[0:00] Hey folks, this is Kalani. Patch 1207 is
[0:03] almost here. It goes live on June 16th
[0:06] and it introduces a bunch of new
[0:08] content, but you won't be able to jump
[0:10] into some of it straight away if you've
[0:12] been ignoring certain features or
[0:14] systems so far in Midnight. There are
[0:17] also a few things you can do right now
[0:19] to speed up your progress in the new
[0:20] patch and with so many changes coming
[0:22] our way, there are a lot of things that
[0:24] will become much easier after the patch
[0:27] goes live. So, doing any of that right
[0:29] now could be a big waste of time. So,
[0:32] let's go over what we would recommend
[0:33] you do before patch 1207 goes live and
[0:36] some things that you definitely should
[0:38] not do if you want to save yourself some
[0:40] time and effort. Now, before we jump in,
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[0:47] The first thing I would make sure you do
[0:48] before the patch goes live is to save
[0:51] all of your field accolades and your
[0:53] dark particles. We will have so many
[0:55] more options for spending these
[0:56] currencies in the new patch. You can buy
[0:59] specific hero gear slot boxes for 750
[1:02] field accolades each, so you can target
[1:04] the exact items that you still need to
[1:06] round out your gear sets. You can spend
[1:09] 100 field accolades on warbound champion
[1:12] gear boxes that you can then send to
[1:13] your alts to gear them up much faster
[1:15] and then you can spend dark particles on
[1:18] bulging bags that contain specific
[1:20] themed transmog items. So, getting your
[1:22] hands on those will be so much easier in
[1:24] the new patch, too. So, I would highly
[1:26] recommend holding on to both of those
[1:29] currencies until after the patch goes
[1:31] live because they're just going to be so
[1:32] much more valuable.
[1:34] Now, while I would save any field
[1:36] accolades and dark particles that you
[1:38] have or may happen to obtain during the
[1:41] last week of 1205, I wouldn't actually
[1:43] go out of your way to farm them
[1:45] specifically. Sure, you could farm up a
[1:48] hundreds and hundreds of field accolades
[1:50] right now and buy the exact pieces of
[1:52] gear that you want using the new heroic
[1:53] gear boxes right away on patch day, but
[1:56] field accolades are the main reward from
[1:59] the two new zones coming in the patch.
[2:01] Everything rewards them from completing
[2:04] world quests to opening treasures. On
[2:07] heroic world tier, which is now open
[2:09] immediately for everyone instead of
[2:11] needing to be unlocked, treasures will
[2:13] drop eight field accolades each. Killing
[2:15] a rare or completing a world quest
[2:17] rewards you with 30, and killing the
[2:19] world bosses will reward you with over
[2:21] 200. There are plenty of quests for each
[2:24] zone that reward 25 field accolades
[2:26] each, and the weekly quest rewards you
[2:28] with a cache that contains field
[2:29] accolades and even myth crests. If you
[2:32] are spending any length of time in these
[2:34] new zones, you'll be drowning in field
[2:37] accolades. So much so that any time
[2:39] spent farming them before the patch goes
[2:41] live really will feel like a waste. So
[2:44] definitely save your currencies, but I
[2:46] wouldn't actively farm them unless you
[2:49] really love running ritual sites.
[2:52] Now, if you are still not in full hero
[2:54] gear, I probably wouldn't worry about
[2:56] gearing up until the patch hits. Being
[2:58] able to buy specific pieces of hero gear
[3:00] would be better than almost anything you
[3:02] can do right now if you aren't taking
[3:05] part in mythic plus dungeons or the
[3:07] raid. And the best sources of field
[3:09] accolades are going to be in the new
[3:11] patch. So whether it's the random chance
[3:13] for hero gear at the end of your delves,
[3:15] the random hero gear in your weekly
[3:17] vault, or the random hero gear field
[3:19] accolade boxes, it's all random. So
[3:22] there's no guarantee of getting an item
[3:23] you actually need, and it's all going to
[3:25] take much longer when compared to
[3:27] farming field accolades in the new
[3:29] patch. So I wouldn't worry about gearing
[3:31] up if you're not already in full hero
[3:33] gear.
[3:34] Now, if you have no need for heroic
[3:36] gear, the field accolade rewards
[3:38] probably won't interest you too much,
[3:40] but the loot from the new raid probably
[3:42] will. The Sporfall one boss raid drops
[3:45] some of the best loot in the game, up to
[3:47] item level 298 on mythic, and this raid
[3:50] actually has flex mythic difficulty, so
[3:52] you can take 15 to 25 players in and the
[3:55] fight will adjust like any other
[3:57] difficulty does. That should make it
[3:59] easier to kill for more guilds or
[4:01] players, but especially easier to pug.
[4:04] So, it's not a bad idea to have a peek
[4:05] at the boss journal on the PTR to see
[4:08] what abilities we have to work with and
[4:10] how the fight plays out. If you don't
[4:12] want to pop onto the PTR, the Wowhead
[4:14] guide has all of the ability information
[4:17] and there are quite a few video previews
[4:19] if that's more your thing. Having idea
[4:22] of how the fight works before you step
[4:23] into it will make things smoother
[4:25] overall and should lead to some faster
[4:27] kills. Of course, if you'd rather go in
[4:29] blind, that's totally fair. I just hope
[4:32] you have a guild who will stick with it
[4:34] rather than having to resort to pugs.
[4:36] Make sure you have a bonus roll
[4:37] available so you can guarantee a piece
[4:39] of loot if you do get a kill.
[4:42] With this new gear being some of the
[4:43] best available for the rest of the
[4:45] season, you may be wondering if it's
[4:47] worth holding onto your bonus rolls
[4:49] until you can get in there and take down
[4:51] Rotmier. Each bonus roll guarantees you
[4:54] a piece of awesome gear, right? Well,
[4:56] yes, but we will still be able to pick
[4:58] up two rolls per week throughout patch
[5:01] 1207. There are also new ways to earn
[5:04] bonus rolls. There's a quest to take
[5:06] down Rotmier on any difficulty that
[5:08] rewards one, which means everyone should
[5:10] be able to grab an extra nebulous void
[5:12] core even if you only clear the raid on
[5:13] LFR. And then there's a quest for taking
[5:16] part in ritual sites that rewards a
[5:17] bonus roll, too. So, bonus rolls are
[5:20] actually more plentiful in patch 1207.
[5:23] So, while you may want to try and roll
[5:24] on Rotmier every week to get those
[5:26] souped up rewards, you don't have to
[5:28] worry about holding onto your bonus
[5:30] rolls to make that happen. Feel free to
[5:32] roll on whatever you want. We'll have
[5:34] plenty of bonus rolls to use in patch
[5:36] 1207 even if you start the patch with
[5:38] zero.
[5:40] Now, something I definitely would not
[5:42] spend any time doing before the new
[5:44] patch goes live is a leveling up your
[5:46] alts. Patch 1207 includes the Turbulent
[5:48] Timeways event, which gives us
[5:50] back-to-back time walking for 6 weeks.
[5:52] Time walking dungeons have always been
[5:54] great for leveling up quickly, but
[5:56] during the event, you'll also get a
[5:57] stacking experience buff, which caps out
[6:00] at 30% bonus experience gains, which by
[6:03] itself will make leveling so much faster
[6:05] when the patch goes live. But, another
[6:07] huge change in 1207 is that several
[6:10] one-time or weekly quests will see
[6:12] massive increases to the amount of
[6:14] experience they reward. Delve one-time
[6:16] quests were almost doubled up to 140,000
[6:19] experience each, and weekly rep quests,
[6:22] prey hunts, and dungeon quests all had
[6:24] their experience increased by a huge
[6:26] chunk as well, which will make leveling
[6:28] so much faster in 1207. So, I would
[6:31] personally wait for all of these changes
[6:33] if you still have a few alts to level
[6:34] up. Now, it is worth noting that all of
[6:37] these quests can be completed before the
[6:39] patch goes live, and their experience
[6:41] rewards will update. So, if you want to
[6:43] do a bit of prep work for leveling up
[6:45] your alts, you could knock out all of
[6:47] the delve one-time quests and some of
[6:49] the weekly event quests if you wanted
[6:51] to. And then, when the patch goes live,
[6:52] you can hand them all in for the
[6:54] massively increased experience rewards.
[6:56] It might be worth waiting until you get
[6:58] the 30% buff from the Turbulent Timeways
[7:00] event to really rack up those experience
[7:02] gains, but that's going to be up to you.
[7:05] So, personally, I would wait to level up
[7:07] your alts, and the same goes for gearing
[7:09] up any alts that you do have up at level
[7:11] 90. Patch 1207 offers so many different
[7:14] ways to catch up on gear, and we'll have
[7:16] access to so much war-bound gear that
[7:19] you'll be able to gear up your alts
[7:20] without even playing them. Rares in the
[7:22] new zones drop war-bound champion gear,
[7:24] the world bosses can drop war-bound
[7:26] heroic gear, and if you still need more
[7:29] gear, you can buy war-bound champion
[7:31] pieces using field accolades. The time
[7:33] walking event weekly quests also get
[7:35] bumped up during the Turbulent Timeways
[7:37] event, so that's six heroic caches you
[7:39] can pick up for every character during
[7:41] the patch as well. So, save your time
[7:44] and don't worry too much about gearing
[7:45] up your alts before next week.
[7:48] If you're interested in taking advantage
[7:50] of the new myth crest rewards that will
[7:51] be available for solo content players,
[7:53] it's not a bad idea to make sure you're
[7:55] ready to hop straight into tier six
[7:57] ritual sites when the patch goes live.
[7:59] Setting that up is super easy. You just
[8:01] need to have unlocked at least six
[8:03] challenges by completing the quests tied
[8:05] to ritual sites. If you want to make
[8:07] these as easy as possible, I would
[8:09] ensure you have these challenges
[8:11] unlocked. The two you probably want to
[8:13] avoid are malevolent boons and embers.
[8:16] They're going to slow down your runs far
[8:18] more than any other challenge. And if
[8:20] your main goal is farming myth crests,
[8:22] you just want to finish the ritual sites
[8:24] as quickly as possible, ignoring any and
[8:26] all side objectives. If you've been
[8:28] taking part in ritual sites already,
[8:30] this shouldn't take very long. But if
[8:32] you've been ignoring the feature
[8:33] entirely, you may have a bit of work to
[8:35] do. If you haven't done anything with
[8:38] ritual sites yet, you should be able to
[8:39] pick up a quest near the field acolyte
[8:41] vendors in Silvermoon that introduces
[8:44] you to the system and leads into the
[8:45] challenge unlock quests.
[8:48] Now, the main reason why you may be
[8:49] interested in this new source of myth
[8:51] crests is because it allows solo content
[8:53] players to farm enough myth crests to
[8:55] fully upgrade any spark crafted gear
[8:57] that you may have made or that you may
[8:59] have been ignoring up until now. Solo
[9:02] players were strictly limited to 20 myth
[9:04] crests per week from the delve system.
[9:06] That means it would take 4 weeks to get
[9:08] a single piece of 285 crafted gear.
[9:11] That's not really ideal, but tier six
[9:13] ritual sites lets you farm myth crests
[9:16] as fast as you want to. So, your radiant
[9:18] sparks are suddenly worth a lot more.
[9:21] So, it's not a bad idea to catch up with
[9:23] your radiant spark acquisition if you're
[9:25] a little bit behind. Every two sparks is
[9:27] one more piece of 285 crafted gear in
[9:30] the new patch, which is some of the best
[9:32] gear you can get your hands on as a solo
[9:34] content player. You can earn missing
[9:36] sparks by completing end game content,
[9:38] which will mostly be limited to delves
[9:41] if you don't take part in any group
[9:42] content.
[9:44] With 285 crafted gear becoming even more
[9:46] accessible, now is also the perfect time
[9:49] to set up your own professions if you
[9:51] haven't already, so you can craft your
[9:53] very own rank five gear. Setting up
[9:55] professions really doesn't take too
[9:57] long, and at this point in the
[9:58] expansion, it's also very cheap to just
[10:01] buy most of what you need with gold. For
[10:03] most gear slots, you just need to get to
[10:06] around level 50 in your chosen
[10:07] profession, unlock the appropriate
[10:09] specializations for whatever you want to
[10:11] craft, make sure you get as many first
[10:13] time craft bonuses as you can afford,
[10:16] pick up all of the one-time treasures
[10:17] scattered around the midnight zones, but
[10:19] buy up some of the midnight profession
[10:21] equipment, preferably the rare or blue
[10:23] ones if you can afford them, and spend
[10:25] your profession knowledge points in the
[10:26] trees that boost your desired craft. You
[10:29] should also keep an eye on your NPC work
[10:31] orders page because at this point you'll
[10:33] have an insane number of catch-up
[10:36] available to They just take a little bit
[10:38] of time to refresh, but that can be a
[10:40] very easy way to earn boatloads of
[10:42] profession knowledge to reach rank five
[10:44] crafts quickly. And remember, the goal
[10:47] here isn't actually to be able to craft
[10:49] rank five gear straight up. You only
[10:51] have to reach rank four, which is
[10:53] significantly easier, and then you can
[10:55] use concentration to boost your craft up
[10:57] to rank five. But the best part about
[11:00] this is that once you've set things up
[11:02] once, you can craft your own gear for
[11:04] the rest of the expansion. No more
[11:06] looking in trade chat for a crafter or
[11:08] worrying about how much to tip, just get
[11:10] the new sparks in season two and craft
[11:12] your own stuff. And then you can do it
[11:13] again when season three rolls around,
[11:15] and when it's time for a new expansion,
[11:17] at least you'll know exactly how it all
[11:19] works, so you can set things up even
[11:21] faster next time, assuming they keep the
[11:23] same profession system in The Last
[11:25] Titan, anyway. I finally just got around
[11:28] to sorting my jewel crafting out, so So,
[11:30] this point I can craft almost any piece
[11:32] of gear at rank five that my main few
[11:34] characters could ever want, which is
[11:36] pretty awesome. So, if you haven't set
[11:38] up your professions yet, now is a
[11:40] perfect time, so you can save yourself a
[11:42] bunch of gold and craft some awesome
[11:43] gear in 1207.
[11:46] While we're on the topic of crafted
[11:48] gear, you might want to plan your pieces
[11:50] ahead of time due to the new myth track
[11:52] gear reward from the heroic world tier
[11:54] difficulty. Every single player will be
[11:56] able to choose between a cloak, a belt,
[11:58] and some bracers. To earn this piece of
[12:01] myth track gear, you just have to kill
[12:02] the new world bosses four times, so it
[12:04] may take a few weeks to get this done,
[12:06] but it's a guaranteed piece of myth
[12:08] track gear for one of those slots. These
[12:10] three slots are very popular crafted
[12:12] gear slots due to their low stat budget
[12:14] and because they aren't tier gear slots.
[12:17] But, with sparks still being a somewhat
[12:19] limited resource, you don't want to
[12:21] overlap a piece of crafted gear with
[12:23] this myth track reward. That just
[12:25] wouldn't be efficient. Now, I imagine
[12:27] most players would look at these rewards
[12:29] and focus more on the belt because it's
[12:32] only item without versatility, but it's
[12:34] important to remember that you can take
[12:36] any of these pieces of gear and pop them
[12:38] in the catalyst to change the stats. The
[12:40] resulting stats depend entirely on your
[12:43] class or armor type, but the easiest way
[12:45] to check this is by using an add-on like
[12:47] Keystone Loot. On the right-hand side of
[12:50] the add-on, you can see all of the items
[12:51] tied to the catalyst, so hover over the
[12:53] cloak, the bracers, and the belt, and
[12:56] that will show you what these items look
[12:57] like if you use them in the catalyst.
[13:00] So, you need to take both the actual
[13:01] quest items and the catalyst results
[13:03] into account when choosing which item
[13:05] you might want to pick up, and then just
[13:07] make sure you don't craft that gear slot
[13:09] by accident. That will give you the
[13:11] highest possible item level as you head
[13:13] into season two as a solo content
[13:15] player.
[13:17] Now, to round out this video, I've seen
[13:19] a lot of comments from new or returning
[13:21] players wanting to catch up on all the
[13:22] fun, and I've seen some comments
[13:24] wondering what the heck certain features
[13:26] are for and how they work. So, let's go
[13:28] over a few things you definitely want to
[13:30] get done if you haven't already. The
[13:32] first one is unlocking the Void Forge.
[13:34] For most up-to-date players, this might
[13:36] seem a bit strange, but I've seen a few
[13:38] comments recently that boil down to
[13:41] "That doesn't seem worth it. I'm
[13:42] ignoring it entirely." which is wild to
[13:45] me.
[13:46] The Void Forge is just free gear when
[13:49] you unlock it. You can get two bonus
[13:50] rolls per week since it was first
[13:52] enabled, which is an insane amount of
[13:54] loot at this point in the game. If
[13:56] you're returning player for the new
[13:58] patch or you just ignored the Void Forge
[14:00] for whatever reason, pop by Void Storm,
[14:03] talk to Decimus, and if he has any
[14:05] purple important quests for you, make
[14:07] sure you get them done. You're leaving
[14:09] free loot on the table if you don't have
[14:11] the Void Forge set up. The same goes for
[14:13] the Nilhammer. After you finish those
[14:15] quests, you can loot items that help you
[14:17] boost the item level of weapons and
[14:19] trinkets. The Ascendant Void Cores will
[14:21] also be more useful for solo content
[14:23] players because you can now freely
[14:25] upgrade crafted gear to 285 thanks to
[14:27] tier six ritual sites. So, that 285
[14:30] weapon that you can now very easily
[14:32] craft is actually a 295 weapon if you've
[14:35] got the Nilhammer unlocked. So, if
[14:37] Decimus has any important quests for
[14:39] you, go get those done. Both the Void
[14:41] Forge and the Nilhammer help you gear up
[14:43] insanely fast, which will make the new
[14:45] rewards in patch 1207 even better. But,
[14:48] that's everything we would recommend you
[14:49] do before patch 1207 and some things
[14:52] that you can totally wait on. So, that's
[14:54] it for this video. What are you going to
[14:56] be working on in the last week of patch
[14:57] 1205 and what are you most looking
[14:59] forward to in the new patch? Leave all
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