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[Skavenger]

Hey all,

Few questions as I'm kinda keen to get a level twenty going.

Should I resub and use my main account or start a brand new free to play? What's the best or more fun option?

And I saw in the screenshots thread...people doing what looks like to be solo achievements and fishing etc? What are the benefits here?

I guess I'd love to do majority PvP at twenty but some of the side goal's look kind of fun too so not sure if I should sub or not to achieve this

Also if there's any classes that are truly not viable, I'd love to hear it.

Lastly...I'm OCE based but should I just go on BH anyway to have any chance of guild/community?

Sorry for bulk questions but appreciate the help of all!

Thanks

 

[Embu]

Hey!

If you start a new brand F2P account, you will start from scratch.

So your gameplay experience will be harder because no heirloom or shared items from your P2P account, for example. But it can also be seen as a challenge and a new start for a 100% twinking account, which is not bad.

Mage and rogue are pretty fun, hunter is (and always was) a OP class in the bracket. So if you want something not viable, maybe something else than this class.

 

[Goesid]

specs are unviable but even then they can still fill a niche and theres very few of them. and no entire class is unviable.

 

[Chops]

Should I resub and use my main account or start a brand new free to play? What's the best or more fun option?

And I saw in the screenshots thread...people doing what looks like to be solo achievements and fishing etc? What are the benefits here?

I guess I'd love to do majority PvP at twenty but some of the side goal's look kind of fun too so not sure if I should sub or not to achieve this

Just gonna snag all these in one go.

If all you're looking to do is build a toon rather quickly to knock out some casual pvp, then what you'll want to do is play whats called a "Veteran" account. IE, sub up, level to 20, lock xp, get dungeon gear, stack up enchants/consumables and then make a level 24 or 25 and start farming ilvl 28 BOEs for the rest of the month or hope you snag some off your local AH. Then, right before your one month expires, turn your xp gains back on and you've got a toon to rock and roll with.

If you have a second account thats ever had game time, you can xfer your toon off your active account to that other account and be ready to play without having to wait a month, by the by.

The other option is to start from scratch on a Free-To-Play starter account, often just referred to as F2P. I find this far more rewarding and enjoyable but its also a long haul. For instance, if you play a class that wants any epic gem cuts (like the popular 2 int/ 2 vers) then you have to not only only farm up Wrath era gems (blech) but then you have to level Wrath alchemy and wait 24 hours between every transmute. A full set of some gems could take you almost a month. But if you play a class that benefits from, say, a full talasite stack like a warrior/DK or RDruid Flag carrier... you could be in BGs in less than a week (it'd be one hell of a week though lol).

What generally appeals to a lot of F2P players is pursuing their own sort of "end game" IE not just playing PVP but achievement hunting, collecting and other "completionist" pursuits. Maximizing a F2P character/account becomes quite the hobby and people have pushed them to some pretty impressive lengths. There's F2P players out there with over 16,000 achievement points, ~250 pets and ~175 mounts. Thats just insane when you consider they never had AH/mail/trade access, cant do pet battles and are restricted to just 1000 gold.

It's fun and very engaging to play that way but its also a whole lot of grinding and doesnt really appeal to players who are looking to just log on and play some casual pvp with the boys. But if you're looking for a new WoW outlet... I'd suggest it.

 

[Skavenger]

A big thank you Chops for all your detailed info!!

Sounds a bit silly but my biggest concern with F2P is having average tmogs haha

I think I'll decide on a class, do a vet first to validate I like the bracket as much as I think and then maybe do a F2P down the line as it definitely has me curious. It's kind of like an ironman mode which has its appeal and without a sub I mean...why not? but without a dedicated guild/community to talk to, I'd fear burn out lol