Probably a somewhat obvious choice, but Kyrian is the only covenant I haven’t experienced with any of my toons, it is already arguably the best covenant for Ret, and from everything I’m reading it’s only going to get better. Only thing holding me back is the dread at having to go from Renown 1-40 again, and having to do all those Torghast quests again (I think I would still need to, anyway).
I’m not doing any high-end activities as this is my alt, so I guess I could stay as is, but thinking of changing things up to enhance the Ret experience. Anyone have any thoughts on playing a Ret pally as Kyrian?
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Do you wanna wait 4 minutes for a dmg cool down or do you want a burst of dps every minute that also gives you a ton of mastery?
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Wow, I’m jealous. If I have to make another char kyrian or night fae I’m going to kms. I don’t mind kyrian on my pally, but I’m pretty desperate to not have another kyrian or nf swap due to buffs (very nervous about my outlaw rogue maybe going kyrian, pls no).
Venthyr will have its roll, probably in situations which demand AoE damage as the Venthyr legendary can potentially offer substantial damage on a near 2 minute CD if performed properly. That said, Kyrian will only continue to become more consistent going forward as powers and talents will provide shorter cooldowns and potentially stronger burst.
You won’t be blacklisted as a Vemthyr Ret, however if you do choose to swap you shouldn’t be too remise.
P.s. with the level cap rising to 80 getting back to 40 won’t be too hard.
Thanks for the comments! Went ahead and swapped to Kyrian and really liking it so far - it just feels great to be able to use my covenant ability on a frequent basis, plus it opens the door to me using Seraphim/Execution Sentence/Final Reckoning now, which so far as been a lot of fun. Also love the setup of the Kyrian home base - easily the most accessible covenant base.
It’s only going to get better with flying. I absolutely hate the other covenant holds for dismounting me.
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Ironically, i was thinking going Venthyr. But the thought of losing my mission table characters is the main thing stopping me.
Since this post is a few days old, you probably know you didn’t have to repeat the Torghast quests. Just a few quests in the Maw for the campaign
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I want to swap to Kyrian from Venthyr but the only thing holding me back is having all my adventurers at level 50 already. I will lose most of them switching covenants. Does Blizzard plan to implement some kind of adventurer leveling mechanism?
I wouldn’t count on it. If they do implement something like that it will be on the tail end of the xpac in the last updates they roll out. Think legion when they allowed you to purchase xp and armor for your followers through an npc for war supplies or whatever it was.
If you want to make the jump now and enjoy what is left of the content as Kyrian, just jump now and bite the bullet on adventurers.
Im gonna be honest i dont even use the adventurer table except for the random anima quests that pop out. Why are you so attached to it?
Mostly because of the time invested. I have tons of anima and I know that we’ll be getting more anima with this patch, but still. I’d rather just boost another paladin tbh. I have the gold to afford it. And the time to gold ratio might be more favorable to just boost another paladin rather than give up all that time I spent leveling and grinding those adventurers. lol
Gold ain’t a huge concern for me.
Divine Toll hits like a semi compared to Ashen Hallow and you can do it more frequently.
Line up your CDs right and you can absolutely crush people, so it’s definitely worth it.
Kyrian is leagues above Venthyr. Your burst is on shorter CD and more versatile. Even the baby burst without wings still hits heavy every 1 min.
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