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1. Chun says

   This reference work may have been more helpful when it first came out, but now it lags behind the actual content that it is attempting to reveal. The work covers all of the instances from the original game (before any patches) and does so in alphabetical order as opposed to a more-helpful level-of-instance organization. On its own merits, it provides a sound basic understanding of the instances level 1-60 players may encounter. In addition, it also goes into the single and chain quests for each faction that are part of each dungeon–especially helpful if you want to go after Onyxia, for example, which involves the longest chain in the pre-BC game.

   The work does suffer from several problems, though. Blizzard has released numerous patches and updates since the book’s publication, rendering much of the content obsolete. The typeface and layout of the book tend to be quite wearying on the eyes, so spending a lot of time reading it in one sitting is not advisable. Finally, Brady seems to have cut the budget for proofreading, as there are numerous spelling and typographical errors in the work. This last point may seem trivial, but if WoW had as many mistakes in it as this book has, gamers would have run away from it in frustration long ago.

   While this work is still helpful in several aspects, its age (in computer gaming terms, anyway) prevents it from being an end-all, be-all for the WoW gamer. The reader should use it for a general overview of what a dungeon is all about, but then should use the constantly-updated resources online to give the specifics as to how to run each dungeon and to keep up with all the modifications that Blizzard has made since this work’s publication.

   December 18, 2009, 8:31 pm
2. Verburg says

   A seemingly good idea in concept, an unbelievably bad idea in reality.
   These guides suffer from a few issues, that ultimately make them a bad purchase.

   (1.) Obviously a printed guide for an online game, won’t be up-to-date, but these guides are hopelessly out of date. This fact alone makes these guides a complete and total waste of money. If you really want a guide, buy the .PDF version from Brady’s website or ask Amazon to carry the .PDF version. The .PDF version is updated periodically throughout the year.

   (2.) Due to the nature of all the games being released at any given time, there are lots of guides to write. Understandably they must be pressed for time. But these guides seem to have be so rushed that there are typos, incorrect information and missing information. Mistakes like these can make the guide unusable at times.

   (3.) Any guide will likely be used by newer players. They will need to find information quickly and easily. Whoever setup these guides doe not understand information design or the essential needs of a new player. Even if you skip reason 1 and 2, when you actually use the guide, you will likely be frustrated many times.

   For they quickest way to find WoW info and answer your questions bookmark wowwiki.com, wowhead.com and thottbot.com

   December 19, 2009, 8:52 am
3. Nae says

   There is no doubt you have spent your money in the right place if you buy this book. Wanna run dungeons one time, with all the quests in your log, buy this book and its made simple.

   December 19, 2009, 8:28 pm
4. Utsunomiya says

   good info for diehard Wow fans .. gives all the info u need to run the dungeons and not miss any good loot and for going straight for the main mobs, bypassing dead ends.

   December 20, 2009, 8:19 am
5. Cates says

   For many WoW players, one of their first group activities is the dungeon adventure. Therefore, this book isn’t just good in showing you how to defeat the big boss and what great loot is there, it also gives you hints on how to interact with the other players. And let’s face it, the screen loading hints only tell you so much! With this guide, there is a lot of info on what each class can do and how best to be part of a team, so that you don’t anger the other players by accident or on purpose. After all, WoW is first and foremost a multiplayer game, and the dungeon adventure is the biggest element of the mutliplayer interactivity (other than PVP).

   This book can use an update, but even in this state, it’s still very useful today. Highly recommended for a novice WoW player.

   December 20, 2009, 9:00 pm
6. Escalante says

   Anything Brady could potentially place into this book is already available, free of charge, from a plethora of wikis and websites which are continually updated to ensure their accuracy as Blizzard updates the content. Going all the way back to Everquest, static atlases for MMOs have been a terrible waste of time and I don’t forsee this being any different.

   December 21, 2009, 8:26 am
7. Izell says

   I love the atlas, its a great tool. When it came it was very well made. If you are thinking about purchasing this do it, its a great product. Everyone else is just upset it took so long to ship.

   With digging you would be able to find the information on the internet but this is made for you, and its on nice paper, and nicely bound. The book even smelled fresh when it came. I mean I opened it and it woof.. freshly processed paper. My teenage brother loves it too, maybe I’ll get him one.

   December 21, 2009, 8:47 pm
8. Nicholson says

   I have loved all their atlas’s. The book had all the basic info you look up all the time and its in one spot without searching the web and I love the detailed city maps. People seem to complain that its not something it was never intended to be. Sure you can get a lot of the into all over the web. I prefer to pull out my atlas’s to quickly and concisely find what I need. The travel routes alone were worth it to me! Large hardbound color book fro $13? Its awesome!

   Nancy
   Level 77 Human Mage

   December 22, 2009, 9:01 am
9. Ibarra says

   For the love of Pete! The release date for this book is nearly a year passed due and I get (yet again) another approval for order delay from Amazon. Boy, Brady sure has lost a ton of money from the sale of this book. From the forums & blogs, it appears that MANY players now feel the book is obsolete, especially since they have already reached level 80 & have fully explored Northrend. There is no reason for such a long delay in this book’s release, it’s not like there is a lot of fine detailing that goes into one of these atlases & there hasn’t been any really major Northrend area updates (except maybe Uladar). Even then it shouldn’t matter that much since they released the BC atlas without Shadowmoon Valley & Quel’Danas. This is really, really sad & not good business practices.

   December 22, 2009, 8:53 pm
10. Franks says

    Brady needs to get thier act together. Accepting pre-orders in October for a product that they don’t ship until the end of July is totally unacceptable. Surely someone at Brady realizes 10 months delay is reputation damaging…

    I had sort of hoped that the extensive delays were due to Brady wanting to include maps from the Ulduuar raiding instance but that hope proved misplaced.

    The Atlas itself is well made, easy to read and navigate, just like all of Brady’s previous WoW atlases, BUT the continual delays in production and shipping have considerably cheapened the product and decreased its rating. If Brady had shipped within a reasonable amount of time this rating would be a 4-5 star instead of the 1-2 star rating I elected to give it.

    Come on Brady… get your act together!!!

    December 23, 2009, 8:21 am
11. Redeker says

    It was a good reference until the last 3.1 update. I can still use it to check out which areas to go to at which level and look up little info like certain bosses and quests. They need to come out with a new one thanks to the huge changes this last update brought.

    December 23, 2009, 8:45 pm
12. Temple says

    Not too impressed with this guide. It has some helpful hints in it. Although they are mainly targeted towards completely new players. For example how to decide on a race/class. I’m still on the look out for a good compainion with World of Warcraft for a semi-experienced player. I want more raid strategies and heroic instance tips. This isn’t for me.

    December 24, 2009, 8:59 am
13. Vecchio says

    Got the item soon, as promised like new, I would buy from you again anytime again.

    December 24, 2009, 8:57 pm
14. Vasquez says

    This book isn’t as concise as I would have liked. It does have a significant amount of information, but as a player most of it was useless to me. The biggest problem is that much of it is out of date due to constant updates.

    December 25, 2009, 8:51 am
15. Harrington says

    Honestly, the information is well portrayed and organized however, most of it is beginner info and very basic. For more advanced information that is kept up to date I would suggest a dynamic guide like the one found on http://www.hiddenstuff.com/

    December 25, 2009, 8:28 pm
16. Murbach says

    Understand that this is the second exspansion pack of the game therefore it requires the original game and the first exspansion. Also requires a month subscription to play. But this is the best game I have ever played. Worth ever penny. Must have for gamers. PC system requiements seen a little on the low side. It will play on the min and recommended system requirments but the more system and video ram you have the better it plays.

    December 26, 2009, 8:29 am
17. Quantrill says

    If you are expecting something like the previous guides YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. I got it with that in mind and was very sorry to have wasted the money. Don’t waste your time and money looking for anything useful in this “guide”.

    December 26, 2009, 8:57 pm
18. Quan says

    Currently I am in Iraq and ordered this book to learn about the WoW expansion since I am unable to play it yet. I would say I am very well informed and by having read this it will keep me from having to ask so many question of other players in game. There are a few typos but they are easy to overlook. The layout of the book is very pleasing to the eye and I really can’t think of anything they left out. I feel I am ready to dive in to Wrath with a very good idea of the changes.

    December 27, 2009, 8:11 am