Note: As of 12/19/2010 people are reporting that this has been “hotfixed” and will no longer work. I cannot confirm this. I would buy a few mats to see if it still works or not before attempting to do this

You want to get your guild one of those new feasts ASAP, but don’t have a clue how you are going to cook up 5,000 things, or fish 10,000 fish?

No problem!  I’ve got your answer!

Step 1: Purchase the recipe for Starfire Espresso.

Step 2: Purchase 5,000 Cocoa Beans *Adjust the numbers as you need.

Step 3: Purchase 5,000 Fresh Water *Adjust the numbers as you need.

Step 4: Brew and go AFK.  Our brewer (and chief feast strategist) shared all of the delicious coffee with the guild via mailbox!

Step 5: Profit.  *Note that the feast gained from fishing is better – but this will at least get a feast under your belt for raids.

Total Cost – Between 1,000 and 1,500 gold.

I think that my favorite Cataclysm announcement to come from Blizzcon was the introduction of Guild Leveling.  When it was first announced it as a function, without going into any detail, I will admit to being trepedatious of the feature.  I thought “oh god, I hate leveling in groups, this is going to be awful”.  However, as I followed it through to the game systems panel, I found myself more and more excited about what it is actually going to work.  In fact, I was so excited about it, that I’m fairly certain that I bored a good number of my party at Blizzcon talking about it.

Let’s take a look at the nuts and bolts of guild leveling, and then what I think it will do for the game.