World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Official Strategy Guide (World of Warcraft)

I found I've used this strategy guide very little as it is much easier to find the information I seek in the various online databases like Thottbot, Allakhazam, WoWHead, etc.

This guide stinks, and I don't like it.

Trade items - it only lists the mats, not what they do or stats. Better off using a mod
Armor and weapons section - it doesn't list stats on any of these. Better off using a mod to get this information.
Maps - too small, but at least somewhat useful
Quests - many mistakes; not sorted in any order that makes sense. Very hard to use this situation. It would have been nice if they had been sorted somehow - alphabetical order, grouped by quest chains, grouped by quest giver location, anything.

Overall, this was a complete waste of money. There is information obtainable from thottbot, allakhazam, or wowwiki which is easier to find and more accurate.

Stay away from this.

I ventured into reading this book with an open-mind, as I do not know much about Burning Crusade. However, I was rather disappointed. About more than 80% of the book is just tables of quests and items. ( They should have put charts in searchable tables online, but fortunately many free sites do this anyhow ). And looking through the tables, I notice that the items documented are pre-BC 1-60 material.

Another portion of the book covers Blood Elves and Draenei, so if people struggled with level 1-10 content, then there's a lot of material here. Also covered are all of the revised and new talents. Most of this was known for a long time and discussed, but nevertheless, I did find some minimal value in discussion of that for material that I neglected to read in WoW forums.

Some qualities that I liked from the book:
- Overview on Dungeons and Levels, New Battlegrounds (around page 22)
- List of Rewards from Faction Reputation (very excellent...Read more