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Azerite Armor from Emissary Rewards Now Scale to 370
Azerite Armor that is rewarded from emissaries can now scale up to item level 370 after today's maintenance. It seems like you have to have an item level of 370 for the rewards to scale to it, but that threshold hasn't been confirmed.
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Ranked PvP Item Levels There is one question that I have seen alot that has never been answered. We know the Weekle cache loot is based on the highest rating for the week, even if you fall below that rating you still get it. But what about the random end of match drops? For example: I currently have duelist rank (over 2100 rating), so therfore I get duelist loot (ilvl 370). But what if I drop down below duelist rank, to lets say 1900 rating, and then get a random end of match loot. Does this end of match loot drop duelist loot (370), or will it drop at the rating im currently at(365)?
An answer on this would be much appreciated since I can't seem to find an answer anywhere, and getting an actual drop is also impossible. Anyone?
Just received an answer back regarding this one.
The item level of any gear received at the end of the match should scale based on the rating you had when the match began.
So, for you example, if you entered a match with a duelist level rating, any gear you receive should be at least 370. But if you lose and drop out of the duelist range, any gear you receive at the end of subsequent matches will be of lower item level until you get back into the duelist range. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
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So in other words another brain dead blizzard move. I don't have ilevel 368, mainly because I still run around with two 340 azerite items (and one 355 ring), my heart is 365 and the rest of my gear is ilevel 370.
So anothe rbloody useless 'fix'
"I don't have the ilvl to get better gear thus it's a useless fix" mmochamp user in a nutshell.
You gonna get 355 azerite from emmisary which is an upgrade to your 340, then 360, 365....etc. So stop whining that everything doesn't magically turn to 370 ilvl for you when you fart in boralus.
"I don't have the ilvl to get better gear thus it's a useless fix" mmochamp user in a nutshell.
You gonna get 355 azerite from emmisary which is an upgrade to your 340, then 360, 365....etc. So stop whining that everything doesn't magically turn to 370 ilvl for you when you fart in boralus.
Im 367 and still have a 355 piece showing for the azerite emissary, and im pretty sure the azerite gear is only at certain ilvls (325,340,355,370,385). Whats worse is that i have 2 370 azerite pieces and one 355 so its still pretty useless, they only people ive seen get the 370 to pop up in my guild are the people who are 370+ and probably dont need it. SO yes, it still is a pretty useless system if this is the intended design.
"I don't have the ilvl to get better gear thus it's a useless fix" mmochamp user in a nutshell.
You gonna get 355 azerite from emmisary which is an upgrade to your 340, then 360, 365....etc. So stop whining that everything doesn't magically turn to 370 ilvl for you when you fart in boralus.
The problem Blizzard faced was that the availability of Azerite gear is shit for higher levels of gear. Many people have the exact same problem as I have: all our gear is high level except the azerite items (which are stuck at 340, a compete mismatch with all my other gear). We need better availability of higher level azerite gear.
I do stuff in game that awards 370 level gear or higher, I'm interested in a reasonable way (meaning comparable effort to raids or high level M+) to get this level of Azerite gear , the only gear slots I cannot fill by investing more time, because all (I use the term loosely) the methods are limited to basically one attempt per week.
The 'understand our problem'and promis to 'fix it' and what do we get trivial content that delivers underwhelming 'upgrades'. So you can be a dick and say I don't have the ilevel to get better gear. But that's just a dumb remark. I quite obviosly have the gear to get 370 items, but Blizzard stupidly or maliciously, I don't care which the result is the same, does not provide what is needed. Better availability of azerite gear in 370 level content or higher.
This does not fix anything for those in the same situation as me, it only helps those now going through the gearing experience.
You gonna get 355 azerite from emmisary which is an upgrade to your 340, then 360, 365....etc. So stop whining that everything doesn't magically turn to 370 ilvl for you when you fart in boralus.
That's not true. I had 368 ilvl on my alt and azerite piece offered by emissary was 355 ilvl. Once I hit 370 (had to do some crazy rep grind) azerite from emissary also became 370.
So, it seems that there are fixed ilvl rewards from emissaries: 340, 355, 370 (don't if it is possible to get 385 from emissary).
I've read all of these responses and as long as everyone is telling the truth there is no pattern that stays true for the azerite ilvl from emissary. Both responses from blizzard employees is worded that it "CAN" scale up to 370. So only thing I can conclude from all of this is that it works kind of like world quests how even though you out gear them you still don't always get the max ilvl 330 gear, you still get 320 gear a lot. So I'm guessing that even though you may meet the requirements for the 370 maybe you can still get a 355 if you are not lucky. Honestly at this point it's the only thing that makes sense.
To all the 360+ crowds getting 355, what is the "lowest" ilvl piece you have? I have been tracking the forum and see everyone with 360+ getting 355.
I am coming to a conclusion that Blizz is only "upgrading" the lowest ilvl piece you have. So for instance I am say 360 with a "lowest" piece of 340, I open my chest and get a 355. I am taking this as to how they wanted it to work. Also, it is just AP gear from the chests or completely slot random?
Is that what is happening? I assumed this is how it would work, since it is the gear treadmill. But if people are 367 with "lowest" of 360 and getting 355, that is a borked system and can agree with what it the general anger of the system.
To all the 360+ crowds getting 355, what is the "lowest" ilvl piece you have? I have been tracking the forum and see everyone with 360+ getting 355.
I am coming to a conclusion that Blizz is only "upgrading" the lowest ilvl piece you have. So for instance I am say 360 with a "lowest" piece of 340, I open my chest and get a 355. I am taking this as to how they wanted it to work. Also, it is just AP gear from the chests or completely slot random?
Is that what is happening? I assumed this is how it would work, since it is the gear treadmill. But if people are 367 with "lowest" of 360 and getting 355, that is a borked system and can agree with what it the general anger of the system.
i am 365.48 and getting 355 on cache, i have a 370/355/340 azerite pieces, my lowest is a 355 ring on other slots, ill be glad to get a 355 to replace that 340 azerite piece, but we all know that thanks to blizz rng ill get a 355 for that only 370 slot /sigh,.
So you get a 365 piece instead, or a 360 piece even, going froma 340 to a 360 piece is still a large upgrade. then the ilvl your at will also raise with this...
Free loot isnt the aim of this, more accessible azerite gear is.
Two things. First, the Azerite gear seems to be following the usual steps, i.e. 340, 355, 370, with no in-betweens from what my guildmates have found. As such, the upgrade is less useful, especially if you are stuck at 355 already in terms of Azerite.
Besides, it is not like people asked for [Azerite gear from Worldquests], they were asking for [Azerite gear more reliably from other sources]. Blizzard only gave us this fix. The community was not asking for free gear, just for a way to actually farm for Azerite armor. Since this is all we are getting, it really should at least be a useful way to get the pieces, not just 'you can get ilvl appropriate pieces when you already have them'.
To all the 360+ crowds getting 355, what is the "lowest" ilvl piece you have? I have been tracking the forum and see everyone with 360+ getting 355.
I am coming to a conclusion that Blizz is only "upgrading" the lowest ilvl piece you have. So for instance I am say 360 with a "lowest" piece of 340, I open my chest and get a 355. I am taking this as to how they wanted it to work. Also, it is just AP gear from the chests or completely slot random?
Is that what is happening? I assumed this is how it would work, since it is the gear treadmill. But if people are 367 with "lowest" of 360 and getting 355, that is a borked system and can agree with what it the general anger of the system.
Sitting at 365/366 item level with 370/355/340 azerite armors.
Most of the other gears or 370-380 with 2 only 355, done hc raids, M+ with with World bosses.
Cache offering 355, not opened it yet.
Waiting for reset and a normal Uldir clear for a possible upgrade on those 2 slots still 355, but chances are too small.
I think most of the similar geared players will not benefit from this 'Fix', that 355 cache need to be the lowest slot (33% chance) to have any benefit.
Once players are 370+ could get 370 azerite armors, but most of them not need it anymore, so we still hope some good luck on those low gears with this useless 'hotfix'.
Im 367 and still have a 355 piece showing for the azerite emissary, and im pretty sure the azerite gear is only at certain ilvls (325,340,355,370,385). Whats worse is that i have 2 370 azerite pieces and one 355 so its still pretty useless, they only people ive seen get the 370 to pop up in my guild are the people who are 370+ and probably dont need it. SO yes, it still is a pretty useless system if this is the intended design.
Sitting at 365/366 item level with 370/355/340 azerite armors.
Most of the other gears or 370-380 with 2 only 355, done hc raids, M+ with with World bosses.
Cache offering 355, not opened it yet.
Waiting for reset and a normal Uldir clear for a possible upgrade on those 2 slots still 355, but chances are too small.
I think most of the similar geared players will not benefit from this 'Fix', that 355 cache need to be the lowest slot (33% chance) to have any benefit.
Once players are 370+ could get 370 azerite armors, but most of them not need it anymore, so we still hope some good luck on those low gears with this useless 'hotfix'.
I was 368 with 340 shoulders still. Now I purchased the ones from exalted champions reputation so I'm good but a 370 could've easily been an upgrade.
Those alternatives have been capped (base at least) at 340 so far, though. Let's turn your question around: Why would anyone want to do harder content if you could simply play the Memory game a couple of times and have the same gear at the end?
You need to realize that gear progression has a maximum. Always. And that maximum so far was limited to 340 for non m+ or raiders, 355 for low m+ and normal raiders, 370 for higher m+ and heroic raiders and 385 for high m+ and mythic raiders. That's the gear progression that an MMO should have: The harder content you play, the better gear you get.
With titanforging and welfare epics left and right, this has already been eroded heavily which leads to all kinds of frustration across the playerbase. Now giving heroic-level welfare loot will probably inflame this system even more.
They should just have done a tiered last trait on the azerite pieces that gives multiple instances of +5 ilvl but needs ilvl-specific items to unlock, i.e. an item from normal raids or weekly from at least +4 to unlock it to 355, an item from heroic raids or weekly from at least +8 to unlock it to 370 and an item from mythic raids or weekly from at least +12 to unlock it to 385...
You have a huge skill differential between the worst player and the most skilled. Many people are content with doing wq's for upgrading their gear. Many aren't. I raid for the challenge. I like to tackle harder things and I get bored when content is on farm for too long. Loot is just a perk of it.
Look at Method. They don't raid for the gear. The gear is a means to the end to win the race.
blizzard arbitrarily hotfixing this in. good usage of all that brainpower there guys.
i did my emmisary when wq reset and apparently it wasnt the "right" time for you guys to push the fix. so i got 340 @ 373 ilvl. w2g blizzard, another batch of screwery in an expansion full of it.
Haha Mal' Ganis looks so clunky and stupid. Definitely doesn't do him justice....then again idc about HOTS anymore and I don't know many who do care. Personally I got sick of the money grab cosmetic/heroes same with overwatch.
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