Well, we all already know that I'm a cynical jackass, so there's not much point in pre-empting this post with a qualifier... BUT...

I'm a cynical jackass.

And, that's probably why the "tips" on the WoW loading screen make my skull hurt. I mean, is there a good reason to put the tips there if they're all so blatantly obvious?

I think the tips should scale with your level/gear/etc. and it should be freakin' helpful. You know, stuff like...
Tip: Don't forget your DM tribute items.
Tip: Don't touch the eggs in the UBRS Rookery.
Tip: When Onyxia "begins to take a deep breath" run to the wall and move away from her mouth.
Tip: Banadage when the Paladin bubbles.

I could go on and on, but I'd rather hear some of your "real" WoW advice.


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I was doing my own artwork to put up instead of the actual loading screen graphics. But, it started to feel like it would make the image no longer immediately come across as the loading screen. And that, of course, would have just confused the issue further.

And no you're not "seeing things", the comic is "animated".

Here's a tip, when fishing look for a little white swirl in the water, you'll get better fish.

yea your cyincal alright lol. and that is why we keep comeing here. You might like the load screens for SWG, quotes from the movies ( mainly epsiodes 4&5) or little tips like how to use the on screen map or a couple of other things, the tips would be useful if they wern't a year out of date thou lol.

'You are not superman' for those palidans.

Tip: Dont buff the maintank with Blessing of Salvation.
Tip: If you are the maintak and have got Blessing of Salvation, right click the icon to get rid of it.
Tip: If you see the rank 14 warrior of the other faction, play dead.

Tip: you can turn off the loading screens Tips in the main menu grafics settings

Ah ... at first I thought I was missing the animation ... but when I peeked inside the .gif file, I saw it was 50 seconds per frame, and then I went back again and waited, and sure enough, the other 3 frames did show up ... ;-)

Tip: you can still be resurrected after releasing.

Seriously, I think at least one of every 5 people don't know this, and get in a panic when their release timer is about up.

Tip: With the help of a few warlock conjures, a protection warrior can heal on six(!) seperate cooldown timers: Healthstone, potion, fear & bandage, trinket (such as recombobulators), last stand and soulstones.

If you happen to have a healer with you anyway, all the better.

Re "Tip: you can still be resurrected after releasing.

Seriously, I think at least one of every 5 people don't know this, and get in a panic when their release timer is about up."

But not if your relying on Goblin Jumper Cables in emergencies.

"Here's a tip, when fishing look for a little white swirl in the water, you'll get better fish."

Smeg, I wish I had known that one when fishing for the war effort.

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TIP : When (as a Horde Player) Storming Iron Forge do it via Stormwind & the Deeprun Tram System as you wont face anywhere near as much lagg as you would comeing in the IF Front Entrance."

TIP : When (as a Horde Player) Storming Iron Forge do it in the early hours of the morning when far fewer players are online as you wont face anywhere near as much lagg as normal.

TIP : Lagg Kills Horde Players when in Iron Forge, avoid at all costs.

TIP : Read the terms and conditions properly. (sorry Woody)