If you’re from the Horde, move to the right after the portal.  A Bat Handler NPC will fly you to Thrallmar.  Hellfire Peninsula is best when you take time to explore it.  There are a few Quest hub areas and some are easy to miss if you’re not attentive.  If you do, you’ll lose potential Experience Points (XP), loot and fun.  Numerous flight paths also exist over Hellfire Peninsula.  Another town of the Alliance in this zone is the Temple of Telhamut.

Sadly, there are is no Auction House in Outland.  You’ll have to return to the main city in Azeroth to do business.  Shattrath is the only city with 2 banks that is involved in the Scryer and Aldor factions of the city.

Skill trainers are plentiful in Outland.  Alliance Profession trainers can be found in Honor Hold, while Horde Profession trainers are located in Thrallmar.  The main city of Outland is Shattrath which is situated between Nagrand and Terokkar Forrest.  This city has various Profession trainers and is both shared by the Alliance and the Horde.  The Outland doesn’t have Class trainers, if you need one, you need to go back to Azeroth.

You can learn Master First Aid by going to the Temple of Telhamut.  From there, you need to purchase a book entitled Master First Aid – Doctor in the House from a vendor.  You should also purchase another book called Netherweave Bandage and its heavy version from the same seller.  You have to grind out some 30 skill points by making Heavy Runecloth Bandages and this will use between 80-120 Runecloths.  For the Horde, the First Aid Books can be located in Falcon Crest.  Be sure to get the Flight Path to return to Thrallmar.

Because of the absence of Auction Houses in Outland, you definitely need to return to a major city in Azeroth just to auction, bid, buy or sell.  It is better to use your main character to perform direct equipment comparisons.

There are some alternatives for this tiring work.  One is setting your Hearthstone in Honor Hold and then asking a Mage to port you back to a main city.  Give the Mage some tip and use the Hearthstone to go back to Outland.  Looking for a Mage every time you need to port could piss some people around.

If you don’t want to depend on a Mage,  set your Hearthstone in Stormwind which is nearer to the Dark Portal.  You can fly back to the Blasted Lands, pass the Dark Portal and fly back to Honor Hold.  During this flight, you can take a short break from the computer.

You can ride to Shattrath, set your Hearthstone and grab the flight path.  This is easy if you’re on level 60.  Shattrath has portals to all the major cities in Azeroth.  You can easily fly to Shattrath, port to a major city in Azeroth, Hearthstone back to Shattrath and fly back to wherever zone you came from.  The only drawback is the amount of flights to and from Shattrath and your original zone.

There are other tips, I will like to share in this blog, but I will like to do more reseach on it. I will share more tips on Burning Crusade after I am done with my current research on this topic, which is going to be the part 3 and the final tips on Burning Crusade.

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Before installing TBC in your computer, it is highly recommended that you read our Burning Crusade Tips to give you an overview of the Expansion Set.  The first one would be to verify that you meet the minimum hardware requirements to have a smooth gaming experience.  Once your computer is qualified, you can play TBC on a trial basis to test whether you will really like this expansion.

You can download a trial version of TBC from the WoW website.  To do this, you need to sign up first and create an account in Battle.net.  This easy as filling-up a web form and clicking Play Free Trial to proceed.  Your Account Name is the same as your e-mail Address.  Check your e-mail and open the e-mail from WoW.

You will be guided by this e-mail to download a small program.  After downloading it, run this application and it will download the complete expansion.  The download time will depend on your internet connection.  You can leave this process running in the background while you continue reading our Burning Crusade Tips.

After the long download, just run the set-up program to install TBC on your computer.  Just read the on-screen instructions and decide carefully when prompted.  After installing the game, just click the appropriate desktop icon to start loading TBC.

While you are still downloading or installing TBC , you can just read ahead.  Before finally playing The Burning Crusade, it is best to gather 100-120 Runecloths, this will improve your First Aid Skill from 300 to 330.  You should also gather various potions and other supplies.  This includes Health Pots, Sharpening Stones, Troll’s Blood and other items that can give you a boost.

New items, weapons, equipments, materials and recipes will be introduced in TBC.  So it is best if you prepare as much gold so you can to purchase those that you need or want.  You should also travel light when going to the Outland.  This means a near empty bag.  Only carry items that are essential.  You have to do this because there are no Auction Houses in Outland so you need all the available space to minimize traveling.

If you’re with the Alliance, you should consider relocating to Stormwind because it will be nearer to the Blasted Lands compared to Ironforge or somewhere else.  If you plan to visit Outland, you just need to go to the Blasted Lands.  From there, you just walk through the Dark Portal.  But to pass through, you need to be at level 58 and have the expansion activated in your account.

Upon reaching the Outland, you will first see the Hellfire Peninsula which is intended for  level 60-63 players.  This is also one of the largest zones in WoW.  If you’re from the Alliance, move to the left after passing the portal.  You will meet a Flight Path Non-Playable Character (NPC) who can fly you to Honor Hold.  This is the main town of the Alliance in Hellfire Peninsula.

This is just part 1 of part 3 of my article: Quick and Dirty Burning Crusade Tips for the Beginner, I will continue from where I stop in the coming part, watch out for more tip on this topic. All the best.

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Grand Theft Auto IV

Rockstar Games shook up the games industry when they created Grand Theft Auto III for the Playstation 2. Moving the once 2D game series into the third dimension and presenting a wide open world for the player to wreak havoc in proved to be a winning combination. Seven years later, they updated that experience for the new generation of consoles, and Grand Theft Auto IV was born.

The series has come a long way since then. Grand Theft Auto IV returns us to Liberty City, the setting of Grand Theft Auto III. This city has gotten a significant facelift thanks to next generation graphics, and it’s also been expanded to be much larger. The design of this massive, open city is based largely on New York City and parts of New Jersey, with each region of the city having its own cultural and socioeconomic groups.

As the real New York City has long been a haven for immigrants, it makes sense that the story of GTA IV focuses on a freshly arrived immigrant looking to achieve “the American Dream.” The player steps into the shoes of Niko Bellic, an Eastern European man with a painful past, who is looking to start over in a city full of opportunity. Niko links up with his brother, Roman, who has lived in America for some time and has sent home word of his success. However, it turns out that most of Niko’s successes were made up – he’s heavily in debt to all the wrong people. Niko soon discovers that a lot of things about the American Dream aren’t what they’re cracked up to be – as he gets swept up in the same violence that he fled Eastern Europe to escape.

As with the prior games in the Grand Theft Auto series, the focus of GTA IV’s gameplay is all about crime. Niko has the ability to easily carjack just about any car in the city, from station wagons to sports cars to tractor-trailers. Players will spend a fair amount of time driving about the city getting to the next mission location, but it rarely gets boring with such a huge variety of vehicles and complete freedom to go choose your own path. Plus, when it vehicles, you can listen to the radio stations, which feature real music from a variety of genres and eras as well as humorously written and performed mock talk radio shows. Niko can even fly planes and helicopters during certain parts of the game.
You can do a fair amount of damage with a vehicle, but Niko also has access to a substantial arsenal. Weapons can be bought from gun stores or taken from slain enemies. GTA IV introduces a new cover system that allows players to duck behind walls or crouch behind smaller obstacles to take cover from enemy fire. The targeting system has also been improved from prior versions, making for more fluid gunfights.

As the game progresses, Niko develops a number of contacts in the criminal world. These contacts will give him various missions that will provide the player with a source of direction and income, as well as moving the story along. Mission objects are widely varied, from simple tasks like driving a passenger to a different location to assassinating a rival criminal. While many missions seem straightforward at first, complications frequently ensue, keeping this fresh and exciting.

There are a lot of things for Niko to do when not engaged in missions. GTA IV introduces a persistent relationship system where Niko can build friendships and romantic relationships with certain characters. Friends and romantic interests will call up Niko to go out to strips clubs, get a drink, go bowling, or to go see a show. Other ways to blow off steam between missions include simply watching TV in Niko’s apartment, or hunting around the city for hidden items. Some players find the most fun thing to do is simply to wreak havoc on the city until captured by the police or killed.
The developers have added a lot of features that make proceeding through the GTA IV story more convenient. For instance, Niko can now opt to take a cab to a location, such as a mission start location, instead of making a long drive himself. The player can instantly skip the cab ride – for a small fee – so they can get right into the action of the mission. Niko’s cell phone also plays a big role, as he can communicate with mission contacts and allies while walking or driving through the city, instead of having to go to their location.

While the single-player experience has always been the focus of Grand Theft Auto games, GTA IV introduces online multiplayer. As many as 16 players on consoles, or 32 on PC, can join a game and participate in 15 different sorts of multiplayer modes. Mission types include traditional deathmatches, team deathmatches, and races as well as objective based missions like competing to steal the most cars and even a “cops vs. crooks” mode.

Key Features:

• Explore a massive, open and incredibly detailed urban environment modeled after New York City and is brimming with virtual life

• Meet a cast of colorful criminals and contacts including Italian and Russian mob bosses, drug dealers, Jamaican gun runners and many others

• Follow Niko’s story as he attempts to make his own way in Liberty City and unravels the secrets of his past

• Jack dozens of different models of vehicles, from regular old sedans to pickup trucks to helicopters and planes

• Utilize a wide arsenal of pistols, shotguns, machines and explosive weapons to destroy Niko’s enemies

• New cover system makes gunfights more dynamic and exciting

• Classic Grand Theft Auto humor reappears in new radio talk shows, television shows, and the overall game script

• Use Niko’s cell phone to communicate with contacts, set up dates, and even call up friends just to chat

• Create your own game avatar and enter online games with up to 31 other players, with a variety of dynamic gameplay types

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ENEMIES
Sherman: He is equipped with sticky bombs, and they are fast and deadly when they are launched. He is very easy to kill, but you are going to have to be quick on your feet.

Invader: This character is very cunning, and will be difficult for you to defeat. He has a shield that is going to make it difficult for you to be able to damage him. When you are up against him you are going to have to locate his weak spot. When you locate the spot you are going to see the green slime explode from his head. Do not stop fighting until he is destroyed, because this character has nine lives.

Creeper: This character is a new creation that is totally lethal. It has the ability to burrow under the ground and get you before you are able to see it coming. If you want to win you must defeat the creeper – and you are going to have to stay on your toes to be successful.

WEAPONRY
Ice rifle: You can use this weapon to freeze your enemies and the areas around them. This will make it easier for you to get the upper hand.

Vortex grenades: These grenades are truly essential to the downfall of your enemies. They twirl around and then attach themselves to your opponents. This gives you the unique ability to draw them in and kill them.

Catapult: This device can be used by the player to get around tight corners and has the power to fire and detonate at any location in the game.  It is a weapon of mass destruction that is at your beck and call.

You are going to love all of the fascinating graphics that the game provides for you. The puzzles are very gratifying, and you are going to get drawn into a world of brand new discovery. Using all of the different weapons at your disposal is going to give you the power to defeat the enemies that are trying to invade the city. Pay attention to the scenery that is based on real landmarks of the specific locations. It is your job to protect them, so you have to be on your toes at all times.

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FIFA 10

When it comes to soccer video games, FIFA is the name that people look for. With 16 prior games in the series dating all way back to 1993, Electronic Arts’ FIFA games have a long history. FIFA 10 puts those years of knowledge of soccer simulation to good use to deliver the ultimate experience.

FIFA 10 isn’t the sort of game that seeks to reinvent the wheel, but rather tries to refine and improve on what’s come before. Fans of previous games in the series will find new and improved versions of many of their favorite features returning in the newest FIFA, such as the revamped Manager mode, the Virtual Pro mode, and more.

Of course, the most important element of a soccer simulation is the actual gameplay itself. FIFA games are known for their realistic graphics and animations and pinpoint control, and FIFA 10 doesn’t disappoint. With a revamped graphics engine, FIFA 10 delivers the most photorealistic graphics and smooth animations, making it feel as though you’re watching a real game. The game also introduces the new 360 degree control system, allowing players greater flexibility in how their players move. While FIFA 10 gives players access to some new skills, it also provides them with much more adept opponents. The AI of computer controlled players has been significantly reworked, making opposing computer players act much more realistically – and making them significantly more difficult to outplay.

FIFA 10 also introduces the new Virtual Pro mode, an enhanced version of the old Be a Pro feature. In this mode, players can create a virtual version of themselves and live the life of a pro footballer for four seasons. Players can customize their avatar’s appearance and skillset, and even put their own face into the game. Playing through this mode will unlock new player attributes and skills, and even new celebration animations.

Another big feature for FIFA 10 is the improved Manager mode, which allows the player to take total control over a football club as its manager. This mode is perfect for true soccer buffs who are as interested in player stats and transfers as they are in kicking the ball around the field.

FIFA 10 also brings quality multiplayer content to the table. Players can play with friends locally or through the Internet, and can even form full 10 player teams that can compete against each other for the regional and world championships.

Key Features:

• 360 degree player control revolutionizes the way that players move on the virtual soccer field

• Battles for ball control are played out more realistically and skillfully than ever before

• New animation technology results in a much more realistic looking game, with players that move and handle the ball just like real soccer players would

• Recruit your friends and other online players and engage in 10 v. 10 multiplayer championship games

• Take complete managerial control over a football club and guide it to victory season after season in a totally revamped Manager mode

• Insert yourself directly into the game by creating a virtual avatar with your face who gains more skills and other rewards as you play

• Purchase special powerups and other fun extras at the FIFA Store

• Hone your skills to perfection in a new, customizable practice arena that lets you set up authentic game situations however you like

• Play in 50 different faithfully recreated stadium from all over the world

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The next “true” sequel in the Battlefield franchise hasn’t officially been announced, but DigitalBattle.com claims to have gotten their hands on a leaked PDF document full of juicy details that sound legit. The file apparently says Battlefield 3, which will again have a near-future setting similar to Battlefield 2, is planned for release some time in late 2008.

Among the leaked features are some impressively large numbers: 56 total weapons, 48 total vehicles, and most stupefying of all, 40 vs. 40 battles. With teams that big, it’s no wonder they’re also reportedly adding a new tier to the squad mechanics introduced in Battlefield 2. Squads and the commander role return, but now three or four squads will form a battalion.

According to the document, Battlefield 3 will run on the Frostbite DX engine, which is presumably a DirectX 10 version of the Frostbite engine used in Battlefield: Bad Company for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The document also mentions it’ll ship with 8 maps, there will be an “MMO-styled” persistent solider system, and there’s a possibility of a beta in the summer.

When contacted by DigitalBattle.com, EA gave a no comment, while developer DICE hadn’t replied at all. The document mentioned an official announcement was planned for January, but if this wealth of leaked info is true, we wouldn’t be surprised to see it get bumped up a little.
Source: gametab.com

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