The leveling experience intro is terribly bad in my opinion

[Toybox]

I can’t imagine playing this game for anything other than the story. After 10 years the gameplay is completely uninteresting and predictable, and I have zero interest in the “social experience”. I pity people who feel the need to feel a part of something “bigger” with others. What sheeple

To me, playing WoW for the story would be like playing a visual novel for the gameplay It's an MMO, & having fun with your mates is what it's all about for me.

OT, I thought it was fine. Pretty unspectacular, but level-up questing hasn't really progressed in a decade.

[Ragnarohk]

I just found out about this:

"On your first character to explore the Shadowlands, you will not be able to queue for a Shadowlands dungeon if you haven’t yet restored access to that dungeon’s zone via the main quest campaign for that zone.

For example, while Necrotic Wake will be available the moment you depart Oribos (when you first reach the Shadowlands), you’ll have to complete the Bastion campaign and reopen the way to Maldraxxus before you can queue for the Plaguefall dungeon. You’ll then later unlock Mists of Tirna Scithe and Halls of Atonement as you complete their associated campaign"

My idea to level up was to dungeon spam as a tank or healer. Did it in BfA with no issue... Eh...

[munkeyinorbit]

Something must be buggy for you, or you're turning quests in too fast. Everything was voice acted for me, and I made it out of the Maw in like 30 minutes or so.

I thought the intro was superb. But I can see how the mindless, gogogo mindset would have a problem with it.

You can't turn quests in too fast. It doesn't let you until you listen to the fucking minute long rants the NPCs do. This is pathetic.

[Clarissa]

I've never been so bored by a wow expansion pack before, and the bar was very low. Good job, blizzard.

Did they phase alliance and horde separately or something? Anything to relieve the boredom of these samey quests. Oh a new area. It looks the same as before and is littered with a bunch of mobs that I need to kill. Yes, we get it, kyrians are plagued with self doubt and we are killing their bad thoughts. Yes, we get it, we, the player, is awesome in every way and everyone is constantly fawning at how amazing we are. I got it the first 5 times, can we move on already? The pacing is atrocious.

Yes, we get it, you are opening a portal to orgrimmar, no, we don't need to listen to a npc recite pages of flimsy justification as to how and why it is happening.

The NPCs just never shut up. And now they force you to follow them and keep up as they walk around super slowly while telling their uninteresting stories, because by gods, the writers want you to love their work. By force if necessary.

I'm not sure I'll be able to stomach leveling all the way to 50, and then also finishing the goddamn campaign to unlock the endgame shit.

[Lindon]

I'm not sure I'll be able to stomach leveling all the way to 50, and then also finishing the goddamn campaign to unlock the endgame shit.

Then don't. Neither you nor Blizzard gains anything from you continuing to play this game.

[clevin]

If you play the game for the story, you need to stop and find something that has a story, read a book, play a game with an actual story, anything.

Back on topic once you get out of The maw it's way way way better.

Holy fuck you're posting that it's terrible leveling because of the first 30 minutes? Seriously? Get a life.

[Clarissa]

Then don't. Neither you nor Blizzard gains anything from you continuing to play this game.

There's an ok (at times, depending on how much the designers fuck with it) pvp game buried in there somewhere, but you are forced to go through all the story shit to get there, unfortunately.

[clevin]

I just found out about this:

"On your first character to explore the Shadowlands, you will not be able to queue for a Shadowlands dungeon if you haven’t yet restored access to that dungeon’s zone via the main quest campaign for that zone.

For example, while Necrotic Wake will be available the moment you depart Oribos (when you first reach the Shadowlands), you’ll have to complete the Bastion campaign and reopen the way to Maldraxxus before you can queue for the Plaguefall dungeon. You’ll then later unlock Mists of Tirna Scithe and Halls of Atonement as you complete their associated campaign"

My idea to level up was to dungeon spam as a tank or healer. Did it in BfA with no issue... Eh...

wait what? (closes tab with SL purchase in it)

[Lucetia]

What was blizzard thinking? No mounts, slow slow slow walking, sneaking, NPCs spamming entire books of text before you can move on without any voice acting, obnoxious cutscenes. This is the worst intro to leveling in a new expansion I've seen, and I usually like the new leveling experiences, but this is BAD.

It is an introduction to the entire expansion. It's to be expected. You barely spend 30 minutes there. The no mounts is intended as it is the maw, a zone where you will spend time later without mounts anyway.

I just found out about this:

"On your first character to explore the Shadowlands, you will not be able to queue for a Shadowlands dungeon if you haven’t yet restored access to that dungeon’s zone via the main quest campaign for that zone.

For example, while Necrotic Wake will be available the moment you depart Oribos (when you first reach the Shadowlands), you’ll have to complete the Bastion campaign and reopen the way to Maldraxxus before you can queue for the Plaguefall dungeon. You’ll then later unlock Mists of Tirna Scithe and Halls of Atonement as you complete their associated campaign"

My idea to level up was to dungeon spam as a tank or healer. Did it in BfA with no issue... Eh...

Are you making stuff up now? I just unlocked the dungeon and was able to queue for it and enter it just like you are suppose to.

wait what? (closes tab with SL purchase in it)

No, that poster wasn't even close and not sure where they "found" it out at.

[Pebrocks The Warlock]

If you play the game for the story, you need to stop and find something that has a story, read a book, play a game with an actual story, anything.

So we should play the game the way you want right?

[Sialina]

Holy fuck you're posting that it's terrible leveling because of the first 30 minutes? Seriously? Get a life.

The opening experience of the expansion is tedious and very boring, and I'm not allowed to post about that? It's really really shit, you follow NPCs around at a snails pace while they tell really bad and silly stories, that is not my idea of fun. They make you follow them around, and then you have to stop for 3 minutes to listen to them give really childish and terrible explanations to how the portals connect to our world and how you are so super special only you can touch the stones and other silly things.

Did you think I meant the expansion was bad? Read again, I very specifically said the leveling experience intro, nothing more, I didn't say anything about the zones, the expansion or anything else, I made a thread about thinking the intro experience was bad, and you expect me to weigh in stuff that isn't in the intro? Why?

Maybe you need to learn to read before you tell me to get a life. Or are we not allowed to think some parts of the game are bad? Do we need to love or hate everything? Don't be silly, it's perfectly reasonable and much more useful to give specific criticism, in this case the opening questing intro being shit, than it is to make a whine thread about the entire expansion.

So we should play the game the way you want right?

No, but if people that like gameplay in a game can move on and not listen to boring shit stories for 5 minutes every time an NPC moves, that would be an improvement, why force everyone to stay through that boring crap? If you love really bad writing you can stay and listen while I move on, no?

[Ticj]

I quite liked the maw, but man once you hit oribos and then go on to bastion it just get's sooooooooo slow. There are way, WAY too many escort quests in bastion.

[Fistfighter]

It's on paar with tannan introduction and broken shore introduction


so yeah, it's shit ass, but I thought that was just the blizzard standard at this point

[blankfaced]

Agreed with all the walking. Especially on classes that don't have as many movement increases. Starting off with my mage was a poor choice as well.

[Ragnarohk]

Are you making stuff up now?

No.

https://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/...n-shadowlands/

[Elias01]

I have better idea. You are just player what doesnt like rpg games playing rpg game. If you want constant gameplay and just rush trough everything so you can grind your teeth in dungeons go play some other game.

[Laqweeta]

What was blizzard thinking? No mounts, slow slow slow walking, sneaking, NPCs spamming entire books of text before you can move on without any voice acting, obnoxious cutscenes. This is the worst intro to leveling in a new expansion I've seen, and I usually like the new leveling experiences, but this is BAD.

Say it with me now, slowly.

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[SirCowdog]

I finished the maw part right before work. And I have to agree that it was fairly underwhelming.

Visually speaking, the art team has outdone themselves again! But the actual content....meh. And yes, FAR too many escort quests and waiting for NPCs to catch up.

Very weaksauce opening for the expansion.

[Nalam the Venom]

I just found out about this:

"On your first character to explore the Shadowlands, you will not be able to queue for a Shadowlands dungeon if you haven’t yet restored access to that dungeon’s zone via the main quest campaign for that zone.

For example, while Necrotic Wake will be available the moment you depart Oribos (when you first reach the Shadowlands), you’ll have to complete the Bastion campaign and reopen the way to Maldraxxus before you can queue for the Plaguefall dungeon. You’ll then later unlock Mists of Tirna Scithe and Halls of Atonement as you complete their associated campaign"

My idea to level up was to dungeon spam as a tank or healer. Did it in BfA with no issue... Eh...

You need to complete all Zone campaigns to unlock end game stuff like covenant & renown.

Why would you think dungeons would be a good idea?

[Vampyr78]

No mounts

Worgens say hi, it turns out you can use Running Wild in the Maw