Friday, February 8, 2008

Who Can Stealth Run?

Well unlike a conventional blog where I just dump out a general mish mash of thoughts I’ll try to post a relevant topic to stealth running in each entry, although at times I will stray and follow the normal blog format, I’m hoping I can make available enough strategy info, that if popular, at a later date I can change to one concise site, so you don’t have to go delving through the blog format.

So who can stealth run? You may think that’s obvious, Druids and Rogues, are the main stealth runners in “World of Warcraft” but I have heard of Mage’s and Hunter’s doing stealth runs for particular items.

I’ve heard of Mage’s farming enchants in instances by popping invisibility, running to a safe spot, waiting for the cool down then popping invisibility again and so forth.

I’ve also heard of hunters doing the same, running, falling dead, waiting for cool down then doing it again, as efficient as druids and rogues? I don’t think so, but it gives them the opportunity to solo content they would not normaly be able to solo.

This guide will mainly be sticking with the conventional stealthers of druid and rogue, but if I see something interesting relating to other classes don’t be surprised if share that with you.

Why Stealth Run?

Many people ask, why do a stealth run over a normal run, here are the reasons.

Quicker
Alternative to the normal instance grind
Easier to farm certain items
Can do it in smaller groups
Fun!

I’ve also met quite a few people that don’t like stealth runs as they think they end up taking as long or longer than a normal run. This can be true, just as it can be true you get a nub group that can’t finish an instance. A smooth stealth run, with experienced runners will go quicker then a normal run, but one misstep, and someone that has to do a graveyard run, can indeed drag out the time it takes to finish the instance.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Welcome!

Hi, as the blog name suggests this blog is dedicated as a guide for stealthing your way through the World of Warcraft.

I know stealth running is popular, but it's one of those sub cultures that the people that do it love it and the people that don't, don't really know much about it.
Searching on the net there is no central repository of information that gives guidance on how to stealth instances or quests, yet there are many posts asking on the WoW official forums "what instances are stealthable?" and there are a lot of youtube video's out of druids/rogues stealthing various instances.

As an experienced stealth runner myself, i would like to share this knowledge with you, and hopefully learn a few tricks along the way to help you get started in stealth runs.