I’ve been playing some fresh alts to get them decently geared up and seeing if I like them as a generalization, trying to decide what my SL main will be. My alts are really only used for WQ farming on 2k gold days and/or old raid farms so the extra gear helps and that justifies my desire to gear them.
But I also don’t bother with the cloak much other than maybe nabbing it for them so I can get essences unlocked. It is a major hassle after you do it 3 or 4 times and most of them will not ever see the cloak.
I don’t often take alts up to 120 anymore, I just level lock them at 110 and twink them, I don’t need to worry about corruptions and the amount of power I can accumulate still feels rewarding.
I started back up in BfA early June after taking a lengthy break a few months after 8.1. Doing all of this on my main the first time was grindy but at least it was novel, and the new catch-up systems were rolling out right as I came back so I got him up to a solid spot where he’s good to go. Alts? No thanks. So much stuff being gated behind systems and quest chains with zero replay value is so damn off putting.
I’d play through the WoD intro scenario 100 times over before investing into an alt at this point.
I had a similar experience trying to join a +10 on my main who’s ilvl 475 equipped fury warrior w/ a raider.io score that was above 1700 at the time (it’s over 1930 now). Lots of declines for a +10 and the one where I did get an invite and was declined 10 sec later. Totally baffled me and I wound up in a +8 just so that I could get a weekly chest. It’s ridiculous trying to pug these days lol. That was my lone attempt at pugging this xpac with the exception of guildies listing a guild group to fill a spot or two and was like I’m not doing that again.
Yeah I couldn’t be bothered to get myself geared up this expansion coming into it so late. With only 3-5 months until Shadowlands why bother?
BFA really has non-existent catchup mechanics for mains. Which sucked because I loved Legion 7.3 and 7.3.5 for how catchup friendly it was.
I’m gonna finish my heritage armours, finish up some professions in old expansions for completion sake, and just focus on stockpiling gold for Shadowlands.
Let us hope that the prepatch event gives some good gear to help level in Shadowlands.
Honestly, the only parts of the alt grind that I find troublesome are:
1.) Having to do all of the scenarios for Crucible of Flame each time.
2.) Having to go to Naz’Jatar and repeat the opener EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. just to get access to Magni and the heart chamber.
I’m so sick of being forced to spend hours and hours in Naz’jatar that it makes my physically ill to contemplate going there.
Yes, the cloak leveling is insane, and I’ve only 15’d one toon. I tried really hard to get into it with my hunter, but the 4-page section of the leveling killed it. Just killed it dead. I put down the hunter I had solo vision goals on and just quit at that point. I have no desire to repeat leveling the cloak to 15.
I would have spent SO much more time in the game had they made it less of a job and more of a game. I don’t sub to WoW for chores.
At least it’s only a few kills and a boss and a few cutscenes, if you can fly. I went once to Naz before I could fly and sent no more characters until I could fly.
