Getting Started: Overview
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At the end of this video, I talk about getting your auction house alts set up with hearthstones set to Dalaran. This was so that they could portal around the world to other major cities, for convenient buying from NPC merchants. As of patch 4.0.3a and Cataclysm, Dalaran doesn’t have City portals any more. You should still roll your new auction house alts to start in Stormwind and Undercity, as explained here. But you shouldn’t set their hearthstones to Dalaran.
I’m probably going to recommend moving the AH alts to Shattrath, mostly so that you can avoid crowding in Stormwind. But this is now a very minor detail. It’s fine to leave these guys in SW, UC, or other cities with auction houses if you prefer.
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What if I have no room on server for 2 more alts?
The outdate is outdated again you can do dalaran
I’m wondering why he suggests Undercity over Thunder Bluff. In TB you have the AH, guild bank, and normal bank right next to each other, barely requiring you to move. I’ve done auction housing in every city, but TB just seems to work best for me.
I recommend Undercity because several high-potential limited supply recipes and items are available in Undercity and nearby, as well as quick access to Silvermoon City which also has some great vendor and limited supply options.
In Cataclysm you can take a flight from Goldshire->Stormwind and Brill->Undercity to save a bit traveling time. The flights from the starting cities to capitals are free so don’t worry about your level 1′s having no gold.
There was one noticeable flaw in Jon’s demonstration of the path he uses to go from Deathknell to Undercity. When he uses the red marker to trace the path, he ends up following the path to Silverpine Forest. The Undercity is much closer, heading straight south from that little triangular area of the path.
Hi there,
So basically for a new beginner like me, when can i see the complete updated guide?
Massive Gold Blueprint is a membership site with continuously updated content. There isn’t a concept of a “complete updated guide” that is somehow finished. The game keeps changing, and so does Massive Gold Blueprint.
I think he means “When is this guide going to be completely updated to 4.0?” I certainly understand the sentiment. Even if nothing has changed in the year (?) since this video was posted, it makes it FEEL like the guide is outdated.
What part is no longer doable? I watched this looking for specifically what you were referring to and the only things I can think of that are no longer possible are the portals from Dalaran. Portals were removed from both Dalaran and Shattrath City. If you have a mage/engineer you could use them to travel around and gather rare recipes and such I suppose as time intensive alternative to these portals. Further, some servers may have restrictions as to whether you can make characters on both factions, PVP servers I believe. Otherwise I may have missed what needs to be updated. (I did note that Jon draws a red line right past the main entrance to Undercity though, hehehe)
This is outdated. You can no longer do this!