Patch 12.0.7 Made Midnight Leveling INSANELY FAST

[00:00] Hello guys, how's it going? My name is

[00:01] Dial. And it seems that patch 12.0.7

[00:03] completely broke leveling in Midnight,

[00:06] but in the best way possible. Let's be

[00:08] honest, up until now leveling in this

[00:10] expansion hasn't been completely

[00:11] terribly slow, but also hasn't really

[00:13] been fast either. With many players

[00:15] noting that it kind of feels like a

[00:16] slog, especially with the gear scaling

[00:18] dropping off as you're trying to make

[00:20] your way through the final few levels.

[00:22] Thankfully, this patch in particular

[00:24] transforms how we're going to be

[00:25] leveling our alts or any of our

[00:27] characters. Blizzard heavily buffed up

[00:29] the experience gain for this patch all

[00:30] across the board, increasing the amount

[00:32] of gains you can make from your weekly

[00:34] content, pray, delve quests, but even

[00:37] also the new invasion zones where you

[00:38] can basically take a character from

[00:40] level 80 to 90 in a single afternoon.

[00:43] And it's only going to get sillier from

[00:45] here because the expected Turbulent

[00:47] Timeways event is going to go online,

[00:49] buffing up experience for everybody by

[00:51] 30 additional percent, which is going to

[00:53] make leveling that much more of a

[00:55] breeze. So, for today's video, I simply

[00:57] wanted to highlight exactly how players

[00:58] are leveling their alts, going over some

[01:00] of the fastest and some of the easiest

[01:02] brain-off routing available, especially

[01:04] if you're trying to bolster up your army

[01:06] of alts ahead of season two content with

[01:08] the patch 12.1 looming on the horizon.

[01:12] With that being said, as always, if you

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[01:14] updates for Midnight as an expansion, be

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[01:21] right in.

[01:24] So, before we actually get into the

[01:25] leveling route, I do want to talk a

[01:26] little bit about war mode. Technically,

[01:28] war mode is ideal if you are going to be

[01:31] leveling from 80 to 90 and are trying to

[01:33] make it as fast as possible. Enabling

[01:35] war mode does mean that the open world

[01:37] becomes a little more dangerous, so if

[01:38] you're really averse to, you know, PvP

[01:40] combat in general, you probably don't

[01:43] want to have it enabled all the time,

[01:45] but do know that you're likely going to

[01:47] be going back to Silvermoon to re-enable

[01:49] it because having it out for so many

[01:51] different open world quests is huge. 15%

[01:55] additional EXP that you can get on

[01:56] average for most characters depending on

[01:58] the faction balance up in the open world

[02:00] ends up being massive. So, it is

[02:02] something that you likely just want to

[02:04] put on and then keep on. You're not

[02:06] really going to spend too much time

[02:07] actually doing stuff in the open world.

[02:09] So, the danger level shouldn't be that

[02:10] high. But if you do have to turn it off,

[02:13] you may want to go back to capital city

[02:15] to turn it back on before you turn in

[02:16] some of the quests. But basically, you

[02:18] try to have it on as all as best as

[02:19] possible because the amount of XP you

[02:21] get out of it is more than worth it.

[02:25] Now, another thing that we'll be doing

[02:26] for this strategy is while we're

[02:27] figuring out our route, the route isn't

[02:29] specifically set up in such a way where

[02:31] you have to do like one zone the next

[02:33] then the next in a very specific order.

[02:35] Technically, you're free to do any zone

[02:37] you want to, but essentially you'll be

[02:39] using the prey system to guide you which

[02:41] zone you're going to be leveling in.

[02:43] Prey quests for the weekly are worth it.

[02:45] They grant you a decent bit of EXP. So,

[02:48] picking them up basically selects which

[02:50] zone you're going to be clearing out.

[02:52] And essentially, you want to end that

[02:53] zone by finishing off your prey target

[02:55] because that'll immediately teleport you

[02:56] to Silvermoon. Not only completing a

[02:58] quest, which will have a bonus within

[03:00] war mode, which is massive, but also

[03:02] takes you back to Silvermoon to select

[03:04] the next prey area and then do that zone

[03:07] specifically. So, we'll be utilizing

[03:09] prey together with all the other

[03:10] content. It doesn't really matter which

[03:12] zone you do first for this, but I am

[03:14] going to break down the zones more or

[03:15] less in the terms of the in terms of the

[03:17] order that I did them specifically. But

[03:20] every time you go into a zone, make sure

[03:22] you have a prey active within that zone

[03:24] and you want to be finishing of that

[03:25] zone with completing that prey objective

[03:27] specifically.

[03:30] Now, the basic objective no matter which

[03:31] zone you go into is to do that zone's

[03:34] event. So, every single one of the

[03:36] factions or I guess the three that we'll

[03:38] be actually utilizing instead of four

[03:40] has some sort of like a big zone event.

[03:42] Whether I'm talking about abundance,

[03:43] swaray, or the harandar stories. Those

[03:45] are the three you're going to want to

[03:46] focus on. You still want to visit void

[03:48] storm. You're just not going to be using

[03:50] doing the void assault because it's not

[03:51] really worth the time spent doing it or

[03:53] the XP that you get up for the time

[03:55] spent, but the others are definitely

[03:57] worth it. So, every single zone you're

[03:58] going to go into, you want to do the

[04:00] pre-objective there, get the delves of

[04:02] those zones done, but not turned in just

[04:03] yet, and do the world event of that zone

[04:06] if one is available, since abundance

[04:08] tends to move around quite regularly.

[04:10] The first zone I went to was Horrendar.

[04:13] And in Horrendar, make sure you complete

[04:15] the zone's weekly quest with the

[04:16] Horrendar stories. Doesn't really matter

[04:18] which one you select, but definitely

[04:20] worth doing especially in a war mode. As

[04:22] well as you want to make sure to get all

[04:24] of the other delves within the zone

[04:26] completed, and then, like I said before,

[04:29] finishing out with praying.

[04:31] From there, I actually ended up doing a

[04:32] void storm where I simply completed all

[04:34] of the delves of the zone, killed a

[04:36] couple of rares since they were on the

[04:38] way, and then mostly focusing keeping up

[04:40] and finishing up by praying. From there,

[04:42] I moved on to Zul'Aman, which make sure

[04:44] to get all of those delves done. And

[04:45] while you're within those zones, whether

[04:47] it is void storm, Eversong Woods,

[04:49] Zul'Aman, or Horrendar, if you do see

[04:51] the abundance event, it's definitely

[04:53] worth doing even in war mode. You can

[04:56] technically turn it off since war mode

[04:57] is enabled and you can't technically PvP

[04:59] within the abundance. Most players don't

[05:01] really do that since they're there to

[05:03] level anyway. I usually can find like a

[05:05] little pocket where you can just collect

[05:06] all your abundance resources without

[05:08] having to engage with other players, but

[05:09] definitely worth doing and worth

[05:11] completing whenever it is available.

[05:13] Last zone I went to was Eversong Woods,

[05:15] which is filled with a ton of delves.

[05:17] Not only do you have the delves the two

[05:19] next to Silvermoon, you have one up

[05:20] north in the Quel'Thalas area, but also

[05:23] one south below as well. So, that's a

[05:25] lot of delves for you to complete, but

[05:26] also this war event.

[05:29] Notably on this war event, I think the

[05:31] side quests for this war are generally

[05:33] worth doing. They don't give you a lot

[05:35] of XP, but they're usually so quick to

[05:36] complete, especially if you choose the

[05:38] Blood Knights faction. They really take

[05:40] very little effort, and they're within

[05:42] the relative zone area, so it's not like

[05:44] you're really having to go out of your

[05:45] way to complete them as well. So, if you

[05:47] are trying to maximize those rewards,

[05:49] technically you can go for any other

[05:51] faction, whatever faction you're working

[05:52] on, and it's not like it's going to take

[05:54] you that much time and really be that

[05:56] much out of the way to complete those

[05:58] faction quests. Though, if you are

[06:00] trying to maximize your speed run

[06:02] potential for this, Blood Knights

[06:04] apparently is the best faction for you

[06:06] to do all of those side quests into.

[06:08] Though, some of them can definitely be a

[06:10] little bit finicky because of the way

[06:11] that you select those side quests

[06:13] depending on the faction can apparently

[06:15] be a little different. There's a lot of

[06:17] nuance to it and a lot of like detail

[06:19] stuff, but generally speaking, Blood

[06:21] Knights is the faster faction for any of

[06:23] those side quests. And make sure you

[06:25] complete the weekly quests as well.

[06:28] Completing all of those weekly events

[06:30] and having all of those delve quests

[06:32] that you were ready to turn in at once

[06:34] with war mode active to make sure that

[06:36] you get in the most of experience for

[06:39] the world questing cuz technically those

[06:41] delve quests and weekly quests are

[06:43] quests in the open world. So, with the

[06:45] world scale with the war mode bonus, all

[06:47] of them can easily take you up four

[06:49] levels. So, that's four levels that you

[06:51] don't actually have to grind through,

[06:53] quest through, or do much with. What's

[06:55] notable here is this is four free levels

[06:58] just for doing your weekly objectives

[07:00] that you can just do once and get the

[07:02] most amount of experience for the time

[07:03] spent. On top of it though, this is

[07:06] going to scale even crazily out of

[07:08] control because you're looking at four

[07:10] easy levels now, but when Turbulent

[07:11] Timeways is active for 30% additional

[07:14] experience, that's going to be even more

[07:17] value since all of those quests are

[07:19] quests and Turbulent Timeways will

[07:21] reward you additional experience for

[07:22] quests specifically, which will stack

[07:25] with war mode and all the other bonuses.

[07:27] And if you can get Darkmoon Faire

[07:28] squeezed in between of it for 10% more

[07:30] XP, you can really get a lot of mileage

[07:33] out of those weekly quests, which makes

[07:34] them definitely worth doing. And

[07:37] technically, you can wait to turn in all

[07:38] of those weekly quests up until you're

[07:40] level 86 just so you can skip that last

[07:42] four levels from 86 all the way to a 90.

[07:46] Or I guess technically could do it at 85

[07:49] once the turbulent timer bonus and any

[07:51] other benefits are online as well.

[07:55] Now, by the time that I was done

[07:57] clearing out all those weekly

[07:58] objectives, I was able to go from 80 to

[08:00] 84, more or less. So, you will still

[08:02] need a couple of more levels,

[08:04] potentially one or two. And the best

[08:06] place that I think you should get those

[08:07] last few levels, well, actually will be

[08:10] from the new invasion zones of Val and

[08:12] Nightal. They ended up buffing the

[08:14] experience rates in both of those zones

[08:17] when you're running them on a non-max

[08:19] level character on normal world tier.

[08:22] And essentially, basically everything

[08:23] you do in those zones from the quests,

[08:25] side objectives, rares, world quests,

[08:28] even treasures, essentially just

[08:30] existing in the zone gives you

[08:32] experience. Literally any activity you

[08:35] do in there grants you EXP and a decent

[08:37] bit of it just for completing some of

[08:39] those zones passively, which also do

[08:41] have other rewards as well. What makes

[08:44] Val and Nightal especially good, if you

[08:46] are looking to actually not just level

[08:48] that character but play them in the

[08:49] future, is the fact that you can start

[08:51] collecting gear but also currencies to

[08:53] gear out that character better once they

[08:55] do hit max level. The benefits of it

[08:57] being the fact that you're earning field

[08:59] accolades really, really early.

[09:01] Technically, if you just looking to get

[09:03] the most amount of field accolades for

[09:04] the time spent, you could just start out

[09:06] in the zone specifically just to farm

[09:08] field accolades endlessly. But you will

[09:10] get a lot more field accolades once you

[09:12] can do the zones in heroic world tier.

[09:14] But we'll be specifically be going to

[09:15] invasion zones just because it is the

[09:17] simplest route to get experience.

[09:19] Essentially, run around the zone,

[09:21] participate in all the events, kill the

[09:23] world boss if a group is available for

[09:24] it, do all the side quests because

[09:26] they're definitely worth it, and in no

[09:28] time you should be able to complete last

[09:30] few levels needed in order to get level

[09:32] 90.

[09:34] But with that being said, as always, I

[09:35] don't want to take all of you guys so

[09:36] much watching and hope you guys did

[09:37] enjoy this update. If you did enjoy this

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