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The Quest for Loremaster

With the upcoming Cataclysmic event in WoW, I'm trying to spend what time is left gathering up the old world stuff and doing events that I might never see again. One achivment in particular I'm after is the coveted Loremaster title.  

How does one aquire this? Why it's simple, just complete all the quest achivments in Outlands, Northrend, and complete 550 quests in Eastern Kingdom, and 700 in Kalimdor. Being a level 80 Warlock makes it pretty easy-cheesy to complete said quests in the old world, however the hard part comes in finding the blasted things! Thankfully, Blizzard made it a little bit easier by putting code in the UI to let addons see what quests you have completed, as well as let you see the ! markers on the minimap. 
 
So, to those of you poor souls that are trying to complete this as well, I offer my tool set. Here's the 3 things that are helping make this long journey somewhat reasonable:
 
WoW Pro: Old school WoW players, or atleast from the Burning Crucade era, will probably remember this addon as "Tour Guide". It basiclly offers a guide to quickly and effeciently complete quests within an area and, thanks to the use of Tomtom, give you a big pointy arrow to follow. This game will simply become "Follow arrow, kill things, reap rewards" and you'll be breezing through content in no time.  

That's not to say it's without it's downfalls. While the guide does use the new UI commands to autofill quests you've done 4 years ago and forgot about, it can sometimes get hung on things. I've searched around Brill for 30 minutes one time looking for a quest that either I've completed or just simply isn't in the game anymore. Also, due to this guide being written orginally for speed, offecency, and getting the most experience for your buck, it often skips a few quests in the zone. Which is a good thing if you're wanting to hit 80 as soon as possable, not so good if you're trying to get all the quests in the zone.
 
That being said, it's a great tool to help with a "general sweep" of the areas. As far as getting nit picky and singling out quests, that's when a recent discovery comes into play:
 
WoW Profile Quest Page: After doing a quick install, running a quick command line in game, and letting the app upload your data to the site, you'll end up with a  lovely set of information. Lists of all your quests, broken down by continant, zone, and complete or incomplete. After 4 clicks I can see that I've still got 3 quests in Ashenvaile, for example. Even more important however, I can see what zones I've barely touched, such as finding out Dustwellow Marsh is just ready for the picking.
 
 Music and Podcasts: Finally get yourself something to do while running around. I've found listening to podcasts and music on Last.fm or Youtube works well. As far as recommended podcasts, well, that's a post for another day.

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