🚀 go-pugleaf

I woke at 2:30 AM, and was on line 5 minutes later.

The new drop actually occured at 2:45, not 3:00.
I'm on a medium pop server, (Misha-US) which is
a west coast server (although I'm on the East Coast),
so the drop was 11:45 PM in its zone.

The area in front of the portal was pretty crowded, but
the new quest popped onto the screen, and I didn't have
to fight to click the NPC. Got in, and didn't experience
any special problems - goal items either could be shared,
or respawned instantly. 

I played for more or less 10 hours straight, then took a
nap. By then, I was at 93.5, had a garrison, and was in
Gorgrond.

Later in the afternoon, I played another couple hours,
and on hitting 94, moved on to Talador.

The weird thing is, the Talador zone XP is about 1/3
lower than in Gorgrond. The quests all seem to reward
garrison resources as well - perhaps that's why. When
the game comes back up, I think I'll go back and see
if I can finish any other questlines in Gorgrond.

I really haven't figured out the garrison thing. I've
put in some buildings at the main location, and upgraded
to level two, and have outposts in Talador and Gorgond,
but am not sure what to do next. 

I'd been intending to leave the garrison alone till I
hit 100, but that may not be feasible. I didn't want
to waste time gathering materials, etc, on low-xp
quests.

Other notes:

* The 'bonus goals' are worth doing - each set
awards about as much as 3 local quests, and go pretty
fast.

* The dungeons are of limited use - Slags isn't worth
it once you hit 92. Iron docks is marginal at 94. Haven't
tried Auchindon yet. Later ones may drop useful gear.

* As with all expansions, the first zones are a cakewalk
for toons which have spent months gearing up in the previous
xpac. With an ilvl 562 toon, I haven't yet replaced a single
piece of gear, though the blue rewards are starting to be
in the same ballpark as my worst MoP items. I'm soloing
lvl 94 elites without too much trouble.

* I like most of the new zones. I dislike blasted,
ruined landscapes, and pre-disaster Draenor has a lot more
green than Azeroth or Outlands.

* My lock still has the final stage of the green fire quest
in his log. I wonder if I can go back at 100 and curb-stomp
the guy?

All in all, I'm enjoying the new content. This lock is zerging
his way to 100; the other toons will take time to smell the
roses, and the blood.

pt