You’ve probably all come across an ad for the one or other WoW guide since you picked up the game. Just like me, you were probably a little skeptical what there is to learn from a bunch of PDFs and videos that you haven’t picked up by now anyway. Given the massive amount of free information that’s available online – what’s the point of buying a guide?  However, the promises I read did sound quite amazing – insane amounts of gold per hour, easy leveling, PvP goodies… if only half of that would be true, I wouldn’t mind parting with my money.

Last week I decided to give it a shot. After all, even if it turned out to be a waste, at least I could stop wondering if I’m missing out on something. Given that I wanted to see if any of the claims hold up, I went with Dugi’s Guide set – a bundle that promises to cover leveling, gold and questing for both factions.

I was quite pleasantly surprised with the quality of the content. The leveling guides are in-depth and detailed and cover the whole leveling range. The gold guide actually had a number of new strategies, some of them I was even able to put to use already (and got a sizable profit to show for) and the dailies guide made me revamp my whole daily routine, resulting in nearly twice the rewards in the same time.

The extra bonuses that come with the bundle however, are of little use. There are some talent guides for individual classes, but they don’t offer much over what you can find elsewhere for free. It would have been the cherry on top, but I can actually live without that.

All in all I was hoping for some useful tidbits, but actually didn’t expect that much. The main guides he offers are definitely good value for your money. I would estimate that I probably got twice the return on my routine gold-farming methods and the leveling advice is actually quite solid if you don’t want to do the 5th dungeon run in a row.

I’m actually glad I finally gave this a shot. Makes me a little uncomfortable when thinking about the time I wasted in the past doing things the slow way. However, I guess I should be happy about the improved income, rather than ponder the ‘what ifs’ . All in all, I can honestly recommend Dugi’s Guide bundle.