x100 Condensed Guide to starting up :D

[Fadiii]

No longer updating as I have quit this server. (May consider coming back, but I have my doubts.) This guide is outdated, however you can still refer to it as a rough skeleton. (Last update: 6/15/2015)

This guide is for people who know the basics of WoW, but are new to this server and intend on playing on the x100 realm. Having so many new players running around with no clue what to do made me want to create this guide.

Do feel free to provide feedback to improve on this :D

Please do not close this thread, as I will actively update it should there be a need to.

Special thanks to Nemifest who helped a ton with the Horde details :D

 

 

Contents. (will add on)

In-game / commands, important stuff to note. [READ BEFORE CONTINUING]

Transmog Glitch guide.

1) Should I be actively seeking the best tier gear for my current level whilst I level up to level 90?

2) Where and how do I level up to 90?

3) Where is the Pandaria portal/Why can't I use it?

4) How do I gear up once I hit level 90?

5) How does the economy (AH) work in x100?

6) How do I make gold?

7) What is the best class for dps/healing/tanking?

8) [insert Raid/Dungeon] doesn't work properly/Bosses aren't spawning. How do I fix it? (This will be a long spoiler)

9) Does RDF work? Is it worth queuing for it?

10) If PvE gear doesn't work, what's the point of doing dungeons/raids?

11) Which faction is the best?

12) How do you earn specific currencies found in the server?

13) Why doesn't an item drop from ___ mob?

14) How do I get bonuses without paying? (other than voting)

 

Commands

/join English - Do this the moment you log into a new character.

/script RepopMe() - Use this if you cannot release after dying.

/ignore [insert name here] - Do this if someone is spamming you. Only do this if you do not want to interact with someone at all.

/gquit - Do this if you can't leave your guild.

/raidinfo - This will show you all the instances you are locked to. This is crucial as most players get pissed off when a member of the party/raid cannot do the PvE content they intend to do.

/who - This allows you to see players of the same faction you're in. Utilize the filters to narrow down your search.

 

Read the thread about PandaWoW rules. Seriously.

 

If you get stuck, go to the PandaWoW website and repair your character.

 

Refrain from spamming in the English chat, heck, don't spam in general at all. You'll get muted.

 

Do not insult other players if they're insulting you. Simply report them to a GM or take a screenshot and report them in the forums. Or just /ignore. Do not complain about them in chat.

 

To check your currency of any kind, press 'C' and click on currency.

 

To check your current rating, press 'H' and click on 'Conquest'

[spoiler=Transmog Glitch Guide]

This transmogrification glitch is allowed on this server. It is not bannable like the Cheat Engine, so do not worry about it. It enables you to xmog your weapon into another weapon of different type, as long as you can equip it. This does not work with armour, off-hand non-weapons and shields. NOTE: It does not work with grey,white and legendary rarity items

 

You'll need;

-Your xmog wep.

-An extra wep that is the same type as your xmog wep. (If your xmog item is a staff, get a random green and above staff)

-Your main equipped wep

 

1) Keybind your main equip weapon onto your Hotbar

2) Equip your extra weapon and put the xmog on it. DO NOT hit apply yet.

3) Press your keybind a split second before clicking on 'Apply'. If done correctly, the glitch should work.

4) Unequip your main weapon and relog. This ensures the xmog does not reset. Do this whenever you xmog any kind of equipment.

 

*If you're dual-wielding the same main weapon, you will have to put one of the weapons in your bank. Once you've xmogged one of them, switch places with the one in the bank. Once both are xmogged, put them in your inventory and relog.

 

 

[spoiler=1) Should I be actively seeking the best tier gear for my current level whilst I level up to level 90?]

x100 is all about the endgame, unless you're making Twinks (Characters stuck at specific levels deliberately). It is relatively similar to the server FUN, with the exception that the best gear you can get as of right now is Prideful (550 ilvl). It is not necessary and quite pointless to actively get the best gear unless you're level 90. Just use gear that mobs drop. That should suffice.

 

[spoiler=2) Where and how do I level up to 90?]

To level, do quests according to the zones that are scaled to your level. For example, if you're level 70, go to Northrend and do quests there. It is highly advisable to do quests while leveling as it ensures you have enough gold to learn riding skills and buy mounts. DO NOT impulsively buy more than 1 ground mount and 1 flying mount unless you have the gold for it. One of the most common things I see whilst idling in Stormwind are people begging for gold for riding skills. RDF is also not an option since you'd level so fast that you wont be eligible for the dungeon you've queued up for 10mins ago. Also, no one queues for it.

 

[spoiler=3) Where is the Pandaria portal/Why can't I use it?]

ALLIANCE The portal for Alliance is under the letter 'S' in the word 'Stormwind' on the map, right beside the circle of Cataclysm zone portals. There's a pandaren monk trainer right beside the portal, so it shouldn't be hard to find.

HORDE The Horde portal to Pandaria is right in front of the Auction house in Orgrimmar in the Valley of Honor, north of the bank, right before the bridge to The Drag. You'll be able to see a few Pandas around the area where the portal is found.

You cannot use the portal until you are level 85. To get to level 85, do quests in Cataclysm zones.

 

[spoiler=4) How do I gear up once I hit level 90?]

Basic ilvl 408 gear can be bought at Serpent's Spine (name of the flight path). You can craft ilvl 450 gear or buy it off from the AH if you have the gold. ilvl 450 weapons can be bought from the Klaxxi at 'The Klaxxi'ves' in the 'Dread Wastes'

Once you've gotten that gear, you can gear up to 522 doing random battlegrounds. PvE gear does not work here. By that, I mean that PvP gear is currently the highest tier gear you can get as of right now. Once SoO is released, the gear available there will be higher than ilvl 550 PvP gear. Once you've hit 522, do arenas until you get to 550. You will be capped at ilvl 550 until SoO is released. The PvP vendor for Alliance is located at Lion's Redoubt right below Serpent's Spine, and the Horde vendor is located north of Serpent's Spine.

 

[spoiler=5) How does the economy (AH) work in x100?]

Everything is overpriced compared to retail, since it's obviously x100. Few months back Vial of The Sands (a 2-player flying mount) cost 999k. It has since been reduced to around 600k and is still decreasing due to inflation. Glyphs go from 5k to 80k depending on the rarity. Meta gems go around 40k-70k. Living steel goes for 25k-40k. These prices fluctuate from time to time, so I can't give any specifics; only that everything is ridiculously priced compared to retail.

 

[spoiler=6) How do I make gold?]

Most efficient but time consuming/might cost quite abit would be professions. Any profession is viable for gold making. For less efficient but less time consuming would be solo-ing raids before Cataclysm and doing dungeons before Mists of Pandaria. Initially, I solely did dungeons, but went on to learn every profession available to provide for myself without having to buy anything from the AH. After which I started selling stuff that these professions could make. You could also do Pandaria dailies whilst farming rep. It provides quite a fair amount of gold per quest.

 

[spoiler=7) What is the best class for dps/healing/tanking?]

There is a lot, and I mean a lot of debate surrounding this. It changes from time to time. You could go off the DPS/Healing spreadsheet on retail for more accuracy, however, that does not take into consideration the bugs/exploits that exist in this server. Try out all the classes if you can't decide. I did that, and found my favorites. (Personal favs: DPS - spriest/hunter. Healing - rdruids

 

[spoiler=8) (Insert Raid/Dungeon) doesn't work properly/Bosses aren't spawning. How do I fix it?]

I can't explain every raid/dungeon, but I will do the best I can for the more popular ones. These bugs may be fixed occasionally, but might revert back. It has occurred numerous times now.

 

Parties/Raid groups You do not need to be in a party to enter a dungeon/raid. If you want to solo, go ahead. Don't form a party as it'd be useless.

 

Soloable Dungeons/Raids Dungeons before MoP are soloable (MoP dungeons can be solo-ed/duo-ed but you'll have to be geared - at least 530ilvl), Raids before Cataclysm are soloable. (ICC is relatively difficult to solo. Duos are advised for it if you don't want a full raid; 550ilvl duo took awhile, time consuming at best.) Most PvE content here is harder than retail. Do refrain from asking for raids/parties for PvE content that is blatantly soloable.

 

Difficulties Some difficulties in the server are flipped. (10n = 25hc, 25n = 10hc) i.e. Firelands on 10n; bosses have 120mil hp, whereas on 25hc, bosses have 20-40mil hp. If the bosses in an instance have insane amounts of HP, change the difficulty.

 

Unable to enter dungeon/raid Change the difficulty till you can. If you can't, it's bugged.

 

[spoiler=Pandaria Raids/Dungeons]

 

Siege of Ogrimmar Currently closed. Once it is open, I'll have to check if there are any persistent bugs that occur there.

 

Stormstout Brewery If the mobs in there and other characters start flickering, relog. This bug isn't consistent and may occur at any time within the instance.

 

Terrace of Endless Spring The first boss doesn't work.

 

Scholomance The final boss does not go through any phases.

 

Siege of Niuzao Temple The second boss encounter is occasionally bugged. Unsure what causes this. Mobs do not spawn and the boss sequence cannot be continued.

 

Gate of The Setting Sun Huge hole in the world after the first boss. Instance can be continued with the help of a Warlock. (unsure if this is fixed yet, last run I did was a month ago.)

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Cataclysm Raids/Dungeons]

 

Firelands Shannox does not spawn where he should be. He spawns on the left path going past Beth'ilac. Beth'ilac will stay up for a few minutes, and will come down afterwards. Do not kill him while he is up, otherwise you cannot loot him. Alysrazor might bug out and will not come down until after a firestorm. Should that happen, avoid the middle of the fighting area. Feathers that enable flying will spawn right behind the boulder that falls every once in awhile, usually after Alysrazor has spoken. Ragnaros does not drop any loot. He might also be bugged. During his last phase when he is able to move about, he might one-shot everyone under 600k hp. It is unsure if he does this more than once, as most would not survive long enough without a healer (geared healers usually have 550k-600k hp only) If you do know, please inform.

 

Dragon Soul The Spine of Deathwing and Madness of Deathwing does not work.

 

The Bastion of Twilight After fighting Cho'gall, you may not be able to loot him as everything would've shrunk. Wait for 1-2mins, you'll return back to normal size and you can loot him.

 

Blackwing Descent Chimaeron inflicts a healing debuff that cannot be removed unless you leave the raid. Leave him for the last boss. Nefarian is bugged.

 

Throne of Four Winds Al Akir does not spawn, unable to teleport to the platform either.

 

Baradin Hold This raid is commonly used for Valor Point farming. First boss does not give any VP. To cap on VP, do all 4 difficulties.

 

End Time May skip some bosses. Unsure if it is the same bosses each time, 1st try I got Baine, Tyrande and the last boss. 2nd try I got Jaina, Sylvanus and the last boss.

 

Hour of Twilight Does not work.

 

Lost City of Tol'Vir Do not use the Tornadoes. It glitches you through the map/may suspend you in mid-air. You can only fix this by repairing your character. To engage the last boss, you'll need a Warlock/Hunter to get their pets to pull the boss down.

 

Well of Eternity The dragon after Mannoroth one shots you at 20% hp. You can burst the boss down to prevent this from happening. (Roughly 10sec to kill once the boss is at 20% hp)

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Wrath of The Lich King]

 

ICC ICC may or may not be bugged, it depends. Whenever you engage the blood prince, DO NOT nuke him down. Use the lowest damage dealing skills you can. No AoE skills. Only attack the one with visible HP, the ones at 0 hp, do not attack. If you have killed them and the doors do not open, you've bugged it and can no longer engage the Lich King until the raid resets. Occasional bug where the Lich King one shots everyone under 600k hp. (Checked during a duo on Survival Hunter and Brewmaster Monk) This damage spike occurs alternately. (1st encounter bugged, 2nd encounter fixed, 3rd encounter bugged again)

 

Eye of Eternity[/b] Healing during the second phase of the boss fight is only allowed when you target the Dragon you're riding. (To do this, go into your options and enable self-targetting/press Shift-V.

 

Halls of Reflection You can enter it, but you get stuck immediately. Mobs do not spawn.

 

The Frozen Halls; Forge of Souls, Pit of Saron, Halls of Reflection In order to gain access to the Pit of Saron and Halls of Reflection, accept the quest 'Inside the Frozen Citadel' in Dalaran. Follow the quest and you'll have permanent access to these 3 dungeons.

 

Ulduar Flame Leviathan will constantly reset unless there is someone in a siege engine. Runemaster Molgeim must be killed from largest to smallest. Kill Auriaya first, followed by the other bosses in The Inner Sanctum of Ulduar. Yogg-saron doesn't work. Several bosses do not drop loot.

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=The Burning Crusade]

 

Black Temple Available on 25n only. You MUST kill every boss before illidan. If Akama does not spawn in front of the door leading to Illidan, relog and Akama will spawn there. Occasionally, 2 Akamas might spawn. Talk to ONE of them only. During the fight with Illidan, DO NOT nuke down the infernals (green fiery elementals that spawn when Illidan enters flying phase) This will bug Illidan and you must restart the fight should that happen. Kill the infernals one at a time.

 

Black Morass The last few portals take 5-10mins to spawn. It's a waiting game.

 

Tempest Keep Only available on 25hc. To loot Kael'Thas, lure a mob right underneath him and kill it. You'll be able to loot him. If that doesn't work, get a Death Knight, pull him down and kill him. (easily killed him on a lvl 90 DK with ilvl 408 wasteland gear. Takes a bit of time)

 

Serpentshrine Cavern The boss in the middle (The Lurker Below) does not spawn. The path to Lady Vashj is invisible. Just walk straight to her whilst following the path on the map.

 

Magtheridon's Lair A bug where he cannot be attacked occasionally happens. No idea how to avoid or fix this bug. For me, I re-entered it multiple times till I got him to aggro on me.

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Classic]

 

Blackwing Lair There's a specific route to take in Blackrock Spire that leads to it. Google for the guide. Take the attunement quest if you do not want to go through said route more than once.

 

M0lten Core Go through the entire instance before going to Ragnaros. Majordomo/Shazzrah (I don't remember which, boss is located high up on a platform with a crater in the middle of it.) will have a dialogue. Wait there until it is completely done. The dialogue consists of Ragnaros speaking as well. After that, Ragnaros should spawn in the middle of the lava pit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=9) Does RDF even work? Is it worth queuing for it once I'm level 90?]

The Random Dungeon Finder does indeed work. Scenarios don't work however. Generally, it's not worth queuing for unless you're bored out of your mind, like I have found myself on several occasions. It's rare to ever complete a single dungeon using RDF since those who queue for it are people who are unaware that PvE gear does not work on this realm. Furthermore, most people would quit/be afk the moment the dungeon group gets wiped.

 

[spoiler=10) If PvE doesn't work, what's the point of doing dungeons/raids?]

Dungeons and raids are there for 3 things. Gold, mounts and transmogs. The drop rate in this realm isn't that insane. You might get the transmogs you aim for within your first try, or your next 20 tries. I've personally tried BoT over 7 times now and have failed to get the transmog item I want. Only actively do dungeons and raids if you need gold or you're fully geared and want to look cooler or you want a brand new mount.

 

[spoiler=11) Which faction is the best?]

As of right now, there are more players in Alliance than Horde. However, the grass is always greener on the other side. I've had my fair share of Alliance complaining about losing every BG, and vice versa. I find that Alliance has more English players, not to mention a ton of English guilds that are actively recruiting with one of the largest English Speaking guilds on the Alliance side. However, I do like Horde as well, but I have had no intention of migrating there as I've made far too many friends in Alliance. Try out both factions.

 

.[spoiler=12) How do you earn specific currencies found in the server?]

Gold Obtainable in large amounts from professions, dungeons/raids and quests.

Honor Points Obtainable from doing Random Battlegrounds. 500-1000 per win, 150-250 per loss.

Conquest Points Obtainable from doing arenas, most commonly 2s. Roughly 180 per win, 0 per loss.

Timeless Coins Obtainable from quests done on the Timeless Isle or from mobs.

Bloody Coins Obtainable by using an item found on Timeless Isle, then killing players found on the isle. You can kill players of the same faction if you use the item.

Justice Points Obtainable from normal dungeons/raids, generally before Cataclysm. You can also trade in 500 Honor Points for 250 Justice Points at the PvP vendor found in Ogrimmar/Stormwind. Trading HP for JP is alot faster in my opinion.

Valor Points Obtainable from heroic dungeons/raids. Beradin Hold is commonly used to cap Valor Points when done on all 4 difficulties, whilst skipping the first boss found on the right.

Will add on. Need to research more.

 

[spoiler=13) Why doesn't an item drop from ___ mob?]

If an item doesn't drop from a mob despite you trying over a hundred times, it means that you can only get the item from the bonus shop. Pandawow requires money someway or another to keep the server running, thus certain awesome looking items can only be obtained from the shop. Not all items in the shop are exclusive to it though. Do check all sections relevant to the item you want in the shop. Many complained they could not find the item they want but they simply didn't check certain sections of the shop. Do note that some items are just in there due to their low drop rates. So yes, you may need bonuses in order to get that huge, sexy looking sword.

 

[spoiler=14) How do I get bonuses without paying? (other than voting)]

I've gotten over 4000+ bonuses in my time playing on this server without paying a cent. How? I gear up characters to ilvl 550 and sell em off for 400-450 bonuses each. So let's say I have 7 ilvl 550 characters. This equates to about 2975+- bonuses. To put that into perspective, that's about USD$75. It may be time consuming, depending on how you gear up. Since I have every profession along with friends to help, leveling to lvl 90 and gearing up to ilvl 522 takes a single day for me. Gearing up to ilvl 550 is slightly more time consuming with the conquest point cap. But if you plan it out, you should take less than 8 weeks to get to ilvl 550. But in terms of gaming time, it'll be less than 48hrs per character. If you gear up multiple characters in one go, (12 chars max) you'd have a buttload of bonuses in two months or less.

 

 

 

I am no longer active on the server (waiting for SoO to make my return). I'll only be around to answer questions on the forum and update the guide whenever I log in fortnightly. To contact me, inbox this forum account or just add on to the thread.

Edited September 6, 2015 by Fadiii

[uraganuu]

cheers

[Fadiii]

3) Where is the Pandaria portal/Why can't I use it? [needs to be revised for Horde]

4) How do I gear up once I hit level 90? [needs to be revised for Horde]

5) How does the economy (AH) work in x100? [needs to be revised for Horde]

 

I still require assistance from a fellow Horde x100 player, do inbox this forum account to confirm if these claims I've made based on retail do apply on this realm.

[StarCaller]

Blackwing Lair, you can only do it solo even though you are in a group.

 

Also remember to add that you don't have to be in a group to enter any raids or dungeons on this server I will continue read and see if I find anything.

 

There are more alliance on this server than horde pls add that.

[Fadiii]

Blackwing Lair, you can only do it solo even though you are in a group.

 

Also remember to add that you don't have to be in a group to enter any raids or dungeons on this server I will continue read and see if I find anything.

 

There are more alliance on this server than horde pls add that.

 

Thanks for that :D it reminded me about the flipped difficulties and which dungeons/raids were soloable or not due to PvE being harder than retail. Added em into the guide.

[Fadiii]

*Guide will be updated 2-3 times a month from now on*

[Fadiii]

3/5/2015 Updated with 2 new requests.

In-game commands, important stuff to note. [READ BEFORE CONTINUING]

 

12) How do you earn specific currencies found in the server?

 

13) Why doesn't an item drop from a mob?

[Morag99]

What do you mean by "PvE gear doesn't work on this server"?

 

It does not drop? Or it drops, but has 0 stats on it?

[Frostshotz]

What do you mean by "PvE gear doesn't work on this server"?

 

It does not drop? Or it drops, but has 0 stats on it?

 

no1 just does pve

[Weegee]

Well , Horde does ToT from time to time , we are waiting for SoO to open cause there's no gear better than 550 pride for now :/

 

~See You Around!, Cheers & Take Care!~

[Fadiii]

What do you mean by "PvE gear doesn't work on this server"?

 

It does not drop? Or it drops, but has 0 stats on it?

 

Ah sorry for not being specific. The tokens for PvE gear above ilvl 550 do not drop as of yet, since Siege of Ogrimmar isn't open yet, meaning PvP gear is the only gear you can use to do both PvP/PvE.

Basically, PvE Gear = non-existent, can't be used for harder raids/PvP in general.

PvP Gear = a MUST need if you want to do MoP raids, and obviously PvP.

 

The lowest PvE gear you can get is Shadopan Assault items, with ilvl 522 I believe, or something along those lines. Those can be obtained after getting rep with Shadopan Assault and bought with Valor Points at Townlong Stepps. Once SoO is open, the gear obtained from that raid will be the highest tier gear you can get.

 

Will update the guide with this since I accidentally left it to be very vague

[Daxxieqt]

What about SoO anything about its release on this server ?

[dfabel]

What about SoO anything about its release on this server ?

 

as far as i know around #7 changelog. They are working on it!!!

[Fadiii]

Should be out by the next major update, which probably will be before August. I hope. But it's definitely out by this year. It was initially promised to be released by March/April, but has been pushed back alooot. Been waiting for it to be released so I have a reason to come back and play Pandawow.

[Frostshotz]

its definately gonna be released by the end of June

[Fadiii]

*Update*

Added a section about how to make bonuses without spending any money.