Originally Posted by
Biomega
It'll also take you WEEKS to get your gear to a competitive level, unless there's some major carrying involved.
Pace yourselves. As a brand-new player, things will take longer (the real issue with BFA was that it stood for Blizzard Fucked Alts) but also last longer. You don't need massive corruption resistance instantly because you won't have good corruptions anyway, barring exceptionally good RNG.
If you do all the dailies etc. you get to do about 5 Visions a week IIRC, plus the ones at the start. That means you will be max cloak level in two weeks and a bit, which doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
Essences are a bigger problem, as some are effectively hard-locked to several weeks of progression and as a new player, there's no way to speed that up. Focus on farming dungeons and the raid as best you can, and stockpile Echoes for when your chosen corruption vendor rolls around. That'll keep you busy enough you won't have time to worry about not having enough Visions to do - and trust me, you'll get sick of Visions before you know it.
Is BFA messed up in how gated its progression system is? You betcha. But it's easier now than it was before, so at least there's that, I guess.