Worst leveling experience despite least technical issues?

[Bethanie]

Hmm, worst leveling experience? It is actually challenging, compared to WoD.

And even so, if you have rushed, that means you have cut yourself off from a lot of the leveling experience.

Must admit I am loving the RP and story much more than WoD, but I fail to see how anyone could consider the leveling content challenging. For the most part it's a case of gather up as many mobs as you need for the quest or bonus objective, aoe them down with ease then hand in for easy xp. Sure you may need to heal up or eat afterwards, but I've yet to go below 60% hp on any fight. For reference this is on my ret pally alt, that went into Legion with mediocre gear around item level 716.

[DeadmanWalking]

I Spent 5.5 hours clearing Azsuna, and I mean clearing it of quests/rares/chests with the exception of 3 chests which I couldn't find. 6 hours and I gained 3 levels. 5.5 hours worth of leveling content in one zone seems good to me, and the questing was over all quite good. The best quest chain there involves the Blue dragon flight. The Maka'raina and Queen Krakalaka was funny. And I enjoyed entering a long cave with a chest in the back and a maze of 30 sleeping bears which if you step on them the entire cave of bears wake up to shred you :P

[Huntermyth]

i liked the expansion's intro, theme and first leveling zone ( started at high mountain ) and playing at my own pace because of my job and family.

personally this is my favorite expansion so far and hope it stays that way.

[Dsc]

I'm probably the bitchiest person on the board. I've been playing 8 years.

This is so far... (I haven't touched raids, "mythic"or peak profession level yet...)

This is the best they have done to date. From what I've seen.

Good job Acti-Blizz? Yes Thank You guys for not fucking this one up. Bravo.

[Deathquoi]

I've started my journey in Highmountain and so far it's been okay, apart from some quests in a damn cave packed full of mobs, which is turning out to be a right pain in the arse. Fuck questing in caves.

I know exactly what cave you're talking about and when I was on Beta and a world quest came up to go back into that cave I skipped right the hell past it.

[kamuimac]

Let me preface this by saying i wasn't one of the lucky guys to get into the beta, so i went in not knowing much about Legion questing. I have heard that Highmountain and Stormheim were bad, so i started in that order just to have the more enjoying questing experience when the game gets harder (106+). Thing is, with all the running around, unnecessary long RP and escort quests, quests that were cool, like the "teach the gnome to hunt" one, but just got too grindy for no good reason...i found myself getting to 110 and just wanting to log out for the first time after an expansion launch. That's how uninspired and all over the place the quests felt to me. Sure, when i got to Suramar, the questing got more familiar, but it was already late...i just can't imagine myself leveling a bunch of alts through these zones...

P.S. What happened to the xp from beta to the live version? Everyone was saying that 2 and a half zones of questing were gonna be enough to get to 110, but it was nowhere near that. If you don't do the dungeon quests you literally just have enough quests to get to 110...

Wasn't the whole point of scaling that you were not gonna be forced to do every quest in every zone, and maybe skip one that you don't like? O_O

Later edit: to explain it further, there are quests that require you to kill stuff while in a vehicle, and those give no xp. Why would such a quest need me to shoot down 40 bats, when 10 or 12 would've accomplished the same thing?
Again, compared to WoD when almost all quest hubs were marked on your map, this time there are plenty of quests that are easily missed, and that actually award reputation or are part of a larger chain that results in a lot of xp. Wouldn't it be natural to follow the same model, even if some say that it's too noob-friendly.

cant wait till you will learn how much AP grind is awaiting you -_-

+ te lack of flying is so painfully obvious during leveling that it hurt -_-

definetly one of worst leveling experiences comparable to this of vanilla which sucked a lot.

[DeadmanWalking]

Must admit I am loving the RP and story much more than WoD, but I fail to see how anyone could consider the leveling content challenging. For the most part it's a case of gather up as many mobs as you need for the quest or bonus objective, aoe them down with ease then hand in for easy xp. Sure you may need to heal up or eat afterwards, but I've yet to go below 60% hp on any fight. For reference this is on my ret pally alt, that went into Legion with mediocre gear around item level 716.

I will say that in WoD in mop heroic raiding gear I could one shot everything as a destro warlock, I could walk through an entire chain just insta-casting incinerate. -Maybe- I would need to cast 2 spells, but rarely. In Legion it takes 2 incinerates, chaos bolt, dot, 3 filler and an incinerate followed by chaos bolt to bring down most enemies in heroic gear.

Now if you are not suitably geared up I could easily see it being challenging. It certainly isn't 1 shot city anymore.

[Deleted]

Let me preface this by saying i wasn't one of the lucky guys to get into the beta, so i went in not knowing much about Legion questing. I have heard that Highmountain and Stormheim were bad, so i started in that order just to have the more enjoying questing experience when the game gets harder (106+). Thing is, with all the running around, unnecessary long RP and escort quests, quests that were cool, like the "teach the gnome to hunt" one, but just got too grindy for no good reason...i found myself getting to 110 and just wanting to log out for the first time after an expansion launch. That's how uninspired and all over the place the quests felt to me. Sure, when i got to Suramar, the questing got more familiar, but it was already late...i just can't imagine myself leveling a bunch of alts through these zones...

P.S. What happened to the xp from beta to the live version? Everyone was saying that 2 and a half zones of questing were gonna be enough to get to 110, but it was nowhere near that. If you don't do the dungeon quests you literally just have enough quests to get to 110...

Wasn't the whole point of scaling that you were not gonna be forced to do every quest in every zone, and maybe skip one that you don't like? O_O

Later edit: to explain it further, there are quests that require you to kill stuff while in a vehicle, and those give no xp. Why would such a quest need me to shoot down 40 bats, when 10 or 12 would've accomplished the same thing?
Again, compared to WoD when almost all quest hubs were marked on your map, this time there are plenty of quests that are easily missed, and that actually award reputation or are part of a larger chain that results in a lot of xp. Wouldn't it be natural to follow the same model, even if some say that it's too noob-friendly.

Because you're supposed to explore the fucking world.
You would complain if everyhting is handed to you.
Now, you complain because you have to make a bit of effort to find things.

At the same fucking time, you're saying the game is too grindy? WHAT? Getting to 110 is absurdly quick. You can't be fucking serious. You just can't be.

Fuck me, I hate this community. There ain't a thing you wouldn't fucking complain about.

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cant wait till you will learn how much AP grind is awaiting you -_-

+ te lack of flying is so painfully obvious during leveling that it hurt -_-

definetly one of worst leveling experiences comparable to this of vanilla which sucked a lot.

Welcome to the nature of all fucking MMO's. There ain't a single bloody one out there that doesn't have you grind for something and if you can't take that you should stop playing MMO's. On top of this, WoW is by far the most lenient and least grindy one of them all.

[kamuimac]

Welcome to the nature of all fucking MMO's. There ain't a single bloody one out there that doesn't have you grind for something and if you can't take that you should stop playing MMO's. On top of this, WoW is by far the most lenient and least grindy one of them all.

and all of them have the same thing in common - they are dead and f2p - wow was thriving exackly because how different it was compared to other mmorpgs - with this iteration they are destined to follow the route of every other of this dying genre.

we have already experience how it ended in mop when their drastically cut exp needed few weeks after launch due to outcry - it will be huge disaster in few weeks when people reliase how garbage leveling alts will be - unless that is exackly their plan from start - long initial leveling and then quick fix for alts.

[Lochton]

Must admit I am loving the RP and story much more than WoD, but I fail to see how anyone could consider the leveling content challenging. For the most part it's a case of gather up as many mobs as you need for the quest or bonus objective, aoe them down with ease then hand in for easy xp. Sure you may need to heal up or eat afterwards, but I've yet to go below 60% hp on any fight. For reference this is on my ret pally alt, that went into Legion with mediocre gear around item level 716.

I can give you a good example, some of the WoD mobs could be 3 shot, some even 2 shot. That is easy mode. With challenging I mean, you actually have to do something for your leveling. It isn't all about the end game.

[Cerus]

Thanks for that info I think i will put em in the rotation need some extra xp.

Your mileage may vary though. Buddy of mine just got a 750 leather leg off a rare that I just got AP on. Was a 106 leg and he was 105. Doesn't appear to scale to level.

[TwoNineMarine]

I've been taking my sweet ass time this expansion and frankly it's paying off. I want to experience everything and really dive into the content and the story and the variety of quests. So far it's been a blast and I can't wait to get the rest of my characters through each zone.

I have a hard time believing people don't actually like this content. It's been amazing so far.

Unless you really are just done with this game and don't realize it yet I have to assume you are trolling.

Best expansion in a long time.

[Sapphire35]

I started in Stormheim and am going through Aszuna right now with wifeys. I'm loving the questing experience better than any other expansion. I actually feel the need to take my time, read quest text, grab those treasures and see what the story is. There's a lot of voice work too than there ever has been.

Stormheim is bad? Strongly disagree. Was fun as hell.

That being said, I heard my guildies bitch about Highmountain for 3-4 hours in teamspeak. I'm gonna try that one next to see if it really is that bad lol.

So far though, I think I'm gonna have a fun time in Legion.

[kamuimac]

It isn't all about the end game.

you do realise that a lot of people care only about endgame - for them lon grindy leveling is nightmare as they couldnt give less f... about story

[Lodreh]

Only complaints I have with leveling so far:

1) Bonus Objectives - Feel like unrewarding fill bar quest. These sucked the life out of Apexis and should have died in Draenor.
2) Treasures - No excitement though somewhat lucrative. I liked the little exp bump treasures gave in Draenor... more so than the 50g grey items.

[Deleted]

Your mileage may vary though. Buddy of mine just got a 750 leather leg off a rare that I just got AP on. Was a 106 leg and he was 105. Doesn't appear to scale to level.

Certain rares have only 1 armor piece. So if it's cloth and your buddy is a priest, then it will drop the cloth piece for him and AP for you if you're wielding plate for an example.

[Shinerva]

"There is nothing to do in this game"

"You have to grind to much to earn anything"

"The questing areas take TOO LONG (24 hours)"

There is nothing wrong with the game, its the people who play it.

Some people are stupid af.


Also:
Level 104 Druid - 1 Area complete(high mountain), 4 artifact weapons collected.
Has a job, but enjoying the time i do get to play this game.

[I Push Buttons]

Let me preface this by saying i wasn't one of the lucky guys to get into the beta, so i went in not knowing much about Legion questing. I have heard that Highmountain and Stormheim were bad, so i started in that order just to have the more enjoying questing experience when the game gets harder (106+). Thing is, with all the running around, unnecessary long RP and escort quests, quests that were cool, like the "teach the gnome to hunt" one, but just got too grindy for no good reason...i found myself getting to 110 and just wanting to log out for the first time after an expansion launch. That's how uninspired and all over the place the quests felt to me. Sure, when i got to Suramar, the questing got more familiar, but it was already late...i just can't imagine myself leveling a bunch of alts through these zones...

P.S. What happened to the xp from beta to the live version? Everyone was saying that 2 and a half zones of questing were gonna be enough to get to 110, but it was nowhere near that. If you don't do the dungeon quests you literally just have enough quests to get to 110...

Wasn't the whole point of scaling that you were not gonna be forced to do every quest in every zone, and maybe skip one that you don't like? O_O

Later edit: to explain it further, there are quests that require you to kill stuff while in a vehicle, and those give no xp. Why would such a quest need me to shoot down 40 bats, when 10 or 12 would've accomplished the same thing?
Again, compared to WoD when almost all quest hubs were marked on your map, this time there are plenty of quests that are easily missed, and that actually award reputation or are part of a larger chain that results in a lot of xp. Wouldn't it be natural to follow the same model, even if some say that it's too noob-friendly.

I did every quest in every zone and got to 110 before ever even going to the fourth zone. No dungeons and no dungeon quests. Also skipped one of my professions.

[Inari]

I also was like wtf at first, then it took me a bit to realize (I think my conclusion is what was meant to be told...), Xavius corrupted the Tears of Elune crystal thingie and threw it right at Ysera thus corrupting her... When she dies, the tears are cleansed and turn blue again, where we pick them up and put them in Dalaran.

Ah yes this makes sense, they do look similar as well. I think they could have done a better job explaining it. But really that's my only gripe, I love the whole zone and my leveling experience so far.

[sosleapy]

Only complaints I have with leveling so far:

1) Bonus Objectives - Feel like unrewarding fill bar quest. These sucked the life out of Apexis and should have died in Draenor.
2) Treasures - No excitement though somewhat lucrative. I liked the little exp bump treasures gave in Draenor... more so than the 50g grey items.

IDK about you but as far as the treasures. the artifact power is awesome from them, and also i have been getting a few 100g+ grey items from them. maybe i am lucky idk but my stepson who is leveling with me got the same kinda gold items too.

The questing is sems fun for me this time around. I am taking alittle time and i hate questing. 1.5 levels in 1.5 hrs and i was grabbing treasures and herbs and ore. there is no hurry up an rush for me. and grabbing them now just means when you get to 110 you dont have to go back and do them