I don't understand why getting gears after 70 has to be almost exclusively through delves

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I’m a returning players after 5 years off. I got back into the game with a level 50ish main. Upon logging in I was told to go to the dragon isles to experience the new content. Upon doing so, I end up leveling up to 70 in a matter of like 12 hours.

Although the leveling was fast I was really enjoying it because my character felt great to play. Then as soon as I hit 70, a cinematic started running and told me to go to Silthus to start a new series of quest leading me to the new 70-80 area. This is where I’m supposed to level up from 70 to 80 apparently.

Upon doing so i made the realization that NONE of the quests I was doing there were giving me any gears upgrade. My character which was perfectly fine until I hit 70 in the dragon isles felt weak beyond measure. At first i felt it was only temporarely until i get better gears leveling up.

However after hitting level 73 and having done dozens of quests in which I keep struggling very hard compared to my 50 to 70 experience, I figure out quests were not giving any gears. I was only getting reps, gold and xp.

Upon further research, I found out that apparently, gears are now almost exclusive to Delves. I’ve did some of them as part of the main campaign but it’s really not my cup of tea. I much prefer leveling up in the main word by doing quests, the thing every player do from 1 to 70.

Why did you remove gears from 70 to 80 and force players into delves to get gears ? I just don’t get that. Maybe, my playstyle is not something Blizzard is interested in having. I like leveling up, slowly discovering the world, feeling I get gradually better gears until I hit the level cap. Now all this seems gone.

Again I have no problem with Delves but IT SHOULD BE an option to gear up, NO THE only option. Like I said, we level and and gear up doing quests from 1 to 70, why did you felt that you needed to change this for the last 10 levels ?

I don’t like Delves. Gearing up in the world should still be a valid option. Why force this on everyone ? I know 70-80 takes no time, that’s not my point. My point is CHOICE. You completely remove a way to gear up that was valid from 1-70 and force Delves for the last 10 level.

Why ?

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the wq has gear in them not just the delves

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There’s no way you’re questing (main campaign) and not getting gear drops.

If you’re 80, you have dungeons, raid, delves and PvP options for gear.

Players who came in from DF with S4 gear probably didn’t take questing gear because they didn’t need it, but a returning player without last expansion’s gear is likely going to use at least some quest drops as they gear up while climbing to 80.

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Not sure which quests you’ve been doing, but you should be getting gear. If not from the main story, the side quests.

I did the delves required by the main story on the way up, but focused on the main story shield quests at the top of the log, I wanted pathfinder and had it done at 77. Again getting gear along the way.

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There are heaps of options to gear. People recommend delves because they are easily accessible, can be done solo or in groups and provide champion track gear to brand new 80s. However there are so many other options available, even Siren Isles is throwing out warband gear like it’s confetti.

And from 70 to 80 you get gear from dungeons which are the fastest leveling option anyway. If your 70 character was well geared, they might not see upgrades until about 75 or so, even remix toons but the gear is good and frequent until 80. I just leveled an evoker and was almost ready for lfr as soon as i dinged (just had to replace a couple of the lowest pieces).

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I mean its not… you can go from upgrading your ring on siren isles to mythic 7 with the warbound gear.

Its easier to do delves but I don’t see that as awful

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Story quests AND world quests give gear, not just Delves. You can also spam Follower Dungeons. All solo content.

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Because you are in massive error. Straight up 404.

You can only do Delve3 till you are 80, you should be in dungeons and world content.

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As others have stated there are a lot of ways to get gear from lvl 70 to lvl 80 and higher item level gear outside of delves.

Dungeons, raids,world quests,campaigns.

They haven’t removed ways to get better gear, you just gotta do the things.

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I know you get gear from the campaign because there was a transmog set that I wanted and several of the pieces were only available from campaign quests. Maybe you just had an unlucky streak of side quests. Try to follow the main campaign and see where it takes you.

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you don’t?

WQ have gear, you can craft 590 for basically free. you can go to siren isle and get a ton of veteran ( champion?) gear.

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last i checked, almost every one of my dps geared through questing while leveling…

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They didn’t say WQ doesn’t have gear, just not upgrades.

And they sometimes don’t have upgrades, it depends on your own iLVL if the reward is going to be an upgrade or not since the reward scales with your own iLVL up to a point.

OP just needs to get more iLVL overall and the rewards may then start giving upgrades from WQ’s.

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this is what i was talking about and if they are at low 70 wq gear is better

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  1. The campaign quests absolutely reward gear.
  2. Gear is already plural unless you’re talking about something mechanical like gears in a transmission.
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Not sure if it wasn’t mentioned already, but let’s not forget crafting. At 71 you can get cloak, chest, wrist, feet, neck, and both rings from crafting (all of which can get up to 528, I think?). Then at 74 you can upgrade them to 550’s. Then there’s level 80 crafted purps.

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This gotta be bait.

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If you want onto gear fast cap your toon go to siren isle and buy 584 warbound pieces go straight to m+ and you have a shiny ring also. You can skip delves heroics and wq gear

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Sure reeks of it.

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Oh, def someone that just wants delve gearing removed.

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