Skipping the Into the Stars chapter in WoW is usually best for alts or players who only care about getting to endgame faster. The tradeoff is that you may give up quest rewards, renown, gear, and some story/zone progression benefits that come from doing it normally.

Pros

  • You save time and can jump straight into other activities like dungeons, PvP, world quests, or leveling in a different zone.
  • You avoid being locked into a more linear quest path, so you can pick the content you actually want to do.
  • On alts, skipping can feel much less repetitive if you have already seen the story once.

Cons

  • You may miss rewards from the chapter, especially gear, experience, and renown-style progression tied to the quests.
  • Skipping can reduce quest density in the area, which may make the zone feel emptier or less efficient for pure leveling.
  • If you care about story continuity, skipping means you lose context and some narrative payoff.

Best case

If this is your main character and you still need the rewards, doing the chapter is usually better. If it is an alt and you mainly want flexibility, skipping is often the cleaner choice.

Forum mood

The common player take is basically: skip it if you want speed, do it if you want the rewards. One forum comment summed it up bluntly: “Don’t skip the quests if you want the rewards”.

TL;DR: skip for convenience and faster alt progression; do it if you want loot, renown, XP, and the full story.