ONLY Launch Guide You Need For THE WAR WITHIN

Summary

This video script serves as a comprehensive guide for players of the 'War Within' expansion, detailing a weekly checklist to maximize gear gains. It covers early access strategies, leveling characters, new dungeons, and delves. The guide continues through global launch, focusing on heroic dungeons, world quests, and gearing up. As season one begins, it emphasizes Mythic zero dungeons, raids, world bosses, and the strategic approach to gearing during the first week. Finally, it highlights the opening of Mythic plus and Mythic raiding, providing a roadmap for players to efficiently progress through the new content.

Takeaways

• 🚀 The launch of the 'War Within' expansion brings a wealth of new content and gear rewards over a four-week period, with content unlocking on a weekly basis.
• 📅 Early Access for the expansion begins on August 22nd, with a focus on leveling up all characters and taking advantage of the new Warbands feature for trading gear and currencies.
• 💥 The Epic Edition's 3-day head start no longer grants additional real player power, removing the pressure to rush through content for power gains.
• 🏰 During Early Access, players can explore eight new dungeons in normal mode, which will drop iLevel 554 gear, and start engaging with the new 'Delves' mini-dungeon experience.
• 🛠 Early Access is an optimal time to level up professions to capitalize on the influx of players looking to craft new gear for the expansion.
• 🌏 The global launch phase begins on August 26th, allowing players without Early Access to join in, with a focus on leveling characters and exploring new zones.
• 🏆 Heroic dungeons become available during the global launch phase, offering iLevel 567 gear, while the first week of Season One increases the drop to iLevel 580.
• 🌟 World quests, rare elites, and weekly quests provide additional gearing opportunities, with varying degrees of RNG involved in obtaining specific item slots.
• 🏰 The start of Season One on September 10th introduces Mythic 'zero' dungeons, which are more challenging than previous expansions and offer iLevel 593 gear on the Veteran track.
• 🔄 The weekly reset on September 10th also sees the opening of Naru'badra Palace raids, with LFR Wing one available for easier access to raid gear.
• 🏁 The final week of the checklist includes the opening of Mythic+ dungeons and the Mythic raid, providing the most challenging content and the highest iLevel gear rewards for endgame players.

Q & A

What is the main purpose of the video?

The main purpose of the video is to provide a timestamped weekly checklist for players to maximize their gear gains during the launch of the new World of Warcraft expansion, 'The War Within'.

When does the Early Access for 'The War Within' start and what time is it?

The Early Access for 'The War Within' starts on the 22nd of August at 300 p.m. PDT (Pacific Time).

What is the significance of the 'War bands' feature in the new expansion?

War bands is a new feature that allows players to make everything more friendly by enabling gear and currency trading between the main character and alternate characters (alts).

How many new dungeons will be available during the Early Access phase?

During the Early Access phase, there will be eight new dungeons available for players to explore.

What is the minimum item level (ilvl) that the new dungeons will drop during the Early Access phase?

The new dungeons will drop items with an ilvl of 554 during the Early Access phase.

What is the difference between the Early Access and the Global Launch phases in terms of content availability?

During the Early Access phase, players can only access the normal difficulty of the new dungeons. The Global Launch phase includes the availability of higher difficulties and additional content such as heroic dungeons.

What is the significance of leveling up all characters during the Early Access phase?

Leveling up all characters is beneficial due to the War bands feature, allowing players to enjoy the full experience of the expansion and trade gear and currencies between characters.

What are 'Delves' and how do they work in 'The War Within'?

Delves are a new mini-dungeon experience in 'The War Within'. They can be done solo or in a group of up to five players, and they scale in difficulty similar to Mythic plus, with rewards scaling accordingly.

What is the recommended approach for players who want to maximize their gear gains during the Early Access phase?

The recommended approach is to focus on leveling characters, running the new normal dungeons for gear, and participating in Delves. There is no need to rush or stress about optimizing secondary stats during this phase.

What are the main activities for players to focus on during the Global Launch phase of 'The War Within'?

During the Global Launch phase, players should focus on leveling all characters, running heroic dungeons, completing world quests and rare精英 mobs, and gearing up for the more challenging content to come.

How does the speaker plan to enjoy the leveling experience in the new zones?

The speaker plans to get comfortable, stay hydrated, have snacks, and live stream the leveling experience across their main character and alts, enjoying the process and chatting with friends and viewers.