Tips and Tricks

== Overview ==
Tips and tricks for new players.
== UI Tips and Tricks ==
=== Key Shortcuts ===
Here are some useful key shortcuts (assuming you don't change too many defaults):
* Press Shift-B to open Backpack and all Bags.
* With open Backpack, press B to close Backpack and all open Bags.
* Press R to reply the last whisper, after pressing R, you can use Tab to cycle through people who have whispered you.
Make sure the hotkeys of all of your most used abilities and items are close to your hand.
=== Auto-Loot ===
You can loot all items in a corpse, container item, or resource nodes (herb, mineral vein/depost, or skinnable corpse) by holding the Shift-key down when right-clicking. Try it!
== Combat Tips and Tricks ==
=== General Combat Tips ===
* Managing aggro and handling adds
* Ready attack before in range
* Using ranged weapons
* Running away wisely
* Be wary of spell resistance
=== Buffing Up Before Battle ===
If available, the following buffs should be applied before fighting:
Class buffing	Buff 	Effect
 	Mark of the Wild 	Increases the friendly target's Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intellect by 5%, and all magical resistances, for 1 hour.
 	Various Aspects 	See individual effects.
 	Arcane Brilliance 	Infuses all party and raid members with brilliance, increasing their maximum mana and spell power by 6% for 1 hour.
 	Conjure Refreshment 	Conjures mana food providing the mage and his/her allies with something to eat.
 	Blessing of Kings 	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intellect by 5%, and all magical resistances, for 1 hour.
 	Blessing of Might 	Places a Blessing on the friendly target, increasing attack power by 10% and restoring 92 mana every 5 seconds for 1 hour.
 	Various Auras 	See individual effects.
 	Power Word: Fortitude	Power infuses all party and raid members, increasing their Stamina by 1333 for 1 hour.
 	Various Totems 	See individual effects.
 	Create Healthstone 	Creates a Healthstone that can be used to instantly restore health equal to 45% of the creator's base health.
 	Create Soulstone 	Creates a Soulstone. The Soulstone can be used to store one target's soul. If the target dies while his soul is stored, he will be able to resurrect with 30% health and 30% mana.
 	Various Shouts 	See individual effects.
=== Checking If Within Range ===
If you have a ranged ability, power, spell, or weapon on your command bar (Auto-shoot for bows, guns and wands):
* When the key-shortcut number is white (1), you are in range.
* When the key-shortcut number is red (1), you are out of range.
=== Global Cooldown ===
Bear in mind that whenever you use an ability or an item, you will have to wait 1.5 seconds till you can use another spell or ability, this is called Global Cooldown. To ensure that you can use your next ability or spell as fast as possible, consider pressing the hotkey, or clicking on the button rapidly when Global Cooldown is almost at an end. 
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