Henry
Veteran
For all the newbies lurking these forums, what quick tips or headache-saving pieces of advice would you give? What have you learned since you started as a F2P/Vet, that would have made your life a lot easier (or your journey a lot more enjoyable) had you known it from the get-go?
Not necessarily a full guide or Q&A, but just little experiences or lessons you've learned along the way.
I'll go first:
1.) When you're gearing up and have game time, the best thing you can be doing is giving yourself gearing options for when your sub expires and you start queuing BGs. I've repeatedly made the mistake of theorycrafting the singular BiS gear set to go after, then sub runs out, I get in some BGs and think to myself, "Man, I really wish I had a bit more Vers."...or, "Gee, this trinket isn't as good as I thought it'd be"....or, "I really should have gotten that other helm".....I.E. No amount of theorycrafting can compare to actual subjective experience playing in the bracket, so get as many different gear, enchant, gem, etc. options as you possibly can while you have game time, so when it expires you have plenty of wiggle room to experiment and try out different things.
2.) The enjoyment for lots of us isn't strictly about the PvP. Yes, the PvP is the primary reason many of us made twinks in the first place, but there's a lot of enjoyment to be had by playing the game in the shoes of a Level 20 and trying to get as much accomplished on the PvE side as you can. Especially for F2Ps, the challenge of completing content and getting cool gear and checking off little personal achievements can be very rewarding and fun. The pacing is completely different than modern, end-game retail WoW that many of us are used to, and it can really be a fresh of breath air or a new way to experience the game.
3.) Finding a guild/group of friends to run with is 90% of the fun. There was a period that I tried making my twinks on Stormrage, because it's the most populated Alliance US server with a hot AH and I figured it'd make gearing and buying supplies that much easier...I quickly realized that without people online in /g, without people to queue with every now and then, it just wasn't nearly as enjoyable. So if you're new, step #1 should be finding a cool group of people to roll with!
Not necessarily a full guide or Q&A, but just little experiences or lessons you've learned along the way.
I'll go first:
1.) When you're gearing up and have game time, the best thing you can be doing is giving yourself gearing options for when your sub expires and you start queuing BGs. I've repeatedly made the mistake of theorycrafting the singular BiS gear set to go after, then sub runs out, I get in some BGs and think to myself, "Man, I really wish I had a bit more Vers."...or, "Gee, this trinket isn't as good as I thought it'd be"....or, "I really should have gotten that other helm".....I.E. No amount of theorycrafting can compare to actual subjective experience playing in the bracket, so get as many different gear, enchant, gem, etc. options as you possibly can while you have game time, so when it expires you have plenty of wiggle room to experiment and try out different things.
2.) The enjoyment for lots of us isn't strictly about the PvP. Yes, the PvP is the primary reason many of us made twinks in the first place, but there's a lot of enjoyment to be had by playing the game in the shoes of a Level 20 and trying to get as much accomplished on the PvE side as you can. Especially for F2Ps, the challenge of completing content and getting cool gear and checking off little personal achievements can be very rewarding and fun. The pacing is completely different than modern, end-game retail WoW that many of us are used to, and it can really be a fresh of breath air or a new way to experience the game.
3.) Finding a guild/group of friends to run with is 90% of the fun. There was a period that I tried making my twinks on Stormrage, because it's the most populated Alliance US server with a hot AH and I figured it'd make gearing and buying supplies that much easier...I quickly realized that without people online in /g, without people to queue with every now and then, it just wasn't nearly as enjoyable. So if you're new, step #1 should be finding a cool group of people to roll with!
