I believe this is the expansion feature or content that best describes Shadowlands. Ember Court.
Haven't upgraded anything other than the mission table, and I intend to keep not doing that in order to contribute my part of the data showing Blizzard that absolutely no further effort should be spent on those features, nor should any power ever be tied to them.
All of the covenant specific mini games offer cosmetics and mounts only. Nothing that directly impacts your character. Could be worse, could be Night Fae planting and walking away for 3 days.
Yeah, I was in the same boat as you with that thinking but I had wanted to open it at least so I could start collecting medallions and get whatever mats passively. Then I was around 30 or so medallions that I had gotten passively and found that vendor. Makes life so much easier and you get about 20 or so of each mat so you get plenty for awhile.
After that I found the following guide on the bosses:
- Kalisthene - First one you fight
- Alderyn & Myn'ir - Second batch you unlock
- Echthra - Second batch you unlock
- Nuuminuuru - Final batch for Tier 1
- Splinterbark - Final batch for Tier 1
- Craven Corinth - Final batch for Tier 1
I just followed the equipment / soulbind and read the description and one shot all but one because I made a couple of mistakes. If you have free time and get extra medallions (to reduce farming) I'd suggest it. All 6 of those in the Courage tier drop blueprints to keep advancing. The Loyalty tier you can only do Kalisthene / Echthra / Alderyn & Myn'in / Nuuminuuru as the rest require you to have Tier 2 to get the remaining 3 and defeat them on Courage.
Once you do the Loyalty stage you can make it so you can craft medallions which is a waste imo; but if you are swimming in mats and no medallions it works. I just don't see that happening for awhile since I'll probably max teleporter / conductor first. The Alderyn & Myn'ir is the one you'll probably want to do since it gives your Steward the ability to use a mailbox every so often.
Ember Court was the reason for me choosing Necrolord on my DK. Without that it would have been a coin toss.
I wish I didn't buy Ember Court. Could've used my anima differently.
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Haven't done it, don't plan to, didn't even build it on the sanctum. Same with Path of Ascension, Conservatory and Abomination Factory (this one i made the mistake of building, already regret the wasted anima and souls).
Joke's on you, you never had to do it in the first place!
The worst thing is that armor reskin from it is the best for Holy priest. But I despise the court so much I will probably never do it again. Too much boring grind for nothing basically.
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