Off and on throughout this event I have used the “elevator” metaphor to explain how the experience bonus of the invasions has felt. It started off as a steady elevator, and then took a bunch of detours for maintenance. However at the end the final version felt like it was picking up speed as I finished the climb towards the top. The other day Devolore made a comment about this invasion that I think is worth sharing.
While I realize the goal of the event was not to level everything to 100… that is precisely what I set out to do. Before the initial change I managed to get my Priest from 92 to 100, and then turned around and got my Mage from 90 to 100. That left only my little monk that starting last Wednesday was sitting at only level 53. In the last four days I have finished the climb to 100, finally dinging off of an invasion last night after we wrapped up recording the podcast. It was a wild ride filled with pure madness, but overall it was an enjoyable one. This is the feeling I have been chasing for awhile, going into an expansion knowing that every single character on at least my primary server was ready to go and awaiting the next content release. There are a bunch of things I learned on the trip, and I took care last night to log some of my findings. The rest of this post is likely going to be a bunch of bullet points explaining what all I found out.
- It took a total of 49 Invasions to go from level 53 to 100
- I was wearing full heirlooms the entire way, so adjust accordingly
- That makes it .95 levels per invasion completed
- I saved 97 loot boxes while doing the even, 49 Blue, 48 Green.
The Loot
This is what 97 loot boxes from the event looks like sitting in my bank. I saved every single one from the moment I started climbing from 53 to 100, in a large part because I wanted a bunch of information to be able to draw conclusions from. On a whim I ended up opening all of my Green chests first, and they my Blue chests… which caused me to notice a pattern.
Phase 2 – Small Legion Chest – Can Contain
- Bracers
- Gloves
- Belt
- Boots
- Weapons
Phase 4 – Large Legion Chest – Can Contain
- Helm
- Shoulders
- Chest
- Pants
- Weapons
- Coalesced Fel
In the course of the events I ran I got 118 items to drop from the chests, and around 2000 nethershards… but I was not keeping as good of track on that number as I did the others. As I opened the boxes I recorded the what dropped and divided up level 700, 710 and 720 drops in the hopes of being able to pull some percentages together on the chance of each.
Level 700 Item Drops
- Helm – 9
- Shoulders – 13
- Chest – 10
- Bracers – 11
- Gloves – 11
- Belt – 8
- Pants – 9
- Boot – 6
- Weapon – 14
- Coalesced Fel – 9
Level 710 Item Drops
- Helm – 2
- Shoulders – 1
- Bracers – 2
- Gloves – 1
- Belt – 3
- Pants – 1
- Boots – 5
Level 720 Item Drops
- Shoulders – 1
- Belt – 1
- Pants – 1
So in total I got 100 level 700 drops, 15 level 710 drops, and 3 level 720 drops. Using some quick and dirty math that means that I got a Warforged 710 item 12% of the time, and a 720 item 2.5% of the time. In any case… my Monk is likely going to be my best geared character once I complete the Broken Shores content and get my ring and trinket. Leveling through Invasions was often times frustration… but overall it was an extremely enjoyable experience. I would love to say I would do this same rough on my hordies… but with only nine days until the launch of Legion I just am not sure if I have that sort of grind in me. More than likely I will be focusing on filling the gear holes in my various characters, and pushing them all through the broken shores and follow-up content.
