Slideshare accompanying World of Warcraft session on Intro to Dungeons produced by Inevitable Betrayal Educator's Guild. YouTube Video Link bit.ly/V0OTHP

1. Intro to Dungeons
Inevitable Betrayal

2. Queuing for Dungeons

3. Random Queuing

4. Specific Dungeons

5. Dungeon Roles

6. 3 Basic Roles
• Tank
– Able to absorb and mitigate large amounts of
damage
• Healer
– Heal party members
• DPS
– Quickly do high damage to targets

7. Dungeons v. Raids
• Dungeon – 5 players; Gear is better than
questing
• Raids – end game content; best gear
– Require: 10, 25 or 40 player teams

8. Dungeon / Raid Etiquette
• PUG – Pick up Group
– Expectation that you know the dungeon / raid
– Expectation that you know what gear is
appropriate
– Expectation that you know your role and class
– Expectation that you are trying to complete the
dungeon as quickly as possible
– Highly variable experience
– Inconsistent

9. Dungeon / Raid Etiquette
• Guild Run
– Expectation that you have research the dungeon/
raid and are prepared to learn
– Expectation that you will ask questions and alert
members if you do not know fights
– Expectation that you will need only on items
appropriate to your class and role without asking
– Goal is consistent experience and improved
efficiency

10. Types of Guild Runs
• Partial v Full run
– May run dungeon or raid for a specific piece of gear
• Gear up Run
– Goal is to gather best gear for player(s)
• Dungeon Walk-in
– Travel to the dungeon instead of using Auto-queue

11. Communications

12. Chats
• Guild Chat – Green text; accessed by typing /g in
the chat box; only people currently online in the
guild can read
• Dungeon Chat – Orange Chat; accessed by typing
/i in the chat box; only the dungeon party can
read
• Raid Chat – Orange Chat; accessed by typing /raid
in the chat box; only those in the raid can read

13. Looting

14. Looting
• Regardless of the run:
– Expected to loot all mobs
– Expected to know how to pass, need, or greed roll
– Generally, only need on items you can use and are
improvements; the rest greed or pass
– Know your stat priority and item levels

15. Looting Terminology
• Need roll – click on the need icon in the auto roll
window. Highest need roll wins, Need roll trump
all greed rolls. Binds all gear won to the roller
• Greed roll – Click on the greed icon in auto roll
window. Highest greed roll wins if there were no
need rolls. Allows gear to keep its characteristic
regarding being tradable or not
• Pass roll – click on the pass icon in the auto roll
window. This button has you pass on the item.

16. Looting Terminology
• BoP – Binds on Pickup. This means that the
gear is automatically bound to your one player
and can only be sold to a vendor.
• BoE – Bind on Equip. This means that the gear
can be sold on the Auction House or sent to
another player to use

17. Navigating Dungeons

18. In-game Resources
• Map
– The map will show you the layout of the dungeon.
Skulls mark the bosses, and numbers mark the
location of needed quest items
• Add ons
– Additional programs you download to customize
your interface and provide you with assistance

19. Out of Game Resources
• Metagaming sites
– Wowhead
– Icy-veins
– YouTube search for specific dungeon
– Askmrrobot
– Noxxic

20. Required Addons
• Most guilds will require raiders to have the
following addons:
– Recount – shows player and team performance
– Deadly Mob Boss – Alerts players to mob special
abilities
– Omen (tanks only) – shows the amount of threat
generated by all players.

21. When things go bad

22. Common Issues
• Wiping – The entire party gets killed
• Ninjas – players that need on gear that is not
appropriate for their class. Ninjas typically will
leave group after they get the targeted item
• Kicking – Sometimes groups will put a player to a
kick vote. If the majority votes to kick the player,
they will be removed from the party with no
penalty.

23. Common Issues
• Repairs – Each time you fight or take damage,
your gear loses durability. You need to repair
your gear and weapons on a consistent basis
to allow them to continue to protect you and
add damage.
• Full Bags – Make sure you empty your bags
and repair prior to entering a dungeon or raid

24. Happy Dungeoning!
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