Poll: Shadowlands leveling?

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    How do you like the leveling so far?

    I haven't seen 2 of the zones so maybe this is premature, but I think its better than BFA or Legion. Not as good as WoD leveling. Id give it an 8 out of 10. That could rise or lower after I do the last 2 zones. How is your leveling going?

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    For me it's... just okay.

    God, there's so much walking and talking during the levelling. You spend half of the time either standing around listening to RP, escorting NPCs to different locations, or listening to RP while escorting NPCs. For some reason, killing mobs seems to be much more a chore while questing in Ardenweald and Revendreth than anywhere else.

    But, on a positive note, I do like the whole "zones in sequential order" thing they've got going on. It really does help create a linear narrative when it comes to unfolding the bigger plot. And, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be in terms of trying to kill mobs/get quest items when competing with a whole bunch of other players. Praise be to sharding!

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    It's good. Bastion & Ardenweald are insanely gorgeous, but level-up questing itself hasn't really progressed in a decade at this point & it shows. That said, it doesn't do much wrong either, so it gets a solid good from me.

    That said, the optional questlines in Bastion have some TBC level droprates. Pretty damn annoying, I've gotta say

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    BFA made me want to tear my hair out at level 115-116.. But so far in shadowlands i don't feel like any actual power has been lost.. even without essences or Traits i still kill mobs very fast.

    Tho i might have been doing too much quests.. 57 and a half and not done in maldraxxus yet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nalam the Venom View Post
    BFA made me want to tear my hair out at level 115-116.. But so far in shadowlands i don't feel like any actual power has been lost.. even without essences or Traits i still kill mobs very fast.

    Tho i might have been doing too much quests.. 57 and a half and not done in maldraxxus yet.
    Yeah IM going to be nearly 58 when i go to Ardenweald tonight. I understand some people skip sidequests, but complaining about not getting enough xp to level is dumb. Just do the occasional optional questline and you will be good. Maybe only 1 in each zone.

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    I legit cant level. I play on Area-52. For launch day 95% of my server couldn't login and kept getting black screen or character not found. Today I sat in que for 79Minutes and finally managed to get into the game and leveled through the maw questline. Upon leaving the maw I got kicked from the game and have now been sitting in a que for 2 hours. I haven't even reached level 51.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Draidz View Post
    I legit cant level. I play on Area-52. For launch day 95% of my server couldn't login and kept getting black screen or character not found. Today I sat in que for 79Minutes and finally managed to get into the game and leveled through the maw questline. Upon leaving the maw I got kicked from the game and have now been sitting in a que for 2 hours. I haven't even reached level 51.
    Yeah it was the smoothest launch ever for me and all my friends. Ive heard negative reports, but it seems like they are mostly an outlier. on 95% of servers it was incredibly smooth. Sorry it was so rocky for your server.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chickat View Post
    Yeah it was the smoothest launch ever for me and all my friends. Ive heard negative reports, but it seems like they are mostly an outlier. on 95% of servers it was incredibly smooth. Sorry it was so rocky for your server.
    Area 52 is basically unplayably full. As of this writing the queue is 161 minutes long for me. I mostly liked what I did of Bastion, the zone is just gorgeous. The intro experience was OK but I definitely already felt the pain of no mounts in the Maw.
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    Better than any expansion so far , it's quick and it feels like it's all well connected and part of a single main quest , in comparison past expansions felt like you were just taking a stroll around concerning yourself with different unrelated stories which may or may not pick your interest.

    Only negative now that I think of it is the escort quests where the npc you're escorting stops moving or simply resets to start if you don't stay in hand holding ranges. Got kinda frustrated in Ardenweald escorting an npc at almost every change of scenario, boring AF.
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    The intro in the maw and the start of Bastion DRAGGED ON, but overall it's been okay. The zones themselves are super interesting and I enjoy the niche activities they provide.

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