The Countdown: Preparing for Legion Launch

The Countdown: Preparing for Legion Launch

Players who pre-purchased Legion (that would be me) get a 21 day head start on their demon hunter. The release is on 9 August. Well before the full release on 30 August, new demon hunters should have completed their training at level 98, leveled up to 100, and joined in the initial invasion of Azeroth. This is how it will start:

    Demons will fall from the sky in random areas. There are four stages. Get there as fast as you can to defend Azeroth. Loot from these stages include nethershards and a chest (sometimes).
    The battles get progressively worse. There are two achievements available: (1) Stand Against the Legion achievement is awarded for completing one invasion. (2) Defender of Azeroth: Legion Invasions is awarded for completing invasions in all six locations. I assume that a similar event will occur on the actual launch.

    Nethershards can be spent on transmog armor, a battle pet, and other swag, such as a new toy called a Pocket Fel Spreader. Blizz is being coy about what this is, but it can only be obtained during the invasion. In addition, 16 rare i700 weapons have a chance of dropping from a chest.

So, what's in it for the Autumn Tea Green Guild? Doesn't everyone have an i700+ weapon by now? Well, yes, all except Rakta, who still uses an i675 weapon. The point, though, is that these weapons will be rare and valuable.
        IMPORTANT Note: Assuming my demon hunter has completed her training and joined the family for the invasion, I will have to run this thing FIVE times, once for each character. Consider this - Completing the invasion with all five characters include running twenty stages and thirty location changes. I hope three weeks is long enough to get it done.

Preparing Professions: The higher our profession level the sooner we'll be farming Legion mats and the sooner I'll be crafting. The limit of equipping a max of three crafted items is gone. If it can be crafted, it can be equipped. Tiphaine, Sista, and Rakta have all their professions at the max 700. Java, however, hasn't yet reached 700 in mining and herbs. Demon Hunter Mahakeya ("Keya" for short) will have the farthest to go. She will have to level Skinning and Leatherworking from scratch, in competition with Java for time.

I am making an assumption that after the demon invasion Azeroth returns to more or less normal until the 30 Aug launch, aside from any other surprises Blizz probably has in store as the launch date draws closer. Still, Java and Keya should be able to work on their professions and the family can work on wrapping up any other loose ends. Note that there seems no need for Keya to start a garrison, but there are still many questions about how or if they will remain a factor. I believe things will stay in this between time - one foot in Draenor, the other poised to step into Legion.

Finally, for procrastinator's and those desperate to get last minute goals completed, here is a short list of things you might want to do because they will go away with launch if you don't get it completed by 30 August:

1) If you raid, get some anti-demon trinkets by killing bosses in Mythic dungeons.
2) The Grove Warden Mount is a rare and sought after mount that is so hard to get that a twitter hash tag has been set up to help players get the mount.
3) Get your Legendary Ring.
4) Do heroics, kill kazzak every week, sell pets and transmogs. Surprisingly, trash from your salvage crate could be a rare item treasured by the transmog folks.
5) For the Rich - Got 250,000 gold? In Legion Beta there is an i815 ring  for sale at that price. This ring can be worn at level 101, granting a huge boost to the wearer in Legion. It also allows the wearer access to Dalaran every thirty minutes. We'll be coming and going from Dalaran a LOT.  It's a stamina ring (+1,258) called "Empowered Ring of the Kirin Tor." When asked about the ring, Tiphaine just raised her eyebrows. Clearly, Tiphaine wasn't going to raid the gold coffers for a single ring. But that didn't stop the rumors that "someone" would get it.