Do you want to have fun questing again and experience a true character journey? A player from World of Warcraft reveals how he managed to do it.
Quests in World of Warcraft have always provided a lot of discussion material. Some love to experience the many little stories and be rewarded with experience points and gear. Others consider questing a torment and want nothing to do with it.
However, everyone agrees that the questing experience is no longer what it was in “Vanilla” WoW – for better or worse. Leveling is significantly faster, and with flying, there’s hardly any time to truly experience the world as it was originally intended. A player has now listed tips and tricks on how to restore the feeling of the past.
What does the player recommend? In his post on the WoW subreddit, xKaedos recommends a whole range of adjustments to make when you want to undertake a “real journey”. This includes playing the stories in the correct order and doing so completely. This way, you could refresh your WoW knowledge and lose yourself again in the game world.
His basic ideas include:
- Play all WoW expansions in their intended original order.
- Do not use a mount until level 40 and do not fly until level 60.
- Do not leave an expansion until you have collected all mounts and completed the factions that interest you. Raid content can be skipped.
- Read all quest texts and lore books found in the game.
- Do not use heirlooms. Only use equipment you find or craft in the expansion.
- Level your professions while playing the expansion.
- Use XP stops at specific limits:
- Burning Crusade: 20
- Wrath of the Lich King: 25
- Cataclysm: 30
- Mists of Pandaria: 35
- Warlords of Draenor: 40
- Legion: 45
- Battle for Azeroth: 50
- Shadowlands: 60
Another tip is that it can also help to create a separate character for each expansion that thematically fits well. For example, a Blood Elf Paladin for “The Burning Crusade”, a Monk for “Mists of Pandaria”, or a Demon Hunter for “Legion”. This way, you don’t have to do everything with a single character and can still experience all quests.
In the end, xKaedos emphasizes that these are just his personal preferences that have worked well for him. The quest experience is, of course, a subjective matter – so you can make it a little easier or harder for yourself if you are not happy with his ideas.
Community loves it, criticizes Blizzard: The ideas are well received in the community. However, the top-rated comment from SystemofCells notes that it is very unfortunate to have to take such detours. Because WoW has so much fantastic world content that is simply no longer utilized. He says:
I don’t want retail to become like classic again. But there should be an optional mode for people who want to experience some kind of classic adventure in modern WoW. A satisfying way to go through a journey with all the great content.
It seems that Blizzard has also planned a bit of this by bringing back many old contents and reworking them into “evergreen” content. There is also a new feature for the upcoming “Legion Remix”: A new type of “World Difficulty”, and that could be exactly what many players wish for.
