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Naxx is likely your first stop - the earlier bosses are more forgiving and there is a lot more to be gained from an instance with multiple bosses over the three single-boss raids. To enter Naxxramas, fly to where it's marked on the Dragonblight map and enter the citadel from underneath. There's nowhere to repair in the instance, but if you die and release you are ported alive to the nearest graveyard (much like Tempest Keep) so you can detour via your faction base or summon a mammoth mount in the graveyard.

If you're already in full Sunwell gear, you might be wondering if you even need to bother finding gear upgrades before venturing into Naxx. To some extent, your lassitude is rewarded - for most classes, Sunwell gear will do pretty well. However, things have changed - you'll need a lot more hit rating to cause pain to level 83 mobs, for example. Tanks in particular might find they take a particularly hard beating without any WotLK gear, being well below the crit immunity cap. However, there are plenty of items available through crafting, quests and 5-man instances that can complement Outland gear.

Don't forget your spec. Turning up in your levelling spec might not exactly be optimal for a raid, so read up on your class and decide your PvE route. Dual specs aren't in yet, so be prepared to fork out the cash if you'll be doing double duty. If you changed glyphs for wow power levelling, sort those out now as well, and remember you got an extra glyph slot at 80.

If you've done Naxxramas at 60 or 70, or you were a beta tester, you're probably pretty familiar with most of the bosses and how to defeat them. If not, there's plenty of information already out about Wrath's initial instances. Trying to learn every boss at once on-the-fly is a surefire route to a headache, so do a little bit of homework and know your Patchwerk from your Sapphiron.

When you ding that final ding, and no longer have the experience bar as your goal in life, there are a huge range of things you can do. From dailies to raiding and tradeskills, what should you do first?

There's obviously no clear-cut answer, but there are a few things from a raiding point of view that take precedence. If you're after server first 25-man achievements, and especially if there's another guild close on your heels, your priorities are probably to help people level and then to jump into raids at the earliest possible moment. Although I've mostly talked about Naxx above, the Obsidian Sanctum is clearable with a newly-80, half-empty raid of people in Sunwell gear -- as long as you kill the three drakes around the sides, which will otherwise land during the fight and make your lives a misery. You can also start running 5-mans and heroics with other 80s to get upgrades and reputation.

Many people are taking a leisurely stroll towards 80, seeing the sights and exploring all the new content, there's a sizeable contingent of players racing to get to the level cap as soon as possible so the real fun can begin. Many of these are aiming to raid immediately, but there's a lot of catching up to do before our WotLK endgame knowledge matches the depth of its TBC counterpart. If you are planning to raid early on, and are wondering about gear, preparation and whether you should buy that mammoth or not, wanna help?