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> >Hm, I just had a look at the fine print. It says:
> >
> >> Character Restrictions
> >> Your characters can gain experience until they are one experience point
> >> below level 91. Experience gained during the trial will still be on your
> >> character if you decide to upgrade your account. 
> >
> >So basically what I get is a chance to play my level 90 character for 10
> >days without getting above level 90. If I understood past conversations in
> >here correctly my garrison is greatly tied to levelling up and being stuck
> >at level 90 will limit me severely in building up my garrison?
> 
>  Ahh, now that sucks, yes, your assumptions are all correct :-( You
>  could see the garrison, and the first zone, but that's about it, plus
>  of course if you did too much you'd then run the risk of struggling to
>  get enough quests to level up when you finally did buy the game.
>
> > I think I'll pass.

Well, of course I couldn't resist. I activated my free 10 days tonight and
just spent about 6 hours playing :-)

At the start I found the guided quest line to be a bit too guided for my
taste (the starter area) but once I had built my Garrison and actually got
to freely quest in SMV I quite enjoyed myself. After about 3 hours I hit the
XP cap (1 point below 91), but the console still tells me how much XP I'm
getting. So I'm wondering if this is counted but not awarded and if I might
end up turning 92 or something as soon as I bought the expansion...

So far I've built the barracks and found myself three followers that I have
sent on a few mission. I cannot upgrade my town hall (there is a level
requirement of 93 and some quest requirements on it). For anything else I
lack the plans. Will those be awared based on quest progress? Or are these
drops?

Also, I've had random drops that tought me level 700 Herbalism, First Aid,
Cooking and Archeology. I've raised my herbalism to about 635 and my Arch to
about 625, First Aid just to 604 (cloth drops are rare as always) and
haven't tried cooking yet. I guess I'll get the drop for fishing when I get
around to throw my hook :-)

How do I learn level 700 Alchemy? I haven't seen any trainers yet. Shall
just craft yellow/orange pandaria recipes to hope for a random profession
drop again? Or are there trainers somewhere and if so, where?

I've found and killed about four rares, they drop nice blues, however those
(and the blues from some of the treasures I find) have +Int on them half of
the time despite being labelled as "appropriate for my spec (survival)".
They look more like Shammy gear to my eyes. Is this a bug or intended?

I've got a few green drops that require 91, as well as the bandages and a
quest item drop, so those will probably be of little use to me.

I love how the lumbarjacks at the start of the Garrison quest say "Ready for
work" exactly with the voices from the early (non-wow) Warcraft games ;-)

I have completed the quest achievments for 3 or 4 subzones in SMV and
explored it all (though that caused my one and only death when I walked up
Socretar's Rise to get the FP. Oops, all mobs are "boss" mobs to me :-)

Anyway, I had fun and plan to enjoy the next 9 days, too.

I planned to not buy the expansion but am now debating if it is worth it
just so I can level up during those 10 days (hoping not to loose the free
game time if I do buy). If I don't I guess I'll just quest as far as I can
go at 90.99999 and once I hit a zone that is too high level I'll just resort
to (re-)visiting old content. I'll sleep on it and see.

Cheers
Urbin
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Urbin  (90), Hunter  | Surana     (75), Mage        | Greeta (65), Rogue
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