Hmm, I appreciate the effort but that doesn’t get an alt even close to “reasonable ilvl”, all of that gear is complete garbonzo, I was curious about the “half a dozen ways within a week” but it seems there’s no such thing.
Only way seems to “enjoy” 100 hours of being miserable at 190 until you crawl in the dirt for so long you have enough conquest to get most pieces and only then upgrade to better ilvl by getting some rating.
Doing something else just seems like a better time investment, I watched Death Note within a few days and boy it was good.
Sucks when you compare all this garbage to MoP and WoD which were just: join BGs for a weekend and have a competitive set while also probably earning at least 1-2 pieces of your BiS set in the process.
Or even better in the second half of Legion: do like 2 WQ for AP and then queue whatever you want immediately and be viable. You’d need to do the honor talent grind but you could earn those doing rated. Really miss how easy it was to play alts in Legion.
Its an issue with gearing reqiurements. Its much more convenient for duelists to Q for rando BGs for honor than putting together a RBG group. So you have people in 220 gear playing fresh players in unrated battlegrounds. The power gap between fresh 60s and 226 players is just so insane already I can’t imagine the state this game is gonna be in when 9.3 comes around. Just make it so glad gear can only be upgraded with conquest.
This is good advice, but doesn’t it seem kind of ridiculous just to get to a point where you can start pvp? You are missing a few things, though.
Buy crafted gear on AH
Do the Necrolord campaign to get versatility gear
Farm anima to upgrade it all to 197
If Necrolord is not your best covenant, switch covenants
Grind renown to unlock the soulbind you want to use (this might require some side quests as well).
Unlock the legendary memory you want to use (this may require doing dungeons, LFR raids, Torghast or waiting a few weeks for the right world boss to come up)
Farm soul ash to make the legendary
While doing these things farm honor for neck, rings, trinkets and weapon(s). It’s best to stick to epic BGs so you aren’t letting other people down
Once done with this, start your own rated BG groups and require people to have higher item level, xp and a higher rating than what you have to maximize your gain for wins and minimize your loss for defeats.
Yes it does. I alt a lot, you won’t hear me complaining if they make the path to being viable less of a rough road to travel. I’m even on board with ‘an honor set and a conquest set each only being a set ilvl,’ for that matter. But things being what they are, that’s the path I’m taking currently. If there’s anything I’ve ever told you that you can take without a hint of doubt, it’s that I absolutely despise doing any content that isn’t end-game. I just suffer through it to do what I like doing.
Yep, under the current system what you laid out is the most efficient path for sure. That’s what I do for my alts as well.
There is some danger in doing the covenant switch, though. They might add something to necrolord in a future patch that could have you wanting to switch back. Switching back to a covenant you have left is painful.
I almost have enough for a full set of PVP armor+upgrades. That would get me to 197ish. I’m not even level 60 yet. Another week or two and I’ll be even higher. I’m not sure what the complaint is? You want better gear like immediately without doing anything?
much fun