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Even though it feels like ancient history at this point, I have to go with Suramar. Though I definitely started getting bored with Withered training after a while (possibly also because I am pretty bad at it), the zone storyline was incredible. I think it was some of Blizzard’s best work, and they managed to keep the story going through a good chunk of the expansion — so unlike the Draenor story, which impressed me when I first quested through it but then nearly nothing else happened. Suramar kept Legion’s story moving forward, and while it included raid content, the story progressed for solo players, too. I enjoyed it tremendously.

But if you’re talking leveling zones, though, it’s Stormheim, which also had an impressive story (though way too much Odyn). Which reminds me that I still need to get around to finishing the zone on Horde side…

I don’t feel any guilt over wiping out crazed anything with a giant ball of fiery death. But maybe skip the Gnome part next time. Could we do this with Legion forces, like Imps? Just imagine a rolling ball of Imps and/or Imp parts, all making sarcastic commentary as you go. It would be great!

{PB}If you have the reputation with Merchant Greenfield (revered), you could buy a bunch of Songbell Seeds, plant them, and grab a bunch of Motes the next day. Since I find grinding pretty dull, this is probably what I’d go for. But if you didn’t play this character during Pandaria, getting the rep would probably be a pain in the neck.

Other than that, I’d try Isle of Thunder or any dungeons. In my experience, at least, dungeons have better drop rates than the open world, plus you’ll never have to worry about respawn rates. (Plus you can collect coin and transmog gear.)

Blizzard has said Artifacts are going to be Legion only, which just seems odd to me. We’ve spent all this time collecting these weapons of lore just to toss them in the trash next expansion? It’s difficult to imagine how we’ll get a better weapon in the future, making anything we do get feel like a downgrade, story-wise, even if it has better stats. I do hope they’ll give us some story reason for it or it will feel quite pointless.

Despite the grind, I kind of enjoy the talent tree system of Legendaries, letting you customize your character and increase your power beyond just endless raiding and dungeon-running for gear. (And I kind of wish you had to make some actual choices in the process instead of everyone filling out everything eventually, so it offered unique customization.) I’d love to see Blizzard continue to offer something like this in the future… it’s just a question of how they can do that without it being a huge nuisance or simply a complicated addition to the talents we already have.

It’s possible Blizzard will simply drop the whole system, but I hope they move at least pieces of it forward.

I want a Lich King musical, in the Hearthstone style. Come on, Blizzard, you know it would be great.

And that’s all for today, my friends. Tune in again tomorrow when someone will be here to answer your questions.