Ok I want to write a couple of guides but Im not sure if its a good idea

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I wrote three short guides so far...they were really halfassed and I didnt really put time into them albeit it was mostly logic, game basics and using brain/common sense. The twink community did not like any of them

In my defense the guides at least contained common sense but unfortunately had to be closed
Would it be a good idea to write another guide, this time being the devils advocate , seeing both sides of the story and thinking it through?
 
Go ahead, but it will probably be you trying to force the F2P bracket to play OP hunters/pallies/druids like usual.
 
Don't let other people's opinion stop you from doing anything
 
What topics are you thinking about, if you don't mind my asking?

It's probably only worth doing if you're going to actually put in the effort required to make a really great guide. If think you'll end up half-assing it like the other ones then you'll probably just end up wasting your (and your readers') time.
 
Extensive Guide to World Buffs

Introduction
List of Terms
Buffs that can be gotten as F2P only
All World Buffs
The Useful Buffs
Note on 2 minute buffs
Other Details I have Left Out
Conclusion

Introduction
Greetings,
My name is Justin a.k.a darkspearwow1.
This guide is presented to show you every single outside world buff that can be used by 19s and 20-24s alike. Sometimes you just cant take on everybody at once and just need that extra edge and every stat boost available in this game. The main use of this guide is for PvP battleground purposes, but can also be used by leveling priests and mages. I will not write any buff lasting lower than 2 minutes. And for the most part I will not write lower ranks/abilities of the buffs.
Also keep in mind-that to maximize the use of these buffs-a premade is rather mandatory, otherwise your time will most likely be wasted.

List of Terms
H: Horde
A: Alliance
MC: Mind Control

Buffs that can be gotten as F2P.
It either simply requires you to have a f2p priest, spec’d into Mind Control or stand near a useful ally and wait for it to cast.

Commanding Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Astranaar Officer, Captain Elendilad, Protector Arminon, Protector Dorinar, Protector Endolar, 2 minutes

Smouldering - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Singed Shambler, 10 minutes.

Earth Shield - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Stonesplinter Geomancer and
Stonesplinter Shaman, 10 minutes.

Commanding Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Boss Galgosh, Homruk, and The Unknown Soldier, 2 minutes.

Frostmane Strength - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Grik'nir the Cold, 3 minutes.

Battle Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Silverwing Conqueror,2 minutes A only.

Thorns - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Barbed Crawler, Razormane Thornweaver, 10 minutes.

All World Buffs
These require you to have high level priest tagging along, some also require a group.

Sun Shield - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Firewing Warlock, Lisalie Fireweaver, 2 minutes.

Lurk - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Tuurem Hunter, 5 minutes.

Thorns - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Razormane Seer, Scarlet Ivy, Thornvine Creeper. Razorfen Thornweaver, 10 minutes.

Reckless Toxin - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Scorpashi Snapper, 2 minutes.

Earth Shield - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Dreghood Geomancer, Winterskorn Elder, Corrupted Elementalist, 2 minutes.

Ysondre's Blessing - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Ysondre during Taerar's Fall. Must be in a party and a higher level must initiate, 2 minutes.

Power of Kran'aish - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Ashkaz, Lithic Oracle, Luanga the Imprisoner, Shalasi Oracle, Skithian Windripper , 5 minutes.

Curse of Recklessness - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Hovel Shadowcaster.Keep in mind it is very difficult to get into Mt. Hyjal. A friendly priest dueling you and MCing the mob is advised. 2 minutes.

Traces of Silithyst - Spell - World of Warcraft - Aquired by picking up and delivering silithus dust to its proper turn in station. Keep it mind-it auto flags you.30 minutes.

http://www.wowhead.com/spell=77593/revitalized - Cast by Revitalized Basilisk and Rejuvenated Thunder Lizard, 5 minutes.

Corrupted Earth Shield - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Corrupted Dryad, 5 minutes.

http://www.wowhead.com/spell=79977 - Cast by Tarenar Sunstrike. Have your main initate the NPC's first quest and stand near the NPC, 5 minutes.

Arcane Residue - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Mana Wraith when they die, 2 minutes.

Mark of the Wild - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Zen'tabra. Keep in mind that it is very difficult to get to Mt. Hyjal with all the phasing.,1 hour.

Horn of Winter - Spell - World of Warcraft Cast by Omasum Blighthoof.. He must attack a player prior to casting since his is the old version of the horn, meaning he has generate runic power himself, 2 minutes.

Legacy of the Emperor - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by friendly monks. Unlike kings/HoTW will persist if zoning in a battleground, 1 hour.

Horn of Winter - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by friendly dks. Unlike battle shout/hunter buffs will persist if zoning in a battleground. 5 minutes.

The Useful Buffs.
These buffs are somewhat useful to twinks, and actually provide some major stats.

Power Word: Fortitude - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Father Kamaros. Start with your high level clearing the area and initiating the quest I'm Not Dead Yet! Make sure the twinks/ leechers stand close to him. Attack another mob to intinate combat-he will cast it. Be prepared to get swarmed by high level mobs when you zone out. 1 hour.

Energizing Spores - Spell - World of Warcraft - When you kill sporebats, 5 minutes.

Commanding Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Keeshan and Orcus. For the Alliance version-do not complete Showdown at Stonewatch. For the Horde version- do not complete the quest prior to Heroes of the Horde. Your allies and party members can still receive it even if they have completed it-only 1 person can have it incomplete- as long as they are in range. 2 minutes.

Arcane Intellect - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Warsong Hold Mage, when you free them from the webs.30 minutes.

Commanding Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Warsong Hold Warrior when you free them. 2 minutes. Should be used in conjunction with Arcane Intellect for maximum effect.2 minutes.

Arcane Intellect - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Daggerspine Sorceress. Alliance's version of ''60 intellect''. 11 intellect total. Can be used by a lvl 24 priest Spec'd into Mind Control to buff and switch back to appropriate talent before zoning in by keeping stacks of Vanishing Powder.30 minutes.

Battle Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Conquest Hold Berserker .336 melee Attack Power.H only. Just wait until he initiates combat with the alliance counterpart. The NPC refreshes it fairly often.2 minutes.

Battle Shout - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Dragonmaw Maraduer and Dragonmaw Straggler. 253 melee Attack Power. Alliance is stuck with a lower amount and requires a friendly priest to MC the mob. Alliance with no priest- Caryssia Moonhunter provides 140 AP. 2 minutes.

Dark Whispers - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Vile Tutor, 10 minutes.

Power Word: Fortitude - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Cultist Acolyte, Shattered Hand Acolyte and Holdout Medic. Do note that these fortitudes persist even when zoning into a battleground. Alliance F2P players (if they can solo gnomer to that point) can still get extra 10% hp, 1 hour.

Note On Two Minute Buffs
Self, explanatory they do not last long, if you grab them too early-they simply dissipate in the battleground before being used. It is best to use the addon- Bg Timer-and get in at 25 seconds. You still only get 50 seconds-1 minute at most of the actual buff.

Other Details I Have Missed Out
That would be, for unknown reasons some buffs cannot be accesed by players through mind control, spells like Visions of Agamaggon - Spell - World of Warcraft simply say the target is too low level when casting on your twink. Or spells like Wrekt Visage - Spell - World of Warcraft cannot be put on friendly players even though they show up in the NPC's ability list and are castable(only on the NPC). I have omitted both of these types of spells.

Conclusion
The guide presented before you does not claim to be completely fulfilling in any way. Yes, there may be other types of buffs and information which are not included here or something I may have missed and you're free to post along. This is a revised & extended version of http://www.twinkinfo.com/forums/f35/10s-consumables-buffs-whatnots-35508/ and nothing more.

I would like to give thanks to:
Wowhead- for having every useful piece of information and layout of mob spells in its database.
This website for allowing me to share the info.
And all others who had participated in my crazy research or helped me in the past.

Regards, Justin.
 
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First of all, HUGE step up from your previous attempted "guides". Kudos. I know you're not done but I would possibly change it to the buff durations instead of the type of buff or usefulness of it. Was saddened when I read the description of it and got excited then saw it was only 2 minutes.. Most 2 minute buffs are pretty pointless imo so I just look at 5+ minute ones.

Also maybe make the layout alittle better?

Ex:

Commanding Shout (Buffs name)
2 Minute Duration (Self explanatory. If you included all buffs with the same duration together as a header you wouldn't need the duration for each buff)
Cast; Astranaar Officer, Captain Elendilad, Protector Arminon, Protector Dorinar, Protector Endolar (How it's obtained and who/what it's obtained by)
50 HP (buff given)
N/A (additional info if needed. Of course if there is none just leave blank)

This is definitely guide worthy imo or possibly sticky worthy? (and you put alot more work into it then some guide authors I know) so [MENTION=10336]Yde[/MENTION] please move it to F2P section when he is done :) Lol I have a few buffs already in mind that I'm gonna start getting soon
 
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Agree with Lil, looks promising.
 
Forgot to mention a few things

Blessing of Kings - Spell - World of Warcraft used by Maximillian of Northshire <Knight-Errant>

But it is buggy and doesn't increase your stats by 10% in any way, shape, or form. The buff is there, but no increase in stats.


Also, while not a buff but I wanted to post anyway

Receive Lucky Rocket Cluster - Item - World of Warcraft on your twinks and toons.Buy a cluster launcher. Enjoy 250 hp for 30 minutes any time of the year.
 
For me this looks almost as finished guide.. GZ on doing a great job :)
If I can add my word I would add also world event buffs like smitten, but that's your decision :)

I am fully aware of the seasonal buffs like smitten, or those 30 haste midsummer /20 spirit winter veil. Or that 10% stat increase if you cheer for the darkmoon concert stuff.

The reason I did not want to include them-they are seasonal. The ones I have listed can be gotten any time of the year.
 
minor update

one time only buffs, it appears they are horde only

Stormward - Spell - World of Warcraft - Complete the quest The Keystone Shard - Quest - World of Warcraft

Fortitude of the Sin'dorei - Spell - World of Warcraft -Cast by Arcanist Ithanas when you complete the following quest A Fistful of Slivers - Quest - World of Warcraft

Echeyakee's Grace - Spell - World of Warcraft - Cast by Sergra Darkthorn. Successfully completing this quest Echeyakee - Quest - World of Warcraft should earn the buff
 
update

you can technically get Blessing of Might - Spell - World of Warcraft without ''p2p's help. Althrough it requires you to have a gnomish mind control cap.

here is how a ''regular'' MC works.
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You cant even see his blessing of might, only retribution aura.

with the gnomish mind control cap, it ''automatically sets NPC to agressive'' and he will buff any party members with any party buffs it has

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24's could probably go ahead and Mind control cap this guy.... Drill Sergeant Magnus - NPC - World of Warcraft
 
i had someone PM me that i didnt include auras. Its true I didnt but auras are useless now, they dont persist through zoning

yes you can get Devotion Aura - Spell - World of Warcraft. , Concentration Aura - Spell - World of Warcraft , Retribution Aura - Spell - World of Warcraft but only if you dont zone in anywhere

at one point during cataclysm auras were bugged and persisted through zone through and you could MC Twilight Vindicator - NPC - World of Warcraft and do constant 700 damage but not anymore
 

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