Luke Brown’s Gold Secrets is a modular gold guide, made up of separate guides focused on different areas of WoW gold farming. Along with the update for Wrath of the Lich King, the guide now stands at 365 pages – one of the largest guides on the market today.
Accessibility
By breaking up each gold farming method into its own guide, Gold Secrets does a great job of taking the reader by the hand and guiding them from start to finish. This approach is great for those who want to isolate their learning to one key area, but can cause problems for new players who have skipped over vital, necessary information.
With that said, if you are willing to read the whole thing, Gold Secrets is a great option for new players as it gives comprehensive description and walkthroughs of each method used.
Ease of Use
As mentioned above, separating the guide into sub-guides has its advantages, but it also causes the major disadvantage of this guide; it’s not very easy to use. The guide is informative, but the reader can often become confused by the inconsistent organization of the guide and perhaps miss out on key details because of this. This might not be such a big issue for those who are willing to read page-to-page, but it does become an obstacle for those who want to learn and then practice right away.
The writing is clear, in a conversational tone. The author avoids using jargon or abbreviations too much, and the language is kept simple – ideal for a new player.
Value For Money
At the time of writing, Gold Secrets sells for $37.00 with free lifetime updates for all major patches and expansion packs. This represents excellent value for money; Gold Secrets is one of the most comprehensive guides on the market and priced $10 lower than its nearest competitors.
Considering the quality of the advice given, and the proven ability it has to make gold for players, we consider this to be the best value for money guide on the market.
Overall Effectiveness
The techniques Luke provides are solid, tried and tested gold farming methods that simply cannot fail in making piles of gold for the reader. His focus on only the most important and profitable methods means that players can skip filler information and go straight to what works now. This is even more so due to a recent Wrath of Lich King update to the guide, adding pages of new content to the guide.
The only limiting factor to the guide’s effectiveness is its lack of consistent organization, which can frustrate some readers. If you can deal with a slightly chaotic approach to learning gold farming, this guide really does provide it all and makes an excellent source to learn from.
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Wed, Jun 17, 2009
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