Good day! These capital cities really have layers! As a new player, I’m finding it very complicated to keep these cities in their “normal” state. I’m unsure exactly what this means or if any "normal’ states actually exist for either of these cities. Anyhow, I’m finding that with many expansion introductions, that all appear to pop up for new characters at 10th level, phasing will occur that shifts the cities out of their normalcy. Various NPCs, objects, and other details are likely to be missing depending which version of the cities my character is seeing. The questions that I’m having here are only relating to expansion introductions that pop up at 10th level for new characters. Phasing is likely far too complex and complicated to dive any deeper than this here.
As far as the multitude of expansion introductions that do pop up and become available at 10th level, can anyone, possibly, point me to a decent guide that might be available to will outline exactly how far new characters have to progress each expansion campaign to see these capital cities being in their “normal” state? Most specifically, I’m hoping to discover any details to where Stormwind and Orgrimmar aren’t going to have critical NPCs missing that offer various in game features and services (bankers, auctioneers, profession trainers, experience eliminators, etc.).
I’ve attempted to start zero of the expansion campaigns, but some pop open very repeatedly and are known to place items within my inventory. Starting any new characters out in Exile’s Reach also seems to trigger phasing changes to occur here beyond the basic tutorials (completing, either, the Alliance or Horde tutorials, getting the mounts, and getting the Hearthstone to finish them).
I had thought that I was well along my way here, but something is still amiss for multiple characters that I have. I’m likely quite mistaken here, but I’m thinking that my main hang ups here are for the BFA and Shadowlands campaigns. I mentioned that progressing the BFA campaign as far as unlocking teleportation hasn’t worked for characters that start out in Exile’s Reach. I’ve been able to see the cities in their normal state with characters that start out in other areas, but I haven’t seen how it’s possible to revert either city to normal here. The Shadowlands campaign, too, is looking to be far more drawn out than a standard introduction here. How far am I going to have progress this campaign?
Note: I’m wanting to do all of these things much longer term for each of my characters, but I had rather haphazardly accepted multiple quest pop ups that became available at 10th level. Before I get too far invested into even more characters that will lose access to a variety of services and features, I’m hoping to find out exactly what I’ll need to do (or avoid doing) to see each of the capital cities in their normal state of affairs. Any feedback, suggestions, or pointers to any guides that I’ve likely overlooked would be greatly appreciated here.
