2018-0811: on the eve of Battle for Azeroth expansion start

Done.  Left the game again 28jan2019.
Battle for Azeroth turned out to be as bad as Legion was good.

1. What I like
1. Demonology Warlocks: I had no luck with DW in Legion or before,  In BfA, DW seems quite robust.
2. Discipline Priest: weak in Legion, but more durable in BfA
3. World quests in Darkshore.  It has been nice to get level 210 weapons and armour, except for rings, trinkets, necklace, and cloak.  Now and then, pieces at 215, 220, 235 show up.
4. Survival Hunters: quite robust in BfA, while next to worthless (my viewpoint from long series of deaths) before BfA.


2. What I don't like
1. End of artifact weapons: strong, clear meanings to components, useful.  The loss is actually a loss.
2. The Heart of Azeroth: stupid, weak, ugly, meaningless. Quite an eyesore as well. Feeding the Heart might increase your iLevel, but nothing actually improves your character's abilities.
3. Scalable region difficulty. I hate having to work to kill something in Westfall, when it should die with a one-shot.  There are many examples like this.  I suppose that this increases XP generation overall, but I miss the total domination that one gets from having a much higher rank than the environmental NPC trash.


3. Later: mid-November, 2018.
1. Heart of Azeroth: is controlled by the game, not by you, the player. It contributes nothing except to control your characters.  Every time an NPC drops <explitive deleted> azerite, the amount the HoA is updated by the game, not by you.
2. Solution: drop the Heart, replace with necklaces, as done in WoW from 2004 until the sorry BfA, 2018.  Drop azerite.  Forever.  Drop azerite armor.  Forever.
3. My lead character armor iLevel 350, has not particular way to advance.  The emissary quests provide a little intermittent forward progress, usually only small artifact level increases.
4. My lead character is my favorite, but I have no particular reason to play it.  Great.  
5. Why continue playing?
6. Leveling is still sort of fun, but I am too good at it.  All my 32 characters will be level 120 soon enough.
7. Why continue playing?
8. Island expeditions: utter nonsense.  Lots of effort, little reward.  An average world quest yields more return than island quests.  Perhaps you have had better success.  I have not.

20180228: Mage Order Hall

Done.  Left the game again 28jan2019.

Battle for Azeroth turned out to be as bad as Legion was good.

Mage Order Hall: Hall of the Guardian

Location:
Planet: Azeroth
Continent: Broken Isles
Region: hard to tell.  Connected to Dalaran (above Broken Isles) through a portal.
Where: Hall of the Guardian
Specifically: Lovely design. Very smooth and easy on the eye.
Faction: The Tirisguard

Your title in the order hall: 

What one does there:
Get quests
Set missions
--as in Warlords of Draenor, the Legion missions are done by named NPCs.
--also available: nameless followers (water spirits, invokers)
Upgrade permanent followers from mission rewards
Do order research: most of this is done at the 110 level
Edit the artifact weapon at the weapon forge.  This is the only place for warlocks to update traits.
Train temporary troops, by armour upgrades and enchanted tools that give them extra power.'
As one accomplishes more, be able to change the weapon's appearance with the artifact forge

How to get there:
Buy the teleport skill to the Mage order hall, Hall of the Guardian.  There is no other way in!

Return from Hall of the Guardian:
There is a portal in Hall of the Guardian to Dalaran. Alternately, teleport (mage skill) to Dalaran.

Artifact weapons: mages can only update their artifact weapons in Hall of the Guardian.  Find the highest level of the Order Hall.  The forge is on the floor in the centre of the room.

Arcane (DPS):
--Aluneth, Greatstaff of Magna
--relic slots: Arcane, Frost, (initially locked) Arcane

Frost: (DPS)
--Ebonchill,  Greatstaff of Alodi
--relic slots: Frost, Arcane, (initially locked) Frost

Fire (DPS)
--Felo'melorn, sword, plus Heart of the Phoenix, held in off-hand
--relic slots: Fire, Arcane, (initially locked) Fire

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Notes from early on with the mage:

1. new Dalaran hearthstone
2. armor upgrades: considerable
3. from Stormwind Vanguard Staff (staff, level 685; replaced 536)
4. from Accolade of House Wrynne (trinket, level 685; replaced 565)
5. from Signet of Stormwind (ring, level 640; replaced 515)

2018-0228: Priest Order Hall

Done.  Left the game again 28jan2019.
Battle for Azeroth turned out to be as bad as Legion was good.

Priest Order Hall: Netherlight Temple

Location:
Planet: Azeroth
Continent: Broken Isles
Region: hard to tell.  Connected to Dalaran (above Broken Isles) through a portal.
Where: Netherlight Temple
Specifically: Lovely design. Very smooth and easy on the eye.
Faction:

Your title in the order hall: High Priest

What one does there:
Get quests
Set missions
--as in Warlords of Draenor, the Legion missions are done by named NPCs.
--examples:,
--also available: nameless followers (fel servants of one sort or another)
Upgrade permanent followers from mission rewards
Do order research: most of this is done at the 110 level
Edit the artifact weapon at the weapon forge.  This is the only place for warlocks to update traits.
Train temporary troops; here called 'ghouls'
Engrave weapons with enchantments
As one accomplishes more, be able to change the weapon's appearance with the artifact forge

How to get there:
In the new (Legion expansion) Dalaran, there is a portal to NT in the Greyfang Enclave.

Return from Netherlight Temple:
There is a portal in Netherlight Temple to the Greyfang Enclave in Dalaran.

Artifact weapons: priests can only update their artifact weapons in Netherlight Temple.  Find the highest level of the Order Hall.  The forge is on the floor in the centre of the room.

Discipline (healer, sort of):
--Scepter of Sargeras, staff
--relic slots: Fel, Fire, (initially locked) Fel

Shadow: (DPS only)
--
--relic slots: Shadow

Holy (healer)
--
--relic slots: 

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Notes from early on with the warlock:

My level 98 Destruction Warlock, Chronoslock, on 20170503 attained the

1. new Dalaran hearthstone
2. armor upgrades: 560 average to 587 average
3. from Stormwind Vanguard Staff (staff, level 685; replaced 536)
4. from Accolade of House Wrynne (trinket, level 685; replaced 565)
5. from Signet of Stormwind (ring, level 640; replaced 515)
6. an invitation from the faction 'Council of the Black Harvest.'
7. There was a summoning; the demon showed, then the demon imprisoned my warlock and 3 others.
8. One obtains 'A Tome of Blighted Instruments' then tries to escape.
9. I got the book, got away from the demons, but hearthing back to Dalaran did not constitute escape.  Crap.
10. Start over.
11. Did the same stuff, only more efficiently.  Worked this time.  Go figure.
12. A portal to the warlock meeting place seems to be the Ring underneath Dalaran in what was called the Underbelly.
13. Got the quest to get the  Destruction artifact weapon.
14. Finished the quest, got the weapon
15. Got the invite to the order hall
16. Got my character installed as leader (Netherlord)
17. Got my artifact weapon properly initialized at the artifact forge.