Ah, well hello! I see you've found my new tips section! I'm always spotting or finding useful info online, so I thought I would post some here for your reading and viewing pleasure!
Tip 1 - Level 80? Then Gear UP!
When you get to level 80 it's only the begining. Here I'll talk a little about gearing up. Once you hit level 80 the only way you can improve your DPS / Healing / Tanking is to get better gear. In patch 3.2 Blizzard added a feature (present in the Auctioneer addon) that enables you to see an item level or iLvl when you mouse over it. The higher an items iLvl, the better the stats are! This is important because if you wonder in to the new 10-man Onyxia raid say wearing quest blues or greens you will wipe the entire party, and you don't want that! And you can't walk simply into Ulduar hoping to get gear for an Onyxia fight, if you are not geared of Ulduar...confused? You wont be for long! Blue drops from Northrend instances will give you a start for Northrend Heroics, which all drop iLvl 200 gear. The below table tells you what level gear drops from where to help you increase your gear level. Also the Emblems Of Conquest you get from Northrend Heroics can be exchanged for Ulduar gear in Dalaran, so get farming! Table is correct as of Patch 3.3 - Icecrown Citadel (Disclaimer - This came from multiple internet sources but I believe it is correct). Also, this table DOES NOT take into consideration "Token Drops", for example, a Naxxramas 10-Man Boss can only drop level 200 gear but could drop a token that can be exchanged for level 213 gear...before you start saying the table is all wrong :)
Item Level
Where The Gear Drops!
200
Northrend Heroics, Trial Of The Champion (Normal), Naxxramas (10-Man Bosses)
213
Kel'Thuzad (in Naxxramas 10-Man), Eye Of Eternity (10-Man), Naxxramas (25-Man Bosses), Obsidian Sanctum
219
Trial Of The Champion (Heroic), Ulduar (10-Man Bosses), Icecrown Citadel (5-Man Instances), Vault Of Archavon
226
Kel'Thuzad (in Naxxramas 25-Man), Eye Of Eternity (25-Man), Ulduar (10-Man HARD MODE Bosses) , Ulduar (25-Man Bosses), Vault Of Archavon (Heroic)
232
Icecrown Citadel (5-Man Heroic Instances), Call Of The Crusader (10-Man Bosses), Ulduar (25-Man Weapon Drops), Onyxia's Lair (10-Man)
239
Ulduar (25-Man HARD MODE Bosses)
245
Call Of The Crusader (10-Man HARD MODE Bosses), Call Of The Crusader (25-Man Bosses), Onyxia's Lair (25-Man)
