Wow Shadowlands - whose playing?

[BenjiDaldes]

Can someone cliff the things that are making them come back for Shadowlands?

Also - is there any benefit to starting now and getting levelled? Is it is all starting from afresh?

[tbonestake]

I resubbed a few days ago. The level squish was welcome. The ability to level in any expansion is pretty cool, you don’t have to wait for time walking to run previous xpac dungeons. Vastly improved character customization options. I’m working on finishing up bfa content and unlocking maghar orcs rn.

[BigDeeps01]

Basically they level squished down to level 50 and in Shadowlands you'll level to 60

So you can level a new character from 1 to 50 right now in any of the expansions

If you do WOD you can do it in like 8-10 hours

And you do quests to unlock the allied races

[BenjiDaldes]

nice brahs, ty.

[EoR]

Nope, not this time Blizzard. Playing better games and lol @ charging full box price and asking for $20 a month. It will be the same sh*t all over again with lazy borrowed power mechanics because they've given up balancing. I'll gear up, join my M+ group, raid once a week, be forced to m+ more for more loot chance, get a solid raider IO, hit gear cap within 4 weeks then force myself to log in for weeklys while waiting 4-6 months for new content.

If somehow it's outrageously good and all my friends are going on about it then I would maybe consider but for now I am not going to play it at launch.

[PowerPal]

just subbed for first time in 3 years. Leveled a ele shaman, had heaps of fun. Though leveling is a bit too fast imo

[Sinan09400]

I dunno man I left just before SOO patch. Game feels kinda childish for me like fortnite.

Also too much pay to win garbage and protection. Most servers are unbalanced as fukk.

[dcbone30]

Nope, not this time Blizzard. Playing better games and lol @ charging full box price and asking for $20 a month. It will be the same sh*t all over again with lazy borrowed power mechanics because they've given up balancing. I'll gear up, join my M+ group, raid once a week, be forced to m+ more for more loot chance, get a solid raider IO, hit gear cap within 4 weeks then force myself to log in for weeklys while waiting 4-6 months for new content.

If somehow it's outrageously good and all my friends are going on about it then I would maybe consider but for now I am not going to play it at launch.

This is pretty much it. I'm not particularly interested in any story at this point, and I can't imagine they've done anything to change up the formula so much to make me want to play it more than a month or two. If the exp pack was like $10 maybe.

[Kadoobiedo]

I have this game pre-ordered, wish I didn't though. They are moving too much towards FFXIV with all the cosmetic stuff which I strongly dislike.

[Lexira]

Shadowlands is pre-ordered and I am fully ready now letss goooo
There is a new endless dungeons mode which you *******s can attempt solo or with a group.

[CaliSuperSport]

I dunno man I left just before SOO patch. Game feels kinda childish for me like fortnite.

Also too much pay to win garbage and protection. Most servers are unbalanced as fukk.

Siege of Orgrimmar? That's actually when I started playing again. Graphics have gotten way better by now but the gameplay is still stale. Leveling is a chore.

[kr1kit]

I've played WoW on and off since 2007 and this is the least excited I've ever been for a new xpac...

With how chit BFA was, especially patch 8.3, the delay in relasing Shadowlands, how terrible pre-patch has been, and a multitude of other reasons, I'm just not pumped for SL like I've been for every other xpac.

I'll still play it at launch, since leveling on day one with friends is always a blast no matter what, but I have a feeling that I'll be unsubbing quicker than I've ever quit before.

[sugalump5]

I got enough gold for one month sub, so will probably do that then buy the xpac for £30 to check it out for a month and if it's crap like bfa quit for good. None of my irl friends play anymore, my hardcore raiding progress guild(guild that has been raiding together since mop) died at first tier in bfa cause people just kept unsubbing and not showing up and every time we got new people in they would just unsub and never log back in.

I was kinda hyped untill pre patch came out and the minimum effort in it is just indicative of current blizzard imo. Best case scenario is that they have been so hard at work on SL right up until launch that they just threw this pre patch together in a day worst case is they just don't care anymore.

Really it all depends on tomorrow, scotland getting update on corona tomorrow and it looks like we heading for a 4+ week lockdown. If that happens I will get SL and rot.

Anyone else got mad class indecision, I have never had this going into an xpac but I really can't decide what to main seems like it's a common problem right now on the forums.

[ohiostate124]

Siege of Orgrimmar? That's actually when I started playing again. Graphics have gotten way better by now but the gameplay is still stale. Leveling is a chore.

Not anymore. Its insanely fast now.

[Jestbrah]

how does this level squish work for existing players and ddifficulty and level of gear from former raids? are they revamping the whole game?

[nemm75]

how does this level squish work for existing players and ddifficulty and level of gear from former raids? are they revamping the whole game?

Yeah basically there's 2 leveling paths now:

1. If you are brand new to the game, your character goes through the first 10 levels in a new leveling area. It's well done, lots of voice acting, teaches you about different aspects of the game. Once you hit level 10, you go through the BFA expansion for levels 10-50. Shadowlands will be 50-60.

2. If you already have a max level character, then new characters can choose to go through the new leveling area OR you can choose any expansion to level from 10-50.

Levels have been reduced throughout the different expansions so they all are about the same level as each other. It's a much better experience than it used to be for new players.

[CaliSuperSport]

Not anymore. Its insanely fast now.

If they didn't change the "style" though it's still kind of a chore. I've ranted for years how leveling is just: reach quest hub --> do 5 kill/fetch quests --> repeat. Fukin AIDS. It actually gives me anxiety when I play it.

They should either have a vanilla format but with more experience and gold rewards, or nix fetch quests and ding players when they complete a zone's main questline.

[Jestbrah]

Yeah basically there's 2 leveling paths now:

1. If you are brand new to the game, your character goes through the first 10 levels in a new leveling area. It's well done, lots of voice acting, teaches you about different aspects of the game. Once you hit level 10, you go through the BFA expansion for levels 10-50. Shadowlands will be 50-60.

2. If you already have a max level character, then new characters can choose to go through the new leveling area OR you can choose any expansion to level from 10-50.

Levels have been reduced throughout the different expansions so they all are about the same level as each other. It's a much better experience than it used to be for new players.

i get what new players have in store, but what happens to existing characters. Does a level 120 character become level 60? And then all raids from vanilla to BFA will basically be equal in difficulty minus mechanics?

[Nicklol]

YEo

I was just gonna look for a thread cuz im back into wow after getting my new pc.

lvld my undead war to max
then a troll shaman which Im bored of
and now unlocked zand troll and got pally to max lvl. Lvling took like 2 days.. lol.
But pally seems to be what im liking right now. Warriors were my fav before but they are just sitting ducks in pvp without a pocket healer..
pallys are versatile with freedom,dispel,heals, steed, bubble, lay on hands, shield.. plus, you can get a nice 2h sword like a warrior anyways so seems like the right move for me.
kind of hyped to be a rotter again.
The scourge event made it so ez to gear my alts in a day or 2 after hitting max lvl. Obviously its not turbonerd raid gear but its decent enough. Shadowlands greens will be better than any current gear anyways so thats a plus for me
Kramer1952 is my battletag I think if anyone wants to play at some point

[krs128]

i get what new players have in store, but what happens to existing characters. Does a level 120 character become level 60? And then all raids from vanilla to BFA will basically be equal in difficulty minus mechanics?

120s become 50 and you level to 60 once Shadowlands goes live on Monday. Everything was scaled down to be the same difficulty they were at 120.

I play Horde on Dunemaul if any one else is Horde.

[nn586]

I am playing, playing warlock / rogue

One of the biggest things that got me back playing after 5 years was the level squish. Couldn't stand seeing people having large health pools and millions of damage all over the screen. It's nice that it's scaled down now to Classic-WOTLKesque numbers.

[NitrogenWidget]

I am playing, playing warlock / rogue

One of the biggest things that got me back playing after 5 years was the level squish. Couldn't stand seeing people having large health pools and millions of damage all over the screen. It's nice that it's scaled down now to Classic-WOTLKesque numbers.

I jumped in for the level squish also.
it's so fast to level toons now.
and I have a lot of alts i started just to try different classes.

the only thing that threw me off was running into low level toons in high level dungeons via the dungeon finder.
my only real question is while everything is adjusted, don't low level toons still have a disadvantage due to lack of talents and abilities?
or is that figured in also?

just wondering since I'm leveling a higher toon now but going jump on my lowbies soon.

[PositiveCrew]

Took off all next week and dumped $5k into a new PC to play

I'm so excited

haven't played since MOP which I think was a few expansions ago

[NillaWafer]

Going to be playing with my little brother.

Not gonna lie though, everything I see and read about SL looks so...boring. Even the cinematic, and Blizz is known for producing GOAT tier cinematics, was so mediocre that I couldn't believe it was made by Blizz. I'm just not feeling the excitement or energy from anything they put out about this game.

Learning new dungeons and doing fresh content is usually interesting so I'm hoping I get a few weeks of enjoyment out of this game. I'm really not expecting much though. I think my goal is just to make it to the first raid lol.

[krs128]

Took off all next week and dumped $5k into a new PC to play

I'm so excited

haven't played since MOP which I think was a few expansions ago

Specs on $5k Coom machine??

[PositiveCrew]

Specs on $5k Coom machine??

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (Purchased For $572.39)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $169.59)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (Purchased For $309.51)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (Purchased For $296.79)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $264.98)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Vision OC Video Card (Purchased For $816.19)
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $148.39)
Power Supply: Gigabyte P GM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $127.19)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $4.70)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 49.0" 5120x1440 240 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $1294.24)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $120.00)
Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $49.49)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)

Total: $5172.97

[krs128]

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (Purchased For $572.39)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $169.59)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (Purchased For $309.51)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (Purchased For $296.79)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $264.98)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Vision OC Video Card (Purchased For $816.19)
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $148.39)
Power Supply: Gigabyte P GM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $127.19)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $4.70)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 49.0" 5120x1440 240 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $1294.24)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $120.00)
Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $49.49)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)

Total: $5172.97

das it mane.

[kr1kit]

Took off all next week and dumped $5k into a new PC to play

I'm so excited

haven't played since MOP which I think was a few expansions ago

5k to play WoW?

lul wot?

[PositiveCrew]

5k to play WoW?

lul wot?

yeah I know I went the cheap route, but I hope it'll run it okay

[NillaWafer]

CPU: Intel Core i9-10900K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor (Purchased For $572.39)
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (Purchased For $169.59)
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (Purchased For $309.51)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (Purchased For $296.79)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $264.98)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Vision OC Video Card (Purchased For $816.19)
Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic ATX Full Tower Case (Purchased For $148.39)
Power Supply: Gigabyte P GM 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $127.19)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit (Purchased For $4.70)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Case Fan: Corsair iCUE QL120 41.8 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack (Purchased For $138.85)
Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 49.0" 5120x1440 240 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $1294.24)
Keyboard: Corsair K70 Wired Gaming Keyboard (Purchased For $120.00)
Mouse: Razer Naga Chroma Wired Laser Mouse (Purchased For $49.49)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)
Custom: Samsung Odyssey G5 27" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $291.48)

Total: $5172.97

Mirin hard everything except the Razer mouse. Can't stand Razer products anymore. They wear out so fast and break way too often for my liking.