Shadowlands Conduits Update

[RyusekiV2]

No matter the post these just get filled with whiny entitled responses. Yikes.

[Vongimi]

So shadowlands is gonna be the expansion where you dare not play more then 1 spec. A week lockout.... so you can't even respecc between pvp and pve let alone between raids and m+

[RobertMugabe]

A good chunk are trolling for fun I guarantee it lol.

Yeah you're probably right.

[gortz]

It would be great if they could just delete the whole thing, I firmly believe as I have from the v.start that it's going to be terrible for the game and totally unwanted

[Arkura]

This looks far better then what it started out as. Getting a better version of it for when higher tiers of content becomes availible is far better then not having it and having to farm for it to get it again. You still have the conduit, just not the best version of it yet. And once you have it theres no need to worry, you wont lose/waste it.

[Babadoo]

I'm getting sick of all those borrowed power systems.

[RobertMugabe]

So shadowlands is gonna be the expansion where you dare not play more then 1 spec. A week lockout.... so you can't even respecc between pvp and pve let alone between raids and m+

No that's not how it works. Each character is gonna have 3 soulbinds, aka talent trees, but you can only use 1 of them. To swap between or change the path you can just do that at an inn. ONLY the conduits themselves can be reset weekly, but you will have many different choices to swap around at all times.

[Daedius]

Shadowlands Conduits Update

[*]Instead of placing a Conduit directly into a given Soulbind tree, you’ll bring it back to your Sanctum where you can add it to a permanent collection.

Good !

[Lorgar Aurelian]

No no, this is how you get satisfied customers right. You piss them off first, because that's the most clever thing to do. Then you surprise them with the fix you already planned a year ahead, so you get ultra satisfied customers because that's how we humans react to that kind of thing right!

It's funny, because of course blizzard has this awesome marketing idea where you piss off your customers on purpose.

Blizzard just can't win with some people. Let the rest of us show that we actually appreciate the things they do right.

Your right blizzard Proabbly is snidely whiplash tying them selfs to rail road tracks so they can trick us with there plans with in plans. But the fast thinking player base that is Dudley do-right see through there tricks!

[Nachturnal]

>Made Conduits destructible to you to re-grind it all the time
>Players hated it
>Made Conduits indestructible but give it levels to re-grind it all the time
>Blizzdrones: "Hey, they listening to us!"

Shadowlands Conduits Update

• Conduits will continue to be items that can be earned from a wide variety of endgame content (dungeons, PvP, raids, reputations, world quests, etc.)
• The power of their effects will increase with the Item Level of the Conduit.
• Instead of placing a Conduit directly into a given Soulbind tree, you’ll bring it back to your Sanctum where you can add it to a permanent collection.
• There will be more than one source for most Conduits, to increase flexibility in acquisition and accessibility across different playstyles.
• Earning a more powerful version of a Conduit you already have will simply upgrade that Conduit in your collection.

Also, how is that any different from upgrading gear from different difficulties? LFR > Normal > Heroic > Mythic. It's been the natural state of gear progression for ages.

That's the same impression I got. Blizzard is very stubborn on choices they make. I don't think they've learned from BFA.

"Make one thing that sounds bad, even worse. Then pretend to backpedal on it to make it sound like it's a bit better to butter everyone up"

Businesses have been using this practice for forever.

Do you have any clue how hard it is to code complex systems like this? Do you really think a company would waste that much time on a throwaway system for the sake of feelgood appearances? I understand that they're a company/corporation and we shouldn't take everything they do at face value, but this kind of tight tinfoil mentality makes no sense.

[Daedius]

Sounds fucking lame to be honest...

So you'd rather have one time use conduits instead of the now interchangeable system?

[MrLachyG]

So shadowlands is gonna be the expansion where you dare not play more then 1 spec. A week lockout.... so you can't even respecc between pvp and pve let alone between raids and m+

um actually looks like you're flat wrong there. "And if you have a different Soulbind per spec, or a different active trait path within a given Soulbind, that will be saved on a per-specialization basis, and will automatically change whenever and wherever you change specializations."

so you have 3 soulbinds per spec it would seem. you then can change the path they use which will give you different abilities and conduits at any rested zone. so if you play a druid who tanks for m+, heals for raiding and dps for open world/pvp you can do all those things quite easily and you will still be effective

[Nevcairiel]

>Made Conduits destructible to you to re-grind it all the time
>Players hated it
>Made Conduits indestructible but give it levels to re-grind it all the time
>Blizzdrones: "Hey, they listening to us!"

You do realize the conduits having an item level was also a thing in the old system, yes?

A progression system you just fill out in a few days and then don't get upgrades for isn't much of a progression system at all. The collection/progression is now on the same level as any normal gear piece.

[Heladys]

Good fix. /10char

[Harbour]

Regetting things at higher levels started in wrath this isn’t a new concept The game has worked this way for the majority of its life so why should people be upset that it’s sticking to form?

Because initially Conduits supposed to be just an items you get and put and go with it without the need to level it up doing the same thing again. Dont confuse gear and item for power customization. They are not the same and serve different purposes.

Also, how is that any different from upgrading gear from different difficulties? LFR > Normal > Heroic > Mythic. It's been the natural state of gear progression for ages.

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You do realize the conduits having an item level was also a thing in the old system, yes?

A progression system you just fill out in a few days and then don't get upgrades for isn't much of a progression system at all. The collection/progression is now on the same level as any normal gear piece.

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They essentially turned another system into grinding fest. They put the water from red glass into blue glass and you call it a huge improvement. Its not.

[Manhands]

Excellent. This is like essences but instead of Rank 1/2/3, an item level associated, so easy to acquire initially and yet still a reason to push higher content. 10/10

[Cazze]

Because initially Conduits supposed to be just an items you get and put and go with it without the need to level it up doing the same thing again. Dont confuse gear and item for power customization. They are not the same and serve different purposes.



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They essentially turned another system into grinding fest. They put the water from red glass into blue glass and you call it a huge improvement. Its not.

Dude they had ilvl in the other system too.

[Beatman]

50% of people here are complaining about a system they don't even understand.

Nice change . Soulbinds + conduits will be a very good system.

[Grimalkin of Old]

It might be hard to believe but blizzard Proabbly isn’t snidely whiplash thinking 5 steps ahead and twirling there mustache.

You are right, it is hard to believe.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

So shadowlands is gonna be the expansion where you dare not play more then 1 spec. A week lockout.... so you can't even respecc between pvp and pve let alone between raids and m+

Your conduits will be saved on a per-spec basis, changing specs will automatically change your conduit loadout to the one you have for that spec. Playing multiple specs won't be an issue, but your concern about doing different types of content may be an issue if you want to use the same spec in multiple types of content.