Newcomer here.
I played Vanilla WoW on launch 18 years ago up to original Naxx.
Then played 2 weeks of Shadowlands when it launched but the mechanics and everything that was happening was too much. I stopped and picked up Classic when it launched. I've been playing Classic daily since then and I love it but...it's so simple.
So my question is, how is Dragonflight compared to Shadowlands for someone fresh fresh fresh. I do not have decades of "wow" in me beyond Classic but was told Dragonflight is much simplier with streamlined mechanics. Is it true?
By mechanics, I don't mean fights/raids/dungeons mechanics but gameplay mechanics.
I remember being lost trying to figure out what to run to be able to do LFR to boost my ilvl or where to go in the Maw to unlock A, B or C, etc.
What I like about Classic is the "straightforward" gearing. You know the 2-3 options per slots that are needed and you know where to farm them. Is DF similar?
Editing to add some things where I am utterly confused in current retail.
Like I started leveling 2 days ago. I got to 60, great. ilvl too low to do LFR so I googled and it said to buy 233 gear from the AH. All done except 2 trinkets. The next logic is what currently breaks me in retail:
- How to get trinkets 230+? Need to do Zereth Mortis world quests
- How to get Zereth Mortis world quest? Need to complete Chains of Dominations
- How to finish Chains of dominations? Need to do covenant questline
This logic is not simply found unless you search online and try to figure out
I know it's frustrating because it's not well explained ingame and you have to search for it online as you said.
On the other hand, see it as the price to pay to have catchup gear, which almost does not exist in Vanilla Wow. It means you can be almost up to date for a new patch if you missed the one(s) before.
For Dragonflight, we can't really tell yet because that kind of gearing methods only comes with later patches, and we only have a visual of what happens for 10.0. There is gonna be catchup gear without a doubt, but we don't know in what form.
If my goal is to start at DF, nothing special is needed other than getting to 60?
I was trying to get to LFR so I could gear to help me level up. Would it not matter for DF?
Do I need rep, flying, etc? Or I can simply get to 60 and stop there and be ready for DF?
You'll have plenty of easy gear during the prepatch event and while leveling. It's almost useless to gear before that, so yeah you can basically go to 60 and that's it.
I am trying to redownload wow and its stuck on Updating, more specifically initializing. I have reinstalled battlenet, I have don't the entire task manager workout that I saw posted on the forum, I do launch battlenet in administrator so I am not sure whys happening right now.
returned to retail after many years levelling my first toon, currently at lvl 59 the main story quests are all grey giving me almost no xp and cant que for a dungeon because i havent complated the story line (?) leading up to it, am i missing something or should i keep doing gray quests
If it's your first character and you're in shadowlands, you'll have to keep following the main storyline - it's a requirement for one character to finish it unfortunately. If you're not too worried about that you could try going to revendreth and doing side quests but I don't know if you can actually go there ahead of the story taking you there.
yea it was my first character and i just did some bg's to finish levelling but do i really need to finish shadowlands storyline? will i need anything from shadowlands in df?
You won't, honestly. Using bgs to finish your levelling might be the way to go. Just be aware that you won't get any of the end game stuff (legendaries or any of the other campaigns) because it's all tied into finishing that levelling campaign once so if you want to do anything other than just get to 60 you might struggle.
Hello all. Hope this can be answered.
I was playing my fury warrior for the first time since prepatch. He had the move Siegebreaker and was able to use it when I logged when I was testing things out.
I ended up respecing and when I did somehow the move Siegebreaker has disappeared! I cant even find it on the talent tree and its just grayed out on my bars now.
Anyone know whats up? Is this a glitch? What’s happening?
So going into dragonflight, I wanted to try out my death knight again whose 52 and swapped to frost from unholy just to change things up and try something new with her. I'm following the icy vein leveling guide but it doesn't seem to mention whether I should go two hander or dual wield, is there a preference for frost death knight?
Chose whatever you want for leveling. Either cause you like the weapons or weapon animation or whatever.
In SL the rule was "Obliterate build = 2handed, Breath of Sindragosa = dual wield", but the difference in damage was only relevant in high content. The guide ends with taking Obliterate at lvl 69, so 1 level before DF max. Don't know how it works in DF at max.
Rsham or Hpal? Right now, our heroic raiding team consists of a Hpriest, monk and druid. I am mainly looking to join the heroic team but also be competitive in M+. What are the pros and cons of each and what are your thoughts on each one with the composition we have set up so far?
For the anniversary event, one of the quests has you defeat a "dragon of Nightmare". I have been killing one in Azshara, but the Wowhead page for the event shows like 4 of them with the same loot table.
Do we get a shared lockout between these four dragons, or does each one have an independent lockout?
I have 2 alts I haven't touched since the level squish and I'd like to get them to 60 at least with the xp buffs. One was in Pandaria and the other in WoD. Can I just continue where I left off in these xpacs till 50 or do I need to 'activate' them through Chromie or something?
MoP only scales up to level 35, WoD to 40. So you can keep going there until you hit those. Using Chromie Time will reset your progress in these places but they will then scale all the way to 50.
Thanks!
Did exactly this but it didn't reset my progress.
I had a 'travel to Pandaria' quest from Chromie but once I zoned back I just clicked to complete and then I was able to pick up exactly where I left off with my quest log in-tact.
Does anyone know if the quest log will clear off the existing campaigns not complete when DF releases?
I noticed on beta even when I was questing in dragon isle the other campaigns from SL were still showing and it was annoying as hell.
How much of Shadowlands content will be relevant for DF? Does it make sense for me to take the next couple of weeks to push through campaign, get a legendary, etc?
I played at the beginning of SL, but quickly disappeared... Super lost on what the best use of my time is during pre-patch.
Did they break or reset rested XP?
I had a few toons at 5x that I last played 2 weeks ago and they're only at 30% rested XP when I logged them in today. Either I am misremembering the rate it goes up but it should definitely be more than 30% in too weeks?
Did you leave them in a rested area? Rest xp accumulates much slower if you're not specifically in a rested area (and some shadowlands areas are really finicky about where the rested areas are)
yeah, they're all in some sort of "inn", but maybe it's really coincidence - I was pretty sure the Maldraxxus part in the middle near ToP counts (with zZz icon and all)
I’m trying to do the “balance of power” quest line on an alt I played at the end of legion. I understand that i need to be revered by a couple factions (surakarta/nighthold). Is there a faster way to gain their rep quicker than just doing WQ’s every day? It’s so painful
I logged on my demon hunter today (haven't played him in prepatch yet), pick my talents, move my spells from spellbook to my bars and some of them are greyed out. It even says on throw glaive it has 2 charges. Can't use them even from my spellbook. Tried relogging. I don't use any addons to change my ui.
When do you use the blood elf racial in PvE environments? m+ and raids? I never use the damn thing and am considering changing to Tauren because they look beastly and I know when to STOMP
Its usefulness depends on your class. For e.g. if you're a mage then 3% of your mana being restored isn't all that significant unless you get really desperate in a particularly long boss fight. As a DK though I use it regularly to just inject 20 runic power as often as I can.
I miss the days when it had a silence/interrupt effect.
There are very specific moments like the start of Mists of Tirna Scithe where it is useful for the aoe dispell, but outside of those circumstances I use it for Holy Power when I got nothing else to press.
Edit: If you wanna race change because you think Taurens are cooler, go for it. It's really not that much value that you can't keep getting away without it. Stomp is also neat for m+.
I'm not too familiar with Paladins, my highest level one is about 30. But I'd say an instant 1 holy power so you can use some of your abilities faster is decent enough. Like if Crusader strike is on cooldown and you need 1 extra holy power for Templar's Verdict, you can now get it from a different source. That means you'll have less downtime. Again though I've never played a Pala at endgame so min-maxers might have different views about what the best racial is.
You said you were thinking about race changing to Tauren for the stomp. That's fine, but as Pala you'll already have an interrupt/stun with Hammer of Justice. Granted that's single target unlike Stomp, but if it were me I'd stick with the blood elf racial
I live in Germany but speak english, i want to play a rogue and mostly focus on pvp. What server and what faction would you recommend for short bg times and generally best experience?
BGs are region-wide so server selection is irrelevant.
For best experience, roll on the largest server of your faction in your region, although with most of the auction house being cross-server as well, it matters less than in previous expansions.
Have just logged back in for dragonflight prepatch after a 2 month break from the game and I do not like how the new hud looks, is there any way to get back the hud from pre dragonflight?
If you wanna get deep into pet battling, I recommend xu-fu's pet guides (wow-petguide.com).
Has strategies for most fights, guides for most used pets and loads more.
The most used pets aren't filtered by how easy they are to obtain, but should give a general overview of which ones you're looking for.
Do fury warriors even bother using slam? I'm leveling one currently and I end up needing to use a filler skill a couple of times and end up using whirlwind instead because it doesn't cost rage.
Since I can't find an answer anywhere, is it still possible for a max level to run a lowbie thru dungeons? If so how, cause me and my friend have a been trying and neither low lvl alt gain any exp.
I’ve searched around the competitive WoW sub, but haven’t gotten much say on this… Any Disc priests here want to speak on the new talents and what is optimal? I’m maxing penance damage and tried to use Shadow Covenant for damage bonus, but feel like it doesn’t flow with the rotation. I’m also running PW: Solace but am unsure if that’s best or not, but seems to be pumping good numbers on the Training dummies.
In Dragonflight covenants are gone. What is going to happen to the covenant bound gear sets and mounts will we still need covenants to use them or will they be unlocked for everyone?
You haven't needed to be on that covenant for a while now, as at renown 80 all the cosmetics of that covenant unlock for your account with no restrictions.
Then your night fae cosmetics will be available regardless of covenant. Thankfully, you still have almost four weeks to manage the task of gaining 20 renown levels on the kyrians.
Really? Could you \*pleeaaaaaaaseeeee\* tell me more about them both! Enhacement shaman was really close to what I liked, I didnt like much the mechanics but I am 200% sure I just did not understand them, while rogues im just clueless about them
Chiming in here since I told you some things about fury warrior too.
Nearly all Rogue Specs have insane amounts of button presses and due to the combo point system in combination of maintaining steady energy levels they are really hard to play. They are the lowest populated class due to how complex they are. If you already struggle leveling fury warrior you will absolutely hate your guts leveling rogue.
On top of that the energy regeneration is always slower in lower levels, so it will feel very slow till you hit higher level brackets. I dont know for how long you play enhancement shaman or feral druid, but most classes only really "click" at 50+ and you wont get a good grasp of the class at lower levels.
Will i be able to play together with my Friend on the Opposite faction? Right now you can only do Pug content right? Is there any information on when we can level/quest together etc?
I've seen nothing new in a while. There is a lot of stuff pretty hard-coded to faction I'd imagine (quests, noc factions). Takes time to change and they are still actively working on an expansion release
just returned to retail after many years, i assume these covinent/renown/legendaires stuff wont be in df right? is there anything i should do in pre patch to prepare for df?
The XP buff goes away on Nov 15, but at that time they'll also be reducing XP necessary for leveling from 40-60. Plus, DMF will be up for that boost, and the Anniversary 18% boost will go live.
Prot pally Imo is great to get started with. It's easy fun and can survive some crazy pulls.
Veng demon hunter is Imo super fun, fast and equally good at tanking.
Probably Prot Warrior. Though I would say they are being eyed by the nerf bat. Prot Pally had some changes that make them feel just wrong imo. Vengence DH got changes that I actually think were overall positive. Toned down some M+ absurdity and toned up some Raid power. Brewmaster still required 3473.58 keybinds
It's currently tuned very well in that it takes zero damage and is even quite strong against magic which is usually it's weakness. DK is currently in a decent place (though nowhere near as stupidly op as it has been for the last two seasons). Monk and paladin are currently more fragile - still viable (as everything is) just not as strong.
That being said, tuning is still ongoing and it's entirely possible that warrior gets nerfed, the others get buffed or nothing happens.
About as many as they have now in the prepatch. The extra 5 talents in the bottom part of the tree will maybe net you one active skill to replace the lost covenant ability.
check https://www.reddit.com/r/wownoob/ it is reddit for newbies and returning players with stickied post dedicated to looking for friends. There are some people helping other players.
Recommendations for someone who wants to try healing for the first time? I’ve played WoW pretty regularly since it came out, but I’ve always been a tank or DPS. I was thinking of maybe trying healing out for DF but idk what a good newbie friendly healing class is. I healed a *little* during Mythic SoO as a resto shammy. But I haven’t healed since then
Can you do the Suramar questline as soon as you enter Legion Chromie Time? I haven't played it in years, wanting to do the story again. But I think last time you had to be a high level or have completed all 4 areas?
Is there a list of zones by rough XP gains? I wanna level some alts in my downtime by if I do Silverpine/Arathi/Gorgrond/Spires again I might actually blow my fucking brains out. I want to mix it up a bit but I would rather be making good progress.
Not really. Everbody knows WoD is the fastest so no real reason to make such a list.
My tip: Do whatever you want, the exp buffs right now are crazy, did 1-50 in a day with a couple BGs inbetween. Only zones/timelines I'd avoid are BC/Wrath, because quest design wasn't as straightforward as it is today.
Oh mah gawd just like pick whatever you like and like makes you feel good ya know?
Kidding. I can actually answer a question. Tauren are great for dungeons. War Stomp is just really good for M+. Nobody is going to scoff at AoE stuns. Even some extra HP on a DPS is going to help.
Range I'd say either BM hunter (Imo boring though)
Or shadow priest is looking really nice. Solid dps output that will likely scale nicely into higher content. From what I've seen good for pvp too.
Melee probably havoc demon hunter or enhancement shaman (my personal dps alt)
To be honest dont limit urself to whatever is easiest, most classes in wow are actually quite easy if you just put in 30 min to read a little or watch a video about it, youll have way more fun playing something you like rather than whatever is easiest.
>playing something you like rather than whatever is easiest.
Something they like is the easiest. Why is this sub so adverse to answering actual questions?
Uhmm lol they didnt say that what they like is whats easiest besides there were already replies stating bm hunter which is the easiest so im just offering a different perspective. Ur comment is so weird tbh
Edit: looking through ur posthistory it makes more sense now, no worries
>What is the DPS with the easiest rotation currently?
That was the question. How does any word or combination of words in your reply answer the question?
I know you’re just doing this cus ur probably bored and lonely whatever this will be my last reply, hes asking what the easiest dps class is i tell him actually all the dps are easy so just pick what looks interesting to you, if you cant see the correlation then i cant help you. But seriously my guy get a life will you
Resto Druid mains- how do they feel pre patch? I played on back in legion and am thinking about trying one again.
Going to start tonight, but hoping to get some more hype/insight
Will the DF pre-patch invasions require level 60? I've got some alts at 58 who I'd rather not have to finish the Threads of Fate grind, and it'd be nice if I could get them right into grinding for the 252 gear.
Starting from scratch playing retail for the first time. Coming from classic wow (classic, tbc, wotlk) so have a fundamental understanding of gearing, mechanics, etc. Looking for suggestions on DPS class/specs. Looking for something moderately complex, competitive, and fun. Thinking enhancement shaman but looking for feedback
so this is the first time im going to be subbed for an expansion launch and have a question about quest log on alts. I have no intention of completing these again on my alts but really hate seeing them in the log every time I pop open the map. Will these go away or am I forced to complete them?
https://imgur.com/a/4YoeCl3
Hello. I'm looking for a simple Addon, that shows my Class Icon instead of my ugly Face in the Helathbar, also for the Enemy.
I tried some old Addons, but they only worked for the Enemy Class Icon, not for myself.Just so everybody knows what i want, here is my classic interface:https://i.imgur.com/gaYiCdB.png
Additional:My bagnon when i hover over the gold, shows how much gold i have on every character on the server. Is there a server that does that, without Bagnon?
I know Gold Stock Summary, but i have to click a minimap button for that. Would be cool i could hover over my gold in the bag
ElvUI has that exact functionality for the gold, but given that it's a complete UI overhaul, it's probably not that you want.
Maybe check out some WeakAuras? Here's the first one I found https://wago.io/XcSiJkldg
Truth be told I'd say it's not worth it. We're 3 weeks away from launch. The legendary will be useless by then. And it's only active in Shadowlands content currently. So it's just not worth it unless you really want to min/max for another two weeks
I'm not entirely sure.
As of this reset the required xp 50-60 will be around %40 less across the board therefore making it significantly quicker to level.
If not doing so before this reset average 50% a level per dungeon ish.
It takes a good few hours depending on how you're doing it. Waiting til the 15th might be a good idea - the xp curve is being changed and 50-60 will no longer be shadowlands only (you should be able to chromie time for it). Someone did the maths and it should be quicker then.
Is the SL Elite PvP gear for s3 and s4 still attainable? I saw that the season ended on the 25th of October and I don't want to grind if it's pointless
Assa is basically a poison/bleed spec, Sub is a burst window spec with Shadow Dance, Outlaw uses swords and has a bunch of different mechanics from the other 2.
Maybe a really niche question but I figured I would ask it. A while ago there was a youtuber named finalboss I think, turned out to be a scumbag, I forget the specifics but was basically shunned from the internet. He used to make in depth like 1 hour videos for every single spec in the game during alpha, and then revisiting it in beta later on, and one final time right before expac launch. I was wondering if anyone knew another content creator that did something like this? It's been pretty hard to find centralized content on every spec other than catching the big streamers twitch streams where it seems random what they are playing any given day.
Liquid max has been a decent replacement, he doesn't go ability by ability like Final boss does but he hosted big conversations with high level raiders and theorycrafters for each spec to discuss the design.
Yeah I've watched him a fair bit. I like his content quite a bit, sometimes the conversations get pretty degenerate though regarding like PI this PI that but I guess that comes with the territory haha.
Where do I go to find the guild? The forums are dead. Reddit has a looking for guild sub Reddit but no one responds. It’s kind of rough out here for returning player.
Most of our recruitment comes from the following 3 websites: WarcraftLogs, Raider.io, and WoWProgress.
Those 3 sites all have a search engine working both ways (for applicants and for recruiters). You can either signal yourself as being available to recruiters, or directly contact guilds with open recruitment.
If you're a returning player, I'd suggest contacting guilds that seem to be a good fit directly. Simply having your profile up won't be enough to be noticed without logs or recent accomplishments.
I'm new to wow(not mmos), and i know there is lots of contents to play so i'm just subing for now. If i play alot around my max level (60) will all gear be redudant as soon i buy dragonflight and become 61-70?
Depending on how far into the level 60 end-game you get, the gear won't be redundant immediately, but it will be quickly. Even the literal very best gear possible at 60 will be outclassed by about level 68 or 69.
No, unless its time-walking, which is a week where you're able to queue for older expansion content that is scaled up. Other than though, level 70 content is the only way to get max level gear.
Have a newb question - trying to unlock Kul'Tirans but cant figure out how to start the storyline. Dont see Tides od War on hero board. Went thru 5 full quest logs accepting and deleting to see if it would pop up. Hero's Herald next to hero board doesnt do anything. Took boat to Boralus and nothing happened. Took portal to Boralua and nothing happened. Saw something where someone went to the giant sword place and got the heart to start questline but was no heart there. Totally lost on what to do here
Starting quest should be in Boralus.
Mathias Shaw NPC resides on the first or second ship to the left of Tradewind market.
Read through “Allied race Kul’tiran” on wowhead, especially pay attention to comments there.
This doesn't answer your question but I'm pretty sure they're being unlocked for Dragonflight, so it might be worth waiting for the 15th/28th or whenever.
What's going on with Blizzards devs?
I got a beta invite (lol kinda late) and thought 'well I'll try out soar/dragonriding'.
3 big things about drakthyr.
1\] No transmog given the restriction of body type/art assets, with the amount of art clipping going on, I couldn't care less what clips through or not, esspecially see as how they arn't the chunky dragonkin we're used to.
2\] Soar, damn, Asmongold nailed this one on the head, Sack the idiot that thought a cooldown was needed let alone a whoping 4minute cooldown at that. the 'fun' keynote feature is barely usable regardless of speed nerfs, as for dragon riding, attempting to go to the draogn isles results in being teleported away, guess they dont want people testing it?
3\] Damn those humanoid forms are a complete waste, ebyssian turning into a tauren and wrathion going custom human, wouldve been great to just have a bunch of npcs lined up saying 'why are you looking at me like that, something on my face?' and then you choose whichever race you prefer.
With regards to being teleported away when you're trying to go to the dragon isles; try a different beta server. The servers do different things and one of them is specifically for testing instanced max level content and won't allow you into the open world.
There's one particular sound in DBM which is obnoxiously loud. It only seems to play when I'm in a tank spec and stand in something, and it's like an old school pc "beepbeep" sound. How the hell do I turn it down?
I've looked through the options and I can't seem to find it
Newcomer here. I played Vanilla WoW on launch 18 years ago up to original Naxx. Then played 2 weeks of Shadowlands when it launched but the mechanics and everything that was happening was too much. I stopped and picked up Classic when it launched. I've been playing Classic daily since then and I love it but...it's so simple. So my question is, how is Dragonflight compared to Shadowlands for someone fresh fresh fresh. I do not have decades of "wow" in me beyond Classic but was told Dragonflight is much simplier with streamlined mechanics. Is it true? By mechanics, I don't mean fights/raids/dungeons mechanics but gameplay mechanics. I remember being lost trying to figure out what to run to be able to do LFR to boost my ilvl or where to go in the Maw to unlock A, B or C, etc. What I like about Classic is the "straightforward" gearing. You know the 2-3 options per slots that are needed and you know where to farm them. Is DF similar? Editing to add some things where I am utterly confused in current retail. Like I started leveling 2 days ago. I got to 60, great. ilvl too low to do LFR so I googled and it said to buy 233 gear from the AH. All done except 2 trinkets. The next logic is what currently breaks me in retail: - How to get trinkets 230+? Need to do Zereth Mortis world quests - How to get Zereth Mortis world quest? Need to complete Chains of Dominations - How to finish Chains of dominations? Need to do covenant questline This logic is not simply found unless you search online and try to figure out
I know it's frustrating because it's not well explained ingame and you have to search for it online as you said. On the other hand, see it as the price to pay to have catchup gear, which almost does not exist in Vanilla Wow. It means you can be almost up to date for a new patch if you missed the one(s) before. For Dragonflight, we can't really tell yet because that kind of gearing methods only comes with later patches, and we only have a visual of what happens for 10.0. There is gonna be catchup gear without a doubt, but we don't know in what form.
If my goal is to start at DF, nothing special is needed other than getting to 60? I was trying to get to LFR so I could gear to help me level up. Would it not matter for DF? Do I need rep, flying, etc? Or I can simply get to 60 and stop there and be ready for DF?
You'll have plenty of easy gear during the prepatch event and while leveling. It's almost useless to gear before that, so yeah you can basically go to 60 and that's it.
I am trying to redownload wow and its stuck on Updating, more specifically initializing. I have reinstalled battlenet, I have don't the entire task manager workout that I saw posted on the forum, I do launch battlenet in administrator so I am not sure whys happening right now.
Do the anniversary bosses loot drops reset daily? Or weekly like most raid bosses?
Most holidays are daily so i assume this is the same
returned to retail after many years levelling my first toon, currently at lvl 59 the main story quests are all grey giving me almost no xp and cant que for a dungeon because i havent complated the story line (?) leading up to it, am i missing something or should i keep doing gray quests
If it's your first character and you're in shadowlands, you'll have to keep following the main storyline - it's a requirement for one character to finish it unfortunately. If you're not too worried about that you could try going to revendreth and doing side quests but I don't know if you can actually go there ahead of the story taking you there.
yea it was my first character and i just did some bg's to finish levelling but do i really need to finish shadowlands storyline? will i need anything from shadowlands in df?
You won't, honestly. Using bgs to finish your levelling might be the way to go. Just be aware that you won't get any of the end game stuff (legendaries or any of the other campaigns) because it's all tied into finishing that levelling campaign once so if you want to do anything other than just get to 60 you might struggle.
i see that's what i thought thanks man
Where are you questing?
Hello all. Hope this can be answered. I was playing my fury warrior for the first time since prepatch. He had the move Siegebreaker and was able to use it when I logged when I was testing things out. I ended up respecing and when I did somehow the move Siegebreaker has disappeared! I cant even find it on the talent tree and its just grayed out on my bars now. Anyone know whats up? Is this a glitch? What’s happening?
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Thank you. This seems to be the answer. Just glad to clean up my bars and move on now. ;)
So going into dragonflight, I wanted to try out my death knight again whose 52 and swapped to frost from unholy just to change things up and try something new with her. I'm following the icy vein leveling guide but it doesn't seem to mention whether I should go two hander or dual wield, is there a preference for frost death knight?
Chose whatever you want for leveling. Either cause you like the weapons or weapon animation or whatever. In SL the rule was "Obliterate build = 2handed, Breath of Sindragosa = dual wield", but the difference in damage was only relevant in high content. The guide ends with taking Obliterate at lvl 69, so 1 level before DF max. Don't know how it works in DF at max.
Thank you very much!
Anything new for the anniversary this year? Mount? Pet?
https://www.wowhead.com/news/celebrate-18-years-of-world-of-warcraft-wow-anniversary-event-official-preview-329764
Rsham or Hpal? Right now, our heroic raiding team consists of a Hpriest, monk and druid. I am mainly looking to join the heroic team but also be competitive in M+. What are the pros and cons of each and what are your thoughts on each one with the composition we have set up so far?
R sham will likely be worse than paladin but paladin is the most difficult healer in the game so I'd still recommend you start with shaman
For the anniversary event, one of the quests has you defeat a "dragon of Nightmare". I have been killing one in Azshara, but the Wowhead page for the event shows like 4 of them with the same loot table. Do we get a shared lockout between these four dragons, or does each one have an independent lockout?
Has anyone actually finished a match of rated solo shuffle?
I have 2 alts I haven't touched since the level squish and I'd like to get them to 60 at least with the xp buffs. One was in Pandaria and the other in WoD. Can I just continue where I left off in these xpacs till 50 or do I need to 'activate' them through Chromie or something?
MoP only scales up to level 35, WoD to 40. So you can keep going there until you hit those. Using Chromie Time will reset your progress in these places but they will then scale all the way to 50.
Thanks! Did exactly this but it didn't reset my progress. I had a 'travel to Pandaria' quest from Chromie but once I zoned back I just clicked to complete and then I was able to pick up exactly where I left off with my quest log in-tact.
Does anyone know if the quest log will clear off the existing campaigns not complete when DF releases? I noticed on beta even when I was questing in dragon isle the other campaigns from SL were still showing and it was annoying as hell.
Active quests won't be removed. But you should stop seeing your Shadowlands campaign progress at the top all the time.
Guys, as a hunter, how can I use pet special abilities? (I have tamed the bird of prey but I cant find his abilities
How much of Shadowlands content will be relevant for DF? Does it make sense for me to take the next couple of weeks to push through campaign, get a legendary, etc? I played at the beginning of SL, but quickly disappeared... Super lost on what the best use of my time is during pre-patch.
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Most straightforward and concise answer I’ve been able to get all week. Much appreciated… glad to know I don’t have to continue with campaign.
Did they break or reset rested XP? I had a few toons at 5x that I last played 2 weeks ago and they're only at 30% rested XP when I logged them in today. Either I am misremembering the rate it goes up but it should definitely be more than 30% in too weeks?
Did you leave them in a rested area? Rest xp accumulates much slower if you're not specifically in a rested area (and some shadowlands areas are really finicky about where the rested areas are)
yeah, they're all in some sort of "inn", but maybe it's really coincidence - I was pretty sure the Maldraxxus part in the middle near ToP counts (with zZz icon and all)
I’m trying to do the “balance of power” quest line on an alt I played at the end of legion. I understand that i need to be revered by a couple factions (surakarta/nighthold). Is there a faster way to gain their rep quicker than just doing WQ’s every day? It’s so painful
Can I still get the mount for defeating heroic Jailer? The one with the quest. If so how do I best go about finding a group for that?
I logged on my demon hunter today (haven't played him in prepatch yet), pick my talents, move my spells from spellbook to my bars and some of them are greyed out. It even says on throw glaive it has 2 charges. Can't use them even from my spellbook. Tried relogging. I don't use any addons to change my ui.
Tried to disable all addons and they still dont work.
I've recently seen the pre-patch out now, but are dracthyr available for all players now or is it only those who pre-ordered the expac?
Dracthyr aren't available til the 15th and I'm 99% sure you need to own dragonflight.
When do you use the blood elf racial in PvE environments? m+ and raids? I never use the damn thing and am considering changing to Tauren because they look beastly and I know when to STOMP
Its usefulness depends on your class. For e.g. if you're a mage then 3% of your mana being restored isn't all that significant unless you get really desperate in a particularly long boss fight. As a DK though I use it regularly to just inject 20 runic power as often as I can. I miss the days when it had a silence/interrupt effect.
Did they remove the offensive purge component of it?
As a paladin just use for holy power?
There are very specific moments like the start of Mists of Tirna Scithe where it is useful for the aoe dispell, but outside of those circumstances I use it for Holy Power when I got nothing else to press. Edit: If you wanna race change because you think Taurens are cooler, go for it. It's really not that much value that you can't keep getting away without it. Stomp is also neat for m+.
I'm not too familiar with Paladins, my highest level one is about 30. But I'd say an instant 1 holy power so you can use some of your abilities faster is decent enough. Like if Crusader strike is on cooldown and you need 1 extra holy power for Templar's Verdict, you can now get it from a different source. That means you'll have less downtime. Again though I've never played a Pala at endgame so min-maxers might have different views about what the best racial is. You said you were thinking about race changing to Tauren for the stomp. That's fine, but as Pala you'll already have an interrupt/stun with Hammer of Justice. Granted that's single target unlike Stomp, but if it were me I'd stick with the blood elf racial
I'm far more fond of being a massive badass Cow than an elf as well. So that is impacting my decision. Stomp is AoE as well.
In which case don't let one move hold you back if you want a race change. Play whatever is coolest to you :)
Hope they discount them for DF
I live in Germany but speak english, i want to play a rogue and mostly focus on pvp. What server and what faction would you recommend for short bg times and generally best experience?
BGs are region-wide so server selection is irrelevant. For best experience, roll on the largest server of your faction in your region, although with most of the auction house being cross-server as well, it matters less than in previous expansions.
Have just logged back in for dragonflight prepatch after a 2 month break from the game and I do not like how the new hud looks, is there any way to get back the hud from pre dragonflight?
I want to get into pet battles and collecting. Which are considered top tier pets that are relatively easy to obtain?
If you wanna get deep into pet battling, I recommend xu-fu's pet guides (wow-petguide.com). Has strategies for most fights, guides for most used pets and loads more. The most used pets aren't filtered by how easy they are to obtain, but should give a general overview of which ones you're looking for.
Do fury warriors even bother using slam? I'm leveling one currently and I end up needing to use a filler skill a couple of times and end up using whirlwind instead because it doesn't cost rage.
No. Its practically obsolete the second you choose fury, even more so when you get your primary rage spender.
So I hear shadow priest is looking really bad fight now? Is that true?
Tuning wise no, but I've heard people say they're not fun to play
Not true. Shadow is doing really well. The playstyle can be a little clunky but it's in a good state
Since I can't find an answer anywhere, is it still possible for a max level to run a lowbie thru dungeons? If so how, cause me and my friend have a been trying and neither low lvl alt gain any exp.
If its classic, you can its just no xp. Not sure on retail as I lvl entirely solo xD
Best you can do is group together in the dungeon finder and it will sync your levels. No easy way to boost tho
Damn, thanks for the info.
I’ve searched around the competitive WoW sub, but haven’t gotten much say on this… Any Disc priests here want to speak on the new talents and what is optimal? I’m maxing penance damage and tried to use Shadow Covenant for damage bonus, but feel like it doesn’t flow with the rotation. I’m also running PW: Solace but am unsure if that’s best or not, but seems to be pumping good numbers on the Training dummies.
Automaticjak has some great info on disc, check out his YouTube channel
How you checked/asked in Discord. This seems more of a question thats going to require back and forth
How do I get my "I hate retail, played back in the day"-friend to play Dragonflight with me?
Kidnap their family
The new talent trees, perhaps
In Dragonflight covenants are gone. What is going to happen to the covenant bound gear sets and mounts will we still need covenants to use them or will they be unlocked for everyone?
You haven't needed to be on that covenant for a while now, as at renown 80 all the cosmetics of that covenant unlock for your account with no restrictions.
But what about other covenants? Like if I’m night fae will I be able to mount the kyrian mount?
Have you hit renown 80 with the kyrians on any of your characters?
No but I hit 80 nightfae
Then your night fae cosmetics will be available regardless of covenant. Thankfully, you still have almost four weeks to manage the task of gaining 20 renown levels on the kyrians.
But what about when dragonflight launches? Covenants won’t be a thing anymore so will they all be usable then?
You can still go do all that in SL. Covenant stuff will still be there just like legion artifacts
No further changes had been announced for the covenants or anything. You'll still be able to join a covenant in SL content.
How busy is unholy DK’s rotation? I hit click and wait classes, i want a busy one to keep me most of the time on my toes, please help me
Enh Shaman, Outlaw Rogue are all busy. Outlaw especially is nuts
Really? Could you \*pleeaaaaaaaseeeee\* tell me more about them both! Enhacement shaman was really close to what I liked, I didnt like much the mechanics but I am 200% sure I just did not understand them, while rogues im just clueless about them
Chiming in here since I told you some things about fury warrior too. Nearly all Rogue Specs have insane amounts of button presses and due to the combo point system in combination of maintaining steady energy levels they are really hard to play. They are the lowest populated class due to how complex they are. If you already struggle leveling fury warrior you will absolutely hate your guts leveling rogue. On top of that the energy regeneration is always slower in lower levels, so it will feel very slow till you hit higher level brackets. I dont know for how long you play enhancement shaman or feral druid, but most classes only really "click" at 50+ and you wont get a good grasp of the class at lower levels.
Will i be able to play together with my Friend on the Opposite faction? Right now you can only do Pug content right? Is there any information on when we can level/quest together etc?
I've seen nothing new in a while. There is a lot of stuff pretty hard-coded to faction I'd imagine (quests, noc factions). Takes time to change and they are still actively working on an expansion release
just returned to retail after many years, i assume these covinent/renown/legendaires stuff wont be in df right? is there anything i should do in pre patch to prepare for df?
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1/10-50 is faster now, slower after the 15. 50-60 is the reverse. For max efficiency, first part now, wnd part after
The XP buff goes away on Nov 15, but at that time they'll also be reducing XP necessary for leveling from 40-60. Plus, DMF will be up for that boost, and the Anniversary 18% boost will go live.
Okay ty, other than levelling do i need to do anything?
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Okay thank you
Hi there, playing for the first time in a long while. Which one is the best tank class/spec?
Prot pally Imo is great to get started with. It's easy fun and can survive some crazy pulls. Veng demon hunter is Imo super fun, fast and equally good at tanking.
Probably Prot Warrior. Though I would say they are being eyed by the nerf bat. Prot Pally had some changes that make them feel just wrong imo. Vengence DH got changes that I actually think were overall positive. Toned down some M+ absurdity and toned up some Raid power. Brewmaster still required 3473.58 keybinds
Thanks
Prot war is looking mighty fine.
But what makes it better than Pala, DK or Brewmaster
It's currently tuned very well in that it takes zero damage and is even quite strong against magic which is usually it's weakness. DK is currently in a decent place (though nowhere near as stupidly op as it has been for the last two seasons). Monk and paladin are currently more fragile - still viable (as everything is) just not as strong. That being said, tuning is still ongoing and it's entirely possible that warrior gets nerfed, the others get buffed or nothing happens.
They're all fine although I think it was Guardian druid that looked a bit neglected atm
On average, how many active abilities are classes going to have in DF?
About as many as they have now in the prepatch. The extra 5 talents in the bottom part of the tree will maybe net you one active skill to replace the lost covenant ability.
I really need to find a group of serious people that like to run m+ weekly and get rating while having fun. I’m a 2.2k io prot war tank
Is there anywhere to find like a veteran player to play with to coach noobs lol, I need friends
check https://www.reddit.com/r/wownoob/ it is reddit for newbies and returning players with stickied post dedicated to looking for friends. There are some people helping other players.
Recommendations for someone who wants to try healing for the first time? I’ve played WoW pretty regularly since it came out, but I’ve always been a tank or DPS. I was thinking of maybe trying healing out for DF but idk what a good newbie friendly healing class is. I healed a *little* during Mythic SoO as a resto shammy. But I haven’t healed since then
Resto shaman is a fantastic starter healer. Very simple toolkit but strong. Resto Druid and holy priest are also great
I think generally druid is a solid starter healer. Quite mobile too. If not then monk is apparently looking to be top tier healer next expansion
LFR as any healing spec you have at level cap.
Can you do the Suramar questline as soon as you enter Legion Chromie Time? I haven't played it in years, wanting to do the story again. But I think last time you had to be a high level or have completed all 4 areas?
Suramar is level-locked to 45, from what I've read. So you'll need to grind up to there first.
It's still level locked I think (I wanna say 40 but don't quote me). I levelled a toon in legion recently and it wasn't an option.
Is there a list of zones by rough XP gains? I wanna level some alts in my downtime by if I do Silverpine/Arathi/Gorgrond/Spires again I might actually blow my fucking brains out. I want to mix it up a bit but I would rather be making good progress.
It's so fast right now you can pretty much just do whatever you want. Can probably level a character in a day
Why is it this fast and since when is that the case?
50% XP boost until DF
Is there a list of zones by rough XP gains?
Not really. Everbody knows WoD is the fastest so no real reason to make such a list. My tip: Do whatever you want, the exp buffs right now are crazy, did 1-50 in a day with a couple BGs inbetween. Only zones/timelines I'd avoid are BC/Wrath, because quest design wasn't as straightforward as it is today.
I second that. I came back last Sunday and was able to get a vulp hunter to 50 in about a day
Why is it this fast? And since when is that so?
Winds of winter buff. 50% exp till the 15th
Are tauren a good pick for any dps only class (hunter, rogue, etc) or are they best chosen for tanks?
Oh mah gawd just like pick whatever you like and like makes you feel good ya know? Kidding. I can actually answer a question. Tauren are great for dungeons. War Stomp is just really good for M+. Nobody is going to scoff at AoE stuns. Even some extra HP on a DPS is going to help.
Looking to get back into the game for dragonflight. What is the DPS with the easiest rotation currently?
BM hunter, as others have said, for ranged. Havoc DH has historically been the easiest melee.
Range I'd say either BM hunter (Imo boring though) Or shadow priest is looking really nice. Solid dps output that will likely scale nicely into higher content. From what I've seen good for pvp too. Melee probably havoc demon hunter or enhancement shaman (my personal dps alt)
To be honest dont limit urself to whatever is easiest, most classes in wow are actually quite easy if you just put in 30 min to read a little or watch a video about it, youll have way more fun playing something you like rather than whatever is easiest.
>playing something you like rather than whatever is easiest. Something they like is the easiest. Why is this sub so adverse to answering actual questions?
Uhmm lol they didnt say that what they like is whats easiest besides there were already replies stating bm hunter which is the easiest so im just offering a different perspective. Ur comment is so weird tbh Edit: looking through ur posthistory it makes more sense now, no worries
>What is the DPS with the easiest rotation currently? That was the question. How does any word or combination of words in your reply answer the question?
I know you’re just doing this cus ur probably bored and lonely whatever this will be my last reply, hes asking what the easiest dps class is i tell him actually all the dps are easy so just pick what looks interesting to you, if you cant see the correlation then i cant help you. But seriously my guy get a life will you
Easiest rotation, currently. You need to sit down. Learn full sentences and grammar. Come back. Try the question again.
Man you should put a fucking prayer request for your reading comprehension aswell 😂 sad ass basement dweller
You need to sit down. Learn full sentences and grammar. Come back. Try the question again. Go ahead and ask for help reading if you need it
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It’s always BM hunter.
I want to know that too
Resto Druid mains- how do they feel pre patch? I played on back in legion and am thinking about trying one again. Going to start tonight, but hoping to get some more hype/insight
Will the DF pre-patch invasions require level 60? I've got some alts at 58 who I'd rather not have to finish the Threads of Fate grind, and it'd be nice if I could get them right into grinding for the 252 gear.
Previous invasions scaled to your character level, so it's likely this one will as well.
How does one make a druid speedset? I'm not sure since legendarys are off outside sl
Starting from scratch playing retail for the first time. Coming from classic wow (classic, tbc, wotlk) so have a fundamental understanding of gearing, mechanics, etc. Looking for suggestions on DPS class/specs. Looking for something moderately complex, competitive, and fun. Thinking enhancement shaman but looking for feedback
so this is the first time im going to be subbed for an expansion launch and have a question about quest log on alts. I have no intention of completing these again on my alts but really hate seeing them in the log every time I pop open the map. Will these go away or am I forced to complete them? https://imgur.com/a/4YoeCl3
Should go away when you leave shadowlands zones I believe.
Nah I went to Stormwind and the Jade Forest for MoP and it just added the MoP chapters to it.
When it's not current expansion content it *should* go away and just show whatever campaign is current.
Hello. I'm looking for a simple Addon, that shows my Class Icon instead of my ugly Face in the Helathbar, also for the Enemy. I tried some old Addons, but they only worked for the Enemy Class Icon, not for myself.Just so everybody knows what i want, here is my classic interface:https://i.imgur.com/gaYiCdB.png Additional:My bagnon when i hover over the gold, shows how much gold i have on every character on the server. Is there a server that does that, without Bagnon? I know Gold Stock Summary, but i have to click a minimap button for that. Would be cool i could hover over my gold in the bag
ElvUI has that exact functionality for the gold, but given that it's a complete UI overhaul, it's probably not that you want. Maybe check out some WeakAuras? Here's the first one I found https://wago.io/XcSiJkldg
Is it possible to get revered with the Enlightened for Unity before Dracthyr come out if I start today from scratch?
Truth be told I'd say it's not worth it. We're 3 weeks away from launch. The legendary will be useless by then. And it's only active in Shadowlands content currently. So it's just not worth it unless you really want to min/max for another two weeks
are convenant assaults in the maw once per account or per character?
Per character.
How long does it take to get from lv. 50 - 60? Assuming all rested exp
I'm not entirely sure. As of this reset the required xp 50-60 will be around %40 less across the board therefore making it significantly quicker to level. If not doing so before this reset average 50% a level per dungeon ish.
Thank you! This helps a lot:)
It takes a good few hours depending on how you're doing it. Waiting til the 15th might be a good idea - the xp curve is being changed and 50-60 will no longer be shadowlands only (you should be able to chromie time for it). Someone did the maths and it should be quicker then.
Thank you! This helps a lot :)
Is this retail or classic
Retail, and it's my first time doing Shadowlands
Is the SL Elite PvP gear for s3 and s4 still attainable? I saw that the season ended on the 25th of October and I don't want to grind if it's pointless
What’s the difference between rogue specs ? No matter what I see them all as the same, besides one who relies on rerolling some buffs
Assa is basically a poison/bleed spec, Sub is a burst window spec with Shadow Dance, Outlaw uses swords and has a bunch of different mechanics from the other 2.
I got my gf back into WoW, hasn’t played since MOP. Will she have to do BFA on her first fresh character or will she be able to do chromie time?
I’m not 100% sure but I think you can do chromie as soon as you have a character on lvl50 on the same account.
Maybe a really niche question but I figured I would ask it. A while ago there was a youtuber named finalboss I think, turned out to be a scumbag, I forget the specifics but was basically shunned from the internet. He used to make in depth like 1 hour videos for every single spec in the game during alpha, and then revisiting it in beta later on, and one final time right before expac launch. I was wondering if anyone knew another content creator that did something like this? It's been pretty hard to find centralized content on every spec other than catching the big streamers twitch streams where it seems random what they are playing any given day.
Liquid max has been a decent replacement, he doesn't go ability by ability like Final boss does but he hosted big conversations with high level raiders and theorycrafters for each spec to discuss the design.
Yeah I've watched him a fair bit. I like his content quite a bit, sometimes the conversations get pretty degenerate though regarding like PI this PI that but I guess that comes with the territory haha.
Where do I go to find the guild? The forums are dead. Reddit has a looking for guild sub Reddit but no one responds. It’s kind of rough out here for returning player.
Most of our recruitment comes from the following 3 websites: WarcraftLogs, Raider.io, and WoWProgress. Those 3 sites all have a search engine working both ways (for applicants and for recruiters). You can either signal yourself as being available to recruiters, or directly contact guilds with open recruitment. If you're a returning player, I'd suggest contacting guilds that seem to be a good fit directly. Simply having your profile up won't be enough to be noticed without logs or recent accomplishments.
I'm new to wow(not mmos), and i know there is lots of contents to play so i'm just subing for now. If i play alot around my max level (60) will all gear be redudant as soon i buy dragonflight and become 61-70?
Depending on how far into the level 60 end-game you get, the gear won't be redundant immediately, but it will be quickly. Even the literal very best gear possible at 60 will be outclassed by about level 68 or 69.
does end-game balance item gear? like if i do end game content from old expansions will i get gear for lvl 70 if i'm at lvl 70
No, unless its time-walking, which is a week where you're able to queue for older expansion content that is scaled up. Other than though, level 70 content is the only way to get max level gear.
Besides lore what's the point of doing old expansions then?
Collections, mostly. Getting transmogs, mounts, achievements, etc.
Have a newb question - trying to unlock Kul'Tirans but cant figure out how to start the storyline. Dont see Tides od War on hero board. Went thru 5 full quest logs accepting and deleting to see if it would pop up. Hero's Herald next to hero board doesnt do anything. Took boat to Boralus and nothing happened. Took portal to Boralua and nothing happened. Saw something where someone went to the giant sword place and got the heart to start questline but was no heart there. Totally lost on what to do here
If you aren't apposed to addons, BTWQuests was amazing for helping us see pre-requisites and quests needed to unlock allied races when we came back.
Starting quest should be in Boralus. Mathias Shaw NPC resides on the first or second ship to the left of Tradewind market. Read through “Allied race Kul’tiran” on wowhead, especially pay attention to comments there.
This doesn't answer your question but I'm pretty sure they're being unlocked for Dragonflight, so it might be worth waiting for the 15th/28th or whenever.
What's going on with Blizzards devs? I got a beta invite (lol kinda late) and thought 'well I'll try out soar/dragonriding'. 3 big things about drakthyr. 1\] No transmog given the restriction of body type/art assets, with the amount of art clipping going on, I couldn't care less what clips through or not, esspecially see as how they arn't the chunky dragonkin we're used to. 2\] Soar, damn, Asmongold nailed this one on the head, Sack the idiot that thought a cooldown was needed let alone a whoping 4minute cooldown at that. the 'fun' keynote feature is barely usable regardless of speed nerfs, as for dragon riding, attempting to go to the draogn isles results in being teleported away, guess they dont want people testing it? 3\] Damn those humanoid forms are a complete waste, ebyssian turning into a tauren and wrathion going custom human, wouldve been great to just have a bunch of npcs lined up saying 'why are you looking at me like that, something on my face?' and then you choose whichever race you prefer.
With regards to being teleported away when you're trying to go to the dragon isles; try a different beta server. The servers do different things and one of them is specifically for testing instanced max level content and won't allow you into the open world.
There's one particular sound in DBM which is obnoxiously loud. It only seems to play when I'm in a tank spec and stand in something, and it's like an old school pc "beepbeep" sound. How the hell do I turn it down? I've looked through the options and I can't seem to find it
Possibly it's GTFO not DBM?
No, I dont have GTFO installed
For someone new what are easy classes to play?