Way to complete the storyline quests?

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So, I made a new character on the hopes of leveling them from the beginning. I'm not interested in rushing as fast as I can this time but would like to see the main storylines.

However, there doesn't seem to be a good way to do that?

I would like to complete the "main" quests in each zone and expansion that will progress the story.

I'm not interested in doing the traditional, go gather me 8 of these, type quests.

Suggestions?

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What exactly seems to be the problem?

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What exactly seems to be the problem?

How do you find the appropriate quests to complete that are only related to the story/lore and not just random gathering quests etc

How do you see all the cinematics and complete all the long epic questlines etc, without just completing 100% of everything

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Game is too big and way too many stories depending on race/faction you can see quite a few different plots unfold plus the long epic questlines can be hidden behind a line of really mundane quests first.

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Game is too big and way too many stories depending on race/faction you can see quite a few different plots unfold plus the long epic questlines can be hidden behind a line of really mundane quests first.

Yes sadly I think this is part of the reason they created the character boost idea, skip ahead 10 years..sad really.

I haven't gone through BC since it first came out but I missed so much of it because I just plowed through the dungeons

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I'm asking essentially what is summed up quite nicely in this article

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/26/know-your-lore-the-problem-with-story-progression-in-wow/

"I've been working on an alt these past few weeks, leveling through content at my leisure and re-visiting storylines I haven't seen since the early days of Cataclysm. I started out in Azuremyst Isle, hopping over to Darkshore once I reached the appropriate level -- basically, once I'd gotten out of Ammen Vale -- and completed the entirety of Darkshore not because the XP was good, but because I wanted to see the entire thing again.

From there, I hopped to the Eastern Kingdoms, where I did part of Duskwood, most of Northern Stranglethorn Vale, and then up to the Plaguelands -- Western, then Eastern -- before hopping down to the Badlands. After the Badlands, I did a small portion of Searing Gorge, then hopped down to the Swamp of Sorrows and the Blasted Lands, where I hit level 60 and promptly went through the Dark Portal to Outland. Which is when I realized something -- if I were a new player, someone who had never picked up World of Warcraft, I would have absolutely no idea what the heck was going on. At all.

There's something really wrong with that."

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You simply can't complete every mainquest line while leveling, you will inevitably outlevel some zones so the best thing you can do is go through everything at max lvl.

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I don't think I've ever put any attention into the BC story. It's similar to Vanilla in respect it feels like a muddle of quests mildly relating to lore reasons. I'm sure if you dig there is story somewhere.

I'll list a few of my favorites:

I thoroughly enjoyed leveling an undead the story there is pretty good.

The Cata twilight highlands deathwing vs red dragon stuff is really cool, remember getting a shiver down my back completing that.

Obviously Wotlk Wrathgate quests and Icecrown.

Jade serpent statue in Pandaland is quite a cool little cutscene.

Redridge rambo questline is amusing and well worth doing if you haven't.

if I were a new player, someone who had never picked up World of Warcraft, I would have absolutely no idea what the heck was going on. At all.

There's something really wrong with that."

Agreed, It would make sense if they remove TBC/Wotlk from the flow. Level 1-80 in Azeroth > Cata zones > Panda > WoD.

They should also offer some kind of way to see the major raids from each.

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Can you still turn off experience (a la twinks)? That might be a way to get around the "problem" of outleveling zones before finishing the storylines.