The one undocumented happiness I've discovered in completing Covenant campaigns, here goes: every replay on another alt has a trick up its sleeve. And that trick is: gearing up. With every next step you complete you get 1-2 pieces of Covenant armor, which not only upgrades one-two of your slots, but allows to improve the … Continue reading Trivia: Gear Curve & Gearing Up Philosophy

The Story So Far... Ever since Vanilla, if you wanted to experience the whole mass of Warcraft lore, you had to play at least two characters: Alliance and Horde. You've missed all lore for the Alliance/Horde-specific zones, and often a half of what was contested. In further expansions, the split of two factions remained to … Continue reading Lore Questline Splits: A Bliss or a Curse?

The final wing went live, and this is how the story of 9.0. ends for all players. Sire Denathrius encounter was not... too hard? I guess? Well, we had an experienced raid leader who announced in chat what to do, and also reset day's LFRs are super geared and experienced. Anyways, there were three phases. … Continue reading Castle Nathria: A Peep Into Audience with Arrogance

I've settled with my gearing up routine. The core idea is taking the alts through the campaign, as it is 197 full set upon completion of final step 9. But there is some strategy in action. As you see, I've added the campaign steps columns into my spreadsheet. You could notice that the new alts … Continue reading Trivia: Alt Management with Fresh 60

Yesterday was the first day when I'm having my alts all ready for the endgame, and I started the journey with Jellica the Holy Priest. Well, holy smokes, that was fast! The catching up progress is intertwined wirh Renown and Covenant gear system, and I must say Blizzard did a great job with that. Let's … Continue reading Catching Up with a Fresh 60 Alt

It is fun to speculate on further development of events. As Blizzcon approaches, we might expect a solid 9.1. presentation and announcement of beta-test. What could they possibly prepare for us? Blizzard has been suspiciously silent about feedback and implementing any major fixes, so I think that the general course of Shadowlands feels ok with … Continue reading Radio Silence: What to Expect in 9.1.?

Kyrian / Night Fae: 6/6Necrolord / Venthyr: 5/5 Now we can play :)

Just look at me go! As you've probably noticed, Ardenweald and Bastion are gone from my spreadsheet, and the same fate expects Revendreth/Maldraxxus. I don't know if it was the right decision to binge-level the whole roster, but probably it is! There can't be a wrong way to play this game, right? I will need … Continue reading Probably Today?

It's wing 3 in Castle Nathria LFR, and it's new bosses to review. Now I see the reason behind the LFR layout: Shriekwing, Sludgefist and Stone Generals are really one step from each other, with almost non-existent trash. Yet I still think that lorewise it's not too great. Shriekwing is the first boss - the … Continue reading Castle Nathria: A Peep Into Blood from Stone

Yes, I'm very firm with the idea that Shadowlands is probably one of the most alt-friendly expansions. Still there is room for improvement, and I've come across a brilliant article on Wowhead that offers a lot of welcome suggestions. Here's the link: https://www.wowhead.com/news=320574/is-shadowlands-alt-friendly-evaluating-anima-gearing-sanctums-and-more Don't be shy and read the full article. Yet here's the summary … Continue reading Alt-Friendly? A Bucket of Suggestions