The MOST IMPORTANT Things To Do Before Patch 12.0.7 & What To IGNORE

[00:00] Hey folks, this is Kalani. Patch 1207 is

[00:03] almost here. It goes live on June 16th

[00:06] and it introduces a bunch of new

[00:08] content, but you won't be able to jump

[00:10] into some of it straight away if you've

[00:12] been ignoring certain features or

[00:14] systems so far in Midnight. There are

[00:17] also a few things you can do right now

[00:19] to speed up your progress in the new

[00:20] patch and with so many changes coming

[00:22] our way, there are a lot of things that

[00:24] will become much easier after the patch

[00:27] goes live. So, doing any of that right

[00:29] now could be a big waste of time. So,

[00:32] let's go over what we would recommend

[00:33] you do before patch 1207 goes live and

[00:36] some things that you definitely should

[00:38] not do if you want to save yourself some

[00:40] time and effort. Now, before we jump in,

[00:42] be sure to hit them that like button and

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[00:47] The first thing I would make sure you do

[00:48] before the patch goes live is to save

[00:51] all of your field accolades and your

[00:53] dark particles. We will have so many

[00:55] more options for spending these

[00:56] currencies in the new patch. You can buy

[00:59] specific hero gear slot boxes for 750

[01:02] field accolades each, so you can target

[01:04] the exact items that you still need to

[01:06] round out your gear sets. You can spend

[01:09] 100 field accolades on warbound champion

[01:12] gear boxes that you can then send to

[01:13] your alts to gear them up much faster

[01:15] and then you can spend dark particles on

[01:18] bulging bags that contain specific

[01:20] themed transmog items. So, getting your

[01:22] hands on those will be so much easier in

[01:24] the new patch, too. So, I would highly

[01:26] recommend holding on to both of those

[01:29] currencies until after the patch goes

[01:31] live because they're just going to be so

[01:32] much more valuable.

[01:34] Now, while I would save any field

[01:36] accolades and dark particles that you

[01:38] have or may happen to obtain during the

[01:41] last week of 1205, I wouldn't actually

[01:43] go out of your way to farm them

[01:45] specifically. Sure, you could farm up a

[01:48] hundreds and hundreds of field accolades

[01:50] right now and buy the exact pieces of

[01:52] gear that you want using the new heroic

[01:53] gear boxes right away on patch day, but

[01:56] field accolades are the main reward from

[01:59] the two new zones coming in the patch.

[02:01] Everything rewards them from completing

[02:04] world quests to opening treasures. On

[02:07] heroic world tier, which is now open

[02:09] immediately for everyone instead of

[02:11] needing to be unlocked, treasures will

[02:13] drop eight field accolades each. Killing

[02:15] a rare or completing a world quest

[02:17] rewards you with 30, and killing the

[02:19] world bosses will reward you with over

[02:21] 200. There are plenty of quests for each

[02:24] zone that reward 25 field accolades

[02:26] each, and the weekly quest rewards you

[02:28] with a cache that contains field

[02:29] accolades and even myth crests. If you

[02:32] are spending any length of time in these

[02:34] new zones, you'll be drowning in field

[02:37] accolades. So much so that any time

[02:39] spent farming them before the patch goes

[02:41] live really will feel like a waste. So

[02:44] definitely save your currencies, but I

[02:46] wouldn't actively farm them unless you

[02:49] really love running ritual sites.

[02:52] Now, if you are still not in full hero

[02:54] gear, I probably wouldn't worry about

[02:56] gearing up until the patch hits. Being

[02:58] able to buy specific pieces of hero gear

[03:00] would be better than almost anything you

[03:02] can do right now if you aren't taking

[03:05] part in mythic plus dungeons or the

[03:07] raid. And the best sources of field

[03:09] accolades are going to be in the new

[03:11] patch. So whether it's the random chance

[03:13] for hero gear at the end of your delves,

[03:15] the random hero gear in your weekly

[03:17] vault, or the random hero gear field

[03:19] accolade boxes, it's all random. So

[03:22] there's no guarantee of getting an item

[03:23] you actually need, and it's all going to

[03:25] take much longer when compared to

[03:27] farming field accolades in the new

[03:29] patch. So I wouldn't worry about gearing

[03:31] up if you're not already in full hero

[03:33] gear.

[03:34] Now, if you have no need for heroic

[03:36] gear, the field accolade rewards

[03:38] probably won't interest you too much,

[03:40] but the loot from the new raid probably

[03:42] will. The Sporfall one boss raid drops

[03:45] some of the best loot in the game, up to

[03:47] item level 298 on mythic, and this raid

[03:50] actually has flex mythic difficulty, so

[03:52] you can take 15 to 25 players in and the

[03:55] fight will adjust like any other

[03:57] difficulty does. That should make it

[03:59] easier to kill for more guilds or

[04:01] players, but especially easier to pug.

[04:04] So, it's not a bad idea to have a peek

[04:05] at the boss journal on the PTR to see

[04:08] what abilities we have to work with and

[04:10] how the fight plays out. If you don't

[04:12] want to pop onto the PTR, the Wowhead

[04:14] guide has all of the ability information

[04:17] and there are quite a few video previews

[04:19] if that's more your thing. Having idea

[04:22] of how the fight works before you step

[04:23] into it will make things smoother

[04:25] overall and should lead to some faster

[04:27] kills. Of course, if you'd rather go in

[04:29] blind, that's totally fair. I just hope

[04:32] you have a guild who will stick with it

[04:34] rather than having to resort to pugs.

[04:36] Make sure you have a bonus roll

[04:37] available so you can guarantee a piece

[04:39] of loot if you do get a kill.

[04:42] With this new gear being some of the

[04:43] best available for the rest of the

[04:45] season, you may be wondering if it's

[04:47] worth holding onto your bonus rolls

[04:49] until you can get in there and take down

[04:51] Rotmier. Each bonus roll guarantees you

[04:54] a piece of awesome gear, right? Well,

[04:56] yes, but we will still be able to pick

[04:58] up two rolls per week throughout patch

[05:01] 1207. There are also new ways to earn

[05:04] bonus rolls. There's a quest to take

[05:06] down Rotmier on any difficulty that

[05:08] rewards one, which means everyone should

[05:10] be able to grab an extra nebulous void

[05:12] core even if you only clear the raid on

[05:13] LFR. And then there's a quest for taking

[05:16] part in ritual sites that rewards a

[05:17] bonus roll, too. So, bonus rolls are

[05:20] actually more plentiful in patch 1207.

[05:23] So, while you may want to try and roll

[05:24] on Rotmier every week to get those

[05:26] souped up rewards, you don't have to

[05:28] worry about holding onto your bonus

[05:30] rolls to make that happen. Feel free to

[05:32] roll on whatever you want. We'll have

[05:34] plenty of bonus rolls to use in patch

[05:36] 1207 even if you start the patch with

[05:38] zero.

[05:40] Now, something I definitely would not

[05:42] spend any time doing before the new

[05:44] patch goes live is a leveling up your

[05:46] alts. Patch 1207 includes the Turbulent

[05:48] Timeways event, which gives us

[05:50] back-to-back time walking for 6 weeks.

[05:52] Time walking dungeons have always been

[05:54] great for leveling up quickly, but

[05:56] during the event, you'll also get a

[05:57] stacking experience buff, which caps out

[06:00] at 30% bonus experience gains, which by

[06:03] itself will make leveling so much faster

[06:05] when the patch goes live. But, another

[06:07] huge change in 1207 is that several

[06:10] one-time or weekly quests will see

[06:12] massive increases to the amount of

[06:14] experience they reward. Delve one-time

[06:16] quests were almost doubled up to 140,000

[06:19] experience each, and weekly rep quests,

[06:22] prey hunts, and dungeon quests all had

[06:24] their experience increased by a huge

[06:26] chunk as well, which will make leveling

[06:28] so much faster in 1207. So, I would

[06:31] personally wait for all of these changes

[06:33] if you still have a few alts to level

[06:34] up. Now, it is worth noting that all of

[06:37] these quests can be completed before the

[06:39] patch goes live, and their experience

[06:41] rewards will update. So, if you want to

[06:43] do a bit of prep work for leveling up

[06:45] your alts, you could knock out all of

[06:47] the delve one-time quests and some of

[06:49] the weekly event quests if you wanted

[06:51] to. And then, when the patch goes live,

[06:52] you can hand them all in for the

[06:54] massively increased experience rewards.

[06:56] It might be worth waiting until you get

[06:58] the 30% buff from the Turbulent Timeways

[07:00] event to really rack up those experience

[07:02] gains, but that's going to be up to you.

[07:05] So, personally, I would wait to level up

[07:07] your alts, and the same goes for gearing

[07:09] up any alts that you do have up at level

[07:11] 90. Patch 1207 offers so many different

[07:14] ways to catch up on gear, and we'll have

[07:16] access to so much war-bound gear that

[07:19] you'll be able to gear up your alts

[07:20] without even playing them. Rares in the

[07:22] new zones drop war-bound champion gear,

[07:24] the world bosses can drop war-bound

[07:26] heroic gear, and if you still need more

[07:29] gear, you can buy war-bound champion

[07:31] pieces using field accolades. The time

[07:33] walking event weekly quests also get

[07:35] bumped up during the Turbulent Timeways

[07:37] event, so that's six heroic caches you

[07:39] can pick up for every character during

[07:41] the patch as well. So, save your time

[07:44] and don't worry too much about gearing

[07:45] up your alts before next week.

[07:48] If you're interested in taking advantage

[07:50] of the new myth crest rewards that will

[07:51] be available for solo content players,

[07:53] it's not a bad idea to make sure you're

[07:55] ready to hop straight into tier six

[07:57] ritual sites when the patch goes live.

[07:59] Setting that up is super easy. You just

[08:01] need to have unlocked at least six

[08:03] challenges by completing the quests tied

[08:05] to ritual sites. If you want to make

[08:07] these as easy as possible, I would

[08:09] ensure you have these challenges

[08:11] unlocked. The two you probably want to

[08:13] avoid are malevolent boons and embers.

[08:16] They're going to slow down your runs far

[08:18] more than any other challenge. And if

[08:20] your main goal is farming myth crests,

[08:22] you just want to finish the ritual sites

[08:24] as quickly as possible, ignoring any and

[08:26] all side objectives. If you've been

[08:28] taking part in ritual sites already,

[08:30] this shouldn't take very long. But if

[08:32] you've been ignoring the feature

[08:33] entirely, you may have a bit of work to

[08:35] do. If you haven't done anything with

[08:38] ritual sites yet, you should be able to

[08:39] pick up a quest near the field acolyte

[08:41] vendors in Silvermoon that introduces

[08:44] you to the system and leads into the

[08:45] challenge unlock quests.

[08:48] Now, the main reason why you may be

[08:49] interested in this new source of myth

[08:51] crests is because it allows solo content

[08:53] players to farm enough myth crests to

[08:55] fully upgrade any spark crafted gear

[08:57] that you may have made or that you may

[08:59] have been ignoring up until now. Solo

[09:02] players were strictly limited to 20 myth

[09:04] crests per week from the delve system.

[09:06] That means it would take 4 weeks to get

[09:08] a single piece of 285 crafted gear.

[09:11] That's not really ideal, but tier six

[09:13] ritual sites lets you farm myth crests

[09:16] as fast as you want to. So, your radiant

[09:18] sparks are suddenly worth a lot more.

[09:21] So, it's not a bad idea to catch up with

[09:23] your radiant spark acquisition if you're

[09:25] a little bit behind. Every two sparks is

[09:27] one more piece of 285 crafted gear in

[09:30] the new patch, which is some of the best

[09:32] gear you can get your hands on as a solo

[09:34] content player. You can earn missing

[09:36] sparks by completing end game content,

[09:38] which will mostly be limited to delves

[09:41] if you don't take part in any group

[09:42] content.

[09:44] With 285 crafted gear becoming even more

[09:46] accessible, now is also the perfect time

[09:49] to set up your own professions if you

[09:51] haven't already, so you can craft your

[09:53] very own rank five gear. Setting up

[09:55] professions really doesn't take too

[09:57] long, and at this point in the

[09:58] 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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