[WoD] Garrison Optimization Launch Thread

Asshat wormie

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I think keeping one follower at 99 is good enough, 99 seems to be its own tier so you will only get lvl 99 missions from that follower and nothing lower. It gives lots of missions that give 3k or so xp for like 2hr missions, so really the same xp rate as a lvl 100 mission for 12k xp that takes 8 hours, you do end up spending more resources tho. All of my followers are blue now tho, so I just another solid week of missions and most will be epic.
From what I read (might have been in this thread? no fuck idea) there are 3 tiers: 100, 94-99 and 90-93. Best to keep at least one follower in each tier.
 

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You definitely still need the lowest tier if you want salvage boxes at a good rate. 30-45 minute missions, ideally cut in half by epic mount, with Leorajh following you around out in the world to shit out a table every time they complete. It's also another tier's worth of GR missions to put your scavenger(s) on.

Still need a new sploit spot for bodyguard rep though. That is taking forever to max on three characters since I missed out on the squirrels and refuse to take part in their shitty vanilla-style grinds for other reps and/or useless apexis crystals.

Edit: I'm pretty sure it's 90-94 and 95-99.
 

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The garrison shit is going to stop me from playing alts. Its just too much hassle yet not doing it on an active character is a really large loss. Clearly the solution is not to bother.
 

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It's certainly tedious. Three barns was more than I could take, that's for goddamn sure. I don't know how the batshit crazy people with 10+ barns do it, but they are out there. Two stables is no picnic either, but at least that's a finite series. Aside from that though, my current setup only requires me to supply enough skins for one set of daily CDs and two tanneries. I definitely would have preferred account-wide garrisons though. Actually I'd prefer if practically everything in the game was BoA, at least to characters on that realm and faction, but I'm certainly not holding my breath waiting on that particular improvement.
 

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I unlocked garrison lvl 2 on 2 of my characters that i don't plan on leveling anytime soon?I only use them for work orders (JC/Tailoring) and daily cooldowns then log off. They're by no means priority so i just do that, which will eventually get me some 30 slot bags, any gems i may need on my main etc.
 

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I have one character for each role: Blood DK, Resto Druid, and Huntard, so I felt the need to do the garrison thing properly on all three. The idea was that by having a garrison set up well, the gold and time investment would pay for itself by making gearing them all easier.

In practice, saying that it hasn't really panned out the way I'd hoped would be the understatement of the year. Oh well.
 

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Yeah they really should have just made garrisons into an account hub rather than per character. Done two characters to level 100, really don't feel like leveling any others to 100 and redoing the whole garrison again, certainly don't want to go out zone hunting for treasures for gr again unless maybe on flying mounts, the nagrand area is especially annoying having to use the gliders.
 

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I really am regretting my lack of an Inn at this point. I'd easily give up the Dwarven Terribleness for an Inn if the damn thing wasn't the wrong plot size.
 

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I really am regretting my lack of an Inn at this point. I'd easily give up the Dwarven Terribleness for an Inn if the damn thing wasn't the wrong plot size.
I like the Inn, But I feel like once I've recruited a few followers and completed all the quests ...why would I keep this building? The dailies are like 20 resources and some gold.
 

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Only reason I can see to keep it would be to keep fishing for that one perfect follower after all the rest that turned to shit once their epic ability and trait got added.

At least, that's how I expect my luck to go...
 

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I like the Inn, But I feel like once I've recruited a few followers and completed all the quests ...why would I keep this building? The dailies are like 20 resources and some gold.
The inn is incredibly good to get all of the one time only quest items, like the new reusable flask, aviana's feather, some of the toys, millhouse, etc. It's also good to recruit a few followers to fill in holes in your roster. Once you've gone through the inn's quests though, it's time to replace it.
 

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The inn isnt exactly amazing but its a case of what are the alternatives really? Arena if you pvp a ton maybe? Its not like you need a lumbermill or tradepost much longer either. Barn is a cash cow right now if you got one early and are getting a steady flow of blood that sells for like 2.5k a pop, but I expect that to fall like a rock in a few weeks.
 

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Long term, the trading post will never not be useful. You'll never want to knock it down either because of that fucking retarded AH-bot quest.

For the second slot, the barn probably remains the most useful due to the feasts which are better than anything made by cooking. And we don't know if blood will be used again for the next tier of crafted gear either.

PVPers and people who love lots of titles will want the gladiator sanctum.

The inn is pretty much just for people who are absolute perfectionists when it comes to trying to get the perfect set of followers.

Lumber mill is just plain useless.
 

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What feasts does it give? I can make Feast of waters and feast of blood, although both kinda suck (they give me the wrong damn secondary stat, even though it states it will give your highest), so I'll probably farm specific ones for myself.
 

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Long term, the trading post will never not be useful. You'll never want to knock it down either because of that fucking retarded AH-bot quest.

For the second slot, the barn probably remains the most useful due to the feasts which are better than anything made by cooking. And we don't know if blood will be used again for the next tier of crafted gear either.

PVPers and people who love lots of titles will want the gladiator sanctum.

The inn is pretty much just for people who are absolute perfectionists when it comes to trying to get the perfect set of followers.

Lumber mill is just plain useless.
I love my LM. Has paid for itself quite well! But once all the buildings are L3 it's time to trash it
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Savage Feast, gives 100 stats.. hmm i didn't realize the barn did that. Between that and savage blood i actually may need to build one
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Creslin

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Its nice but honestly I have like 100 feasts already, so considering you mostly just use them in raids and one feast feeds the entire raid how many do you really need?