tWW season 2 #2: m+ streaks still going

I have stopped counting number of resets, so will have to simply say that the season was this long when both Esmënet and Wutteät hit KSM, continuing their ksm streaks.

So what's been going on?

Esmënet (Hunter)

• Got KSM in 39 runs (38 pugs, 1 premade, 3 disbands, 4 depletes). Joining groups was a chore, should have run own key.

• Done another 8 runs after that - got invited to a +10 group that did 4 of them (netting me 4 portals) and then I pugged another 4 7s for crests. For some reason 400 more score made getting into +7s a lot easier... I also had a fever and had been unable to sleep properly for two nights when I did the 10s, so those were not my best m+ performances ever to put it mildly. The power of someone else getting you a spot in a premade...

• Have been slacking with the overworld quests and material farming, so running out of gold. Bad hunter.

• I'm not super into how BM plays this expansion still. At least doing keys is ok this season unlike the horror of the start of season 1.

• Gear is starting to look ok. Was chafing for good trinkets for a while, but lucked out and now have 3 good ones to choose from.

Esmë (Paladin)

• Done 30 keys (16 premade keys, 4 semi-premade keys, 10 pugs, 2 depletes). I randomly got KSM at some point, did not count the number of keys it took. 20ish maybe?

• Done at 3 tier 11 delves per reset since last post, which took some effort. Crestgains still great, but getting really bored with the delves.

• For some reason done overworld stuff for coffer keys, which has helped with gold - actually earned gold since last update.

• Has become the main character for doing premade groups with. Having gone such a long time not tanking hard stuff has made me a lot worse at the game however, so I am happy I have mostly been playing with alts of other people.

• Playing prot pala has been ok - vengeance has been more fun, but having a dispell, lay on hands, BoP, BoS, CR and so on just feels so damn useful.

• Is in a very nice gear position, happy to just get 60 gilded a week and pick half a spark from vault for guaranteed gear progress. Can do 10s without too much pain it's looking like, if the premade wants to.

Wutteät (Demon Hunter)

• Got KSM in 22 runs (5 premades, 1 semi-premade, 16 pugs). Pretty happy with the amount. Also very happy with how vengeance plays at the moment - since pushing meta is now more like pushing wings on prot pala; its a damage boost on top of a survival boost. And can just focus on tanking mob control.

• Done 3 tier 11 delves each reset with some effort, just like on Esmë. Addicted to the crests... Also done overworld stuff for coffer keys, resulting in a net gold income.

• Has maxed out knowledge in Skinning, as the first profession knowledge tree I have maxed out this expansion. Happened some time before easter. Leatherworking still a long way to go before maxed.

• Was the first character to be done with runed crests, thanks to lucky vault and dungeon drops. But horrible vault luck, so got 4 set after being done with runed crests which is somewhat amusing after the fact. Like the hunter and paladin, only need some gilded crests for crafts and a hero track helmet to be done with gear.

Esmëralda (Mage)

• Done 2 normal LoU pugs, one 8/8 and one 6/8. Also done 8 m+ pugs (all pugs), 1 key 4 resets and 4 keys during a mythic dungeon weekly reset.

• Has been outragously luck with gear considering the small amount of stuff I've done on it. Just some flightstones and runed crests away from 658 iLevel.

• Frost still in a good spot playstylewise. But suffering from the fact I have stopped raiding except for pugs on the weekend if I have time; might be played more once the other characters can only get gear upgrades from +10 vaults.

• I am considering the idea of trying to get 2k score on all three magespecs if the season drags on, but I've been considering this since BFA so not holding my breath.

Esmënehr (Warlock)

• Did the overworld Cartel repgrind and various raw gold stuff, to become the biggest earner on the character roster so far. Also does material gathering for tailoring and enchanting.

• Done one 8/8 LoU normal pug and one 7/8. Also a 1/8 raid where I got booted after first boss after a 675 warlock joined for the second normal boss so they no longer wanted my taxi and candy services, for the proper pug experience.

• Not super lucky with gear, but can pick runed crests from vault and craft. Hard stuck on flightstones at the moment for upgrading anything else as raid and overworld content doesn't really give flight stones, so there's a lot of unrealised iLevels going on here.

• Destruction is pretty fun to play, and I've been enjoying just dabbling in a low pressure enviroment. Don't really care where the character ends up gearwise, and done with the rep grind, so it's more of a guilty pleasure project making it more fun that way too.

Random news

• The long awaited cartel chips turned out to be bad luck protection, or a good sales pitch for buying a mythic gallywix boost for all the normies that was hoping for a Jasper. The combination of a really late arrival and underwhelming usefulness makes me think they shouldn't bother.

• The amount of burnout among players must be some kind of record for a season 2, competing with BFA or something. There's been a massive dropoff of people online on my friends list and in guilds, struggling to fill premade m+ groups and raid groups struggling with comp and numbers. After the cartel chips and "lets make you farm even more gilded to keep your bis gear state" patch news, coming back for housing/midnight prepatch release seems to be picking up on planning.

• The patch this reset came out with the only content bugged and most of the rest of the content slated for this release 4+ weeks away. Timegating a .5 patch? Are they planning on pushing back the third raid tier by months or something?

• Player housing will use old reps and professions, time to brush off old retired characters...

tWW season 2 #1: Value of time

Reached the point of nearly 3 full resets of the new season and raid tier, so time for an update...

Esmënet (Hunter)

• Cleared normal LoN in the Exiles social raid 3 times. Also killed the first boss on HC 2 times and Carnage 1 time.

• Have 15 completed m+ pug keys, and 2 disbands. Taken it slow and incremental key level increases as normal for me.

• Have done 13 tier 8 delves.

• Done a smattering of overworld events/quests for gold and some herbing and mining.

• 4-set, 658 crafted weapon and a fair amount of good champion pieces otherwise. Except trinkets and a neck, which is why the overall iLevel isn't very high. Have something like 6 copies of the worst possible delve trinket on champion track, and one of them on heroic track. Bit of a repeat of the first tWW delve season where I just got the same pieces over and over and over. Which made me stop doing delves, and I doubt I will keep up with 4+ delves a week next update on this character...

Esmë (Paladin)

• Done 20ish tier 11 delves, Gallywix on story mode, 2 m+ dungeons as Retribution in Epiphany guild m+ night group and 8 m+ dungeons as Protection in scheduled m+ groups with RaeSea.

• Has 2-set, a 675 crafted weapon and 658 crafted shield as the main highlights gearwise. Neck and cloak currently veteran track, rest champion or hero track. So the most stacked character I have at the moment.

• It's been fun playing with only friends and in a limited capacity again. I also enjoy the Templar hero talents more than the Lightsmith stuff which was very clunky.

Wutteät (Demon Hunter)

• Done 9 tier 11 Delves, Gallywix on Story mode and a single pug m+.

• Crafted a 675 and a 658 Warglaive from Delve crests and put two hero track items in the catalyst for 2/2 set. Not had much luck with gear from the content nor vault, but also small sample size.

• Vengeance seems pretty fun as usual, and playing without addons on the character makes games sounds less annoying so much more zen when playing.

Esmëralda (Mage)

• Pugged the first 3 bosses in LoN Normal, done 2 m+ pug keys and 8 tier 8 Delves.

• Has 4-set and a crafted 658 staff and has a general good spread of champion pieces. Just haven't farmed the crests to spike the overall iLevel.

• Frost seems more fun in dungeons this time around, not sure why. Might be because Frostfire is in the vogue.

• Not really having an aim with the character, but want to have reasonable gear at the end of the season, and keep in the Mage loop. Simply because it's fun to play.

Esmënehr (warlock)

• Done a bunch of undermine world quests, some overworld events and the weekly dungeon quest for rep, gold and tailoring/enchanting materials. Decent raw generation with not much time/effort needed.

• Done all the LFR wings once and the timewalking event last week. Got 2 tier pieces in the vault, but little in the ways of getting gear outside of it. Also did Gallywix in Story Mode for the Enchanted Crest.

• Mostly played Destruction with random talents as I haven't done anything that requires output. Watching Chaos Bolts and the low APM required is nice for the stuff the character is doing.

Content opinions with changed time frames

During the start of the season, I went from having a lot of spare time to having very little outside weekends. So besides the "I want to do what is fun" some amount of "is this content useful for character growth" entered the field. So here's what I prioritizing with limited time:

• 3 tier 11 bountiful delves (1 with bounty) on Esmë the Tank and 1 whatever delve I use the item that summons the Underpin (normally also an 11 bountiful). [Best value crest time in game, despite delves being boring for me]

• A scheduled m+ session on Esmë during the weekend, ideally 4 dungeons. [Weekly highlight]

• A round of herbing/mining of about an hour with an audiobook on. [For the chill part and prevents draining the coffers of gold]

• An LFR wing, all the world quests/dailies and the weekly dungeon rep quest on Esmënehr the Warlock. [Gold generation]

• Some tier 11 bountiful delves on Wutteät, pug m+ on Esmënet and maybe pug some normal raid on something if I have leftover time. For reaching some pve goals in the long run.

Currently I need the better part of a weekend to get all this, so I might have to go back even on this reduced scheduling...

War Within season 2 start and goal progress

Season 2 starts tomorrow, so here's the season start plans, goals and status:

Plans for the start

• Clear the raid on Normal on Mage or Hunter early on (still undecided).

• Check out the m+ dungeons on Hunter (as in do them all on a 2-3).

• Focus on doing m+ on paladin, and on scheduled groups instead of pugs.

• Keep up with professions and gold generation, and run a surplus.

Goals of the season

• Have Rae be in 15%+ of my keys and one of Sear's characters be in 10%+ of my keys at the end of the season.

• Get KSM on Wutteät.

• Get Curve on Mage and/or Hunter.

• Have one million warband bank gold at the end of the season.

Expansion status

Had some goals at the start of the expansion, let's see how I am progressing:

Main Goal

• Get Curve in all raids on the same character. [Status (promising): Esmënet and Esmëralda started a streak]

• Avoid having others rely on me tanking progress keys. [Status (promising): tanked less than 10 keys in scheduled group play, and don't think any of them gave me rating]

Bonus Goals

• Have one million gold at the end of the expansion. [Status (promising): 658 451 gold.]

• Have all "played with" spots on RIO review have a higher % [edit in numbers here when they become available] than in Dragonflight. [Status (grim): Low % on people in first Review, and not in control of who I play with during guild m+ nights, not played with Rae and Sea so far]

• Level Esmë-versions of Mage, Hunter, Paladin, Warlock and Druid to 80. [Status: Complete, see image above.]

• Less keys done overall than in Dragonflight. [Status (promising): Several hundred keys compared to same season in DF.]

• Get KSM all seasons on the same character. [Stauts (promising): Esmënet and Wutteät started a streak.]

I started the expansion with 1.5 million gold or so, but bought 5 tokens for gold when the gold cost was way lower than it is now. And then stopped doing stuff that rewards raw gold or sell materials on the AH, combined with crafting a lot of stuff and raid repairs racking up. The offseson week had no endgame content, so managed to actually put around 100 000 gold back in so it didn't turn into a complete disaster.

Offseason week impressions

Not interested in just doing quests and some overworld grinding, so I mostly logged for some professions and do some world content for raw gold and materials.

The car didn't really give me the same joy as the dragonriding upgrade, mostly due to how it handles. And the job system being the overworld grind that it is sapping any potential fun out of using the car as a mount. Oh well.

Music is ace, as it usually is. And theme is also great. I just don't really see myself going there much except get the crafting spark...