WOW Tech Review: Friday, January 13, 2012

World of Warcraft: Battle Chest PC Game BLIZZARD: $10

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832127004&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL011312&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL011312-_-EMC-011312-Index-_-PCGames-_-32127004-L010C

• this should give a month of play at level 80 and below.  Not bad.

Installing WOW on Linux 10.04.3

• Had a little trouble finding some of the links.

http://blog.sudobits.com/2010/07/18/how-to-install-wine-on-ubuntu-10-04/

• sudo apt-get install wine

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-2c37616bc34f6544af34566fe5f08a7a22ee377c

• wine --version
• wine-1.2.2

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-update-ubuntu-linux-softwares/

• general page on installing from command line in Ubuntu

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

• how to install dev wine (1.3.??)

http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine

• this is the install page
• talks about wine 1.2.3 (arg)

http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu

• have to add WineHQ PPA Repository to resources
• Application -> Software Center
• Edit -> Software Sources
• Other Software -> Add
• on the APT line:  ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
• Closed the Software Center
• selected the 1.2 link on the page
• says that 1.2 is already installed

Uninstall 1.2

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install wine
• gave me 1.3 - not what I wanted

Uninstall 1.3

http://myinterestingubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/04/compleate-removing-wine.html

• sudo apt-get --purge remove wine
• sudo apt-get autoremove
• rm -r ~/.wine

http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu

• trying the 1.2 link again
• I think I could have done the following from the commandline
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get wine1.2

http://www.wowwiki.com/World_of_Warcraft_functionality_on_Wine

• version is now wine1.2.3
• glxinfo | grep rendering
• glxinfo is not installed
• sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
• glxinfo | grep rendering
• direct rendering: Yes
• wine -version
• dummy command, but will setup ~/.wine
• copy WOW to wine C drive
• cd "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/World of Warcraft"
• Some how WOW is not on the drive
• Going to get it
• 
  
• Day After Next day

 wine "C:\\Program Files\\World of Warcraft\\WoW.exe" -opengl

Good Druid Info

http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t16902-feral_megathread/

Druid Gear for Cat (feral)

http://www.wow.com/2009/02/24/shifting-perspectives-gearing-your-cat-druid-at-80-part-1/

Some Druid Sites

Some Talent Tree Recommends:

http://www.wowpopular.com/Talents/Druidhttp://www.wowpopular.com/Talents/Druid

http://www.wowwiki.com/Druid_builds

WoW Battle Ground Warsong Gulch

Warsong Gulch

You can start coming here at level 10.

The supply officer is Illiyana Moonblaze.

At level 10 you can get the Silverwing Battle Tabard.  However, I can see nothing that the tabard helps you with.

Start at level 18 you can start buying trinkets, weapons, caps, necklaces  and rings.  This set of items repeats at levels 28, 38, and 48.

At level 20 you can get the rune.

At level 21 you can pickup the Report from the Northern Front quest.

At levels 25, 35 and 45 you can buy rations and bandages.  These can only be used in the battle ground.

At levels 25, 35 and 45 you can the the Sentinel Care Package quest.

At leve 35 and 45 you can buy healing and mana droughts.

The WOW Wiki site has some good stuff on strategy.

For my Back

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=45811

Frostguard Drape
Binds when equipped
Back
145 Armor
+64 Stamina
Requires Level 80
Item Level 200Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 28 (0.61% @ L80).
Equip: Improves your resilience rating by 29 (0.35% @ L80).
Equip: Increases attack power by 86.
Sell Price: 4 49 75