Is it too late to reroll?

[Rockerjompa]

Hello!

So before the expansion launched I decieded I wanted to play a warlock after playing both hunter and shadow priest for the most parts of WoD. But now after playing warlock and cleared 7/7HC and 1/7 mythic Emerald Nightmare I find both destro and demo very boring to play. There isn't really anything exciting going on with these two speccs and I'm considering rolling back to either my spriest or my hunter, but how long would it take me to catch up to my warlock so I can start raiding on my new character? Is it better to just stay warlock or is there a fast way to catch up when I havn't even dinged level 110 on any other character. Will I be miles behind everyone else in the raid? Remember that my goals are to raid with my currently guild and try to clear 7/7 Mythic Emerald Nightmare while it's current content.

[Xargoth6634]

If you have people to chain run dungeons with the same type of gear to run with, you could gear up to 830+ really quickly, and from there just spam mythic/mythic +. If you don't have that kind of support system you won't gear up as quickly, but you could still be relatively "current" with gear within a week or so, I'd think. (Not sure what ilevel your guild would require for you to raid with them) With the time and effort (if you're willing to dedicate it) it's pretty easy to brute force your way to 830+ and set you up for mythics/etc, plus you could find alt raid runs and do LFR too.

[Alvito]

Its a month in. If it is too late to reroll now, we should all just give up the game.

[Skylarking]

It might be too late if the toon you planned to reroll on is not at 110 and has artifact knowledge researching the whole time.

[goblingirl]

Legion has only been live for 1 month. So if you spend the same amount of time playing next month as you did this last month, then you will reach the comparable spot in 4 weeks, in terms of the amount of artifact power, order hall and artifact research completed, etc.

You might miss a week or two of EN raids while you level up and grind yourself into the 840s... but who cares really? It's two weeks. You might lag in research a bit compared to your guildmates - but again, who cares. If having one guy with marginally less AP is going to keep your guild from clearing Emerald Nightmare, you have bigger problems to solve than rerolling.

[Deleted]

It might be too late if the toon you planned to reroll on is not at 110 and has artifact knowledge researching the whole time.

Not really, artifact knowledge research times are quite a lot faster on low levels.

So yea, while its obviously a bit annoying and time consuming to do shit like suramar and the class campaign again, its very doable if you have the time.

[LongTimeCreeper]

I got Legion 1.5 weeks ago. I leveled to 110 and am now ilvl 849 with 3 relic slots. And no, I don't play 24/7.

So no, it is not too late.

[Skylarking]

Not really, artifact knowledge research times are quite a lot faster on low levels.

So yea, while its obviously a bit annoying and time consuming to do shit like suramar and the class campaign again, its very doable if you have the time.

Uhhh you cant start artifact knowledge research before 110.

[blackblade]

Legion has only been live for 1 month. So if you spend the same amount of time playing next month as you did this last month, then you will reach the comparable spot in 4 weeks, in terms of the amount of artifact power, order hall and artifact research completed, etc.

You might miss a week or two of EN raids while you level up and grind yourself into the 840s... but who cares really? It's two weeks. You might lag in research a bit compared to your guildmates - but again, who cares. If having one guy with marginally less AP is going to keep your guild from clearing Emerald Nightmare, you have bigger problems to solve than rerolling.

Because time needed per AK is less if you're not on the cutting edge. If you have dosh, you should be able to snipe some cheap obliterum, and use crafted gear to fill in whatever heroics don't give you. If you're guild is on board with you chaning, you should be able to borrow guildies to spam mythics as a fresh 110 (you can bypass ilvl requirements as a premade) and get loot-dragged. If you were particularly driven, you could stack the deck by getting as much agi/mail classes in said group and handing off rewards from personal that aren't an upgrade for their owner.

You'll still be behind in AP but as artifact power ramps up being a few-tens-of-thousand points behind when your levels are hundreds of thousand points if not millions depending on how far down the road we're talking. it's not an insurmountable difference, either way.

[Apolaan]

What????????????????????????

Hes referencing the fact if you are level 0 artifact and the fact everyone is at 5~ you get a day or 2 off your first.

[Hey There Guys its Metro]

Yes, unfortunately. As raids are out, it is too late to reroll. You should have spent time learning the class changes on the PTR and beta in the 9 months you had nothing else to do.

[Fiftyonred]

Yes, unfortunately. As raids are out, it is too late to reroll. You should have spent time learning the class changes on the PTR and beta in the 9 months you had nothing else to do.

Don't listen to this guy. Like ever. Like never ever.

[Thelxi]

If you can level up this lockout and get on all the timesink treadmills this lockout you should be fine. You are really not that behind yet, regardless of what many people think. A month from now when everybody is in much better gear it'll be harder to reroll.

[Kapaya]

I got Legion 1.5 weeks ago. I leveled to 110 and am now ilvl 849 with 3 relic slots. And no, I don't play 24/7.

So no, it is not too late.

Yes, yes it is. How many bosses have you killed on any difficulty? The guy is already progressing in Mythic on a character he's spent a month gearing, no alt of his is gonna compare.

OT: I'd get an alt up to 110 asap, start research asap and reroll when the tier is over. You'd just be gimping yourself and your guild by rerolling, especially after they helped gear your Warlock which is gonna turn into wasted gear. If your guild is alright with you playing a suboptimal character, by all means, go for it.

[Tripwire]

Of course it's not too late. You'll be a bit behind, but you'll catch up if you have the time. Better to be behind than playing a class you don't like or not playing at all.

[Kuthe]

If you're attempting to raid with your guild, it may take a week to gear up enough via mythics and WQs, and you'll be behind in AK/AP, but honestly you'll be fine. You'll always be behind until they activate that AK boost to get everyone up to the same point, but it's not significant enough to ever complain about, especially if you know how to play the class you want to roll to.

Even if you're not 100% sure, I'd suggest leveling any potential alts to 110 and start AK, even if you don't want to play them at the moment. (If you decide to roll something other than Warlock, just make sure you keep Warlock AK going, just in case).

[Grimbolt]

Its never too late to reroll anything. Its a matter of what you want to do with that character.

If you are gunning for top 700 mythic clearing it might be a bad idea. If not, go right ahead sir.

[Ealyssa]

One month into the expansion which will last for ~2 years...

Of course you can reroll know. You wont even know you were behind at christmas. If you put some effort the rush your ilvl, everything will be fine. Even AP.

[Yizu]

Uhhh you cant start artifact knowledge research before 110.

Catch up mechanic will try and lessen the days your artifact knowledge as close as 1-3 day difference to the person who played legion from the start.

Say if you level an alt now a research will only take 1-2 days and goes back to 5 days when you already catched up

and a week or 2 from now our gains will be 600% vs 200% now, its ramping up really fast, a fresh 110 will easily catch up on traits with 600% gain lol

[Valech]

Your questions are easily answered and I wonder why this required a thread.

Will you be miles behind others? Yes.
How long does it take to catch up to the current state of your warlock? Roughly three and a half weeks, not considering lucky drops.
Is it too late to reroll? You can do what you want. It´s a game.
Are there currently any catchup mechanics? Nope.
Will you be able to raid with your guild, especially in mythic content? That obviously depends on your guild. DDs are easily replaced and unless you are a strong and reliant long term member of your raid, you´d be a hindrance for their progression.

In short it narrows down to: Is your guild willing to carry your fickle ass thru progression?