Really enjoyed the intro quests on my main.Will likely skip on my alts though as will save time and once I’ve played through once I don’t mind not doing it again (just like Threads or Fate).P.s the first time you do the quest line shouldn’t feel like a grind, it is just ‘the game’. If it is you’re playing the wrong game x
Not doing the quests, not getting the rewards. Seems perfectly fine to me.
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I mean.... that's what a skip normally does, right?What is this feeling of shock from the comments. (and title/tone of the article itself)I don't think any of the past quest skips gave players the items from the skipped quests.
Kinda of trash that they have a pop up warning us this choice cant be undone but they dont tell us what we are losing by making the choice. Though i have 49 characters right now. 16 max lvl, only 5 arent in shadowlands. Yea dont think I would play through the intro again other than to get the weapon mogs
I am a casual, playing for mainly cosmetic items and doing 10-12 m+ on my main to stay "relevant", I am more than glad to skip this intro. As Korthia weekly and Maw assaults are also dropping the same gear.
If you skip, you lose out on some stuff!
The quest line doesn't require much heavy lifting, took around only 2 hours on my main with my wife with similar ilvl (215). The only delay was due to ally gankers but that too was handled quickly. Anyone around 190 should do the chain without much hassle. If it took 8 hours for you then my friend, I have a bad news for you.
The stuff prior to the "in need of assistance" makes sense to lose out on. Losing out on the "in need of assistance" quest itself doesn't make sense, as it should have skipped to the point where that quest is offered as well it is the start of korthia, it is mostly a dev just putting a stop in the wrong place by 1 unit. Something like they forgot the chain started at 0 rather than 1 so was shifted 1 too much.
I did this exact calculation earlier today because I was curious as well and suspected it was not worth the resources lost to skip the intro. The skip puts you at the point shortly into Korthia where you blind the eye.I gathered the data on a 218 beast mastery Hunter and this is the second time through Korthia so I have some idea of what I'm doing, looking for, and where to go. I watched all of the cut scenes, waited for the in-world RPs to finish out, and generally went for averaged sized pulls of 1-5 mobs as CDs allow in order to give myself an idea of how much a casual play through would take me. I probably took twice this long on my main just from spending time admiring the scenery, learning the lay of the land, or needing to figure out how to do a quest.Total time was about an hour and 40 minutes. For characters with weaker gear or have to take questing at a slower pace I'd expect an extra 30 minutes or so.What I got:ilevel 187 weapon200 chest207 waist200 condensed anima sphere (conduit)1 korthite crystal10 stygian ember1415 anima500 rep with all covs + 500 more NF rep1000 valarjar rep975 Death's Advance rep2600 ve'nari rep
I did the questline with my DK, then skipped with some alts. I can say that i went to the collections page for each class and you have the transmog, even if you skip, for example i have a warglaive or the int off hands. Its the same as with threads of fate, questlines get marked as completeed so you get the transmogs. All the things may fail to show them but anyone in doubt just search for Faesworn recolors.