I'm coming back... (EU)

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Hello all,

After some time (quite long) ive decided im gonna come back and play retail.

Mains will take care of themself but i'd love a good place to Twink.

I have no idea where to start or what bracket is best to play at? What are the benefits of certain brackets?

Any help would be great! Thanks in advance.

 

[hom]

Level 20 Vet/f2p & an account w/o shadowlands level 50 are the only places you can twink and get into battlegrounds/arenas.

They're your choices pretty much unless you want to get into some niche brackets.

I've got a couple of 39's from the old 85 bracket which are really quite fun and have a solid amount of abilities.

I haven't bought shadowlands so i'll probably be decking something out at level 50 once the dust settles on the release rush.

Check out the 20 forum and the 19s forum for some detailed info on how to gear a vet/f2p - they both share pretty much the same gear.

As far as classes go, hunters are clearly the strongest class at the moment but most other classes fall fairly in the middle which is nice.

Welcome back!

 

[Søcks]

Level 20 Vet/f2p & an account w/o shadowlands level 50 are the only places you can twink and get into battlegrounds/arenas.

They're your choices pretty much unless you want to get into some niche brackets.

I've got a couple of 39's from the old 85 bracket which are really quite fun and have a solid amount of abilities.

I haven't bought shadowlands so i'll probably be decking something out at level 50 once the dust settles on the release rush.

Check out the 20 forum and the 19s forum for some detailed info on how to gear a vet/f2p - they both share pretty much the same gear.

As far as classes go, hunters are clearly the strongest class at the moment but most other classes fall fairly in the middle which is nice.

Welcome back!

Thanks for replying..

So basically there are only 2 real brackets now?

As Im guessing any bracket (19/29/39) will give XP meaning you cant hang around for too long?

Is that correct?

Also if I have a F2P account.. linked to same Bnet.. are heirlooms still a thing and can they be used on alternative bnet accounts?

Any ideas which server is best atm?

 

[hom]

Thanks for replying..

So basically there are only 2 real brackets now?

As Im guessing any bracket (19/29/39) will give XP meaning you cant hang around for too long?

Is that correct?

Also if I have a F2P account.. linked to same Bnet.. are heirlooms still a thing and can they be used on alternative bnet accounts?

Any ideas which server is best atm?

So turning your xp off will do a couple of things.

1. it will turn your xp off
2. it prevents you from joining battlegrounds with people who have their xp on (levellers), putting you into a queue with only other xp off players. The population of xp off players isn't high enough to get regular/reliable battlegrounds going
3. if you create a group/invited to a group, those other members of the group have a permanent debuff while you're in the group, reducing their xp gain by 90%

This leaves just a few options to twink and get into battlegrounds/boost people
Free to play obviously limits your level to 20 - here you can grind for gear and get into battleground with regular levellers 20-29
A vet character is a toon that has game time, locked their xp at level 20 to gear up and receive all the benefits of a regular account (Most importantly gaining access to mail/AH to acquire gems, enchants, gear etc.).
Once that toon as geared up & you want to play it in battlegrounds you must turn your xp back on and either wait for the account gametime to run out or transfer the toon to an account without gametime.

It's important to turn your xp back on before you do this otherwise you'll have no game time, and be unable to turn your xp on, preventing you from getting into battleground etc.

The level 50 bracket will become more of a prominent thing as the expansion progresses. Those that haven't bought shadowlands can't level past 50 however they haven't had to lock their xp. This puts them in pretty much the same position as a free to play/vet character.

Realms are linked to one another more than ever at the moment so picking a realm is greatly up to you. those with higher populations will have a lot more options in the AH but the prices will likely be higher.
AH is now linked between the two factions btw.

Pretty sure a linked f2p account will have access to heirlooms but they're not as strong as they used to be.