In recent weeks I’ve spent a lot of time leveling toons up for the heritage armor.
Leveling 20-50 isnt so bad…it’s repetitive content after 15 years of playing, but it goes by fairly quickly, especially with warmode on.
50 - 80 bites. Outland or Northrend… I usually do the one I haven’t done recently, just to mix it up. On my Void Elf I even went underwater for a change of pace
90 - 100 - Pandaria or WoD…usually…I focus on 3 zones and get’er done.
100 - 110 - Legion - I always FIND myself getting caught up in professions, or yes (sheepishly) going after all 3 weapon artifacts when I don’t have to, or getting caught up in fun, quick side-quests (like the genie in the bottle for rogues).
Time and time again I have leveled ALTS and Legion is the one place I forget I am leveling sometimes and actually have fun doing lots of different things.
BFA lost a lot of the “little extras” Legion had. I was glad to lose all the Fel Green everywhere, for sure (BFA is pretty), but I have to say, I feel that BFA is lacking the diversity that Legion had. I actually enjoy leveling from 100 - 110. That’s different, huh?
Everything that was new in BFA (islands, warfronts, etc.) was nearly universally hated. Everything that was carried over from Legion (mission table, WQ’s, etc), was knocked down a notch. I am really curious what discussions took place at Blizzard that landed us where we are today.
I don’t hate BFA. I sometimes wonder if just because it’s new, it’s judge a bit harshly and then we look back with “oh, it wasn’t that bad…”
And I do realize from my original post that Legion has been around for less time than the other expansions - so it stand to reason that Legion just doesn’t feel as “old” yet.
But even with that acknowledgment, there is “something about Legion” that always felt a little more diverse, a little more free-ranging. Like I said, it’s the only expansion when I find myself going on tangents - because they’re fun - and then I remind myself - GIRL - get the heritage armor and move on…but, even though I enjoy BFA, it just doesn’t feel as “fun” as Legion was.
After thinking for a few moments… BFA feels more “linear”. Legion was more “self-directing” even though it had a path to follow. Legion did a better job with making the player feel “outside the box”.
In my younger years, I was a die-hard Ultima fan. Played every release from I to IX, and though that game had progression, it also had a lot of exploratory lee-way for players… Legion reminded me of Ultima.
i have a very fast method for leveling. it works for me quite nicely. i am leveling as a tank, so this works for the instant queue. if you are dps, it wont work quickly
20 to 35 - dungeon only.
35 to 61 - quest only. (obviously you can break this up how you want) 1.5 zones will get it done typically.
61 to 81 - dungeon only in LK dungeons. I have done northrend so many times. this is the slowest leveling area
81 to 91 - MOP questing with 2 or 3 dungeons. very fast. 1 full zone and starting of the next.
91 to 98 - wod opening area, garrison, bonus objectives in starter area and gorgrond. nothing else except if you happen on a treasure.
98 to 110 - legion quests only, no dungeons.
for quests i typically switch to dps, but most of i prefer tanking, even when questing so i can take on 6 enemies at once
Thats why ppl concern about bfa have nothing to do. Problem is contend noone do because is terrible.
I know that answer: Ok bois, new expansion, delete everything good from other ones and make whatever the f* for players, they want class design, do not give them that lol
I just got my KT to 110… I struggled really, really hard going through all of that content. I did a velf earlier on, but seriously I’m not going to be able to level any more characters. I’ve been through all of that about 20+ times up through legion. Thankfully the next heritage I want is the gnome, but that is just getting through revered rep…
Having been back around 10 months now, after being away for almost 8 years, I’d have to say the leveling is in a good spot. When I came back it wasn’t bad but then we got a xp nerf and dungeon xp nerf and it sucked to level. They have slowly given back some xp and now it doesn’t feel as bad as it did. I still don’t do dungeons because of that dungeon xp nerf though.
1-60 is actually relaxing for me. Like strolling through an old stretch of woods I haven’t been to in years.
70-90 is fairly easy as well and I love that we can chose to skip entire expansions. I have guys that are doing 60-80 in BC and others doing it in WotLK. Same with pandaria and cata.
90-100 is a joke. Download handy, hmm. Don’t remember the full name, but it shows you where all the treasure is. Once you establish your garrison you basically can just do a few quests, gobble up treasure and then do the pop up quests and get to 100 w/o any effort.
100-110 is likewise as easy. Between the class halls, and overall campaign I can get get to 110 again without any difficulty. I am on my 6th guy going through Legion and I have had very few repeats quest wise.
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