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The BiS Llama
Well, here we go again...
Hi all, it's Doob - your favorite BiS Llama, back with a brand new thread to bookmark. The Dragonflight F2P Baseline Guide became a go-to place for most F2Ps and Vets in the last year and a half, so I guess a TWW version also needs to pop up. A bunch of the information in the DF Guide is still relevant, so I won't be copying everything (for now, maybe in the future), but instead go through the main changes we saw with the TWW Prepatch. Just for reference, I will be linking every section of the old guide here, for people that are new and need to catch up.
Buckle up, it's a wild one!
TL;DR - BiS Gear Guide
0. The state of F2P and the 20-29 bracket
PVP is an unknown as of now. Pops are few and far between because people are busy with Remix, Prepatch, TWW, farming gear etc. I will update you once the waters calm.
PVE is having a blast, with a whole new continent full of quests, achievements and rewards. F2P characters can do stuff mostly in the Walking Shores, Ohn'ahran Plains and some of The Azure Span. If you are a Vet (with access to a high-level character), by completing Moving On you will unlock Adventure Mode which lets your lvl 20 alts do almost everything on the continent. Gearing-wise - the only known benefit (as of now) are a few DF necks, which may or may not be BiS for your char.
By far the most influential change in this expansion is the newly added Warband Bank. It makes F2P lives a ton easier by allowing (!) account-wide transfer of items, gold and reagents (!). For the first time in F2P history, you can give and receive items (even if it's only between your toons). Unlocking the Warband Bank Distance Inhibitor provides on-demand access to all your goodies go. Oh, and did I mention all characters lvl 10 or higher CAN FRIKING FLY?! IN 2 DIFFERENT MODES?! Anyway, more on that later.
1. Class and Race
We now have access to Dracthyr Evokers - the first new class this bracket has seen since the Demon Hunters became a thing! Other than that - nothing has changed. Still no Allied Races available to F2Ps, but they are still available to Vets (once unlocked on a high-level character).
2. Getting to 20
(!) All quest rewards, mob drops, and dungeon loot are scaling to your current level, so don't complete any important quests, and don't loot anything that is not repeatably lootable until you hit 20. (!)
The only thing to add here is the Dragonflight intro - The Dragon Isles Await, which is something you may want to do in addition to the old expansion campaigns.
3. Once you hit 20
(!) Do not lock your XP. It is a well-known bug that if a F2P locks XP, the character won't be able to participate in Battlegrounds. If you somehow get in this situation, write a ticket explaining that even if you spend 10 gold, the XP is not turned on and ask the GM to turn it on for you. It's a bit of a hit-and-miss but the approach is still working, confirming a GM Xp unlock as recently as March 2024 (!)
You no longer need Darkmoon Cannon or Gnomish Gravity Well, because we now have full world access to Expert Riding and Skyriding (the new term for Dragonriding), with the option to Switch Flight Style whenever you decide. Yes, that also means druids get their Flight Form! F2P characters can use 4 Vigor points, while Vets have access to everything they have on their high-level characters.
A new 34-slot bag was added - the Misty Satchel, which can be easily looted from the Misty Treasure Chest. Also, Wildercloth Bag is now an alternative to the tried and tested Lightless Silk Pouch. And lastly, finally a big reagent bag - Simply Stitched Reagent Bag.
On the gold spending front, the new priority would be stacking as much gold in your Warband Bank as possible, allowing you to unlock more tabs (first - 1k, second - 25k, third - 100k are all possible), while still acting like a literal bank, rendering gold sinks like the infamous Elixir of Tongues useless.
Hi all, it's Doob - your favorite BiS Llama, back with a brand new thread to bookmark. The Dragonflight F2P Baseline Guide became a go-to place for most F2Ps and Vets in the last year and a half, so I guess a TWW version also needs to pop up. A bunch of the information in the DF Guide is still relevant, so I won't be copying everything (for now, maybe in the future), but instead go through the main changes we saw with the TWW Prepatch. Just for reference, I will be linking every section of the old guide here, for people that are new and need to catch up.
Buckle up, it's a wild one!
TL;DR - BiS Gear Guide
0. The state of F2P and the 20-29 bracket
PVP is an unknown as of now. Pops are few and far between because people are busy with Remix, Prepatch, TWW, farming gear etc. I will update you once the waters calm.
PVE is having a blast, with a whole new continent full of quests, achievements and rewards. F2P characters can do stuff mostly in the Walking Shores, Ohn'ahran Plains and some of The Azure Span. If you are a Vet (with access to a high-level character), by completing Moving On you will unlock Adventure Mode which lets your lvl 20 alts do almost everything on the continent. Gearing-wise - the only known benefit (as of now) are a few DF necks, which may or may not be BiS for your char.
By far the most influential change in this expansion is the newly added Warband Bank. It makes F2P lives a ton easier by allowing (!) account-wide transfer of items, gold and reagents (!). For the first time in F2P history, you can give and receive items (even if it's only between your toons). Unlocking the Warband Bank Distance Inhibitor provides on-demand access to all your goodies go. Oh, and did I mention all characters lvl 10 or higher CAN FRIKING FLY?! IN 2 DIFFERENT MODES?! Anyway, more on that later.
1. Class and Race
We now have access to Dracthyr Evokers - the first new class this bracket has seen since the Demon Hunters became a thing! Other than that - nothing has changed. Still no Allied Races available to F2Ps, but they are still available to Vets (once unlocked on a high-level character).
2. Getting to 20
(!) All quest rewards, mob drops, and dungeon loot are scaling to your current level, so don't complete any important quests, and don't loot anything that is not repeatably lootable until you hit 20. (!)
The only thing to add here is the Dragonflight intro - The Dragon Isles Await, which is something you may want to do in addition to the old expansion campaigns.
3. Once you hit 20
(!) Do not lock your XP. It is a well-known bug that if a F2P locks XP, the character won't be able to participate in Battlegrounds. If you somehow get in this situation, write a ticket explaining that even if you spend 10 gold, the XP is not turned on and ask the GM to turn it on for you. It's a bit of a hit-and-miss but the approach is still working, confirming a GM Xp unlock as recently as March 2024 (!)
You no longer need Darkmoon Cannon or Gnomish Gravity Well, because we now have full world access to Expert Riding and Skyriding (the new term for Dragonriding), with the option to Switch Flight Style whenever you decide. Yes, that also means druids get their Flight Form! F2P characters can use 4 Vigor points, while Vets have access to everything they have on their high-level characters.
A new 34-slot bag was added - the Misty Satchel, which can be easily looted from the Misty Treasure Chest. Also, Wildercloth Bag is now an alternative to the tried and tested Lightless Silk Pouch. And lastly, finally a big reagent bag - Simply Stitched Reagent Bag.
On the gold spending front, the new priority would be stacking as much gold in your Warband Bank as possible, allowing you to unlock more tabs (first - 1k, second - 25k, third - 100k are all possible), while still acting like a literal bank, rendering gold sinks like the infamous Elixir of Tongues useless.
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