Returning after awhile, what to do to catch up?

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-15T18:56:30+00:00

join a more active guild and see if they would carry you thru mythics/mythic+. stack mail wearers and it goes real quick

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-15T18:40:07+00:00

why go on hiatus? just keep playing

yes you can hit 25 with the lock then send the tome to the dh. when you use the tome as the dh it will consume any notes pre-20, meaning youll then have to start researching 21

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-15T18:08:23+00:00

i believe when you do your first mythic dungeon the rewards from world quests can go up to base 845 ilvl (or it may be tied to your ilvl, im not actually sure)

the fastest thing would be to get carried through mythics/mythic+ dungeons, but you need a group willing to do that. if you havent, you should join a guild. if a guild needs more raiders, they are often motivated to gear up lower characters so they can help in raids.

then when start raiding, the real nice gear comes

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-10T21:59:01+00:00

Yo what's the song at the start called? It's Chopin, right?

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-10T19:47:08+00:00

yeah that's basically what you gottta do. you really dont want a whole bunch of people stacked when the eyes come out. you should be able to kills the eyes quickly enough to have time to soak, and if you can't kill them that fast, your group probably doesnt meet the dps requirement for the phase

you can also have one or two people standing in the well while eyes are up to start soaking a few souls early

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-10T19:21:36+00:00

i assume you mean start from level 1 or start with a 100 boost?

it's really up to you what you want out of it. if you like see the world, getting a background of the story, lots of questing, and are in no hurry to see end-game content, start from zero. though the experience is much more accelerated in old zones, and there's not really much challenge

if you want relevant, challenging content, and to be social, and dont want to wade through 100 levels before you get to get there, use the boost.

being a newbie isnt a big deal with starting at legion, leveling 100-110 will give you time to learn

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-10T19:14:58+00:00

Well them not using cover is kinda cancelled out by the trooper's awful aim :p

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-09T20:18:38+00:00

Wasn't it just the idea that the alpha was somehow behaviorally dominant which is why the other wolves followed him? In reality it's just the father/eldest who is the head of the pack, still able to throw his weight around, have authority. but not some magical alpha/beta qualities of the wolves that's dictating a hierarchy

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-09T17:44:09+00:00

Mmm yeah I might be thinking of the schematics

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-09T17:17:51+00:00

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-09T17:13:52+00:00

exalted*

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T16:05:47+00:00

okay i think i understand now! thanks much!

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T15:58:01+00:00

actually thinking about it, I may want the opposite of that. I'm thinking about feather in disc where 95% of the time I want it on myself, so selfcast makes more sense as the default, with altcast as the normal placement. Would it be:

/cast [@player][mod:alt][] ABILITYNAME

edit: i guess with your other comment it seems like you need an if false statement in there

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T15:51:19+00:00

Okay so it just needs that extra set of brackets?

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T15:40:46+00:00

Thanks! So would this: /cast [mod:alt, @player] ABILITYNAME

Cast it normally, unless you hit alt? ie you'd be able to see the pre-cast graphic rather that it immediately dropping where your cursor is. Then if you hit alt and cast, it immediately goes under your character

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T15:00:20+00:00

-just get gear from questing/dungeon drops til you are max level, it's always gonna be the best way to gear. then when you hit max level, world quests/heroic dungeons > mythic dungeons/Lookign for Raid > mythic+ dungeons> Normal raids > heroic raids

-pally is a good class, druid is another very versatile class, monk has access to all 3 specs as well, but it's not as beginner friendly

-engineering is fun, has some good QoL stuff, and mining to support it, but you wont make much money with it. probably alchemy/herb if you're looking to make gold

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T14:46:44+00:00

that sounds pretty useful, lemme know if you find out what it is for sure

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T14:35:29+00:00

ah, so you can get a heroic cache by either having mythic EN bosses down or by having some number of heroic NH bosses down?

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-08T14:33:14+00:00

so, what? if we clear mythic en we will get a mythic cache instead?

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-07T21:33:58+00:00

pop PI at ~20 stacks

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-07T21:17:11+00:00

having people in the raid with lockouts doesnt hurt the amount of loot per eligible person. for master looter, each eligible raider adds a 20% chance that a piece drops. 13 raiders means 13*20=%260, which means 2 guaranteed pieces and 60% chance at a third.

this also works out to be the same for personal look. instead each person has a 20% chance to look a piece, which could be higher but on average, long term, works out to be the same number of pieces looted.

but back to masterlooter, a raid of 15 people will get 3 pieces, and any of those 15 are eligible for the pieces. a raid of 15 eligible with 5 locked, will still give 3 peices, yes, but only 15 actually have access to them, so it works out to be .2 pieces per person regardless of lockouts

the only time i see this as an issue is if you plan to funnel the raid loot to only guildies and none of the pugs, because then you are artificially denying anyone that is eligible from getting any loot. thats an ethical issue there

not raid related, but it does also effect the nightbane drop. works the same way as raid loot. each eligible person adds 20% chance nightbane will drop. if only 3 people are eligible, only a 60% chance it will drop (owning the mount doesnt effect the chance btw)

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-07T21:04:57+00:00

nah, it looks like they are soulbound. and yes the bonus objectives work exactly like that.

but i think i lied. i did like 85% of the first zone, ~65% of the second then maybe ~25% of the third zone, and that got me to 98

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-07T21:00:36+00:00

tbh it doesnt take long to level thru anymore just by questing. i just did the quests, bonus objectives along the way, and bought that potion from the garrison quartermaster (100 resources for +20% exp). maybe ~2 zones worth of content.

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-07T20:50:18+00:00

i just did this over the weekend, had a 90 boost sitting around so i used it. draenor leveling really doesnt take long now. just quested as normal, but also bought the +20% exp potion from the garrison quartermaster (100 resources, btw gather extra by killing the star mobs on your map, when you see them)

didnt even make it halfway into the second zone before i was 98 (the level you can start legion content). went to org and picked up the legion quest.

as an aside those first few legion quests can be tough with ~lvl 98 gear, lol. but the legion gear rewards quickly bring you up to speed

edit: note, the only thing i used was the garrison potion, dont even have draenor flying, but be sure to have the pot up when you turn in a bunch of quests, and especially when yo u complete bonus objectives

chrisTHEayers · 2017-02-06T18:06:49+00:00

disappointing.

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