05-20-2004, 03:21 AM
Pretty soon, we're going to reach a, ahem, crossroads in our adventure. We have two more quests related to Duotar and after that all that's left is delivering some letters to the Crossroads in the Barrens. At that point, we have some choices of where to go to spend our next several levels. For those new to WoW, most of the starting areas are designed this way. That is, everyone starts off in an area with pretty well-defined and contained quests. But, by the time you reach double-digit levels, then you start having choices about where to go. In our case, I think we have roughly three choices:
1. Do the quests in the Crossroads itself.
2. Go down to Ratchet, the goblin town by the sea and do those quests.
3. Head to Silverpine Forest in undead lands.
As I have spent very little time west of the Barrens, you'll have to let me know if there are any good areas there for mid-teen level characters. I figured I'd open up the discussion and let people say what they'd like to do.
My general thoughts are that I've already exhausted the Crossroads quests with my priestess, and when I say "exhausted," I mean it was exhausting. Most of the quests are of the kill X number of monsters and bring back Y number of their body parts or pieces of equipment. Unless I'm forgetting something, the only quests that seemed mildly interesting were the ones involving the nearby oases. There's a reason why "The Barrens" was voted as the least favorite area on the official forums.
With that in mind, I suggest the following itinerary:
1. We head to the crossroads to turn in our recruitment letters (you'll get them, don't worry) but don't accept any quests except the one from the apothecary who asks us to deliver a crate of potions to Ratchet.
2. We then head to Ratchet and do most of the quests given there. Sure, it has its own share of "kill X to get Y items" quests, but they're broken up with some interesting and/or funny quests like the Samophlange quest and a long rescue the prisoner escort quest which would be fun to do with our group. Also, I understand there's a warrior-only quest in the area that we can help our warriors complete.
3. After doing a bunch of quests in Ratchet and leveling up a few times, we head back to the Crossroads and help the apothecary again by collecting some mushrooms from the oases in the area. When we return the mushrooms, the apothecary makes a potion that must be delivered to Thunder Bluff, the Tauren city, in 30 minutes. We head over there, drop of the potions, and pick up a quest from a woman nearby who wants us to lay an amulet on her husband's tomb in Silverpine Forest.
4. At that point, we head to Silverpine Forest and spend some time doing stuff there. Again, there are plenty of kill X to get Y items quests, but I like the area, because it's more thematic. There's a small escort quest there where we have to help get a guy get past the ravenous wolves, for example. And there's the town where the inhabitants are people by day and werewolves at night (and we play at night, woohoo!). There are also sorcerers to kill and an island with a castle on it with a big bad boss guy to kill in it.
5. After doing Silverpine Forest for a bit, we can then talk about the idea of doing one of the instance dungeons like the Wailing Caverns or Shadowfang Fortress. But that's way off into the future.
This is all assuming that phase 3 doesn't come out for quite a while or our characters don't get locked when phase 3 does occur. Most likely, we won't get out of Ratchet before phase 3 starts, but it'd be nice to have a general plan of where we're headed.
Comments? Suggestions? Quests people want to try?
1. Do the quests in the Crossroads itself.
2. Go down to Ratchet, the goblin town by the sea and do those quests.
3. Head to Silverpine Forest in undead lands.
As I have spent very little time west of the Barrens, you'll have to let me know if there are any good areas there for mid-teen level characters. I figured I'd open up the discussion and let people say what they'd like to do.
My general thoughts are that I've already exhausted the Crossroads quests with my priestess, and when I say "exhausted," I mean it was exhausting. Most of the quests are of the kill X number of monsters and bring back Y number of their body parts or pieces of equipment. Unless I'm forgetting something, the only quests that seemed mildly interesting were the ones involving the nearby oases. There's a reason why "The Barrens" was voted as the least favorite area on the official forums.
With that in mind, I suggest the following itinerary:
1. We head to the crossroads to turn in our recruitment letters (you'll get them, don't worry) but don't accept any quests except the one from the apothecary who asks us to deliver a crate of potions to Ratchet.
2. We then head to Ratchet and do most of the quests given there. Sure, it has its own share of "kill X to get Y items" quests, but they're broken up with some interesting and/or funny quests like the Samophlange quest and a long rescue the prisoner escort quest which would be fun to do with our group. Also, I understand there's a warrior-only quest in the area that we can help our warriors complete.
3. After doing a bunch of quests in Ratchet and leveling up a few times, we head back to the Crossroads and help the apothecary again by collecting some mushrooms from the oases in the area. When we return the mushrooms, the apothecary makes a potion that must be delivered to Thunder Bluff, the Tauren city, in 30 minutes. We head over there, drop of the potions, and pick up a quest from a woman nearby who wants us to lay an amulet on her husband's tomb in Silverpine Forest.
4. At that point, we head to Silverpine Forest and spend some time doing stuff there. Again, there are plenty of kill X to get Y items quests, but I like the area, because it's more thematic. There's a small escort quest there where we have to help get a guy get past the ravenous wolves, for example. And there's the town where the inhabitants are people by day and werewolves at night (and we play at night, woohoo!). There are also sorcerers to kill and an island with a castle on it with a big bad boss guy to kill in it.
5. After doing Silverpine Forest for a bit, we can then talk about the idea of doing one of the instance dungeons like the Wailing Caverns or Shadowfang Fortress. But that's way off into the future.
This is all assuming that phase 3 doesn't come out for quite a while or our characters don't get locked when phase 3 does occur. Most likely, we won't get out of Ratchet before phase 3 starts, but it'd be nice to have a general plan of where we're headed.
Comments? Suggestions? Quests people want to try?