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So, you’re wondering how a poor Nec can afford the 10g for the pimp shadowmobile. You are a nec with integrity and would never buy from a lowlife goldseller, but dang, it’s gonna take awhile with crushed organs going for 3cp a piece…Look no further my friends than this A-B-C guide to the nec lumberjack. You will be harvesting T5 timber in no time! Fast livery. You bet! Almost from the time you start you will be able to sell what you harvest. Will you enjoy the game to the fullest. Hell ya! With a little hard earned jingle in your pocket you will be able to get that pimp ride some new tread and get the gear bling you know you deserve. So, sit back, relax, have a piece of marinated gnome steak and soak up this informative guide. 1. Getting started. This is probably the easiest part. Go to Leth Nurae (if you aren’t kos), go to the harvest trainer (southeast Leth, before you enter city), change your training to lumberjack if you need to, grab all the lumberjack books, grab the free rusty axe and voila you’re now a lumberjack! But now what. you may say. fear not. your first. um. trees. are just a stones throw away! 2. Don’t chop any trees! Huh. That’s right, I said don’t chop any trees. Just a little south of Leth is a bunch of treants, evil treants; we need to rid the land of evil treants. So lets get started shall we. Give your pet some exercise and take down one of those nasty treants. Will you get bad faction. No! After pet has done his job, collect any loot that the treant may have on it and then…hold on now. what’s this. a little pickaxe appears over the treants corpse. hmm. Well let’s see what happens. omg you are chopping a treant. Yes friends, treants can be harvested for wood! Let all those crazy bards run their fast little butts off looking for trees to chop. we have easier prey. Keep killing and chopping till you get to 100, shouldn’t take long. Now, wasn’t that easy. Read the first book. You’re on your way! 3. Head south. Way south. Grab your passport and the next flight to Qalia. Just a little northwest of Ahgram is a little place called The Tiberian Wildwoods filled with. you guessed it, more treants. Kill, kill, kill, until you get to 200. man this is easy ain’t it. read your second book! Hop on your mount, its time for some traveling again. This lumberjacking business is strange, a T2 lumberjack and you have yet to chop your first tree. Bah, trees. who needs em. 4. Head North. This time yer headed to Kojan, in the northeast corner is a place called The Jin Forest, its just east of The Tomb of Lord Tsang. Lots of evil treants that need to be hacked to pieces. hehe. mp3 player So hack ‘n slash ‘n chop yer way to 300. Read book and now you are the best dang T3 lumberjack that’s never chopped a tree. world of warcraft gold So. there ya go, how to get to T3 in 4 easy lessons, now maybe you need to go find some real trees to chop J Don’t forget to upgrade your axe and harvesting clothes, it makes a huge difference in the amount of timber you get. wow Good luck and happy hunting! " "A loud and overly opinionated pushy necro friend of mien has decided to take the long walk out of Telon. He has however chosen to follow in the steps of the few and give something back to the community and in this case something which many will likely appreciate. wow gold Dagada of Seradon has submitted the following information to us for use as a guide for all the community. Ever wanted strat info on overland or APW raid mobs. look no further. wow gold here are Dagada's ""how to"" notes on killing many of those very same Raid Mobs! He compiled this list together with Eris and Lusain. Thanks to all of you for sharing! Disclaimer from the horses mouth (aka Dagada): ""Remember these guides were built around a guild who had 0 melee dps so for the most part. wow gold The strats might seem weird or different. because we didn't have 5 rog+monks who could do 4-9k dps with bugged stacking issues and what not to every mob.

Greetings fellow necromancers. I was wandering through the dark halls of our humble community when I noticed something rather annoying. At no point have we made an attempt to show what all the various pets and minions look like. While I do realize that everyone in time will know what the various pets look like, I thought it might be of value for the more novice members of our profession to be able to see what their future holds in regards to pets and minions. For size comparison sake I have included myself in each image, NO, I am so vain to think it would be good for people to see my pointy eared head over and over. So without further chatter I give you my guide to pets and minions: Abomination I This is the Abomination pet which you gain at level 4 and is summoned via the spell Awaken Abomination I . This is the least impressive looking of our Abominations. Abomination II This is the Abomination pet which you gain at level 30 and is summoned via the spell Awaken Abomination II . This pet is larger than the previous version of it and has more noticeable bone protrusions and has longer claws. Abomination III This is the Abomination pet which you gain at level 50 and is summoned via the spell Awaken Abomination III . This pet is larger than the previous versions of it and has much more noticeable bone protrusions and has ridiculously long claws. Advocate Lich Necromancer Version: This is the Advocate Minion which you gain at level 46 and is summoned via the spell Advocate's Ritual . This spell summons a minion that does considerable damage to your enemies. Sometimes referred to as the Zealot and is an upgraded version of the Slayer Pet. The two versions do the same thing but look noticeably different. It looks the same as the lvl 38 Servant minion. Wraith Necromancer Version: This is the Advocate Minion which you gain at level 46 and is summoned via the spell Advocate's Ritual . This spell summons a minion that does considerable damage to your enemies. Sometimes referred to as the Zealot and is an upgraded version of the Slayer Pet. The two versions do the same thing but look noticeably different. It looks the same as the lvl 38 Servant minion. Guardian This is the Guardian Minion which you gain at level 22 and is summoned via the spell Ritual of the Guardian . This minion is strictly a defender who taunts things off that are attacking you. They don't take many hits so are mainly there to give you a few seconds to do something else to control a situation gone wrong. mp3 players Well drat, I didn't stand next to this pet. sue me ;P Plaguebringer Lich Necromancer Version: This is the Plaguebringer Minion which you gain at level 30 and is summoned via the spell Plague Bearer's Ritual . world of warcraft gold This minion can cast a -240 Physical Resistance debuff on your enemy that also increases Physical damage taken by 10%. his is non-combatant pet, no DPS to be gained here from it directly. Both versions will inflict anyone hitting them with a disease dot and they both have the same graphic appearance. wow Wraith Necromancer Version: This is the Plaguebringer Minion which you gain at level 30 and is summoned via the spell Plague Bearer's Ritual . This minion can cast a -240 Spiritual Resistance debuff on your enemy that also increases spiritual damage taken by 10%. This is non-combatant pet, no DPS to be gained here from it directly. wow gold Both versions will inflict anyone hitting them with a disease dot and they both have the same graphic appearance. Servant Lich Necromancer Version: This is the Servant Minion which you gain at level 38 and is summoned via the spell Ritual of the Servant . This spell summons a minion that basically boosts your Health regen. wow gold kaufen This minion cast a 169 point heal on it's master that has a 10 sec cast time. Note: The minion does not heal the abomination. This is non-combatant pet, no DPS to be gained here. wow power leveling It looks the same as the lvl 46 Advocate minion. Wraith Necromancer Version: This is the Servant Minion which you gain at level 38 and is summoned via the spell Ritual of the Servant . This spell summons a minion that basically boosts your Energy regen. This minion cast a Mana restore spell on its' master periodically.

Cliff’s Notes for all those people with ADHD: Grafts allow you to customize your pet and are good…get them. Here is a list of around 340 known grafts. I will update it as I find more and people post more information. Edit (lifebane): Notleh allowed us to use his list in order to create the graft depository , the vgnecro search able graft database. The list of grafts available has since changed dramatically so his list mentioned above is no longer up to date. Notleh is working on the updated version which will be incorporated into the database. I. Intro For those of you who have adventured with me in other worlds, you know that I am a bit of a freak when it comes to information. I like to know all there is to know. Although I have been in Vanguard since Beta 1, I did not start playing a Necromancer until release, so there are some very knowledgeable Necromancers out there (such as Polkadots) who know far more than I. However, an area I found lacking in regards to information was grafts. Since the Abomination is such a pivotal part of our class, and grafts (in my opinion) are such a major part of the Abomination, I decided to compile as much information as I could about grafts. Some people think grafts are a waste of time, but I think they are essential. Not equipping grafts would be comparable to never buying armor for your Warrior, or a bow for your Ranger. If you want to be the best it takes a little extra work. I am not a dev, nor do I have access to them, so please do not accept anything following as “the truth”. The following post is built in part from my personal experience as a new Necromancer, from forum crawling, and from conjecture. Read it at your own risk. II. The Abomination To understand grafts, you must first understand the Abomination. A Necromancer is a powerful caster, but unlike the pure elemental direct damage blasts of a Sorcerer, we primarily contribute to a party by slowing, weakening, and sickening our opponents, and then applying massive damage through DOT’s (damage-over-time spells). A good Necromancer can also handle the additional adds and take the punishment when the main tank goes down through the use of our Abomination. I think of the Abomination as a summoned demon, or a “pet” who protects us and does damage to our foes. It is this pet who makes the Necromancer (in my mind) the most powerful solo class in the game. mp3 players The Abom can take the brunt of all physical attacks, hold aggression as we unleash all sort of devastating attacks on our enemies, as well as dish out a considerable amount of damage on its own. Some people look at these as just another DOT but I think of them as much, much more. The Abom raises in level and power with its master, but it is limited in power and scope on its own; this is where grafts come in. world of warcraft gold They allow the Abom to be customized for different situations and to make it more damaging to many degrees of magnitude. Think of grafts as armor and weapons for your Abom. III. wow The Graft List Now, there are many partial lists out there so this is an attempt to create a complete list. Polkadots is in contact with the devs so maybe we can get a complete list (600+ is the rumor), or a confirmation on this one, but in the meantime this is my attempt for us to create one ourselves. It is currently around 300 grafts. wow gold There are currently six types of grafts. They apply to different parts of the Abom: Face, Stronghand, Claw, Heart, Torso and Legs. You cannot have 2 of the same type active at the same time. wow gold For example, you cannot load 2 hearts or 3 claws. Your available graft slots must all be different. When you first get your Abom (lvl 4) you may only equip 2 grafts. wow gold kaufen This number increases as your Necro levels until you may equip 6. 2 – Level 4 3 – Level 10 4 – Level 20 5 – Level 30 6 – Level 50. A link to the current list is at the top of this post. I am sure there are many mistakes, and the types of grafts and names were changed drastically since release so there is much confusion on what is really out there.

Picture this. you are at a gathering of friends chugging down a few ales in a local Hathor Zhi Pub when one of the gathered revelers suddenly moans loudly, the flesh falling off his skeletal frame in chunks leaving only his standing skeleton where once there was a flesh and blood Dark Elf. Definitely fun at parties! No worries though, our entertaining dead guy is a talented necromancer who knows the form of bones spell. At level 30, the necromancer must undergo a quest for this ability. The necromancer learns one of two paths to undead form, the form of bone (skeleton) or the wraithform (ghost). When pursuing this quest you will decide on one form or the other and there appears to be no way currently to change this once it has been done so choose wisely. As you progress in level your form of bone or wraithform will periodically upgrade themselves as your own power grows (Get it at level 30 then upgrades at levels 40 and 50). Your undead form will also determine the form that your minions have when they are summoned. Form of bones raises minions that are skeletal / zombie-like in appearance. Wrathform will have you summoning ghost-like minions. When in one of these undead forms the necromancer gains certain benefits depending on the form he has take: 1. Form of Bones (aka Lich): Level 30 - Form of Bones: The Necromancer gains a bonus of +100 to armor class, +15% Health, 15% bonus to damage with Physical Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath) and see the invisible. Level 40 - Lich Form: The Necromancer gains a bonus of +125 to armor class, +20% Health, 20% bonus to damage with Physical Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath) and see the invisible. Level 50 -Demilich Form: The Necromancer gains a bonus of +166 to armor class, +30% Health, 25% bonus to damage with Physical Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath) and see the invisible. Physical Spells include: Bone Spike, Bone Spear, Plague of Infestation, Sealed Fate, Poison Burst (AoE), and Detonate Corpse (AoE) 2. Wraithform (aka Ghost): level 30 - Wraithform: The Necromancer gains an 8% damage rune ability, 15% bonus to damage with Spiritual Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath), levitate, and see the invisible. level 40 - Form of the Specter: The Necromancer gains an 8% damage rune ability, 20% bonus to damage with Spiritual Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath), levitate, and see the invisible. level 50 - Ghostform: The Necromancer gains an 8% damage rune ability, 25% bonus to damage with Spiritual Spells, He can breath underwater (as with Hallow breath), levitate, and see the invisible. Spiritual Spells include: Dark Rebuke, Devouring Shadows, Drain Life, Life Draught, Shadow Feast, and Torment " "WOW WOW! I want to be necromancer! They sound really groovy and all that kinda overly enthusiastic stuff. 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