I'm digging the expansion, but the system is so alt/reroll unfriendly it turns me off

[xpose]

feels like the different "specs" are the new "alts" since I now have to split AP. Makes me just want to level up 4 druids so I don't have to share AP

[Igi]

What you're saying is that alts are finally alts, not second mains.

[Youn]

It is unfriendly for you to have an extreme number of alts. But having 2-3 is perfectly fine. For example:

My main is a Markman Hunter (855 ilvl, 21 traits almost at 22 traits, with 5 levels of artifact knowledge).
My secondary Alt is a Brewmaster Monk (837 ilvl, 18 traits, 4 levels of artifact knowledge (Note: this character didn't level til end of week 2))

I log on my Hunter and do my emissary quests first. Then I look for any world quests that seem to stand out as useful. I jump over to my class hall and set my champions off for the next 8+ hours. This is about 1 hour of play.

I then log over to my Brewmaster and do his emissary quest and champions. At this point, I spend quite a bit more time running about on my brewmaster because there are very few world items my Marksman can use and the fact my Brewmaster is also my herbalist/alchemist. After all the alts real job is to farm me consumables for raid time.

So, I can easily maintain the secondary character because, I have to have a working farming character to maintain my raid readiness. At some point, my brewmaster will be geared enough to be raid available without me really trying.

[Deleted]

Here they come...the first signs of "WoD wasn't so bad after all"

This was the case with literally any other expansion, I just used WoD as an example.
Btw, in terms of raiding I thought that WoD was one of the best expansions so far.

"Alt unfriendlyness" after 5 weeks....okay

You do realize that a raid is already open right?

And comparing AP to the ring is pointless.
If you raided at a half decent level, your guild did an alt raid anyways, so you got the same amount of progress (ie, you could get the ring by playing 3h a week.)
With the artifact system, playtime = AP. This makes it so that you have no chance of catching up if you spent the majority of pre raid time on another class.

[FluFF]

My issue with it is that researching 2 AP knowledge orders still takes just over 7 days just like a month ago, to be somewhat ''comfy'' and catch up to the rest you want to hit at least AK lvl 6 which still takes over 3 weeks.

I hoped by now they would have slashed the time it takes to research 1 AK order with 24 hours or so but I guess we need to wait on 7.1 for their amazing catch up system to take effect for the 1st time this expansion.

[Youn]

I am confused why you don't think it's in place?

My Main gets a AK every 5 days.
My secondary gets an AK every 4 days currently.

I am pretty sure when i finish leveling my DK he will get one every 3 days til he gets nearly caught up.