#What to do in wow upgrade#

initially I was woefully under-utilising Scorch in the execute range, now I find myself over correcting at times and casting too early. I still have a good number of kinks to iron out e.g. IвЂ™m more on the fence about the Frost -> Fire spec change itself, or at least, I was initially but as I grow in familiarity with the ebbs and flows of Fire IвЂ™m enjoying it more and more. I donвЂ™t miss Venthyr at all - I was with them as the best single-target Frost Mage option rather than any thematic pull. The answer to that is really going to depend on you and what youвЂ™re doing it forвЂ¦ So store them up, do your intro campaign story, and then blat through the three Callings and bingo-bango, that alongside the campaign unlocks, the typical 1000 anima quest etc, youвЂ™ll be motoring along. If you stack-up three days of available Callings before you make the switch (donвЂ™t worry- theyвЂ™ll be available to you again as soon as you finish the intro campaign quests for your new Covenant) you can take a flying headstart into unlocks of Renown. The main advice I have to offer here is that your Emissary dailies (I forget what theyвЂ™re called for ShadowlandsвЂ¦ Callings? Yes! Callings) offer probably the easiest source of Renown increase to feed you further levels between chapters of the campaign being available to you.

#What to do in wow upgrade#

The good news here is almost anything you do for the Covenant will result in a renown level upgrade until youвЂ™re caught up to the current cap - after which youвЂ™ll be back to the three possible renown level gains per week like everyone else.

This is ShadowlandsвЂ™ primary gating mechanic, even above and beyond reputation levels.

The biggest impact by far of course is going to be the Renown level reset. But otherwise youвЂ™ll need to collect the new set for your new Faction. Non-faction specific companions (e.g., Meatball) will come over with you.

Wartable Companions: I add a small asterisk to this.

Covenant Campaign Progress (and by extension, your Covenant Powers): You will start from ground zero in terms of campaign completion - you will need to go through the quest chain to join your new Covenant and unlock their Covenant powers.

This ensures that you can do some upgrades to your hall within the first week of switching. DidnвЂ™t have to go collect them again even, just a pick-up and hand-in. However! Bolvar did give me an initial вЂfreebieвЂ™ five soul quest.

Redeemed Souls: No stored souls (used in upgrading your Covenant Hall) will come over with you.

So you might want to consider hoarding some anima items before making the switch if youвЂ™re looking for a quick start. Any anima items not yet deposited will still be with you.

Anima: All anima stored in your covenant hall will be lost.

This makes the worst time to change covenant right after reinforcing a location, and the best immediately before youвЂ™re able to reinforce a new locationвЂ¦ If you care about this.

Side note re: Anima Channeling device - any pips you had earned toward reinforcing a location actually come over with you.

No transport network, no war table вЂ“ nothing.

Covenant Hall Upgrades: You will enter your new hall with no upgrades done.

IвЂ™ll talk more about Renown after this list. Which in turn means you will lose access to the range of Soulbinds and Conduit levels you might be used to.

Renown Level: You will have your Renown reset.

HereвЂ™s what I noted happened in my switch over from Venthyr to Night Fae: Otherwise though, here we go, in bullet point form. But there was certainly a few days of catch-up required and that was with fairly high play-availability given IвЂ™m off work until the New Year. Catching up is fairly easy and isnвЂ™t overly timegated. As it turned out this long was by no means necessary. Our guild put a week-long pause on raiding over Christmas which is the gap I used to switch my Covenant. You are going to need some time to recover some of your lost power - your Renown and therefore your available Soulbind/Conduit powers will be zilch until you work through some things with your new Covenant.

The TLDR advice I would give? DonвЂ™t attempt to do this right before a raid or other form of progression content. Life in the New Covenant: What Did You Just Lose?