Seems like many people are struggling to get into normal so I’m here to help you.
First step : make sure to finish your covenant campaign to unlock your soulbinds and conduits. This will be important to help clear content later on as it gives a lot of power. Don’t forget to buy the item that makes all your conduits 226 from the Zereth mortis rep vendor once you get there.
Second step : check your gear
Do you have legendaries? You can get them up to 291. One of them is locked behind revered Zereth Mortis so it might take time if you want the 2nd one max level, but Zereth Mortis will give you one if you do all it’s questlines about 265 and it will take a couple hours. Legendaries are pretty complex, I’d recommend checking a guide about your class/spec for it but at the end a legendary is better than no legendary.
What’s your item level? People will take players that are the best geared to do the content, having some ilvl close to what the content drop is a good idea. Normal fated raid drops 278 gear, so you’ll want something close to 270+ and a minimum of 265 gear to get easily into groups.
How to get gear?
Once you finish leveling up you can get full 233 crafted gear if you have the money and one piece of 262 gear. If you can’t do that queue the highest you can between normal then queue for heroic dungeons until you can queue for LFR. You can also farm cyphers in Zereth Mortis for up to 252 gear, but I wouldn’t recommend it.
Don’t forget to kill the fated world bosses for a chance for gear of high item level (the fated raid is shown in the adventure guide). Clearing LFR will then give you access to gear and Dinar coin currency which then can be used to buy a powerful weapon or trinket.
After that, you should want to clear +2 dungeons that drop 262 to +6 (which is still easy to pug) for 275 gear. Progress at the speed that your ilvl progress. It is recommended for M+ to try to make your own group as a dps if you can’t find a group but for that you’ll need a key which are easier to get in mythic 0.
Ok you did all of that you’re around 270+ and want to go into normal fated raid.
Third Step : How to join a normal raiding group?
Try to join groups that are newly formed with less than 5-6 people, people that have mostly complete group will mostly look for something specific or for people with higher item level.
If you want to make your own group be sure to try to be different in your advertising to other groups, if you want to make a learning group make sure people know you are making one as that will help you also recruit people that will want to stick with you longer. If you have a couple friends having 3-4 people in your group will massively fill your group faster.
Joining a guild can also be a solution if you can make some time commitment. For normal difficulty or heroic I would say you can easily ask if any guild is recruiting for those in your trade chat or city chat. Yes they won’t be the best guilds but you have to start from somewhere.
Fourth Step: Ok I got into a group but I don’t know anything about the raid?
There’s a tool ingame called the dungeon guide with all the boss mechanics where you can get a decent understanding of the fight. You can also ask someone to explain it, there’s nothing wrong with that. You’d be surprised with the amount of people that you could end up helping if they don’t know the mechanics too.
P.S. While doing any type of content using consumables like flasks, armor kit, enchants, gems (if you have sockets), and even potions can help you have an easier time. Those are really cheap with the expansion ending soon. If you have to prioritize some, weapon enchants and flask.
Good luck with your slime cat mounts.
