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In terms of color and graphics, this is the best visually of the three dungeon guides. Unfortunately, though, its usefulness is very limited. In fact, some of the information in the guide was dated even at the time of publication, such as using Emblems of Heroism and Valor to obtain gear even when these were obsolete. Shortly after publication, Icecrown Citadel opened and the Emblems of Conquest drops became Emblems of Triumph, the Looking for Group feature completely changed, and all the daily dungeon quests were removed in favor of a daily random dungeon quest. Even so, there are still typographical errors and just plain wrong information scattered throughout the book, such as the number of bosses in Naxxramas and omitting how to handle all of Lord Jaraxxus' abilities in Trial of the Crusader. This is especially disappointing as these problems were also present in the first two guides, but Brady Games seems to have not learned from their mistakes. And while it does give a brief run-through of the Frozen Halls 5-man dungeons and the Icecrown Citadel raid up through Sindragosa, this would be the section most end-game players would really be wanting to see yet will not be able to find here. On the positive side, the guide gives the reader information needed to negotiate each instance and raid in any role. Someone playing a ranged DPS character may master running Trial of the Crusader in that role, for instance, but find that the fight is far different as a tank, healer, or melee DPS and need this guide to quickly bring him/her up to speed. It also covers the Burning Crusade content that was released after the publication of Volume II (Zul'Aman, Magister's Terrace, and Sunwell Plateau) but it does so from the perspective of doing these instances as level 80 instead of the original level 70, since naturally most players doing them now would be at the higher level limit. The new level 80 Naxxramas section is not nearly as detailed as the one for the original level 60 instance in Volume II, though the current version is considerably easier in relation to its level than the old one was and does not really need an exhaustive breakdown in any case. Overall, this is a good bathroom reader to make people wonder why you're taking so long, but anyone using it certainly needs to use online resources to update and correct the contents.Read full review
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