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On 23 Dec 2014 00:38:25 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Just a few more observations. I just hit 97 tonight and am about 97.5 as I
>log off. I don't think I've ever levelled as fast (maybe in Pandaria, but I
>only played there briefly). Comparing leveling speed to BC or Wrath, it's
>amazing how fast one progresses.

It is very fast indeed, considering all the massive server issues we
had the first week, I was shocked how fast I levelled when I actually
managed to play for a reasonable amount of time, was a lot faster than
expected. Fun, but fast.

>I still greatly enjoy the story lines, especially encountering places I
>already know from the "future" (i.e. BC) and persons I've already
>encountered (or rather will have encountered :-)
>
>So far I've had a handful "elite" quests which suggested [3] players. I was
>able to solo them all at level. Don't know if any class could do so or if
>being a pet class is overpowered for these quests.

Most classes can, but it does depend on the quest a bit, there was one
in Frostfire Ridge which I very much failed at soloing on beta (the
ogre on top of a tower for those who've played Horde), luckily other
players turned up when I did it on live so I didn't have to try again!
The other day a friend asked me to help with a rylak in Spires of
Arak, however he was a death knight, and as I got there I wondered
aloud if some specs had lost Army of the Dead, given that's usually an
I-win button - cue a rather embarrassed friend who'd forgotten it
existed ;-)

The great thing with garrisons for me is the Barracks turns any class
into a pet class with the bodyguards - not as controllable as a proper
pet, which can be rather a nuisance, but it made a huge difference for
me, as a disc priest I can solo things I doubt I'd even try without
the bodyguard. I started out with the tankier ones, I'm currently
using a caster and doing the tanking myself, as I've geared up a bit -
probably now I am at a gear lvl where I could solo, but when I was 40
ilvls lower, oh wow that helped a lot :-D

>Riding around the southern zone (the one after Talador, can't quite recall
>its name, corresponds to Skettis in BC) to pick up flight points (without
>questing) I ran into a bug. Near one flight point there are horde logging
>operations. I wanted to attack a mob standing next to a sparkling tree but
>was told I could not as it was a PvP flagged mob and I wasn't flagged. So I
>figured I would be safe and started marking the tree for logging. Sadly the
>PvP flagged horde mob attacked me and my pet auto-defended me (without me
>attacking the mob) and this flagged me. Seems to be a bug to me...

Not really a bug, it's a feature which prevents you from accidentally
flagging yourself. So you can't accidentally click that flagged idiot
bouncing all over a popular questgiver for example (I used to hate
that!). Also if you go and do a BG or whatever, the flag comes off you
immediately when you leave, instead of after 5 mins, I love that, no
more having to be in a safe town before queueing :-)

However, aggressive pvp-flagged mobs still are aggressive, and you get
flagged even without a pet defending you, as I learned by finding a
Horde flightpath in Gorgrond the hard way on beta, I was mounted and
did nothing at all but had to wait out the 5 mins anyway :-P Have to
say I'd rather the mobs did not flag you if you do nothing to them,
but it's been like that for years, I used to often get flagged by
those really annoying guards on the alliance town in north Howling
Fjord - they're well positioned so they aggro if as a lowbie you
follow the obvious path, and I'd get flagged even if they didn't
actually touch me. I guess it's intended, annoying as it is.

>Anyway, I should have some more time tomorrow and I expect I'll get in a few
>more levels.

At your current rate of progress you'll probably hit 100 by then! Try
and have a go at the Southshore vs Tarren Mill battleground when you
get there btw, it's only temporary so you likely won't get another
chance, and it certainly brings back nostalgia - I didn't even do pvp
there in the old days but seeing the zone as it was pre-Cata brings
back memories, and it's kinda fun just slaughtering each other lol, no
flags or anything, just kill. 

Molten Core is also only temporary, but you need 615 ilvl to queue,
and it might need a bit too much playtime for you to reach that in the
short time you have available, it's worth a look if you do manage to
get there though (IF any groups are actually capable of finishing the
place these days, I have a suspicion most people aren't going any
more, as all I hear is that it's a massive wipefest now the better
players stopped - although maybe higher ilvls are improving it a bit
now)