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Delves are the best thing that happened to WoW in a long time. Takes forever to kill each mob, but you're not forced to play with people whose company is cancer that no one would ever choose, and you get decent rewards.
I'm surprised every time I hear about toxicity in WoW because I just played LoL for the last year and a half and this game is refreshing comparatively.
Agreed. I believe mythic raiding should always be the highest challenge for the highest gear. Followed by high mythic+ dungeons. I love the option for peeps like me who are married, have kids, work full time, and don't have the time to dedicate to that. A personal challenge I can do on my own time. I guess I've been lucky. For the most part every run is a piece I need. I did something like 20 delves on my main, and I have champion gear for all but my cloak. For a while I was like i guess it has to give gear that is an upgrade for a slot that isn't at that level. I think I have only received 6-8 pieces that were duos that I just had to vend. Though whenever I get that map the delve I got to seems to always drop the same armor or weapon type. If I use a key it will be gloves and the free 610 piece will also be gloves. Yeah delves need some tuning, but it's supposed to be end game content for heroic equivalent raiding. It shouldn't be too easy.
It's so nice that solo players have gearing options. I prefer group content but I've taken a step back from it for now because it's particularly toxic out there right now.
I rather do solo content because I have 3hrs per day, instead of trying to do keys for example. But yeah, now option are overwhelming a little bit. 10 options of what to do, and most of them has daily reset.
People rather complain for 10 years about the "toxic community" instead of making friends and joining guilds. Your antisocial behavior is your main issue here.
@@Nick-1988 no, assholes who think it's ok to act like you need a 'thick skin' and just accept verbal abuse in a friggin' game meant for fun and relaxation are the problem..sane people turn antisocial because people like you push us away.
Small tip, Choose the world soul weekly quest for the Machine in the ringing deeps and youll get 2 chests out of it, 1 for the machine weekly itself and one for the world soul quest
@@NoOne1x Yes you can. You will loose any progress you made on the other quest though if you for whatever reason decide to go back to your original choice.
They have been trying to avoid easy for a long time now. They probably have guys at table 2 whose job is to take whatever the guys at table 1 designed and deliberately make more messy, more confusing.
Not just that, but why are there 6 tracks. Like should be 4 tops. Pre-raid & LFR track, Normal,Heroic,Mythic. IDK why explorer and adventurer both exist or why veteran and champion both exist. The others kind of map on to raid difficulties. If 6 was correct, the upgrading should be cut in half. There shouldn't be so much overlap, but that's just me.
They didn't nail anything. They missed the mark hard with delves. Gerar you get is 603 with a tiny chance of 610 with the map. So now for me, I only have one shot at 1 616 item item per week in the weekly. To get further, i need to do group content. The stuff delves were supposed to replace for players like me.
I am playing Retail for the first time since Cata pre-patch and your content has been SO helpful for me to understand not only The War Within content, but also Retail in general. Cheers Kelani!
Not quite. What you can get solo still remains crap compared to what you can get in a group. Whose fault is it, specifically, that a significant portion of players act like _complete shits_ behind a keyboard, so that many avoid group content like the damn plague that it is?
@@HeatherSZ This particular comment was _a reply to a comment,_ not to the video, so it need only be relevant to the comment it replies to, not to the video, but sure, if it made you laugh, something good came out of it, I guess.
Wow is in such a good place imo, I haven’t played since legion but I’ve gotten a handful of friends to join up as new players and they’ve been engaging with every kind of content available, and having a blast doing it all. I think that satisfying both a veteran like me and new players in both solo and group content is pretty impressive.
The only downside to delves for me so far is the duplicate gear drops. If they added and end of run option to trade it for coins or progress this would be fixed.
Duplicate drops are to be expected. Sure, when you get the special map for a bonus drop, and then you drop same slot items from both coffers, or even _the very same item from both coffers,_ that's uncool as only Blizzard devs can be uncool. These guys, you've got to understand them, they have awful sex lives, they need to share their misery with us...
Yep, the dev teams have to take their frustrations out on people, especially solo players. They hate that they have had to make content for us. All they have to do is, give us a coin or some item we can trade in at a vendor for the stuff we want and need.
hey Kehlani, this is folks; just a heads up - worldsoul is best done with 5 echoes with a raid group, typically 400 valorstones + 2 keys of one such run.
Also a heads up: using 5 Echoes *often* bugs out. I've run this stupid event 10+ times with my guild in the last week, and at least 9 of them have ended with people saying "wtf, I used 5 Echoes and only got the same amount as people that used 1." I stopped doing it. Not wasting my stuff until I know it's fixed.
@@timothymorrison5918 It's one of those things YOU CAN solo... you just get more out of it in a group. For this one specifically, you'd be foolish to solo it. You can get literally 10x and more the reward if you're in a group. But hey.. you don't HAVE to.
@@1337139 Custom, yeah. You can make your own but... I'm in a guild and people just sorta coordinate in small groups. Say 10 ppl are online, 2-3 might be up for a group, so they get together and make a group in the gf and get a few other people. Because, like I said, it's in EVERYONE'S best interest to do it as a group.
As someone coming back the game after a long break (legion) I find all this quite confusing, same with the crafting mechanics. Yes there are nice videos like this one to explain, but having to rely on those to understand how things work is not ideal. Anyway... thanks
Agreed. As someone who didnt stop playing since Tbc,anything that requires from me to do damn research online,is a wrong move. Things need to make more sense in the actual game. Why would they wanna risk ppl spending time online looking for solutions instead of providing them ingame.
hey Kehlani! Important thing to note: These floating orbs that give Weathered crystals appear in a single zone that rotates daily. So if you find the zone of the day, you can farm your weathered cap quite quickly for the week/season
@@profesorz642 Not quite. You can transfer 90 of them into carved crests, and then transfer your cap of carved crests into runed crests. It's not much, but its a big help for a solo player.
@@supportgod3296 I did not realize you could convert them to carved. That's good to know because weathered become useless fairly quickly, but they're also really easy to get.
I despised solo content in an MMO but now that ive seen what creatures are attending in pug HC raids and in mythic + keys I finally understand why people wanna enjoy wow without needing to deal with randoms.
Started way back in BC and was a hard-core raider all the way up to Cata now I have two young children with twins on the way I have absolutely zero time for it, but I have so much time invested in the game. It is super super nice that I can solo, and still be viable. Just get a chill vibe and let my brain turn off.
Thanks for sharing the video! One very important note for solo players I didn't see mentioned is completing the short questline that ends with "To Kill a Queen", which can then be completed solo in story mode. It rewards an Enchanted Runed crest!
Not gonna lie, Delves are a god send to people like me. Trying to join raids/dungeons without being already overgearing the loot table is near impossible, unless you have a guild.
Another very clear and helpful video. Thank you! I love the options for ways to progress. I do a lot of group content with friends but I don't always have friends available to run with, and pugging stresses me out because people can be toxic. I love that I can pursue content and gear with or without friends. Delves have been glitchy but the concept is good and I've enjoyed it so far. Plus the guaranteed bonus chest when you use a map is addicting :D
So glad they did, as someone who has a bit slower reflexes and the increase in difficulty of the game it makes it difficult to keep up with the standards people have assigned and i feel like as soon as i would get through normal raids that was it for me.
I like the idea of soloing players getting high end gear - i usually play late and when there is fewer players so I am cool with soloing. Getting better gear is a bonus too. I usually will LFR on weekends to make up for the gearing up on my characters.
This is super helpful! Love that solo players can finally shine in WoW without relying on groups. It’s like having a little adventure all by yourself! 🌟 Can't wait to try out the delves, I heard they can be quite the challenge but in a good way. Let's go solo squad! 💪
I was kinda confused how I had 6 Gilded, nice to get the confirmation from your video. For anyone looking to maximize solo gearing, you might wanna farm Tier8 Bountifuls for maps, and try to farm up enough just enough Gilded Crests to upgrade your main weapon at least one time. Mine is stuck at 619 currently, but now I will be for sure farming up Maps.
I’m thrilled to finally have some decent solo gearing options. Unless you’re in a really good guild and are part of the “In” group it takes forever to get into a random M+ or non-LFR raid.
Im not gonna lie. I’m loving being able to gear up from these solo delves. I lucked out and was rolling back 2 back t8 delve maps. I’ve been casual so I’m glad they added this to the game. Group finder for raids and mythic can be so brutal.😂
I love these delves and being able to do solo dungeons. I avoided dungeons as I didn't like dealing with groups, and all the issues. At least I can get familiar with all this before I decide to group up.
Actually really happy to see this. I have time just for raid logging and some world quests. Delves give that extra option to improve gear going into the raid
I think the new gearing options are awesome. The delves at higher levels are challenging which is good, I'm preferring them to running dungeons or LFR.
Solo players having access to higher level gear feels great. It's not super quick, but it's nicely defined and you have goals for when you would just rather play alone.
A great addition would be to break down gear into crests for that ilvl of gear. So annoying having Hero gear drop you don't need that you end up selling for 80g when you could break down that piece of gear and upgrade another piece of your hero gear 1 level.
Not sure if you mentioned in the video, but once you equip at least Champion track (I think) gear in all slots you get an achievement which then lets you trade weathered crests for runed. I was starved for runed crests until I finally replaced my heroic sacbrood trinket and got 80 runes crests from trading all the other crests I didn't need anymore
Delves are very good for solo player and to prepare for raids without dealing with ... difficult people in M+. That is only if you have the correct class and correct spec. When you don't, you need group for the solo content
As a healer main, I love delves for my DPS characters. I want to play all classes but suck at DPS in groups. This allows me to gear and challenge myself of those classes I’m not good at.
tip for everyone seeking Crafted Gear! have the gear made in public with rank 1 mats, you can then get it RECRAFTED for less rank 3 Mats. it's way more affordable than getting it rank 5 outright, so if you got your own toons that can craft it you'll only need to seek someone for the recraft.
Thanks! I am very new to WoW, and have been doing content solo and was getting very frustrated doing tier 8 delves and other content. I acquired all this currency from doing WQ and heroic dungeons, and had NO idea what to do with it. After upgrading my gear I was able to solo tier 8 delves no problem.
I can't do raids or dungeons with others cuz mt puter sucks but I can do the delves alone which is awesome. All the upgrading is very confusing but thanks again for all the tips, I enjoy the videos you make even if I don't understand it all.
I was a part of a high level guild way back in the day and got tired of all the bs that came with it. I’ll never go back to group play but will queue up for instances. I haven’t found many toxic players yet but I’ve only been back playing for a week. I like delves and wish there was a voting system for the queue so you could report toxicity
The idea that you can gear up solo is so refreshing. Obviously you'll gear up faster if you do group content, too. This is how it always should have been instead of gating all endgame gear behind group content.
I love the gear upgrade. I live in country and internet is beyond believe slow. If I lagged I would get kicked out. Now I can enjoy the game at my own lag lol
The gearing from Delves reminds me of when they added LFG for Heroic Dungeons in Wrath during the Tournament (Tier 9) allowing relatively low level guilds and unorganized solo players to get badge gear. It was enough to allow these groups to get motivated to take on Arthus when T10 came about. CATA's heroics difficulty sort of cramped those groups again, but MoP, WoD, and Legion was suitable for those groups again. Dragonflight and War Within seem idea for solo players and low numbers guilds.
Delves are marvelous. Especially as a returning player, that has had massive health issues during some of the past couple of years. Essentially stopping me from playing previously, for a long time. Things that have been affecting my executive function skills in a bad way & leading to brain fog (I'm on the recovery journey since more than a year now). So these delves? PERFECT environment for me to slowly rehabilitate, and get my brain accustomed to everything regarding mechanics, awareness, handle keybinds, cooldowns etc again. It is absurd the contrast itself, as I used to be a mythic raider and m+ player, not being limited really. To barely handling Delves on teir 7. Slightly under geared, though. But last week? I had issues with 5's. So I am noticing that I am improving, and honestly? World content wouldn't provide the right type of challenge, and getting into a bit more challenging group content would've been misery. Not only for me feeling bad about the s*it state my ability as a player is in. But also bad for the others, having to carry - which wouldn't truly offer much opportunity to practice/rehabilitate either. If I am just getting an easy mode through others. I know most who enjoys Delves, or find them a nice addition to the game. Won't be in my position. As it is quite different from what most players would be dealing with. But as someone who has basically suffered brain damage. And is trying to recover from that, these Delves are a Godsend. I doubt I would've picked up WoW again if this type of solo play hadn't been there as an option.
You can also do the PVP weekly quest from the PVP NPC named Ruffious in Dornagal gathering 100 sparks from disturbed dirt piles in different zones for a piece of 593 champion gear. Do it outside of peak hours and there's a good chance you never even see any PVP.
I like to triple up on Awakening The Machine. Can choose it for the WS Weekly, the Machine quest itself, and the wax guy in Ringing Depths also gives a quest for it, i think all can give a key + the gear you get. Edit: For the flying around to get the weathered crests, it seems the zones that have active World Soul events that use the Radiant Echo's have an increased spawn rate for the orbs you fly through. Havent tested it myself, but has been noted by some guildies.
Kelani thank you... ever since they exp went live I have been flying thru any glowing orbs I could find and trying to figure out what they did... I never saw anything happening though. :D I guess I've been collecting crests without knowing lol
Another thing. You can win 1 random battleground, you'll get a quest to turn in and get 9 of the PVP crafting sigil things. Use those to make 2 rings and a necklace 610 ilvl.
It´s pretty much mysterious. I completed the heroic raid this week, it took me coordination with 20 other players, devotion, dedication and suffering through hours of tough content and a dozen wipes. This feat gets me 610 gear in the vault. Then I also roflstomped my way through Tier 8 Delves, playing them by practically rolling my face over the keyboard, and that will get me 616 gear in the vault. Beside the Tier-Set there is absolutely no reason anymore to even visit a raid
That is the wrong approach. The reason to do a raid should never be just to get gear but to spend time playing the game with your friends. Way too many people forget that spending a fun time in the game is the real reason for playing, not gathering some higher pixel numbers on a screen. Which will be worthless anyway when the next content patch drops because that'll introduce higher item level gear.
@@Hauke-ph5ui yeah honestly why are people like this even playing the game? you can just play to have fun you know that concept seems lost on a lot of people. personally i enjoy overcoming challenges and improving myself i couldnt care less about my gear
Absolutely loving the fact I can solo. I've always really disliked raids, esp the way they used to be. Some of us just prefer to do things by ourselves (and with our alt army). Honestly, imo they've really hit it out of the park with The War Within (and possibly Dragonflight, I missed most of that xpac sadly). I haven't enjoyed the game this much since Legion. (and I've been playing since Burning Crusade. I would have played vanilla but I was still addicted to Everquest at the time lol)
This is sort of true, as there is currently a problem with the delves rewarding crests. Some people get them regularly, others don't get them at all, or get very few. I opened a ticket and CS mentioned that they are working on this problem, and the missing crests are to be given to the players when they fix it. Otherwise, going into m+ 4 and above is really the only option to upgrade gear for people who don't have the crests
I would like to add another option for getting crafting crests: If you do the short questline in Azj-kahet to unlock Story Mode for the raid, you'll get a quest that rewards you with an Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest.
there are also rewards from renown but that is quite a large time investment. if you are dead set on avoiding group content it is a thing worth mentioning though
I find these crests upgrades and crafting system with sparks and whatever so difficult to understand. Even with watching several guides like yours now. But since I play solo and I do tier 8 delves easily by now, I dont need to stress myself gearing up anymore I guess? The only thing that comes to my mind is the Zekvir "Let me Solo him" fight
@@nojabhere you get a quest in the main hub to defeat him. Once you cleared a level 8 delve, you can enter Zekvirs hideout in azj-kahet. He has 2 levels of difficulty. First one aint that hard. You just have to get used to some unforgiving mechanics. Second one adds some mechanics and as of now with the current delve adjustements to brann, it is rather undoable.
There's little to understand, I don't think even the devs 'understand' the system, or they would understand it doesn't need to be so messy. Nobody asked for it. Nobody needs it. Nobody likes it. Bunch of different currencies, with different names, that change every few months. You go to the guy, put the piece in the neat square, and see if you happen to have all the silly crap he wants.
@@mothman84 you are so so wrong. the system could be better sure but most people think it is a huge improvement over the old way, its easier, gives you way more options. if you could just put in the tiniest bit of effort to learn and understand you would see its much better
@@kenpazaraki5781 I generally agree, but for real min max u just want to cap out your runic crests right? which i think you need to run more than 8 per week
I love that the ability to solo is just as viable as going full group route. The only problem is once that solo bottle was opened and that genie let out you’ll never get it back in the bottle . People get a taste of non toxic , self driven , no time limit , and no one to blame but yourself . Who would want to go back to groups? It’s going to literally go very soon in the near future to being a SoRPG because how are you going to make group content more favorable than doing it solo ?
I just do everything being solo, 6/8hc, 2k in m+, did a tier 10 now attempting to get a deathless 11,I've always been a solo player so it's really like really easy now, never been in a guild too
Personaly i have reached the limit of what a season provides for casual players. I have 3 characters around 610 and 610 is like the "softcap". Now its a slow process of getting to 619 with weekly vault rewards and 2 runed crests per tier 8 delve run and it taking 15 runed crests for upgrading a single item by 3 levels between 610 and 619.
I have been having a blast getting my ilvl up to 616 without having to group up and do M+ at all! 😅 Sorry guys but y’all have made that scene toxic asf and it’s about time we have another way to get ilvl with out being subjected to that shit
dont forget to kill last raid boss in story mode or LFR mode to get your crest. Quest “our chance to strike”. reward is a crest that lets you to craft 619 lvl. just a reminder: no group is needed, no professions are required. you can do it solo and get 619 in 1 hr
Of course this means farming bountiful delves *a lot*, just to get some crests and a 4% chance at a map. I'm now at 601 item lvl and four set pieces after doing lvl 8 delves for two weeks, LFR and weeklies (including the timewalking Black Temple), after being out of the country until ten days ago. That's good enough to change to slow advancement, i.e. professions and just doing four bountifuls and the necessary weeklies to do those, and maybe raise some twinks. Or do other stuff, I got about eight other games on the backburner asking for attention right now. Just the thrill of "higher number" isn't really worth putting in daily grinds in WoW, IMO.
huh lol i reached like 607 from my bountifuls and now im 610 from normal and heroic raid. It gives you a 606 piece every time almost. so unless u got duplicates like 4 times lol
@@Odyssey636 Yeah, I'm okay with having a decent ilvl (600-610 is enough for casual play, IMO) and then taking it easy, at 49 years of age I got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Still got the twinks, get loremaster or transmog from old raids if I want to put serious time into WoW for a while and the patch cycle is quick enough these days that new content is coming out at a very decent rate.
Solo players pay their subs too, so good for them for finally having a chance to gear up at the same rate as the rest of us. I actually don't care how people get their gear, it doesn't affect my gameplay so let everyone enjoy WoW however they choose to play instead of hamstringing them.
This was really a trade off where the made champion/hero track gear MUCH easier to access while at the same time restricting the top tier crests/Myth track gear significantly. Lesser players benefit, top players are unaffected, upper middle players get gut-punched.
I have been an on and off player since BC and I think it is about time they gave more to solo players. Played all of BFA, then called it a day for the next 2 EXP's because I grew sick and tired of elitist attitudes, either directed at me or someone else in the group. Even the social guild I ran, turned into a bunch of elitist idiots who would bicker and moan about certain other members not being up to their standard. This new EXP is a much-welcomed addition to WoW IMO.
I understand why solo content exists, but I've actually had a very pleasant time doing random heroic pugs. Either people say nothing, or they've been kind.
I love the the TWW addon. I work 9hours a day, going to the gym etc. and iam able to play the game without falling miles behind. That was the problem with the old dlcs and that’s why I quit wow 3 years ago
It seems these are the quickest --- does anybody have any hidden gems or info to add to this? * World Soul Weekly Quest (Located in Dornogal, usually just outside of the Inn) * Theater Troupe (Located in Dornogal) * Spreading the Light Event (Located in Hallowfall) * Packed Quest (Located in Azj-Kahet) These activities are recommended because they are typically the quickest to complete. Completing these four activities will earn you four Caches and four Restored Coffer Keys.
personally i do Spreading The Light, Awaken The Machine, Pact Quest and finally the Weekly, as i pick WQs and then do the Pact Quest, as 5 WQs will fill the bar and then i just need one more along the way.
machine world soul and the normal weekly quest for it is 2 chests for 1 event, then spreading the light and theatre is probably fastest/easiest for alts that dont get world quest rep.
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Delves are the best thing that happened to WoW in a long time. Takes forever to kill each mob, but you're not forced to play with people whose company is cancer that no one would ever choose, and you get decent rewards.
Agree 100%! I love them and want to see more!
Yep and follower dungeons. If they had just added good gear to follower dungeons, they wouldn't have needed delves
I'm surprised every time I hear about toxicity in WoW because I just played LoL for the last year and a half and this game is refreshing comparatively.
Agreed, also love that you don't loose your Coffer keys if you cant finish for whatever reason.
Agreed. I believe mythic raiding should always be the highest challenge for the highest gear. Followed by high mythic+ dungeons. I love the option for peeps like me who are married, have kids, work full time, and don't have the time to dedicate to that. A personal challenge I can do on my own time.
I guess I've been lucky. For the most part every run is a piece I need. I did something like 20 delves on my main, and I have champion gear for all but my cloak. For a while I was like i guess it has to give gear that is an upgrade for a slot that isn't at that level. I think I have only received 6-8 pieces that were duos that I just had to vend. Though whenever I get that map the delve I got to seems to always drop the same armor or weapon type. If I use a key it will be gloves and the free 610 piece will also be gloves.
Yeah delves need some tuning, but it's supposed to be end game content for heroic equivalent raiding. It shouldn't be too easy.
It's so nice that solo players have gearing options. I prefer group content but I've taken a step back from it for now because it's particularly toxic out there right now.
I have a much better time not engaging in group content. The community has always been toxic since day one.
I rather do solo content because I have 3hrs per day, instead of trying to do keys for example. But yeah, now option are overwhelming a little bit. 10 options of what to do, and most of them has daily reset.
People rather complain for 10 years about the "toxic community" instead of making friends and joining guilds. Your antisocial behavior is your main issue here.
@@Nick-1988 kind of, but I wouldn't call toxic assholes also as a social ones. ;p
@@Nick-1988 no, assholes who think it's ok to act like you need a 'thick skin' and just accept verbal abuse in a friggin' game meant for fun and relaxation are the problem..sane people turn antisocial because people like you push us away.
Small tip, Choose the world soul weekly quest for the Machine in the ringing deeps and youll get 2 chests out of it, 1 for the machine weekly itself and one for the world soul quest
If I choose something else, can I abandon this q and take the correct one?
@@NoOne1x dont know, never tried, bu i think it should be possible
@@NoOne1x yes you can
@@NoOne1xyea you can!!
@@NoOne1x Yes you can. You will loose any progress you made on the other quest though if you for whatever reason decide to go back to your original choice.
The way solo players can gear was long overdue.
And delves are great and a lot of fun.
indeed, we're finally being considered and it is glorious.
It could’ve been so much easier if they just named the crest after the tier gear ie: adventurer crest, hero crest etc.
They have been trying to avoid easy for a long time now. They probably have guys at table 2 whose job is to take whatever the guys at table 1 designed and deliberately make more messy, more confusing.
@@mothman84 for sure... it makes you discouraged, waste time, come back, pay more and repeat! :D
So true lol
Not just that, but why are there 6 tracks. Like should be 4 tops. Pre-raid & LFR track, Normal,Heroic,Mythic. IDK why explorer and adventurer both exist or why veteran and champion both exist. The others kind of map on to raid difficulties.
If 6 was correct, the upgrading should be cut in half. There shouldn't be so much overlap, but that's just me.
Agreed its the worst part of the expansion for me. The crests are too fucking confusing and even after 3-4 weeks idk what ones I'm even getting
Delves are great. Nailed it blitz
Learning harder content without toxicity
Don't get used to. Such generous rewards for such easy content is only a bait to try them.
It is not harder content, harder content means mechanics and faster reaction time not more hp.
They didn't nail anything. They missed the mark hard with delves. Gerar you get is 603 with a tiny chance of 610 with the map. So now for me, I only have one shot at 1 616 item item per week in the weekly. To get further, i need to do group content. The stuff delves were supposed to replace for players like me.
@@glowpipe but you know that world of warcraft is multiplayer game, right?
@glowpipe and what do you need 616 gear for? Not delves that's for sure
I am playing Retail for the first time since Cata pre-patch and your content has been SO helpful for me to understand not only The War Within content, but also Retail in general. Cheers Kelani!
As a solo player, wow has never been this good in my opinion. And giving us some higher level gear, makes open world and solo activities more fun.
Got to 576 ilvl on my first day thanks to this. Appreciate it. Gunna lvl up the gear tomorrow because I totally forgot about it 😂
Delves, follower dungeons, story mode raid, disable chat function - the single player WoW dream has come true
Seriously!
Not quite. What you can get solo still remains crap compared to what you can get in a group. Whose fault is it, specifically, that a significant portion of players act like _complete shits_ behind a keyboard, so that many avoid group content like the damn plague that it is?
@@mothman84 did you even watch the vid you commented on? lulz
All the stuff SWTOR has been doing for a decade. 😂
@@HeatherSZ This particular comment was _a reply to a comment,_ not to the video, so it need only be relevant to the comment it replies to, not to the video, but sure, if it made you laugh, something good came out of it, I guess.
Wow is in such a good place imo, I haven’t played since legion but I’ve gotten a handful of friends to join up as new players and they’ve been engaging with every kind of content available, and having a blast doing it all. I think that satisfying both a veteran like me and new players in both solo and group content is pretty impressive.
The only downside to delves for me so far is the duplicate gear drops. If they added and end of run option to trade it for coins or progress this would be fixed.
Duplicate drops are to be expected. Sure, when you get the special map for a bonus drop, and then you drop same slot items from both coffers, or even _the very same item from both coffers,_ that's uncool as only Blizzard devs can be uncool. These guys, you've got to understand them, they have awful sex lives, they need to share their misery with us...
Yes, this! I got three of one slot in one week. I have five alts and have had the same experience on each.
As somebody whose gotten like 8 cloaks, I couldn’t agree more.
Yep, the dev teams have to take their frustrations out on people, especially solo players. They hate that they have had to make content for us.
All they have to do is, give us a coin or some item we can trade in at a vendor for the stuff we want and need.
Same! Got same slot 3 delves in a row. Frustrating!
Prob the best gearing system in years . Helps the solo people and rewards the people doing the hard keys +9 and up
hey Kehlani, this is folks; just a heads up - worldsoul is best done with 5 echoes with a raid group, typically 400 valorstones + 2 keys of one such run.
Also a heads up: using 5 Echoes *often* bugs out. I've run this stupid event 10+ times with my guild in the last week, and at least 9 of them have ended with people saying "wtf, I used 5 Echoes and only got the same amount as people that used 1." I stopped doing it. Not wasting my stuff until I know it's fixed.
So...not solo content....
@@timothymorrison5918 It's one of those things YOU CAN solo... you just get more out of it in a group. For this one specifically, you'd be foolish to solo it. You can get literally 10x and more the reward if you're in a group. But hey.. you don't HAVE to.
How do you find groups for it? Is it in custom groups or something or just make your own?
@@1337139 Custom, yeah. You can make your own but... I'm in a guild and people just sorta coordinate in small groups. Say 10 ppl are online, 2-3 might be up for a group, so they get together and make a group in the gf and get a few other people.
Because, like I said, it's in EVERYONE'S best interest to do it as a group.
As a returning player I really appreciate the detail here, especially the bit about crafting orders
As someone coming back the game after a long break (legion) I find all this quite confusing, same with the crafting mechanics. Yes there are nice videos like this one to explain, but having to rely on those to understand how things work is not ideal. Anyway... thanks
Yeah i feel you
Agreed. As someone who didnt stop playing since Tbc,anything that requires from me to do damn research online,is a wrong move. Things need to make more sense in the actual game. Why would they wanna risk ppl spending time online looking for solutions instead of providing them ingame.
I love group content but as a hard worker during all the month, solo content is a huge hand for people like me, Ty wow
You have the most balanced and educated view of the game I have ever seen.
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DUDE! Hats off to you with this video, so full of useful information. Truly EVERYTHING I wanted to know has been answered. Thank you so much!
hey Kehlani! Important thing to note: These floating orbs that give Weathered crystals appear in a single zone that rotates daily. So if you find the zone of the day, you can farm your weathered cap quite quickly for the week/season
which are useless😅
@@profesorz642 Not quite. You can transfer 90 of them into carved crests, and then transfer your cap of carved crests into runed crests. It's not much, but its a big help for a solo player.
@@supportgod3296 no its the other way around. u can only transfer better crests for a worse ones
Is it always the same zone that also has the worldsouls on that day (since those rotate in the same manner)?
@@supportgod3296 I did not realize you could convert them to carved. That's good to know because weathered become useless fairly quickly, but they're also really easy to get.
I despised solo content in an MMO but now that ive seen what creatures are attending in pug HC raids and in mythic + keys I finally understand why people wanna enjoy wow without needing to deal with randoms.
Finally we have content engaging enough that isnt Mythic+ and the toxic cesspool in the party finder.
I have been pretty much a solo player since Cata and I have never had so much good gear early on in an expansion. Delves are awesome.
Started way back in BC and was a hard-core raider all the way up to Cata now I have two young children with twins on the way I have absolutely zero time for it, but I have so much time invested in the game. It is super super nice that I can solo, and still be viable. Just get a chill vibe and let my brain turn off.
i wouldnt say that you can turn your brain off, but you can definitely relax and enjoy yourself while still feeling somewhat powerful.
Thanks for sharing the video! One very important note for solo players I didn't see mentioned is completing the short questline that ends with "To Kill a Queen", which can then be completed solo in story mode. It rewards an Enchanted Runed crest!
Not gonna lie, Delves are a god send to people like me.
Trying to join raids/dungeons without being already overgearing the loot table is near impossible, unless you have a guild.
IKR. You wouldn't seriously expect to join a Timewalking Black Temple raid without the current AOTC achievement...
Another very clear and helpful video. Thank you! I love the options for ways to progress. I do a lot of group content with friends but I don't always have friends available to run with, and pugging stresses me out because people can be toxic. I love that I can pursue content and gear with or without friends. Delves have been glitchy but the concept is good and I've enjoyed it so far. Plus the guaranteed bonus chest when you use a map is addicting :D
One thing people need know. You can change the type of loot you get by right clicking on your character and choose the spec you want loot drops for.
why the fuck would you play one spec and want loot for another spec? Are you stupid?
So glad they did, as someone who has a bit slower reflexes and the increase in difficulty of the game it makes it difficult to keep up with the standards people have assigned and i feel like as soon as i would get through normal raids that was it for me.
I like the idea of soloing players getting high end gear - i usually play late and when there is fewer players so I am cool with soloing. Getting better gear is a bonus too. I usually will LFR on weekends to make up for the gearing up on my characters.
This is super helpful! Love that solo players can finally shine in WoW without relying on groups. It’s like having a little adventure all by yourself! 🌟 Can't wait to try out the delves, I heard they can be quite the challenge but in a good way. Let's go solo squad! 💪
I was kinda confused how I had 6 Gilded, nice to get the confirmation from your video. For anyone looking to maximize solo gearing, you might wanna farm Tier8 Bountifuls for maps, and try to farm up enough just enough Gilded Crests to upgrade your main weapon at least one time. Mine is stuck at 619 currently, but now I will be for sure farming up Maps.
I’m thrilled to finally have some decent solo gearing options. Unless you’re in a really good guild and are part of the “In” group it takes forever to get into a random M+ or non-LFR raid.
Im not gonna lie. I’m loving being able to gear up from these solo delves. I lucked out and was rolling back 2 back t8 delve maps. I’ve been casual so I’m glad they added this to the game. Group finder for raids and mythic can be so brutal.😂
Khalani you’re simply the best really no need to watch anything else, all the infos are here simple et crystal clear keep up bro
I love these delves and being able to do solo dungeons. I avoided dungeons as I didn't like dealing with groups, and all the issues. At least I can get familiar with all this before I decide to group up.
Actually really happy to see this. I have time just for raid logging and some world quests. Delves give that extra option to improve gear going into the raid
Finally!.... a way to get good items while playing solo!
I love the delves. Sometimes people can't make raid times, ect so this is a nice option.
I think the new gearing options are awesome. The delves at higher levels are challenging which is good, I'm preferring them to running dungeons or LFR.
Thanks for the tip on flying through those sky globs. I ll do that while looks for distrub earth
I stopped doing m+ and I am seriously happy. I can also spend time on sub characters. Delves is really useful for players who don't have time.
Solo players having access to higher level gear feels great. It's not super quick, but it's nicely defined and you have goals for when you would just rather play alone.
A great addition would be to break down gear into crests for that ilvl of gear. So annoying having Hero gear drop you don't need that you end up selling for 80g when you could break down that piece of gear and upgrade another piece of your hero gear 1 level.
Not sure if you mentioned in the video, but once you equip at least Champion track (I think) gear in all slots you get an achievement which then lets you trade weathered crests for runed. I was starved for runed crests until I finally replaced my heroic sacbrood trinket and got 80 runes crests from trading all the other crests I didn't need anymore
Delves are very good for solo player and to prepare for raids without dealing with ... difficult people in M+. That is only if you have the correct class and correct spec. When you don't, you need group for the solo content
As a healer main, I love delves for my DPS characters. I want to play all classes but suck at DPS in groups. This allows me to gear and challenge myself of those classes I’m not good at.
tip for everyone seeking Crafted Gear! have the gear made in public with rank 1 mats, you can then get it RECRAFTED for less rank 3 Mats. it's way more affordable than getting it rank 5 outright, so if you got your own toons that can craft it you'll only need to seek someone for the recraft.
Thanks! I am very new to WoW, and have been doing content solo and was getting very frustrated doing tier 8 delves and other content. I acquired all this currency from doing WQ and heroic dungeons, and had NO idea what to do with it. After upgrading my gear I was able to solo tier 8 delves no problem.
I just logged in my alt and saw this video , the rng gods are kind to me this day.
I can't do raids or dungeons with others cuz mt puter sucks but I can do the delves alone which is awesome. All the upgrading is very confusing but thanks again for all the tips, I enjoy the videos you make even if I don't understand it all.
it's not that hard to understand once you interact with it enough.
I was a part of a high level guild way back in the day and got tired of all the bs that came with it. I’ll never go back to group play but will queue up for instances. I haven’t found many toxic players yet but I’ve only been back playing for a week. I like delves and wish there was a voting system for the queue so you could report toxicity
Thank you Kelani! Great video!
The idea that you can gear up solo is so refreshing. Obviously you'll gear up faster if you do group content, too. This is how it always should have been instead of gating all endgame gear behind group content.
This been my favourite expan since Lich King
I love the gear upgrade. I live in country and internet is beyond believe slow. If I lagged I would get kicked out. Now I can enjoy the game at my own lag lol
The gearing from Delves reminds me of when they added LFG for Heroic Dungeons in Wrath during the Tournament (Tier 9) allowing relatively low level guilds and unorganized solo players to get badge gear. It was enough to allow these groups to get motivated to take on Arthus when T10 came about. CATA's heroics difficulty sort of cramped those groups again, but MoP, WoD, and Legion was suitable for those groups again. Dragonflight and War Within seem idea for solo players and low numbers guilds.
Delves are marvelous. Especially as a returning player, that has had massive health issues during some of the past couple of years. Essentially stopping me from playing previously, for a long time. Things that have been affecting my executive function skills in a bad way & leading to brain fog (I'm on the recovery journey since more than a year now). So these delves? PERFECT environment for me to slowly rehabilitate, and get my brain accustomed to everything regarding mechanics, awareness, handle keybinds, cooldowns etc again.
It is absurd the contrast itself, as I used to be a mythic raider and m+ player, not being limited really. To barely handling Delves on teir 7. Slightly under geared, though. But last week? I had issues with 5's. So I am noticing that I am improving, and honestly? World content wouldn't provide the right type of challenge, and getting into a bit more challenging group content would've been misery. Not only for me feeling bad about the s*it state my ability as a player is in. But also bad for the others, having to carry - which wouldn't truly offer much opportunity to practice/rehabilitate either. If I am just getting an easy mode through others.
I know most who enjoys Delves, or find them a nice addition to the game. Won't be in my position. As it is quite different from what most players would be dealing with.
But as someone who has basically suffered brain damage. And is trying to recover from that, these Delves are a Godsend. I doubt I would've picked up WoW again if this type of solo play hadn't been there as an option.
You can also do the PVP weekly quest from the PVP NPC named Ruffious in Dornagal gathering 100 sparks from disturbed dirt piles in different zones for a piece of 593 champion gear. Do it outside of peak hours and there's a good chance you never even see any PVP.
@5:04 flying around to get weathered crests, they're located in the zone that has the worldsoul quest active.
I like to triple up on Awakening The Machine. Can choose it for the WS Weekly, the Machine quest itself, and the wax guy in Ringing Depths also gives a quest for it, i think all can give a key + the gear you get.
Edit: For the flying around to get the weathered crests, it seems the zones that have active World Soul events that use the Radiant Echo's have an increased spawn rate for the orbs you fly through. Havent tested it myself, but has been noted by some guildies.
Kelani thank you... ever since they exp went live I have been flying thru any glowing orbs I could find and trying to figure out what they did... I never saw anything happening though. :D I guess I've been collecting crests without knowing lol
Another thing. You can win 1 random battleground, you'll get a quest to turn in and get 9 of the PVP crafting sigil things. Use those to make 2 rings and a necklace 610 ilvl.
It´s pretty much mysterious. I completed the heroic raid this week, it took me coordination with 20 other players, devotion, dedication and suffering through hours of tough content and a dozen wipes. This feat gets me 610 gear in the vault. Then I also roflstomped my way through Tier 8 Delves, playing them by practically rolling my face over the keyboard, and that will get me 616 gear in the vault. Beside the Tier-Set there is absolutely no reason anymore to even visit a raid
That is the wrong approach.
The reason to do a raid should never be just to get gear but to spend time playing the game with your friends.
Way too many people forget that spending a fun time in the game is the real reason for playing, not gathering some higher pixel numbers on a screen.
Which will be worthless anyway when the next content patch drops because that'll introduce higher item level gear.
Comparison is the thief of joy - A smart mf from back in the day
@@Hauke-ph5ui yeah honestly why are people like this even playing the game? you can just play to have fun you know that concept seems lost on a lot of people. personally i enjoy overcoming challenges and improving myself i couldnt care less about my gear
You can get runed crests from ANY delve, non bountiful as well. Just did it 2 days ago, and have enchanted crest to prove it
Absolutely loving the fact I can solo. I've always really disliked raids, esp the way they used to be. Some of us just prefer to do things by ourselves (and with our alt army). Honestly, imo they've really hit it out of the park with The War Within (and possibly Dragonflight, I missed most of that xpac sadly). I haven't enjoyed the game this much since Legion. (and I've been playing since Burning Crusade. I would have played vanilla but I was still addicted to Everquest at the time lol)
This is sort of true, as there is currently a problem with the delves rewarding crests. Some people get them regularly, others don't get them at all, or get very few. I opened a ticket and CS mentioned that they are working on this problem, and the missing crests are to be given to the players when they fix it. Otherwise, going into m+ 4 and above is really the only option to upgrade gear for people who don't have the crests
They should add the companion option to all content of the game (M0, M+, LFR Raid, Mythic Raid, etc)
I would like to add another option for getting crafting crests:
If you do the short questline in Azj-kahet to unlock Story Mode for the raid, you'll get a quest that rewards you with an Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest.
yeah, that's a one time thing, i recommend Crafting a Weapon with that.
there are also rewards from renown but that is quite a large time investment. if you are dead set on avoiding group content it is a thing worth mentioning though
I find these crests upgrades and crafting system with sparks and whatever so difficult to understand. Even with watching several guides like yours now. But since I play solo and I do tier 8 delves easily by now, I dont need to stress myself gearing up anymore I guess? The only thing that comes to my mind is the Zekvir "Let me Solo him" fight
Just make sure you loot his claw(?) - I didn't know there was anything to loot and I lost out 🥲
Isn't the boss unlocked after you complete level 11 delves? Or am I wrong
@@nojabhere you get a quest in the main hub to defeat him. Once you cleared a level 8 delve, you can enter Zekvirs hideout in azj-kahet. He has 2 levels of difficulty. First one aint that hard. You just have to get used to some unforgiving mechanics. Second one adds some mechanics and as of now with the current delve adjustements to brann, it is rather undoable.
There's little to understand, I don't think even the devs 'understand' the system, or they would understand it doesn't need to be so messy. Nobody asked for it. Nobody needs it. Nobody likes it. Bunch of different currencies, with different names, that change every few months. You go to the guy, put the piece in the neat square, and see if you happen to have all the silly crap he wants.
@@mothman84 you are so so wrong. the system could be better sure but most people think it is a huge improvement over the old way, its easier, gives you way more options. if you could just put in the tiniest bit of effort to learn and understand you would see its much better
In short, do all bountiful delves per day regardless of keys, and do weeklies. Use crests to upgrade where desired
@@kenpazaraki5781 Yeah, also I would feel quickly burned out on delves if I were doing more than 8 per week (on my main, plus sometimes more on alts).
@@kenpazaraki5781 to get 616 il gear you do not need 8 bountiful delves, you just need tier 8 delves. Any of them.
@@kenpazaraki5781 I generally agree, but for real min max u just want to cap out your runic crests right? which i think you need to run more than 8 per week
literally get nothing special if you're lacking a key. i mean i guess Brann is getting XP at least.
@@UltimateGamerCC you still get 2 runic crests its about farming those as much as possible to upgrade gear past 616
Delves are my biggest burden when lvling my alt - I love group content and it’s the reason why I play an mmo
Amazing video!
You can also buy coffer keys with undercoins once you get your delver journey high enough
Another great video. Thanks Salami!
Great video! Thanks!!!
You are the Best ! Thank you 🙏
I love that the ability to solo is just as viable as going full group route. The only problem is once that solo bottle was opened and that genie let out you’ll never get it back in the bottle . People get a taste of non toxic , self driven , no time limit , and no one to blame but yourself . Who would want to go back to groups? It’s going to literally go very soon in the near future to being a SoRPG because how are you going to make group content more favorable than doing it solo ?
very needed video
I just do everything being solo, 6/8hc, 2k in m+, did a tier 10 now attempting to get a deathless 11,I've always been a solo player so it's really like really easy now, never been in a guild too
This last shield drop XD i feel your pain...
Personaly i have reached the limit of what a season provides for casual players. I have 3 characters around 610 and 610 is like the "softcap". Now its a slow process of getting to 619 with weekly vault rewards and 2 runed crests per tier 8 delve run and it taking 15 runed crests for upgrading a single item by 3 levels between 610 and 619.
I have been having a blast getting my ilvl up to 616 without having to group up and do M+ at all! 😅 Sorry guys but y’all have made that scene toxic asf and it’s about time we have another way to get ilvl with out being subjected to that shit
All delve gear stats sucks for me except the cloak and trinket
dont forget to kill last raid boss in story mode or LFR mode to get your crest. Quest “our chance to strike”. reward is a crest that lets you to craft 619 lvl. just a reminder: no group is needed, no professions are required. you can do it solo and get 619 in 1 hr
Finally solo players can get some good stuff too ☺️
Of course this means farming bountiful delves *a lot*, just to get some crests and a 4% chance at a map. I'm now at 601 item lvl and four set pieces after doing lvl 8 delves for two weeks, LFR and weeklies (including the timewalking Black Temple), after being out of the country until ten days ago. That's good enough to change to slow advancement, i.e. professions and just doing four bountifuls and the necessary weeklies to do those, and maybe raise some twinks. Or do other stuff, I got about eight other games on the backburner asking for attention right now. Just the thrill of "higher number" isn't really worth putting in daily grinds in WoW, IMO.
huh lol i reached like 607 from my bountifuls and now im 610 from normal and heroic raid. It gives you a 606 piece every time almost. so unless u got duplicates like 4 times lol
@@Odyssey636 Yeah, I'm okay with having a decent ilvl (600-610 is enough for casual play, IMO) and then taking it easy, at 49 years of age I got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Still got the twinks, get loremaster or transmog from old raids if I want to put serious time into WoW for a while and the patch cycle is quick enough these days that new content is coming out at a very decent rate.
once you cap your gear into Hero rank you can then use your Vault to give you some Crests to upgrade those pieces.
Solo players pay their subs too, so good for them for finally having a chance to gear up at the same rate as the rest of us. I actually don't care how people get their gear, it doesn't affect my gameplay so let everyone enjoy WoW however they choose to play instead of hamstringing them.
This was really a trade off where the made champion/hero track gear MUCH easier to access while at the same time restricting the top tier crests/Myth track gear significantly. Lesser players benefit, top players are unaffected, upper middle players get gut-punched.
Didn’t know that about the orbs wow thanks
Thanks for the video
THANK YOU so much.
I have been an on and off player since BC and I think it is about time they gave more to solo players. Played all of BFA, then called it a day for the next 2 EXP's because I grew sick and tired of elitist attitudes, either directed at me or someone else in the group. Even the social guild I ran, turned into a bunch of elitist idiots who would bicker and moan about certain other members not being up to their standard.
This new EXP is a much-welcomed addition to WoW IMO.
The Runed Crests drop from any tier 8 delves not just bountiful so you can farm them for upgrading the hero gear you get from delve bounties
I understand why solo content exists, but I've actually had a very pleasant time doing random heroic pugs.
Either people say nothing, or they've been kind.
I love the the TWW addon. I work 9hours a day, going to the gym etc. and iam able to play the game without falling miles behind. That was the problem with the old dlcs and that’s why I quit wow 3 years ago
It seems these are the quickest --- does anybody have any hidden gems or info to add to this?
* World Soul Weekly Quest (Located in Dornogal, usually just outside of the Inn)
* Theater Troupe (Located in Dornogal)
* Spreading the Light Event (Located in Hallowfall)
* Packed Quest (Located in Azj-Kahet)
These activities are recommended because they are typically the quickest to complete. Completing these four activities will earn you four Caches and four Restored Coffer Keys.
personally i do Spreading The Light, Awaken The Machine, Pact Quest and finally the Weekly, as i pick WQs and then do the Pact Quest, as 5 WQs will fill the bar and then i just need one more along the way.
machine world soul and the normal weekly quest for it is 2 chests for 1 event, then spreading the light and theatre is probably fastest/easiest for alts that dont get world quest rep.
You can get crests from non-bountiful T8 delves. There is also a small chance to see the higher crests from T11.
It should be higher % to get high ilvl items from delves 9/10/11. It would be stupid if the only reward is some achievement...
@@NoOne1x It really is just achievements, though.
The good thing is nearly every class can do a higher ilvl delve even if it takes much more time.