Playing Out the String

Playing Out the String

Atttack on Stormwind: As part of the "fun" of the pre-Legion festivities are attacks in the Trade District and other areas by elite demons. Poor Chaitee was minding her business at the Auction House when a very large, fiery fellow squeezed through the AH door. The demon then proceeded to slaughter everyone inside.

In response, Keya made sure Chaitee found a safe place and then joined a number of people in the square. It wasn't long before another attack pounded the Trade District. Keya got a little too excited and drew aggro on one of the elites. It wasn't a fair fight, but Keya got the demon down to 26% before she got squashed. Fighting demons is costing her 50-100 gold in gear repairs each time she dies. Haven't seen that kind of gear damage since Wild's raiding days. Keya found a safer perch on the top of the AH building, along with a few other nervous, waiting combatants. Keya looked away for just a moment and an incoming demon knocked Keya down to 62% health with one blow. At least she didn't die.

However, most of the action now revolves around the invasions. All of Azeroth is being attacked, we are told. Not so. Attacks have been limited to the Eastern Kingdom and Kalimdor. Kalimdor has two invasion points, Northern Barrens and Tanaris. The Eastern Kingdom invasion targets are Dun Morogh and Hillsbrad Foothills.

These battles are laid out in stages, with a counter from 1-100% complete for each stage. Players come from all over and may be in differing stages. It can be a bit confusing if one thinks too hard. My rule of thumb is to kill everything you can to complete stages, kill any and all elites that show up, and make sure you tag the boss Demon elite that arrives shortly after stage four is done. Those bosses are tough, and dying is pretty common.

Small boxes and large boxes randomly appear in your bags. Mostly, this will be random gear from i700 to i715 (or higher, if real lucky). More rarely, is getting a demon hunter glaive. Keya has one. Keya has been in the field so many times she has six i700 dupicate gear she can't even use. Keya is at i688. She desperately needs a ring, necklace, and cape to replace those now out-dated i660 pieces. I don't think that gear drops from the invasions. At least none have dropped so far.

Jocy is also running invasions. She's at i694 and has no gear lower that i675. Jocy also got a decent goody, but can't equip it yet. The item is called a Coalesced Fel. It can be used to upgrade a Glaive to as high as i725. Jocy still has to win a Glaive to use the Fel. It's soulbound and can't be shared.

The Broken Isles Scenario: This is a long, battle filled scenario.Completing the main thread is important, of course, but there are a lot of other things to find while there. Keya did not take full advantage of all the interesting things she could gain in there. She plowed through the battles and happily got her achievements. Those things she forgot about can't be retrieved now. They are gone forever. My Advice: Take your time and fully explore before completing it. You can't go back.

Demon Hunter Disadvantage: Okay, it's not a major thing, but demon hunters face hurdles other players don't in regard to professions. Gathering professions don't have a problem, but all others do. Keya picked up Leatherworking (LW) in Stormwind. If she were in Draenor, she could easily level LW using her garrison and access to the trainer in Ashran. Keya isn't in Dranor. Keya can't go to Draenor, not unless she wants to do the whole Draenor scenario thing. She would have to set up enough of the garrison to get a hearthstone to get home with, and a flight path to Ashran. Non-demon hunters will already be at max 700 when the leveling to 800 starts. Keya has to level 1-800.