I am so lost...Follow

So I decided to come back to WoW over the weekend, and since yesterday I've been reading everything I can find because I know it's going to be a huge adjustment from the way the game was when I quit in the middle of WotLK.

However, even after 15 hours or so of reading, I've come to realize I'm still hopelessly lost.

I left an account behind with 5 80s and I was planning on just transferring them to a new server to play with my brother-in-law and some of his friends, but now I think I may be better off just re-rolling completely on that server so I can get used to the new style of gameplay. The only thing really preventing me from doing that is that all 5 of my 80s have epic flying and I don't want to have to grind out that much gold again on a new server.

I was planning on rerolling one of my non-80s as a goblin on the new server, so maybe I can just do that first to get used to the new way the game is played, but I don't think levelling 1 class is going to prepare me for all 10 classes.

What do you guys think I should do?

Transfer the toons. I think leveling from 1 will not teach you that much more than leveling from 80 to 85. It was a learning curve and I died more than I should have, but 1-80 doesn't teach you much for the run from 80-85.

My 80s are a warrior (which was geared for tanking), paladin (also geared for tanking), death knight (geared for DW DPS), shaman (geared for enhancement), and rogue (geared for mutilate I believe). None of my other characters are over level 40 and only the hunter is over 30 I think.

I like all of my 80s pretty much equally, although the shaman will always hold a special place in my heart. So which of those 80s do you guys recommend I transfer first? Which one is going to have the easiest time of the level grind from 80-85?

I am definitely going to reroll the 5 non-80s just so I get to see all the changes made to the old world, especially some of the things I've heard about the instances.

I don't think you need to be afraid to transfer. I agree with the response that you'll be able to catch up just fine by leveling from 80-85, especially if you do your preferred endgame activity or activities (dungeons, battlegrounds) along the way to help prepare you. Sure there have been a lot of changes but I don't personally think any are so drastic that the game is unrecognizable to someone who's leveled five characters to the cap in the past. If you didn't do dungeons before Wrath, there will likely be a learning curve, so again, I'd recommend doing them as you level to get used to it.

I think the hardest changes to learn will be the ones made to each class. So as far as which character to transfer, I don't think I'd lay out the cash to transfer them all immediately. Start with one or maybe two to relearn first. Reading about changes is never going to be as effective as just playing. You say you like them all equally, so maybe consider what role you want to play first, and choose a class that way. Or if you aren't sure, a hybrid class.

I'd suggest starting a new character from level 1 as well to get a sense of what questing in the old world is like now. You may like it enough to want to level some classes from scratch rather than transfer them over. You mention a goblin specifically so it's worth mentioning that the goblin starting zone is absolute win. :)

Well I was just reading up on the official WoW site and noticed that Blood Elves can no longer be hunters and can now be warriors.

I'm fairly certain my hunter was a BE (of course it was over a year ago, so don't hold me to that). I'm assuming when I log on for the first time it will make me select a new race for the character.

I think I'm just going to keep my 80s on the server they are on now and reroll new characters on the server with my brother-in-law. That will save me from whatever the fee is now for a server transfer and give me options if I don't like my brother-in-law's guild or whatnot.

All of my 80s (Also 5) had a regular flight mount. I took 3 of them from 80-85 and all 3 were capable of buying the mount.

If the gold grind worries you - don't worry.

The only toon who had to scrape together gold was the enchanter - mostly because he wasn't selling crap quest drops or other BOP items.

Most 1h weapons start in the mid-to-upper teens and most 2H are >20.

If you are likely me you don't dual spec EVERY LEVEL 80-85. You have your main and you off. That means a TON of selling BOP Quest drops.

Combine that with phasing and the need to actually quest - you should be bringing in some good $$.

When in doubt, re-roll! The Goblin starting zone and Lost Isles is incredible fun and worth the few hours of game play.

Zones like Stonetalon Mtns, Ashenvale, S. Barrens, 1k Needles, Badlands and Blasted lands to name a few are amazing after the revamp. If you want to get to know Hellscream a little better, do all of Stonetalon Mtn quests, I highly recommend it.

And they have re-done some of the classic 5-mans either with new bosses or lower level requirements; like Sholomance is now a level 35ish 5man, as W. Plaguelands is now a 35 zone with E. Plaguelands being a 40 zone. Sunken Temple is now a fun 20 minute 5-man as well as they took out the upper and lower level maze.

You got plenty of time to level both a new toon and level an 80 toon. And with all the gold to be made questing now, having the gold at level 70 on a new toon for epic flying is a breeze and nothing to worry about. You need 200 gold for flying, 200 for Azeroth, 400 for cold weather and 4000 for epic as a goblin. No need to even worry about getting exalted as you automatically get the best discount with all factions.

Edit: For east and west!

Edited, Feb 1st 2011 2:22pm by Seculartwo

You suffer from ALTsyndrome?
I would work on 1 toon at a time. If you want to be that "everything" class, you can do with Paladin or Druid (tank/healer/DPS).

I would make your 1st toon your Farmer to help get a better cash flow going (IE: be both a Miner and a Herbie, you can track both now at the same time). Would also make him a cook.
Then at 85 (or whenever) you have a toon that can help fund new ones as you roll them. Food with Stat Bonuses are always nice at any level I just don't see the point of leveling cooking on multi-toons on the same realm... I only have 1 "main" cook.



Not a big fan on the undead?
To me when I think of the Forsaken I think of Locks/SPriest/Frost Mages/Warriors/Rogues/(and DK, but the idea is just odd..undead undead?).

My DK is an undead, because undead undead are awesome. :D

With warlock pets, the imp and succubus are both pretty good damage dealers as is the Demonology pet from what I've heard. If you want to go for pure racial bonuses, you're going to want both your hunter and your lock to be an orc since they get the racial bonus for pet damage. Trolls are good for pretty much any class because of the beserking racial. Blood Elves are good for any of the spell casters because of Arcane Torrent. Tauren and Forsaken are both neat races, but their racials aren't all that beneficial outside of pvp. Goblins are just awesome all around.

those poor souls...

Yeah, that's the problem Pigtails. Orcs, imo, make the best physical damage or pet classes. That means if I'm gonna make all the classes that should be orcs into orcs, I'll have 6 orcs and not enough classes to make 1 of each race. I probably won't end up being a demo warlock, so I figured I could sacrifice the warlock to being a BE so I can get 1 of each class. I decided to make my Paladin a Tauren because I just loved Paladin tanking through WotLK and figured the HP racial bonus was better than the no bonuses a BE paladin tank gets from the racials.

As far as The Forsaken go, they are my absolute favorite race on the Horde. Of my 5 80s, 2 are definitely Forsaken, my warrior and rogue, and I honestly can't remember what race my DK is, although it's possible he's a Forsaken as well. It's just that, if I'm going to re-roll on a new server, I'm going to get the racial bonuses for PVE because I don't PVP very much at all.

You make a good case.

I think I shall make a Goblin Rogue.

If racial is what you are after, I say your list is pretty good.
Of my 3 toons that I play on, they match your list (Orc DK, Troll Hunter, Undead Warrior).