If what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. Then I should be a god by now.
Depends on how much the essences are. If it's a couple of runs per essence I honestly think it's fair enough. If it's like, 10 runs required then it's a bit much.
I don't have rank three of everything unlocked on my main
>People asked for account wide essences
>We heard you!!!
>Introduced another kind of currency and changed focus grind from 8.2+8.3 to just 8.3.
>People now clapping
You don't seem to grasp the difference between asking for something and demanding something. When you ask, the answer might be no, or it might be yes but with some conditions as in this case. It is fine if people make suggestions and ask for changes with the game, it's the whole insulting the devs and having a hissy fit like bold children when they don't get exactly what they wanted aspect that people find distasteful.
Personally I really like this solution, I do the stuff I am doing on my alts anyway and eventually I'll have whatever essences I need. It lets me take that time I was spending farming essences and instead use it doing some M+ or raiding on arenas on that alt. Who knows, I might even finally work up the enthusiasm to finish grinding Blood of the Enemy rank 3 since now that effort is much more highly rewarded.
Also there is a reason why they don`t say the actual price to buy them. Now they gather feedback about this update and release price info later. I suspect more complaints Tue/Wed after reset.
Still, good update
Timing here is essential. Blizzard held off for too long. I'm still extremely unsatisfied with Blizzard on this matter. Its just too late.
If you think that IS and TD are the only good corruptions, you probably shouldn't be doing content that needs essences.
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Its mind-boggling how people like you can care so little about the wellbeing of others, to the point that you blame them for shit they have no actual control over.
Too late. Does not help, since people stopped months ago and are far behind with their cloak now if they resub.
good i hate these dumb essences they suck
This is an incredibly long post that highlights internal made up narrative to fuel the personal fire of hate towards a game a person no longer enjoys.
We get it, if you’re not happy then quit. Leave valid criticism. Continue to play and hope it gets better. Just quit making shit up to feel good. Actually use valid complaints instead of this nonsensical drivel.
So they want your ALTS to have visited said circumstance that would start your grind to these essences to get the catchup mechanic.
Sounds about right. I have to talk to some dude to open world quests on every toon. I have to do a small run to get my neck piece to get it instantly to 35.
All things they've done before. They want people to visit the content, even if it's just for once on your alt.
Whether you demand or ask anything the answer can still be "no", so that analogy is flawed.
This is a case of people being unprecise in their wording and the designers interpretating the feedback as they themselves see fit. This is another grind on top of the numerous grinds that there already are in BfA.
Titan Residue grind
Azerite grind
Coalescing Visions grind
Zin'anthid grind
When it was relevant:
Mana-pearl grind
Anchor Weed grind.
And now this. There are more grinds in BfA than there was in Vanilla and that's extreme since Vanilla was seen as a grind-fest.
Is this less of a grind than currently? Yes.
Is this still a grind on top of the other grinds? Yes.
BfA needs fewer grinds instead of more or the same number of them. This system is far from what people needed instead it's what the devs thought that we wanted.
I have got a lot of alts as well and I've no desire to play them since there's so much work involved getting them even half-way decently geared. So now I'm down to one alt out of about 12, How is this desirable?
stop acting like you don't know essences system is locked behind a quest chain. this isn't gear appearances we're talking about, or BOAs.
this is like saying, well since i unlocked world quests that all my other toons are good to go.... They are, but I still have to do one thing to unlock them on my alts. If I don't do that, it's not unlocked.
Account wide essenses sounded great at first, but until we have actual numbers on that dumb currency this is just another ridicoulous attempt to fix the game.
And people still think Shadowlands will do any better :P
Hehe, Sometimes I dont understand Blizzard at all to be honest.
They dont want to make account wide essences, yet they decide to make it account wide. They've got so much experience during all expansions.... and with all this delay I start to think they've got zero experience. every time. every time the same mistake. Eh.