Dragonflight Season 1 Week 15: Patch, Goalposts and Feeling Done

This week brought another mini content patch, returning to the Forbidden Reach. Returning to the Forbidden Reach? I was never there to begin with!

Reached the last real goalpost this week, Wutteät went past 2k rating. And the air went out of the balloon after that. Keys I have done with both Wutteät and Esmënet have increasingly been prone to being bricked. Toxicity, especially during harder pug weeks like this, from people that dont seem to understand things that aren't big pulls = better parse increases. Enjoyment goes down.

Combine that with the fact that the m+ dungeon pools will be gone next season, so no real reason to stick around and learn a bit more. I played all the specs last expansion so alts (besides as profession dummies) has lost the appeal. Nearly my entire friends list has left the game, there were something like 8 times the people in closed D4 beta last weekend than on WoW, assume the ratio will be even higher this weekend.

I will not say "I am now quitting" but will be interesting to see how many more weeks of the season I will blog about, and how much I will do. I am going to try to take a break again, and try other stuff like Diablo 4 beta and some other escapism options out there.

I write this on march 23rd (a thursday) - so this will be the next statistic project here, how long will my season 1 Dragonflight break be compared to the Shadowlands and BFA "breaks"? :)

Wutteät reaching 2k score as the third of the three Season 1 characters, with a margin of 3 seconds...

Highest key completed this week, the first time this season it wasn't Dominator.

Character Summaries

Dominator [Social Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Human Paladin [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• Nada!

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Protection

Talents: BIEAwtJ2KpR8WbGzhz/jy2AP8USaikiodAtIJlWTSiERiEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0EJJpJQSUSRkElDoEA

Professions: Enchanting 75/100 [-] (Enchantment: 90 - Insight of the Blue: 85 - Rods, Runes & Ruses: 10) - Alchemy 100/100 (Phial Mastery: 55 - Potion Mastery: 55 - Alchemical Theory: 50) - Cooking 90/100 [-] - Fishing 100/100.

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 411 [+1] (4 set) / 405 [-]

m+ Score: 2324 [-]

Valor spent/earned: 8850/9900 [-]

Conquest spent/earned: 0/1320 [-]

Solo shuffle rating: -

Raid progress: -

Wutteät [Personal Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Night Elf Demon Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• 5 m+ dungeons (1x +15, 2x +14s, 2x +13s) [+1 bricked]

• Profession Quests

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Vengeance

Talents: BUkACnvaHJn8GSPD6tpaeczPTBAgIIJRSAEJCQDQ0iEJJJJJJtkISSSokkEAAAAA

Professions: Skinning 100/100 (Tanning: 40 - Harvesting: 40 - Bait Crafter: 35) - Leatherworking 90/100 [-] (Leatherworking Discipline: 60 - Leather Armor Crafting: 50 - Primordial Leatherworking: 60) - Fishing 53/100 [-] - Cooking 74/100 [-]

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 407 [+2] (4 set) / 411 [-]

m+ Score: 2003 [+52]

Valor spent/earned: 13 050/13 100 [-]

Conquest spent/earned: 590/1720 [-]

Solo shuffle rating: 192 [-] (Vengeance)

Raid Progress: 1/8 LFR (as Havoc) [-]

Esmënet [Dungeon/PVP DPS Progress Character]

Dark Iron Dwarf Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activitites:

• 4 m+ Dungeons (3x +16s, +1x 15s)

• Accord/Profession Quests/Reach Unlock

• 2x Brawls & 1 Epic Battleground (1-0 W/L)

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Beast Mastery

Talents: B0PAIlFMjeNhnEouGfV8Ij2uS5ACaJAIEAAAAAAAAAAAaEpIhWEJSiE5AhWCRIJEJJhGJRA

Professions: Herbalism 100/100 (Bountiful Harvests: 70 - Botany: 80 - Mastering the Elements: 40) - Mining 100/100 (Mining Process: 100 - Metallurgy: 40 - Mastering the Elements: 50) - Fishing 23/100 [-] - Cooking 35/100 [-]

iLevel/PVP iLevel: 405 [-] (4 set)/ 424 [-] (4 set)

m+ Score: 2129 [-]

Valor spent/earned: 14 100/14 900 [+800]

Conquest spent/earned: 8 450/8 805 [+300]

Solo Shuffle rating: 975 [-]

Raid Progress: 8/8 LFR Vault of the Incarnates.

Rank Log

Esmënet: 65 [+28] (Did 19 dungeons from last cutoff to this for a bunch of score, hence the jump.)

Wutteät: 20 [+1] (Did 3 dungeons for a tiny bit of score before cutoff.)

Dominator: 17 [-1] (Did 4 dungeons, for a very minor score increase before cutoff.)

Alt Log

Serwaswathan, Draenei Mage (Level 70 Unknown, Crafter [Blacksmith/Jewelcrafting], iLevel 392 [4 set])

Adagabo, Night Elf Druid (Level 70 Week 8, Gatherer [Herbalism], iLevel 377)

Iwaz, Draenei Warrior (Level 70 Week 10, Gatherer [Mining], iLevel 363)

HKs Log

185 265 [+63]

Dragonflight Season 1 Week 14: Endless Grind Week

This week was just a clock in week. Battleground weekly, and Tyrannical - Raging - Storming - Thundering.

No real milestones this week. Esmënet and Wutteät is still gaining on Dominator, seems like gear difference will end up very minor.

Highest dungeon done this week, a +17 SBG. Getting a +18 SBG still eludes me. Dominator still dominates the highest each week...

Most pug people makes me lose faith in humanity, but some rekindles that faith. They also asked for improvement tips, so so very atypical of pugs. Healing a raging RLP +16 is beyond me so limited tips to give :)

Wutteät's first 15 this season. Always wondered how people deplete SBGs, but here we wiped maybe 5 times on the last boss. The amount of SBGs I've been in on tank where no dps killed the add on first boss leading to a bricket key now is kinda weird. Guess the reputation of being "free" means a lot of people enter and do no mechanics.

Character Summaries

Dominator [Social Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Human Paladin [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• 4 m+ dungeons (2x +17s, 2x +16s)

• World Quests/Profession Quests/Accord

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Protection

Talents: BIEAwtJ2KpR8WbGzhz/jy2AP8USaikiodAtIJlWTSiERiEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0EJJpJQSUSRkElDoEA

Professions: Enchanting 75/100 [-] (Enchantment: 90 - Insight of the Blue: 85 - Rods, Runes & Ruses: 10) - Alchemy 100/100 (Phial Mastery: 55 - Potion Mastery: 55 - Alchemical Theory: 50) - Cooking 90/100 [+5] - Fishing 100/100.

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 410 [-] (4 set) / 405 [-]

m+ Score: 2324 [+24]

Valor spent/earned: 8850/9900 [+800]

Conquest spent/earned: 0/1320 [-]

Solo shuffle rating: -

Raid progress: -

Wutteät [Personal Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Night Elf Demon Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• 4 m+ dungeons (1x +15, 2x +14s, 1x +13) [+2 bricked]

• World Boss/Profession Quests/Accord.

• 2 Epic Battlegrounds for conquest quest. (0-2)

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Vengeance

Talents: BUkACnvaHJn8GSPD6tpaeczPTBAgIIJRSAEJCQDQ0iEJJJJJJtkISSSokkEAAAAA

Professions: Skinning 100/100 (Tanning: 40 - Harvesting: 40 - Bait Crafter: 30) - Leatherworking 90/100 [+1] (Leatherworking Discipline: 55 - Leather Armor Crafting: 50 - Primordial Leatherworking: 60) - Fishing 53/100 [-] - Cooking 74/100 [-]

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 405 [+1] (4 set) / 411 [-]

m+ Score: 1951 [+34]

Valor spent/earned: 9 200/12 100 [+400]

Conquest spent/earned: 590/1720 [+175]

Solo shuffle rating: 192 [-] (Vengeance)

Raid Progress: 1/8 LFR (as Havoc) [-]

Esmënet [Dungeon/PVP DPS Progress Character]

Dark Iron Dwarf Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activitites:

• 8 m+ Dungeons (2x 15s, 6x 14s) [+3 bricked]

• Accord/World Boss/Profession Quests

• 6 Epic BGs (4-2 W/L)

• Completed the conquest transmog set!

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Beast Mastery

Talents: B0PAIlFMjeNhnEouGfV8Ij2uS5ACaJAIEAAAAAAAAAAAaEpIhWEJSiE5AhWCRIJEJJhGJRA

Professions: Herbalism 100/100 (Bountiful Harvests: 65 - Botany: 80 - Mastering the Elements: 40) - Mining 100/100 (Mining Process: 85 - Metallurgy: 40 - Mastering the Elements: 50) - Fishing 23/100 [-] - Cooking 35/100 [-]

iLevel/PVP iLevel: 405 [+3] (4 set)/ 424 [-] (4 set)

m+ Score: 2129 [+129]

Valor spent/earned: 12 500/14 100 [+1600]

Conquest spent/earned: 8 450/8 505 [+925]

Solo Shuffle rating: 975 [-]

Raid Progress: 8/8 LFR Vault of the Incarnates.

Rank Log

Esmënet: 65 [+28] (Did 19 dungeons from last cutoff to this for a bunch of score, hence the jump.)

Wutteät: 20 [+1] (Did 3 dungeons for a tiny bit of score before cutoff.)

Dominator: 17 [-1] (Did 4 dungeons, for a very minor score increase before cutoff.)

Both Wutteät and Dominator seems to be in a "bucket" with similiar characters, and early in the season I was at the top of that bucket. But have now dropped to the bottom of that bucket with Dom. While Wutteät is in the middle of the bucket and moves up and down a bit at random depending on if the rest in that bucket plays that week. Or so it seems...

Esmënet got a lot of score the last 7 days so advanced a lot, but hunters do seem to be very active so a lot of them have pretty good score, even if they aren't meta as such this season.

Alt Log

Serwaswathan, Draenei Mage (Level 70 Unknown, Crafter [Blacksmith/Jewelcrafting], iLevel 388 [4 set])

Adagabo, Night Elf Druid (Level 70 Week 8, Gatherer [Herbalism], iLevel 377)

Iwaz, Draenei Warrior (Level 70 Week 10, Gatherer [Mining], iLevel 363)

HKs Log

185 202 [+435]

Most of the epic BGs I did was AVs, which yielded less than 10 kills per bg. Now that I dont need conquest on Esmënet anymore, I could technically queue for Ashran, IoC and/or Wintergrasp only, but... Might be a bit dull.

Dragonflight Season 1 Week 13: Season 2 News

This week brought a bunch of news concerning next season. The most important bit was the non-DF dungeon set for m+, which turned out to be:

• Freehold

• Underrot

• Neltharion's Lair

• Vortex Pinnacle

There was another rumored set that was horrible, so this is fine by me. The DF dungeons are all fairly lengthy, so I am assuming Freehold and Neltharion's will be the go to dungeons unless tuned out of whack.

There's also a gearing revamp with a unified gear upgrading system that has new tokens. And splits up gear into different categories, to prevent the +2 farming for bis items and valor. Seems like some good ideas but is just way too granular and bloated. Needing to create categories for a gearbloat and having to write a long ass post about it should set some alarms ringing... Valor has problems too, but at least it was straightforward. But I applaud making a unified system for all pve content (AND not touching the working pvp gearing system!). So will just hope they make proper adjustments later on it it's lifecycle. Or just redo the SL season 4 system, with some gear on vendors...

Affix set this week was Fortified - Sanguine - Volcanic - Thundering. The best fortified week on the calendar from my point of view, so I spent more time than the last few months in dungeons this reset.

I have also ended up with my old long term goal: farming Honor Kills to 250 000. Along with getting KSM every season. Professions are still interesting, but it's not a main draw. Right now the most interesting crafted gear is from rare recipe drops, so I could have just done alchemy/enchanting for myself and dropped the other stuff if I was optimizing. Which I'm not, but it's still a bit annoying :)

An interesting thing is that both Wutteät and Esmënet now have more valor earned than Dom, and is closing in on gear and score almost every week. I am going to say week 20 will be the end of the project of social tank progress vs solo tank progress vs dps progress. Currently there are only two people left of the pool of people at the start of the expansion that still plays, plus one I can ask to join. The rest of the friends list mostly plays COD or is not playing anything at all. Which I can understand - if you play the game 20 hours a week on one character, you'd prolly have all the stuff you want out of the season by now.

Top key done this week, a 17.

Like an AV of old. Horde decided to leave heavy defense, but in the end created a bottleneck for themselves that made them lose on reinforcements. Lots of nice skirmishes, but obviously a bad thing for the people that were farming honor and wanted quick bgs.

Gundrak. Still brimming with atmosphere. Not sure what happened to the Wrath of the Liche King Timewalking: Always Pit of Saron thing. But good that it's gone...

Esmënet's first 15 timed this season.

Character Summaries

Dominator [Social Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Human Paladin [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• 5 m+ dungeons (1x +17, 2x +16s, 1x +11, 1x +10)

• World Quests/Profession Quests/Accord

• 15 pet battles (low level pets)

• Some crafting, have to start putting effort into Enchanting as it keeps lagging behind.

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Protection

Talents: BIEAwtJ2KpR8WbGzhz/jy2AP8USaikiodAtIJlWTSiERiEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0EJJpJQSUSRkElDoEA

Professions: Enchanting 75/100 [+6] (Enchantment: 90 - Insight of the Blue: 85 - Rods, Runes & Ruses: 5) - Alchemy 100/100 (Phial Mastery: 55 - Potion Mastery: 55 - Alchemical Theory: 40) - Cooking 85/100 [+5] - Fishing 100/100.

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 410 [-] (4 set) / 405 [-]

m+ Score: 2300 [+12]

Valor spent/earned: 8850/9100 [+1000]

Conquest spent/earned: 0/1320 [-]

Solo shuffle rating: -

Raid progress: -

Wutteät [Personal Dungeon Tank Progress Character]

Night Elf Demon Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activities:

• 8 m+ dungeons (1x +14s, 4x +13s, 3x +12s).

• World Boss/Profession Quests/Accord.

• Crafting (got a bunch of profession equipment recipes this week).

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Vengeance

Talents: BUkACnvaHJn8GSPD6tpaeczPTBAgIIJRSAEJCQDQ0iEJJJJJJtkISSSokkEAAAAA

Professions: Skinning 100/100 (Tanning: 40 - Harvesting: 40 - Bait Crafter: 20) - Leatherworking 89/100 [+12] (Leatherworking Discipline: 55 - Leather Armor Crafting: 50 - Primordial Leatherworking: 45) - Fishing 53/100 [-] - Cooking 74/100 [+23]

iLevel/PvP iLevel: 404 [+1] (4 set) / 411 [-]

m+ Score: 1917 [+79]

Valor spent/earned: 9 200/11 300 [+1600]

Conquest spent/earned: 590/1545 [-]

Solo shuffle rating: 192 [-] (Vengeance)

Raid Progress: 1/8 LFR (as Havoc) [-]

Esmënet [Dungeon/PVP DPS Progress Character]

Dark Iron Dwarf Hunter [Level 70]

Weekly activitites:

• 19 m+ Dungeons (4x +15s, 5x +14s, 2x +13s, 4x 12s, 4x +11s) [+2 bricked]

• Accord/World Boss/Profession Quests

• WotLK Timewalking Dungeons (x5) [Got a trinket finally!!!!!]

• 2 Full Shuffle matches (12 rounds)

• 9 Epic BGs (4-5 W/L)

• Maxed out conquest gear!

• Some material gathering while in PVP queues.

• Passed 2k m+ score!

Character Stats

Guild: House of Small Gods

Main spec: Beast Mastery

Talents: B0PAIlFMjeNhnEouGfV8Ij2uS5ACaJAIEAAAAAAAAAAAaEpIhWEJSiE5AhWCRIJEJJhGJRA

Professions: Herbalism 100/100 (Bountiful Harvests: 65 - Botany: 80 - Mastering the Elements: 40) - Mining 100/100 (Mining Process: 85 - Metallurgy: 40 - Mastering the Elements: 50) - Fishing 23/100 [-] - Cooking 35/100 [-]

iLevel/PVP iLevel: 402 [+5] (4 set)/ 424 [+1] (4 set)

m+ Score: 2000 [+298]

Valor spent/earned: 9 875/12 500 [+3800]

Conquest spent/earned: 7 570/7 580 [+1830] (must have missed updating conquest the week it uncapped, so that's since then.)

Solo Shuffle rating: 975 [-58]

Raid Progress: 8/8 LFR Vault of the Incarnates.

Rank Log

Esmënet: 93 [+14] (Did 9 dungeons for a bit of score before cutoff.)

Wutteät: 21 [-] (Did 8 dungeons, but not a lot of score before cutoff.)

Dominator: 16 [-2] (Did 5 dungeons, for a very minor score increase before cutoff.)

3 months in and people on the server seems fairly active, compared to the friends list. A thought occured that I should check what guilds those people are in and if they are alts...

Alt Log

Serwaswathan, Draenei Mage (Level 70 Unknown, Crafter [Blacksmith/Jewelcrafting], iLevel 385 [4 set])

Adagabo, Night Elf Druid (Level 70 Week 8, Gatherer [Herbalism], iLevel 377)

Iwaz, Draenei Warrior (Level 70 Week 10, Gatherer [Mining], iLevel 363)

HKs Log

184 767 [Start]