I’ve started at Stormheim, and ended at Azsuna. At the end, it got me 50% to Level 110. What did was ironically a modified mechanic of WoD I disliked greatly; the follower system. It was my two champions (and the completion of side and profession quests) that got me there.
Started playing on the 4th. It’s now the 10th. Roughly a week. Feels like it took four days, but no.
So, this thing about Honor Points being useful for the artifact you’re holding as a weapon? This is unlocked at Level 110. It takes two RL days to complete research on your weapon to do this. Thankfully I don’t have to sit for two days.
And you also have to get Friendly status with all factions in able to unlock World Quests – including zones you haven’t been to yet – on your road to Level 110.
This also unlocks a really neat thing, of summoning a special flying mount that will take you to a nearby FP.
So the questing was pretty good for a game that’s 12 years old. My only complaint is they were pushing the dungeons a bit too much. I would base this on the ending of the Spires of Arak.. actually no, that was worse. But the ending of the main questline is so unbelievably predictable.
Every zone is based on “recover X, it’s a powerful item in the fight against the Legion”. Yet at the end, it’s;
You: There it is!
Boss: NO! IT’S MINE!! *stops the player from reaching it*
*Boss jumps into a portal or runs away*
NPC nearby: [Player], you have to get a group and do this dungeon to get X!”
Every. fucking. TIME it was the same thing! Sure, they may change it around, but it all ends up like that. The thing you need to get, snatched by the final boss of a dungeon, and you’re told to go do it with a PuG! WTF!!
I liked it when dungeons were optional. I understand that they’re trying to push the dungeon into the story. But to do this for every fucking zone?! Come on, Blizzard!
What pisses me off the most is how they hype this item of power to the point you feel “YES! I have to go get a random group of people I’ve never met in my life and pray they know the fights (and don’t make fun of my DPS)!”
I even feared that Blizzard was going to force me to do these dungeons, to really go anywhere in the game. So far, that doesn’t seem the case (as I can get access to World Quests without ever having to step into an instance portal).
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Moving on from that, there’s also something that’s been puzzling me. The lightning wolf I got at Level 100 to get Titanstrike? I’ve seen quite a few Level 110 BM Hunters with .. matching pets. I checked my weapon and I don’t see anything about “Hati clones your current pet” (or anything of the sort). Maybe it’s an artifact relic you can only get from Suramar(the Level 110 only zone). Would make sense.
That or maybe it’s a relic you can only get from completing some dungeon. It’s got to be something that’s challenging to get. 😛
With that said, there’s also another thing that puzzles me, but a bit more. I feel Blizzard left a loophole the size of the Maelstrom. I found the “dying breed of blue dragons” that I read about earlier in the year. They’re in Azsuna. The name should had given a clue, as Azure is another word for “Blue”.
I was told by the dying Senegos, that since the fall of Deathwing, all dragons have nearly lost all their power. They also can’t have whelps. That sounds really bad.
But here’s the headscratcher. Deathwing has been dead since… how long? 4 years now? And these whelps are still..whelps. Plus, there are a LOT of whelps (from what I saw).
I can see how Blizzard’s saying they’re ‘dying’…but from what I see, they aren’t going to die out for a LONG time. Especially the fact dragons are immortal (unless killed by an outside source).
The fact these dragons can’t have new whelps, yeah.. they will eventually die out. But again, I don’t see that happening anytime soon.
Plus, none of them mentioned anything about Malygos, only Deathwing. Senegos is probably the last blue dragon since Malygos’ death (as he’s the oldest). Yet again, no mention of him. I found that really odd. Maybe they’re too ashamed to mention his name?
Also, if (from what Stellagosa, one of Senegos’ children says) ‘all’ dragons have been “greatly weakened” since the fall of Deathwing, then how come the storm drakes are very much alive and thriving by the number of eggs I saw?
How come my own ‘dragon form’ is still alive? Sure, I can’t fly right now. Still got to figure out how to start and complete the Pathfinder quests (and then wait for this ‘mid-expansion patch’ to arrive), but that’s beside the point. There are still dragons out there who are still alive (and able to fly). That makes her statement, very wrong.
One last thing before I close this out. I’ve learned that Sylvanas..somehow became the Warchief of the Horde. …Could had sworn Vul’gin became Warchief at the end of MoP. Maybe he gave it away to Sylvanas…or was murdered for it. Eitherway, she’s the Warchief now. Yet what puzzles me is, if she’s the Warchief, why is she and her Undead followers the only ones at the Broken Isles? Where’s the Orcs? Where’s the Tauren? Where’s the Blood Elves? … Did they all get murdered? Or did Sylvanas just leave without telling everyone else?
Dunno. Guess the only way to know is to play the expansion on the Horde side, with my Tauren Hunter.
So, that’s all there is to say. Now that I’m Level 110, I’ll start doing the endgame content and get World Quests enabled.
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P.S. One other last last thing… BlizzCon 2016 is coming. It’s coming on November 4th and 5th, which is unfortunately in the way of doing the GNE. Though I have the US Meetup if that’s the case.
Depending on how I enjoy Legion’s endgame content (from now to the end of October), I might consider attending via the Virtual Ticket.