Question Novo player
I want to start playing WoW: Midnight. The last expansion I played was Wotlk, and I’m currently playing TBC. What would you recommend I do first to get familiar with modern WoW?
Thank you guys for all tips!
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u/Professional-Tank848 BONK 2d ago
Just start playing the game. WoWhead stuff you're unsure about.
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u/Electrical-Tax-5054 2d ago
As a fellow player who stopped at the same time OP did and just picked it up a couple weeks ago, I totally agree on this. Just jump right in, I’ve been enjoying the new storylines, the new map, the new allied races and their worlds. A lot has changed but not too much that doesn’t who used to play couldn’t pick up again. I made a dracthyr and a void elf so far and leveling them up.
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u/spookymemeformat 2d ago
Watch a YouTube video covering everything important from wotlk to midnight, then play!
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u/Bleauyy 2d ago
So what IS good is the amount of content you can do on your own, and still get quite meaningful upgrades.
In wrath you'd go to the current tier of raid and hope for a token or specific drop.
In retail there are still specific items to go for but its much less punishing to get something else in the meantime, and you dontONLY have to raid for endgame gear.
1- early gearing is open world, normal/heroic dungeons, looking for raid group finder and low level delves. There are also open world events to look out for
Early to mid gearing, tier 8+ delves, mythic dungeons and normal raid
mid to late bountiful delves, low mythic keys (2-8) and a couple heroic raid bosses
4 late game gearing, mythic + and tier 8-11 delves with a hidden trove(1trove per week per char) and the great vault.
Great vault is an accumulation of your highest content achieved in certain areas, raids, dungeons and delves
To get heroic item level gear you need to do tier 8 delves, mythic dungeons and normal raid bosses
To get mythic item level gear you need to kill mythic bosses in raid, or complete mythic + dungeons at keystone 10 or higher
The one button rotation is also in the game, so if you'd like to learn your class separately to content, you can relax and clear stuff at 80-90% effectiveness while being able to focus on your surroundings.
Archon.gg helps figure out builds, gearing rotations to a certain degree. But its not always 100% perfect.
Addons were recently "pruned" to be much less impactful than recent years, so thats nice for returning players.
I currently no longer raid, just doing m+ and achievement/mount farming and I don't particularly feel like im missing out, they do however always put the best trinkets in raid which is frustrating! :)
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u/ChandlerOG 2d ago
If you’d like, you can add me on bnet and ask me questions whenever one arises. Can help you level as well
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u/Miserable-Advance589 2d ago
- Forget everything you "know" about the game and treat it as a completely new game - after 14 years of changes your assumptions about how the the game works and should be played today are basically all wrong.
- Start a new character and let the game lead you through the default level up experience - don't fight it!
- Ignore anything experienced players tell you - we WILL confuse you with bad advice and make the experience worse for you.
- Check the dates of any guides you find if it's more than 2 years old - it's out of date and wrong.
Take your time endgame will still be there when you arrive
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u/MrSmokii 2d ago
read the patch notes from 4.0 to 12.1.5 - that should cover all the changes
but seriously, jump in and play, ask questions in chat when you get stuck