[0:00] Hello guys, how's it going? My name is
[0:01] Dial. And it seems that patch 12.0.7
[0:03] completely broke leveling in Midnight,
[0:06] but in the best way possible. Let's be
[0:08] honest, up until now leveling in this
[0:10] expansion hasn't been completely
[0:11] terribly slow, but also hasn't really
[0:13] been fast either. With many players
[0:15] noting that it kind of feels like a
[0:16] slog, especially with the gear scaling
[0:18] dropping off as you're trying to make
[0:20] your way through the final few levels.
[0:22] Thankfully, this patch in particular
[0:24] transforms how we're going to be
[0:25] leveling our alts or any of our
[0:27] characters. Blizzard heavily buffed up
[0:29] the experience gain for this patch all
[0:30] across the board, increasing the amount
[0:32] of gains you can make from your weekly
[0:34] content, pray, delve quests, but even
[0:37] also the new invasion zones where you
[0:38] can basically take a character from
[0:40] level 80 to 90 in a single afternoon.
[0:43] And it's only going to get sillier from
[0:45] here because the expected Turbulent
[0:47] Timeways event is going to go online,
[0:49] buffing up experience for everybody by
[0:51] 30 additional percent, which is going to
[0:53] make leveling that much more of a
[0:55] breeze. So, for today's video, I simply
[0:57] wanted to highlight exactly how players
[0:58] are leveling their alts, going over some
[1:00] of the fastest and some of the easiest
[1:02] brain-off routing available, especially
[1:04] if you're trying to bolster up your army
[1:06] of alts ahead of season two content with
[1:08] the patch 12.1 looming on the horizon.
[1:12] With that being said, as always, if you
[1:13] guys want to see more regular guides and
[1:14] updates for Midnight as an expansion, be
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[1:21] right in.
[1:24] So, before we actually get into the
[1:25] leveling route, I do want to talk a
[1:26] little bit about war mode. Technically,
[1:28] war mode is ideal if you are going to be
[1:31] leveling from 80 to 90 and are trying to
[1:33] make it as fast as possible. Enabling
[1:35] war mode does mean that the open world
[1:37] becomes a little more dangerous, so if
[1:38] you're really averse to, you know, PvP
[1:40] combat in general, you probably don't
[1:43] want to have it enabled all the time,
[1:45] but do know that you're likely going to
[1:47] be going back to Silvermoon to re-enable
[1:49] it because having it out for so many
[1:51] different open world quests is huge. 15%
[1:55] additional EXP that you can get on
[1:56] average for most characters depending on
[1:58] the faction balance up in the open world
[2:00] ends up being massive. So, it is
[2:02] something that you likely just want to
[2:04] put on and then keep on. You're not
[2:06] really going to spend too much time
[2:07] actually doing stuff in the open world.
[2:09] So, the danger level shouldn't be that
[2:10] high. But if you do have to turn it off,
[2:13] you may want to go back to capital city
[2:15] to turn it back on before you turn in
[2:16] some of the quests. But basically, you
[2:18] try to have it on as all as best as
[2:19] possible because the amount of XP you
[2:21] get out of it is more than worth it.
[2:25] Now, another thing that we'll be doing
[2:26] for this strategy is while we're
[2:27] figuring out our route, the route isn't
[2:29] specifically set up in such a way where
[2:31] you have to do like one zone the next
[2:33] then the next in a very specific order.
[2:35] Technically, you're free to do any zone
[2:37] you want to, but essentially you'll be
[2:39] using the prey system to guide you which
[2:41] zone you're going to be leveling in.
[2:43] Prey quests for the weekly are worth it.
[2:45] They grant you a decent bit of EXP. So,
[2:48] picking them up basically selects which
[2:50] zone you're going to be clearing out.
[2:52] And essentially, you want to end that
[2:53] zone by finishing off your prey target
[2:55] because that'll immediately teleport you
[2:56] to Silvermoon. Not only completing a
[2:58] quest, which will have a bonus within
[3:00] war mode, which is massive, but also
[3:02] takes you back to Silvermoon to select
[3:04] the next prey area and then do that zone
[3:07] specifically. So, we'll be utilizing
[3:09] prey together with all the other
[3:10] content. It doesn't really matter which
[3:12] zone you do first for this, but I am
[3:14] going to break down the zones more or
[3:15] less in the terms of the in terms of the
[3:17] order that I did them specifically. But
[3:20] every time you go into a zone, make sure
[3:22] you have a prey active within that zone
[3:24] and you want to be finishing of that
[3:25] zone with completing that prey objective
[3:27] specifically.
[3:30] Now, the basic objective no matter which
[3:31] zone you go into is to do that zone's
[3:34] event. So, every single one of the
[3:36] factions or I guess the three that we'll
[3:38] be actually utilizing instead of four
[3:40] has some sort of like a big zone event.
[3:42] Whether I'm talking about abundance,
[3:43] swaray, or the harandar stories. Those
[3:45] are the three you're going to want to
[3:46] focus on. You still want to visit void
[3:48] storm. You're just not going to be using
[3:50] doing the void assault because it's not
[3:51] really worth the time spent doing it or
[3:53] the XP that you get up for the time
[3:55] spent, but the others are definitely
[3:57] worth it. So, every single zone you're
[3:58] going to go into, you want to do the
[4:00] pre-objective there, get the delves of
[4:02] those zones done, but not turned in just
[4:03] yet, and do the world event of that zone
[4:06] if one is available, since abundance
[4:08] tends to move around quite regularly.
[4:10] The first zone I went to was Horrendar.
[4:13] And in Horrendar, make sure you complete
[4:15] the zone's weekly quest with the
[4:16] Horrendar stories. Doesn't really matter
[4:18] which one you select, but definitely
[4:20] worth doing especially in a war mode. As
[4:22] well as you want to make sure to get all
[4:24] of the other delves within the zone
[4:26] completed, and then, like I said before,
[4:29] finishing out with praying.
[4:31] From there, I actually ended up doing a
[4:32] void storm where I simply completed all
[4:34] of the delves of the zone, killed a
[4:36] couple of rares since they were on the
[4:38] way, and then mostly focusing keeping up
[4:40] and finishing up by praying. From there,
[4:42] I moved on to Zul'Aman, which make sure
[4:44] to get all of those delves done. And
[4:45] while you're within those zones, whether
[4:47] it is void storm, Eversong Woods,
[4:49] Zul'Aman, or Horrendar, if you do see
[4:51] the abundance event, it's definitely
[4:53] worth doing even in war mode. You can
[4:56] technically turn it off since war mode
[4:57] is enabled and you can't technically PvP
[4:59] within the abundance. Most players don't
[5:01] really do that since they're there to
[5:03] level anyway. I usually can find like a
[5:05] little pocket where you can just collect
[5:06] all your abundance resources without
[5:08] having to engage with other players, but
[5:09] definitely worth doing and worth
[5:11] completing whenever it is available.
[5:13] Last zone I went to was Eversong Woods,
[5:15] which is filled with a ton of delves.
[5:17] Not only do you have the delves the two
[5:19] next to Silvermoon, you have one up
[5:20] north in the Quel'Thalas area, but also
[5:23] one south below as well. So, that's a
[5:25] lot of delves for you to complete, but
[5:26] also this war event.
[5:29] Notably on this war event, I think the
[5:31] side quests for this war are generally
[5:33] worth doing. They don't give you a lot
[5:35] of XP, but they're usually so quick to
[5:36] complete, especially if you choose the
[5:38] Blood Knights faction. They really take
[5:40] very little effort, and they're within
[5:42] the relative zone area, so it's not like
[5:44] you're really having to go out of your
[5:45] way to complete them as well. So, if you
[5:47] are trying to maximize those rewards,
[5:49] technically you can go for any other
[5:51] faction, whatever faction you're working
[5:52] on, and it's not like it's going to take
[5:54] you that much time and really be that
[5:56] much out of the way to complete those
[5:58] faction quests. Though, if you are
[6:00] trying to maximize your speed run
[6:02] potential for this, Blood Knights
[6:04] apparently is the best faction for you
[6:06] to do all of those side quests into.
[6:08] Though, some of them can definitely be a
[6:10] little bit finicky because of the way
[6:11] that you select those side quests
[6:13] depending on the faction can apparently
[6:15] be a little different. There's a lot of
[6:17] nuance to it and a lot of like detail
[6:19] stuff, but generally speaking, Blood
[6:21] Knights is the faster faction for any of
[6:23] those side quests. And make sure you
[6:25] complete the weekly quests as well.
[6:28] Completing all of those weekly events
[6:30] and having all of those delve quests
[6:32] that you were ready to turn in at once
[6:34] with war mode active to make sure that
[6:36] you get in the most of experience for
[6:39] the world questing cuz technically those
[6:41] delve quests and weekly quests are
[6:43] quests in the open world. So, with the
[6:45] world scale with the war mode bonus, all
[6:47] of them can easily take you up four
[6:49] levels. So, that's four levels that you
[6:51] don't actually have to grind through,
[6:53] quest through, or do much with. What's
[6:55] notable here is this is four free levels
[6:58] just for doing your weekly objectives
[7:00] that you can just do once and get the
[7:02] most amount of experience for the time
[7:03] spent. On top of it though, this is
[7:06] going to scale even crazily out of
[7:08] control because you're looking at four
[7:10] easy levels now, but when Turbulent
[7:11] Timeways is active for 30% additional
[7:14] experience, that's going to be even more
[7:17] value since all of those quests are
[7:19] quests and Turbulent Timeways will
[7:21] reward you additional experience for
[7:22] quests specifically, which will stack
[7:25] with war mode and all the other bonuses.
[7:27] And if you can get Darkmoon Faire
[7:28] squeezed in between of it for 10% more
[7:30] XP, you can really get a lot of mileage
[7:33] out of those weekly quests, which makes
[7:34] them definitely worth doing. And
[7:37] technically, you can wait to turn in all
[7:38] of those weekly quests up until you're
[7:40] level 86 just so you can skip that last
[7:42] four levels from 86 all the way to a 90.
[7:46] Or I guess technically could do it at 85
[7:49] once the turbulent timer bonus and any
[7:51] other benefits are online as well.
[7:55] Now, by the time that I was done
[7:57] clearing out all those weekly
[7:58] objectives, I was able to go from 80 to
[8:00] 84, more or less. So, you will still
[8:02] need a couple of more levels,
[8:04] potentially one or two. And the best
[8:06] place that I think you should get those
[8:07] last few levels, well, actually will be
[8:10] from the new invasion zones of Val and
[8:12] Nightal. They ended up buffing the
[8:14] experience rates in both of those zones
[8:17] when you're running them on a non-max
[8:19] level character on normal world tier.
[8:22] And essentially, basically everything
[8:23] you do in those zones from the quests,
[8:25] side objectives, rares, world quests,
[8:28] even treasures, essentially just
[8:30] existing in the zone gives you
[8:32] experience. Literally any activity you
[8:35] do in there grants you EXP and a decent
[8:37] bit of it just for completing some of
[8:39] those zones passively, which also do
[8:41] have other rewards as well. What makes
[8:44] Val and Nightal especially good, if you
[8:46] are looking to actually not just level
[8:48] that character but play them in the
[8:49] future, is the fact that you can start
[8:51] collecting gear but also currencies to
[8:53] gear out that character better once they
[8:55] do hit max level. The benefits of it
[8:57] being the fact that you're earning field
[8:59] accolades really, really early.
[9:01] Technically, if you just looking to get
[9:03] the most amount of field accolades for
[9:04] the time spent, you could just start out
[9:06] in the zone specifically just to farm
[9:08] field accolades endlessly. But you will
[9:10] get a lot more field accolades once you
[9:12] can do the zones in heroic world tier.
[9:14] But we'll be specifically be going to
[9:15] invasion zones just because it is the
[9:17] simplest route to get experience.
[9:19] Essentially, run around the zone,
[9:21] participate in all the events, kill the
[9:23] world boss if a group is available for
[9:24] it, do all the side quests because
[9:26] they're definitely worth it, and in no
[9:28] time you should be able to complete last
[9:30] few levels needed in order to get level
[9:32] 90.
[9:34] But with that being said, as always, I
[9:35] don't want to take all of you guys so
[9:36] much watching and hope you guys did
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