We just entered the second week of pre-Legion events. I have been running through them just to make sure I do not miss anything. Last week’s, the opening of the invasion, was pretty fun. This weeks seems to mostly involve listening to Khadgar talk.
Have shovel, will… listen to some old guy talk and talk…
Okay, it wasn’t all talking. I had to travel to Dalaran’s new location… though it is still in its old location as well, though I am sure somebody will tell me the lore says that there are not two Dalarans… and there was something about retrieving and overdue library book. It was hard to tell, as Khadgar is not voiced, so his monologue is all in the chat window in a yellow/tan colored font that blended right into the background colors, rendering it illegible to me. I could only really follow when people were shouting… and people did shout… though I felt like I missed something in between shouts. However you just have to follow Khadgar around, click on whatever sparkles, kill whoever is red, and you are about set.
I assume next week we will have a new chapter in the pre-Legion events.
My daughter was doing the invasions with a low level character once she discovered that they scaled to your level. She was out there with a level 32 paladin fighting shoulder-to-shoulder with level 100s and everything worked perfectly, plus the exp was huge, allowing her to level up. So Blizzard nerfed that. The cynic in me says that you can’t have people catching up too fast when you want to sell level 100 boosts.
Which brings us to today’s pondering. When the WoW Legion expansion finally arrives at our home, it will include a level 100 boost as part of the package. As I wondered what to do with the Warlords of Draenor level 90 boost, now I wonder what the upcoming level 100 boost.
The choice ought to be easier this time around. I already have five level 100s here at the eve of WoW Legion, compared to just three level 90s before Warlords of Draenor. So I can drop the following from the list:
- Paladin
- Hunter
- Druid
- Deathknight
- Rogue
Add in the fact that I will also get to roll up an effectively level 100 Demon Hunter and that will be six characters ready for Legion covering half of the available classes.
Which leaves the following to choose from for the boost:
- Mage
- Monk
- Priest
- Shaman
- Warlock
- Warrior
At this point, with half the classes at level cap currently, I have to start wondering which class would even add anything to my play experience. I have rolled up all of the classes and, aside from the warlock, played them up to at least level 40.
My gut is to go with the warrior, another plate wearing melee class, which is more my style for solo play. I haven’t really enjoyed the cloth wearing caster classes in WoW over the life of the game. That would leave Monk or Shaman as alternatives, though the Shaman has always been a strange bird as well.
On top of all of that, we just had the WoW 7.0 class revamp patch a few weeks back that made some people unhappy. I am certainly unhappy with my Hunter, and doubly so because I was looking forward to having three viable Hunter specs. Instead I feel like Blizzard just wants people to stop playing Hunters.
I am also a bit cranky still with my Paladin. I have gotten somewhat used to the retribution spec at this point, but it still feels awkward.
On the other hand my Druid(s), at least in feral spec, seems to play just fine. I like being able to cast moonfire… along with a bonus healing touch now and again… when in cat form. Works for me!
So I might have to throw out what I know about some classes and ask which of them actually got better after the 7.0 patch. I have noticed of late that in any group, the top damage output always seems to be some arcane missile throwing Mage. But I have also heard people bitching about the Warlock changes.
And then there is the wildcard in the equation for me.
When it came to the Warlords of Draenor boost, I eventually went with a Deathknight, mostly because he was over level 60 and so also got me trained up on a pair of primary professions with the boost. However, given the state of crafting in Draenor, that was less of a bonus than I thought it might be. I did play him through to level 100 and I did get him a level 3 garrison, but I didn’t do much else with him. He hasn’t built a shipyard or been to Taanan Jungle or anything.
In hindsight, however, I feel as though I made an error. And not just an error in choosing a Deathknight, but an error in choosing which faction. After my third or fourth time through Draenor as an Alliance character, I began to wonder if perhaps I ought to have gone with a Horde character so I could at least play through their version of the story line and maybe play with their (pointy) version of a garrison.
In fact, one reason I did not boost a Horde character is that the ones I have are all still in their 60s and one of the things on my long term “To Do” list is to play the Horde side of the story in… basically all the expansions. And I haven’t done that yet.
So I am thinking that this time around I will boost a Horde character… and get back to the previous expansions at some later date.
Of course, that just throws the gates wide open on class choices. If the difference is going to be storyline, it doesn’t matter so much if I do it with another Druid of Paladin I suppose.
And then there is the question as to what server I should roll up my new character. Again, without a guild or any Horde pals, I am not exactly tied to Eldre’Thalas.
So I have a couple weeks to figure that out. What are you doing with your level 100 boost? And what would you do in my position?
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