For those new to World of Warcraft Classic, there is a lot that can go wrong. To get the basics right, we have here five small points for you to consider.
In less than a week, World of Warcraft Classic will launch, allowing hundreds of thousands of players to experience Azeroth in its original form again. To ensure that your entry does not end in disaster, we have a handful of tips for you that you should take to heart right from the start. This will make the start in the world of Classic much easier.
1. Only buy the abilities and spells you really need
In Classic, you are more or less forced to visit the teacher for your class every few levels. This is primarily because spells and abilities had different ranks and thus had to be purchased individually. Because if you are trying to deal damage with a “Rank 1 Fireball” at level 30, you won’t get very far.
However, the problem is that the costs of buying abilities and spells quickly escalate. Later, it costs several gold pieces to improve a single spell. That is all gold that will be missing later for your mount at level 40 and your epic mount at level 60.
During the leveling phase, you should mainly buy spells and abilities that you really need and that make you more effective in your respective role. If the next skill has no impact on your damage dealt, then it can stay with the teacher for a while longer.
So: Always buy abilities that make you more effective, but be hesitant with other abilities. Later, when you have a mount, you can earn the necessary gold much faster.
If you still don’t know what class you want to play, this guide will help you.
2. Create a bank alt
If you don’t want to run to the bank and thus to a capital city or the auction house every hour, you need to regularly clean out your bags and get rid of junk. To have more space in your inventory, you might even sell an item or two that could have earned more gold at the auction house. But that doesn’t have to be the case.
It’s worth declaring at least one character early on as a “bank alt”. This character is best located in a city near a bank and an auction house. When your main character has full bags, you simply send items to the bank character via mail. Then you log out and store resources for later in the bank or sell useful items at the auction house. This only takes a few minutes and saves a lot of time.
Otherwise, you would have to travel back to the city with your main character, which is quite a journey, and pay the costs for the flight master. That would be another gold that would be missing for acquiring a mount.
3. Kill more enemies than necessary
If you have played other MMORPGs in the last few years, it was – especially in theme park MMOs – usually the case that there were numerous quests that were all interconnected. In the Classic version of World of Warcraft, that is not the case. Although most areas have several dozen quests, these are often just motivators. They are meant to lead players on the right path and show them places they may not have been to yet.
But one truth of Classic is: Killing enemies gives significantly more experience points than turning in quests.
This means you should spend much more time in most areas than the quests require of you. Even after completing a mission, you should often spend 10, 20, or 30 minutes just killing a few more enemies.
This grind not only increases the experience points gained, but also your gold count. Most of the gold earned in Classic came not from simply finishing quests, but from looting enemies.
By the way: If you have a lot of gold in “normal” WoW, you can pay for your subscription with it …
Those who stay longer in areas and kill more enemies than necessary are not at risk of running out of quests at the end or running out of gold.
So if you find an area where you can farm enemies particularly easily with your class, then stay there – your gold and XP count will thank you.
4. Be hesitant in the auction house
For many players, it is tempting to buy a weapon in the auction house when their own is already a few levels too low. What are a couple of gold pieces for a new weapon, when you get a really great weapon for it?
The truth is: A lot. Even though leveling in WoW Classic takes significantly longer than in the retail version of the game, you progress relatively quickly, especially below level 40. After just a few hours, you may no longer need the newly purchased weapon and regret spending gold on it. Especially when you realize that these are now more gold coins missing for a mount.
This guide explains how you can make good money in the auction house with various professions.
Additionally, WoW Classic starts equally for all players. If you find a great item that you want to sell, it may not yet find a buyer in the first weeks – after all, very few players will have much gold right now. So be patient and use the auction house wisely to benefit from it and not to distract you from important goals.
5. Treat yourself to good food
After just a few enemies in Classic, many players will find that their character’s health or mana plummets dangerously low. While automatic regeneration is present in Classic, it is extremely low. To avoid long waiting times between individual fights, you should always have a few stacks of the best food for your level with you. Instead of sitting on the ground for 30 seconds, you might only need 5-10 seconds.
Therefore, it also pays to know a mage friend who can supply you with food for free. If he is not nearby, you should always prepare at the inn.
Nothing is more frustrating than arriving at your desired farming area after a long journey, only to realize that you have to turn back after 3 enemies because you have no means of regeneration.
