make your character run.
• 59) When replying to a tell from a player (Default 'R'), the <TAB> key cycles through people you have recently replied to.
• 60) Clicking an item name that appears bracketed in chat will tell you more about the item.
• 61) It's considered polite to talk to someone before inviting them into a group, or opening a trade window.
• 62) Pressing 'v' will toggle the display of a health bar over nearby enemies.
• 63) Your items do not suffer durability damage when you are killed by an enemy player.
• 64) <Shift>click on a quest in your quest log to toggle quest tracking for that quest.
• 65) There is no cow level.
• 66) The auction houses in each of your faction's major cities are linked together.
• 67) Nearby questgivers that are awaiting your return are shown as a yellow question mark on your mini-map.
• 68) Quests completed at maximum level award money instead of experience.
• 69) <Shift>-B will open all your bags at once.
• 70) When interacting with other players a little kindness goes a long way!
• 71) Bring your friends to Azeroth, but don't forget to go outside Azeroth with them as well.
• 72) If you keep an empty mailbox, the mail icon will let you know when you have new mail waiting!
• 73) Never give another player your account information.
• 74) When a player not in your group damages a monster before you do, it will display a gray health bar and you will get no loot or experience from killing it.
• 75) You can see the spell that your current target is casting by turning on the 'Show Enemy Cast Bar' options in the basic interface options.
• 76) You can see the target of your current target by turning on the 'Show Target of Target' option in the advanced interface options tab.
• 77) You can access the map either by clicking the map button in the upper left of the mini-map or by hitting the 'M' key.
• 78) Many high level dungeons have a heroic mode setting. Heroic mode dungeons are tuned for level 70 players and have improved loot.
• 79) Spend your honor points for powerful rewards at the Champion's Hall (Alliance) or Hall of Legends (Horde).
• 80) The honor points you earn each day become available immediately. Check the PvP interface to see how many points you have to spend.
• 81) You can turn these tips off in the Interface menu.
• 82) Dungeon meeting stones can be used to summon absent party members. It requires two players at the stone to do a summoning.
• 83) The Parental Controls section of the Account Management site offers tools to help you manage your play time.
• 84) Quest items that are in the bank cannot be used to complete quests.
• 85) A quest marked as (Failed) in the quest log can be abandoned and then reacquired from the quest giver.
• 86) The number next to the quest name in your log is how many other party members are on that quest.
• 87) You cannot advance quests other than (Raid) quests while you are in a raid group.
• 88) You cannot cancel your bids in the auction house so bid carefully.
• 89) To enter a chat channel, type /join [channel name] and /leave [channel name] to exit.
• 90) Mail will be kept for a maximum of 30 days before it disappears.
• 91) Once you get a key, they can be found in a special key ring bag that is to the left of your bags.
• 92) You can replace a gem that is already socketed into your item by dropping a new gem on top of it in the socketing interface.
• 93) City Guards will often give you directions to other locations of note in the city.
• 94) You can repurchase items you have recently sold to a vendor from the buyback tab.
• 95) A group leader can reset their instances from their portrait right-click menu.
• 96) You can always get a new hearthstone from any Innkeeper.
• 97) You can open a small map of the current zone either with Shift-M or as an option from the world map.
• 98) Players cannot dodge, parry, or block attacks that come from behind them.
• 99) If you Right Click on a name in the combat log a list of options will appear.
• 100) You can only have one Battle Elixir and one Guardian Elixir on you at a time.
• 101) The calendar can tell you when raids reset.
• 102) Creatures cannot make critical hits with spells, but players can.
• 103) Creatures can dodge attacks from behind, but players cannot. Neither creatures nor players can parry attacks from behind.
• 104) Players with the Inscription profession can make glyphs to improve your favorite spells and abilities.
• 105) Don't stand in the fire!
• 106) The Raid UI can be customized in a number of different ways, such as how it shows debuffs or current health.
• 107) Dungeons are more fun when everyone works together as a team. Be patient with players who are still learning the game.
I like 70) When interacting with other players a little kindness goes a long way!
• 1) Nearby questgivers that are awaiting your return are shown as a question mark on your mini-map.
• 2) Your spell casting can be cancelled by moving, jumping or hitting the escape key.
• 3) Clicking on a player name in the chat window lets you send a private message to them.
• 4) If you <Shift>Click on a player name in the chat window it tells you additional information about them.
• 5) You can <Control>Click on an item to see how you would look wearing that item.
• 6) An item with its name in gray is a poor quality item and generally can be sold to a vendor.
• 7) An item with its name in white is useful to players in some way and can be used or sold at the auction house.
• 8) If you are lost trying to complete a quest, the quest log will often tell you what to do next.
• 9) You can send mail to other players or even to your other characters from any mailbox in game.
• 10) You can <Shift>Click on an item to place an item link into a chat message.
• 11) You can remove a friendly spell enhancement on yourself by right-clicking on the spell effect icon.
• 12) When you learn a profession or secondary skill the button that allows you to perform that skill is found in the general tab of your spellbook.
• 13) All of your action bars can have their hotkeys remapped in the key bindings interface.
• 14) If a profession trainer cannot teach you any more, they will generally tell you where to go to get further training.
• 15) On your character sheet is a reputation tab that tells you your status with different groups.
• 16) You can use the Tab key to select nearby enemies in front of you.
• 17) If you are having trouble finding something in a capital city, try asking a guard for directions.
• 18) You can perform many fun actions with the emote system, for instance you can type /dance to dance.
• 19) A Blizzard employee will NEVER ask for your password.
• 18) You can only know two professions at a time, but you can learn all of the secondary skills (archaeology, fishing, cooking and first-aid).
• 20) You can right-click on a beneficial spell that has been cast on you to dismiss it.
• 21) The interface options menu <ESC> has lots of ways to customize your game play.
• 22) You can turn off the slow scrolling of quest text in the interface options menu.
• 23) Spend your talent points carefully as once your talents are chosen, you must spend gold to unlearn them.
• 24) A mail icon next to the minimap means you have new mail. Visit a mailbox to retrieve it.
• 25) You can add additional action bars to your game interface from the interface options menu.
• 26) If you hold down <Shift> while right-clicking on a target to loot, you will automatically loot all items on the target.
• 27) Your character can eat and drink at the same time.
• 28) If you enjoyed playing with someone, put them on your friends list!
• 29) Use the Looking for Group interface ("I" Hotkey) to find a group or add more players to your group.
• 30) There are a number of different loot options when in a group. The group leader can right-click their own portrait to change the options.
• 31) You can choose not to display your helm and/or cloak with an option from the interface options menu.
• 32) You can target members of your party with the function keys. F1 targets you; F2 targets the second party member.
• 33) Being polite while in a group with others will get you invited back!
• 34) Remember to take all things in moderation (even World of Warcraft!)
• 35) You can click on a faction in the reputation pane to get additional information and options about that faction.
• 36) A monster with a silver dragon around its portrait is a rare monster with better than average treasure.
• 37) If you mouse over a chat pane it will become visible and you can right-click on the chat pane tab for options.
• 38) Sharing an account with someone else can compromise its security.
• 39) You can display the duration of beneficial spells on you from the interface options menu.
• 40) You can lock your action bar so you don't accidentally move spells. This is done using the interface options menu.
• 41) You can assign a Hotkey to toggle locking/unlocking your action bar. Just look in the Key Bindings options to set it.
• 42) You can cast a spell on yourself without deselecting your current target by holding down <Alt> while pressing your hotkey.
• 43) Ensure that all party members are on the same stage of an escort quest before beginning it.
• 44) You're much less likely to encounter wandering monsters while following a road.
• 45) Killing guards gives no honor.
• 46) You can hide your interface with <Alt>Z and take screenshots with <Print Screen>.
• 47) Typing /macro will bring up the interface to create macros.
• 48) Enemy players whose names appear in gray are much lower level than you are and will not give honor when killed.
• 49) From the Raid UI you can drag a player to the game field to see their status or drag a class icon to see all members of that class.
• 50) A blue question mark above a quest giver means the quest is repeatable.
• 51) Use the assist button (F key) while targeting another player, and it will target the same target as that player.
• 53) <Shift>Clicking on an item being sold by a vendor will let you select how many of that item you wish to purchase.
• 54) Playing in a battleground on its holiday weekend increases your honor gained.
• 55) If you are having trouble fishing in an area, try attaching a lure to your fishing pole.
• 56) You can view messages you previously sent in chat by pressing <Alt> and the up arrow key.
• 57) You can Shift-Click on an item stack to split it into smaller stacks.
• 58) Pressing both mouse buttons simultaneously will make your character run.
• 59) When replying to a tell from a player (Default 'R'), the <TAB> key cycles through people you have recently replied to.
• 60) Clicking an item name that appears bracketed in chat will tell you more about the item.
• 61) It's considered polite to talk to someone before inviting them into a group, or opening a trade window.
• 62) Pressing 'v' will toggle the display of a health bar over nearby enemies.
• 63) Your items do not suffer durability damage when you are killed by an enemy player.
• 64) <Shift>click on a quest in your quest log to toggle quest tracking for that quest.
• 65) There is no cow level.
• 66) The auction houses in each of your faction's major cities are linked together.
• 67) Nearby questgivers that are awaiting your return are shown as a yellow question mark on your mini-map.
• 68) Quests completed at maximum level award money instead of experience.
• 69) <Shift>-B will open all your bags at once.
• 70) When interacting with other players a little kindness goes a long way!
• 71) Bring your friends to Azeroth, but don't forget to go outside Azeroth with them as well.
• 72) If you keep an empty mailbox, the mail icon will let you know when you have new mail waiting!
• 73) Never give another player your account information.
• 74) When a player not in your group damages a monster before you do, it will display a gray health bar and you will get no loot or experience from killing it.
• 75) You can see the spell that your current target is casting by turning on the 'Show Enemy Cast Bar' options in the basic interface options.
• 76) You can see the target of your current target by turning on the 'Show Target of Target' option in the advanced interface options tab.
• 77) You can access the map either by clicking the map button in the upper left of the mini-map or by hitting the 'M' key.
• 78) Many high level dungeons have a heroic mode setting. Heroic mode dungeons are tuned for level 70 players and have improved loot.
• 79) Spend your honor points for powerful rewards at the Champion's Hall (Alliance) or Hall of Legends (Horde).
• 80) The honor points you earn each day become available immediately. Check the PvP interface to see how many points you have to spend.
• 81) You can turn these tips off in the Interface menu.
• 82) Dungeon meeting stones can be used to summon absent party members. It requires two players at the stone to do a summoning.
• 83) The Parental Controls section of the Account Management site offers tools to help you manage your play time.
• 84) Quest items that are in the bank cannot be used to complete quests.
• 85) A quest marked as (Failed) in the quest log can be abandoned and then reacquired from the quest giver.
• 86) The number next to the quest name in your log is how many other party members are on that quest.
• 87) You cannot advance quests other than (Raid) quests while you are in a raid group.
• 88) You cannot cancel your bids in the auction house so bid carefully.
• 89) To enter a chat channel, type /join [channel name] and /leave [channel name] to exit.
• 90) Mail will be kept for a maximum of 30 days before it disappears.
• 91) Once you get a key, they can be found in a special key ring bag that is to the left of your bags.
• 92) You can replace a gem that is already socketed into your item by dropping a new gem on top of it in the socketing interface.
• 93) City Guards will often give you directions to other locations of note in the city.
• 94) You can repurchase items you have recently sold to a vendor from the buyback tab.
• 95) A group leader can reset their instances from their portrait right-click menu.
• 96) You can always get a new hearthstone from any Innkeeper.
• 97) You can open a small map of the current zone either with Shift-M or as an option from the world map.
• 98) Players cannot dodge, parry, or block attacks that come from behind them.
• 99) If you Right Click on a name in the combat log a list of options will appear.
• 100) You can only have one Battle Elixir and one Guardian Elixir on you at a time.
• 101) The calendar can tell you when raids reset.
• 102) Creatures cannot make critical hits with spells, but players can.
• 103) Creatures can dodge attacks from behind, but players cannot. Neither creatures nor players can parry attacks from behind.
• 104) Players with the Inscription profession can make glyphs to improve your favorite spells and abilities.
• 105) Don't stand in the fire!
• 106) The Raid UI can be customized in a number of different ways, such as how it shows debuffs or current health.
• 107) Dungeons are more fun when everyone works together as a team. Be patient with players who are still learning the game.