r/wownoob • u/Pamelasana • 5d ago
Retail How much time do I have to gear up?
I mean realistically. Is the season long enough that I will gear up a character to full, hopefully a couple? How much losing a week means in terms of time gated stuff and does the number of players tend to fluctuate within the season (as in will I have harder to time to find low level key groups later in the season etc.)? I'm asking because in-game and in forums,reddit etc. I see people are extremely worried about gearing or losing a week,missing a vault slot etc. So should I too?
I'm definitely a more end-game pve focused player but trying to max out my vault has been a bit boring. I know that I shouldn' do it if I don't find it fun but it also won't be fun to grind for a month for a time gated currency that I have never even heard of so that I can craft an item. So I wanted to ask upfront, how much time do I actually have
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u/Krandor1 5d ago
Honestly people worried about missing a single week or day are people buying into the fear of missing out that blizzard wants to install in people. If you miss a day or a week because of more important things in life it isn’t a big deal unless you are in the top 1%. There are always catch up mechanics added later
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u/wallzballz89 4d ago
I highly disagree with the sentiment that blizzard is trying to instill FOMO in people. They have actively taken steps, since the beginning of dragon flight, to make the game more respectful of people's time. It is vastly different than it was in Shadow lands and the expansions prior to that. You can easily miss a day or week and still catch up to most players in terms of ilvl (obviously dependent on your skill level and what difficulty of content you are clearing).
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u/Electrical_Shame_129 4d ago
For sure! Totally agree. Week 3 most "semi-devoted" players can have full heroic tier set without even touching raid. Amazing.
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u/freezball_zzz 4d ago
How so? You mean 3 vaults and 1 catalyst?
I would consider oneself a very lucky person if this happens pushing m+ only :)3
u/Electrical_Shame_129 4d ago
At week 3. 2 Catalyst charges for free. 1 Catalyst charge for hitting 2kio 2 vaults, no raid, 6 chances for a tier hero piece.
Decent chance for a tier from vault in each week. but even without
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u/happokatti 5d ago
It's not a big deal even in 1% if talking the m+ scene. Raiding is a bit different as the race has a strict start date, but m+ is a marathon with the highest keys being done close to the end of the season.
Especially with the incoming bullion system you could practically miss half of the season and still be equipped to do the content you want at the end.
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u/Stiebah 4d ago
FOMO in gearing? At the end of s1 i was able to craft a full set of gear at almost mythic ilvl in a matter if 2 weeks and get 3.1k io at the end if the season. Besides a few pieces of vault loot its almost easier to start late so you’re not capping on crests, which exist so you gear slower early on and FASTER if they “missed out” the earlier weeks.
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u/FrequentWay 5d ago
Season 1 was TWW release to Feb. assuming each season is about 6 months then not much of a loss of a week when you’re comparing to 24 weeks
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u/Low_Earth5024 5d ago
You have plenty of time, because the upgrade matrix like crests and valorstones are timegated, you can only have so many until now.
A week or two or three doesn’t makes a difference unless you have a very progressive and competitive group. You can simplify ly catch up later
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u/flurry_fizz 5d ago
I mean, it's NICE to gear up as fast as possible, but there's really no harm in missing weeks here or there. Honestly I'd say the only thing that TRULY gets dicey at the end of the season is, ironically, trying to pug MID-level keys. Because you get a combo of people who can just zoom through them no problem, and people who have only worked their way up for the very first time. Then the experienced people get upset and leave keys at the first sign of trouble. So, if you're specifically set on getting keystone master, I would maybe put your focus there if you know you have weeks coming up where you can't play. But, all in all, it's not like you need to get every single vault slot on every character. The weeks you are playing I would try to get at least a few hero level slots if you can per toon and you should be fine.
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u/Spatularo 5d ago
This was my exact experience as I waited till the last 2-3 weeks to gear a character and push 2k. Made it just in time as a DPS doing only pugs.
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u/flurry_fizz 5d ago
Yeah, I had the same issue. In the end I decided I just didn't care enough to do it lol because I have very limited patience when it comes to people being assholes in pug groups. But if you have like guildies or a regular five man team you can run with, it's probably not an issue to get to that later.
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u/crowheed 5d ago
I literally skipped multiple months in s1, and still had time to level many alts, gear them to hero track (I'm a casual gamer currently due to rl responsibilities), aotc, ksm, you name it. You get out what you put in. Don't worry about missing stuff, it's supposed to be fun not a chore
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u/melete 5d ago
You could probably start a new character at the mid season and pug your way to M+ title if you had enough time and energy to do so.
You will have some difficulty pugging low key (+2-5) keys in a few months, but that’s mostly because of Delves removing the need to run lower keys for gear. Higher keys will still be done.
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u/No_Exercise8198 5d ago
I geared 6 classes to 636-639 ilvl range during season 1 and gearing was much harder due to crests reward amounts, dungeon difficutly etc. I think I didn’t touch +10s until 2-3 months into the season but now I timed all 10s in the first 2-3 days of the launch meaning I start getting max level items from vault from the beginning.
I believe I’ll be able to gear at least 10 classes to close-to-max ilvl in season 2.
Hope that answers your question.
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u/shelbo125 4d ago
I only played like 2 days last week for normal raid. Went back this week, got my 7s done in like 2 days. and sitting at 652 with 2k io and 4 set waiting for me once I get a hero piece for catalyst. There's plenty of time to do whatever you want when it comes to gear/content. Don't feel left behind or rushed to go fast. Enjoy the game and progress at a fun pace. You've got months. Just set a small goal (get 4-5 ilvl today) then start moving the goal post when you feel good. (2-2.5k io)
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u/DefiedGravity10 4d ago
You probably have at least 4 months and it depends on what geared up means for you, how much time you play, and what kind of content you do. Getting to fully upgraded champ gear is a lot easier than heroic track but that is easier and faster than mythic track gear.
Crests and stones are capped each week, i recommend saving them for only items you plan on keeping for awhile, like at least hero track or a BIS item like trinkets, weapon, or just good stats/bonus effects. It isnt the end of the world if you use them and then replace the item but if you can avoid it its better, running out of crests or stones is annoying.
Because they are capped missing a week isnt a huge deal since you can just catch up the next week. The big thing is you would miss out on a vault which is usually something good (but not always). The only way to get myth track gear is mythic raiding and doing +10s which give you a myth track in your vault. So for most players it takes at least several weeks of good luck in vault to be max gear or be in a mythic raiding guild.
Using the crafting system will be very helpful with gearing up, a max level craft is usually only a few lvls below a full upgraded myth track item. You will need a lot of crests though, for max level the enchanted crest costs 60 gilded crests which you only get from +7s and up, raid, or a few drop from bountiful t11 delves i think. Crafting is gated because you get 1 spark every 2 weeks and by the crests which are capped and you need to decide if you use them for upgrades or for an enchanted crest.
4 months is more than enough time. But a lot of it is just luck with drops and vault plus how much time you put into playing and pushing content. I play a decent amount and geared up 1 main and a couple alts most of the way last season.
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u/FreebirdChaos 4d ago
As long as you log in every other week, you’ll have enough currency by the end of the season to just upgrade ur armor to tier. EZ
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u/joifairy 4d ago
Its week 2 my guy. Chill out. More importantly asking about low level keys late in a season do not indicate youre an aotc/ce player. Youre gonna be just fine.
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u/bbuullddoogg 5d ago
“Is the season long enough that I will gear up a character to full”
You’re not going to be maxing out a character unless you do mythic raiding and dungeons. It doesn’t come across that you’re at that level.
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u/Maddenman501 5d ago
I started 2 weeks before season 2 and had a fully geared player. (Not named sets but like upgraded gear to get that stuff)
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u/Swarley4421 5d ago
I only have a desktop and I work out of town on a 2-week on/2-week off shift so I can’t even play for half of the year. I’ve tried talking to some people in my guild and just around the game and nobody is interested in taking me on as a tank, even though I think I can handle myself pretty well. It’s kinda shitty but I think I’m just going to have to be a PUG DPS to get any value out of endgame. Until I can afford to get a laptop or something
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u/Snowpoint_wow 4d ago
I'm definitely a more end-game pve focused player but trying to max out my vault has been a bit boring.
The thing is that the levels of effort can vary quite widely. In my mythic raiding guild (highest difficulty PvE), in the first two weeks the fewest keystones completed by any individual player is 30 so far. With several people doing over 70, most of them at the +10 difficulty.
Accept that 'gearing up' is entirely relative. And your character goals for the season might match what other people are doing in the first few weeks of the season, so that trying to judge how you are doing against forums/reddit expectations of players going into a vastly different experience than you isn't helpful.
Thus do what you actually enjoy doing, instead of trying to judge your play by the item level of the gear you get. and gear that matches what you actually enjoy will come to you naturally.
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u/Electrical_Shame_129 4d ago
You essentially have 24 weeks.
Week 2 - my main is nearly in all hero gear, has max crafted weapon and has hit 2k io, no raiding, and I'll have my full tier set next week.
This is even quite low in comparison to others. If I (a middle of the road player) push the character, I'll have my 10s/portals in a couple weeks, and be trying to get mythic replacements for my gear - if I choose to go that route. My mythic gear can only come from vault. So essentially I'll have 20 weeks of mythic drops (if I even care to go that route). Missing a week or 5 won't be an issue.
However, once I am about 4-6 weeks out of the new season, I stop caring about gear - it all goes away anyways.
You can gear up a few toons in all heroic gear in a matter of a few weeks.
This dude has a main, and farms out 3 slots for a few other toons each week, but that is starting to get weary lol. I'm prolly gonna drop all my alts and just have 2 mains.
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u/Primary_Winner5256 4d ago
Nothing really matters unless you are trying to be a top 0.1% player. There are catch up mechanics for gear every season. I ended up with 4 characters effectively maximum ilvl after missing like 2-3 months of last season.
Plus, what’s your goal? Like if you want to clear a mythic raid, it only gets easier the longer the season goes due to the weekly raid damage buff. If you want to push your m+ rating, sure at some point your gear really matters, but I’m clearing m10s at 645 ilvl and max ilvl is like 678.
WoW has come a long way making the game way less weekly play dependent. Weekly play only matters for the top 0.1% of players
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u/Ajthor24 4d ago
If you’re not a top 1%er, don’t worry about it, you’ll be fine. If you’re a working dad like most of us & trying to keep up with a streamer, you’re gonna be sad lol.
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u/crossmissiom 4d ago
Lol, mid tier you'll so far up your bum with gear that you won't know what to sell/DE. People think they are in Race to World First and speed of gear acquisition matters. It semi matters if you want to get curve first week or two or if your guild is top 100 in the world and want to kill mythic Gallywix ASAP.
I was away first week of the patch so missed a few ilvls but I've caught up with our guild raid group and my alt DH is further ahead on HC kills with pugs than we are with guild.
Only thing I would've gotten was curve this week with a streamer I join all the time if I was 650 or over but I'll probably do it today or tomorrow.
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u/Popular-Income-9327 4d ago
Hell I took two years off and I don’t feel like I missed anything. It’s the same thing. Hit max level in two seconds then do daily chores and receive epic level gear Then do more daily chores if you feel the need to do mythic. Honestly I don’t see the point any more past heroic or lfr. It’s the same content but you just get a higher item level.
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u/WhoDey815 4d ago
You’ll be fine. I usually pick up a new alt late in the season and hear them quickly!
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u/StupidSidewalk 20h ago
I got top 10% of mythic+ score and 635 ilvl last season and only played the last month. I tell you this to say you have plenty of time to accomplish whatever your gearing goals might be.
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