Inscription FAQ Guide

If you’ve been keeping up with all the recent news regarding new professions and inscription then you may have seen some of these days, if not let’s review really quick. Here’s a quick FAQ on inscription so you can get caught up on all the recent news.

• Inscription 101 Information, inscriber’s create glyphs that they can sell to other players. These players put these glyphs into 1 of their 6 glyph sockets. These will augment various skills, abilities, spells, etc. for the playing, making them more powerful.
• Your 6 glyph sockets (which appear in a new spell book page) are split into 2 categories, 3 major and 3 minor glyphs.
• Check this page for a full compiled listing of all known glyphs, WotLK inscription glyphs
• Inscriber’s gather materials for the profession via “milling”. You mill a group of 5 herbs to extra inscription materials, just like jewelcrafters prospect ore.
• Here’s a break down of the level ranges for milling of herbs:
• Inscription 1: Bloodthistle, Earthroot, Mageroyal, Peacebloom, Silverleaf
• Inscription 25: Briarthorn, Bruiseweed, Strangelkelp, Swiftthistle
• Inscription 75: Grave Moss, Kingsblood, Liferoot, Wild Steelbloom
• Inscription 125: Fadeleaf, Goldthorn, Khadgar’s Whisker, Wintersbite
• Inscription 175: Arthas’ Tears, Blindweed, Firebloom, Ghost Mushroom, Gromsblood, Purple Lotus, Sungrass
• Inscription 225: Dreamfoil, Golden Sansam, Icecap, Mountain Silversage, Plaguebloom.
• Inscription 275: All Outland herbs
• Inscription 325: All Northrend Herbs
• Each of the above brackets creates the same inscription materials. For example, briarthorn and swiftthistle will breakdown into the same material since they are both within the level 25 bracket.
• Major glyphs augment combat skills
• Minor glyphs augment non-combat skills (IE, things that will not typically change the outcome of a fight)

If you are even remotely considering going inscription in the expansion now would be an ideal time to purchase your herbs. Currently most of the 1-275 herbs are going to be extremely cheap, so you can pick up everything you’ll need materials wise to easily level your inscription up to 375. If you wait till expansion comes out you might be paying a lot more.

WotLK Arena Change

Big news from the blue front this morning regarding arena in wrath of the lich king. As you may have expected there are various brackets for arena, so as soon as you level past 70 you won’t be able to compete or purchase items in the 70 bracket.

Furthermore, any arena points you may have had will be reset to zero once you leave this 70 bracket. Make sure you note this, once you hit 71 you’re arena points are reset to zero! So don’t be thinking you can save up for level 80 items, spend your points and enjoy them now!

Finally, there will be a new level 80 arena bracket, slated to begin sometime after WotLK launches. If it’s anything like TBC’s launch I’d imagine it’d be somewhere in the area of 3-5 weeks after launch, which should give sufficient time for even the slowest players to level from 70-80. This new arena will include a completly new set of updated armor, weapons, etc. and rewards for top players.

Check out the full post by Wyraxian’s full post on the subject below.

We want to provide some information about the direction of the Arena system. Upon the release of Wrath of the Lich King, players will find they are still able to access the Arena system at level 70 for rated matches. Those competing in the Arenas at 70 will still be able to attain items using Arena points and rankings; however, we do not currently plan to offer new items or titles for this bracket. Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level-70 bracket.

Two new skirmish brackets (71-75, 76-80) will be available for players who wish to hone their Arena skills while leveling in Northrend. Those who reach level 80 will once again have the opportunity to create new Arena teams and play in rated matches once a new season starts. New items, titles, and end-of-season rewards will be offered to the most successful teams at level 80. Additionally, the sets released for the Arenas in Wrath of the Lich King will no longer share aesthetic similarities with tiered raiding gear. We want those equipped with the best PvP rewards and those with the best raiding sets to stand out from each other. Players at level 80 will also have the opportunity to compete in two new Arenas featuring challenging new layouts, terrain hazards, and moving obstacles.

Zuggy 2 – Rogue Arena Video

Zuggy 2 – Return of the Troll…

This is my 2nd arena video and features myself in all 3 arena brackets. The footage showcases clips from my rogue / priest 2v2 team, rogue / mage / priest 3v3 team, and rogue / hunter / elemental shaman / druid / priest 5v5 team.

All clips were filmed at or above 2300 rating during season 3.

2 talent specs were used in this video, 16/45/0 combat and 20/0/41 shadowstep. (Note: combat is only used for the very first rogue / priest match)

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Rogue Arena Addons / User Interfaces Used

• AG Unit Frames
• SCT
• Proximo
• Quartz
• Bongos2
• OmniCC
• NECB (2s / 3s only)

Other U.I. notes, because several people asked this question about my last video. The large bar which shows cast bars towards the middle of my screen is a focus casting bar. You can see the focus frame to the left of my screen.

I use it to watch for incoming crowd controls / heals so I can adjust before they land.

Music

• Queen – Another One Bites the Dust (intro only)
• Nightwish – Dark Chest of Wonders
• Muse – Assassin
• Trivium – Ascendancy
• The Arcade Fire – Rebellion
• Motely Crue – Kick Start My Heart

Looking for my first arena video? Check it out now! Zuggy 1 – Rogue / Priest 2v2