02-11-2008, 11:11 PM
Quote:All of the discussion about obsoleted content has been quite a revelation to me.
I recently decided that I would finally cap a character. I've messed about with several character classes up to about level 30, on various realms, and now I know what I want to play, and where; thus, my new Warlock, Stroud, on Terenas. I'll be 70 soon, mark my words.
Anyways, on to the meat of the issue. How does a new character gear up? Does he run with his guildmates in content he is clearly undergeared for, more of a drag than anything else? Does he convince his guildmates to run easier content with him? Is there a mechanism built in for just such a situation?
I guess what I'm trying to ask is, what will I see on my way to and when I get to level 70?
What GG said pretty much covers the basics.
There are a handful of ways to gear up, most of which we're happy to help you with on Terenas!
1) Karazhan. This instance is now a wafflestomp for more or less any halfway balanced lurker group. A full clear will net a new 70 a couple pieces of epic gear (maybe more!), some good rep to go towards a spiffy ring, and 22 Badges of Justice. Run it a few times, and you jump most/all of the 70 blues gearing straight to raiding epics. Be sure to start your keying at lv. 68, people are usually quite good about helping new 70s get their keys ASAP. I'm also usually the one organizing the groups, and I try to emphasize getting new and undergeared people spots in these runs.
2) Questing. There are a half-dozen quest chains that lead to very serviceable, well itemized blues. The Spectrecles chain in shadowmoon has a fantastic hat reward, the death's door chain has a good necklace, etc... Getting a group to do these things is usually not too difficult, although it may take a couple days of asking. Herding cats, and whatnot. :whistling:
3) Heroics. People are big on the heroic-of-the-day, at least if it's an instance people enjoy (NOT Heroic Old Hillsbrad, for instance.) That's worth 4-7 badges, and some pretty decent loot.
4) Craftables. If you're a tailor, you have your Frozen Shadoweave set to look forward to. Other craftables are available from people in guild. IIRC, there is a good blue jewelcrafting ring for warlocks, at the very least.
5) Tossing you in at the deep end of the pool (AKA: 25 man raiding). We're not a big guild. If we can field 25 for a raid with a few to spare, that's a good day. And a spot filled by an undergeared DPSer is a big improvement over an empty spot, so there will likely be raiding opportunities even before you're really geared for them. We do encourage people to come and learn the encounters and have fun with the guild, and we're not really paranoid about gearing. (That said, a full suit of greens will make some some 25 man stuff pretty darn tough, so hopefully there will be Kara as well.)
6) PvP. Arena teams are not super common on Terenas, but for a smallish fee, you can play 10 games a week with one or two other people (even losing them all, worst-case-scenario) and get an amazing PvP epic every 3-6 weeks. Battleground epics are also very high quality these days, so doing the daily quests for BGs can be a great way to replace sub-par gear. (Neck, rings, bracers, boots, belt are the big ones, but you can get S1 arena gear fairly cheaply too, about on par with Kara gear.)
What you probably won't find is a lot of call for non-heroic instances. If you're willing to take it as people have time, you can usually get a crew to run the low 60 instances, but if you're really hoping to see all the instances at level and in order (rather than just powering to 70 on quests, which is totally possible), you'll probably have to go find pugs for many of them. The exceptions to this are the Kara keying instances: Steamvault, Old Hillsbrad, Shadow Labyrinth, Arcatraz and Black Morass, which you can more easily find groups for.
So, I look forward to seeing you around Terenas, and if you need help with anything, just ask. B)
-Jester