Does wow need a prestige type of reward?

[Nutrition]

It used to have them in the past in the forms of hard to obtain mounts and titles but it feels like those rewards have been oversaturated to the point where they feel almost meaningless. The mage tower and other unlockable weapon skins in legion seem a step in the right direction but I don't know how well they will stand out once we return to weapon drops.

Does anyone else think wow needs some kind of reward for difficult parts of the game that isn't simply recolored and eventually given out freely to everyone? Some kind of thropy prize in the same vein as pvp elite skins?

Sorry this is kind of ranty it's a tricky subject to sum up.

[yetgdhfgh]

5 million gold mount?

[Nutrition]

5 million gold mount?

I think mounts don't really work anymore to be honest they are just to common of a drop. I struggle to even recall what mounts I gained in legion beyond the underwater one and class specific ones.

I think there was a dragon one maybe?

[yetgdhfgh]

I think mounts don't really work anymore to be honest they are just to common of a drop. I struggle to even recall what mounts I gained in legion beyond the underwater one and class specific ones.

I think there was a dragon one maybe?

Then what does? Its either armour which noone cares about especially since tmog, Titles? Pft its all about that animal in between your legs and you ask about prestige how many in this game can afford that brontosaurus mount which has a auctioneer on its back and costs 5 mil?

You cant buy a carry for that amount of gold and if you buy tokens then iam sure it would cost thousands!!

[Fritters154]

I think mounts don't really work anymore to be honest they are just to common of a drop. I struggle to even recall what mounts I gained in legion beyond the underwater one and class specific ones.

I think there was a dragon one maybe?

Ones with rare models, vendors, transmog, and auction houses like the 5 mil gold mount are a bit different than getting the 4th recolor of an elekk.

[durrtygoodz]

Imagine Blizzard took a poll on if there should be more prestigious rewards in game. 1% would vote yes, the people who would be able to obtain such rewards. Then you'd get the 99% voting no, people too shit to get the rewards and would rather fuck top players out of them, rather than think of the long term health and sustainability of the game.

[Nutrition]

Then what does? Its either armour which noone cares about especially since tmog, Titles? Pft its all about that animal in between your legs and you ask about prestige how many in this game can afford that brontosaurus mount which has a auctioneer on its back and costs 5 mil?

You cant buy a carry for that amount of gold and if you buy tokens then iam sure it would cost thousands!!

I honestly don't really know... the problem with this idea is whenever they try to implement it they always end up making the rewards easier and easier to obtain. Take 310% flying. It used to be a real effort to get but was quickly scaled back.

I think weapon mogs that really stand out such as wod challenge mode weapons and the mage tower work for the moment but beyond that I am not really sure.

[Unlimited Power]

I'll never quite understand the obsession people have with restricting access to rewards after content becomes irrelevant.
You have guaranteed mount drops, unique transmogs and titles while the content is relevant. Why do you care if others go back and cheese it after you've moved on to new content with new rewards?

I'm glad I got CM armor for my shaman and weapons from WoD because I like the look of them, not because others can't access it anymore.

[klaps_05]

Prestige has moved out of the game - its called rankings. You can have a PvP arena ranking, RBG ranking, m+ ranking, mythic guild ranking, heroic guild ranking, pet collector ranking, AP ranking, all collectables ranking, etc.

Ingame rankings dont work so well because few people get them and majority would complaint they cant get them instead of trying to do better. Even Gladiator rewards have been brought down and fixed at 2400 rating now instead of a cutoff %. Which are all probably good changes as the game becomes more inclusive and offers more to everyone without asking them to put massive efforts into it.

[Sencha]

Yes definitely!

But what? Gold reward? An aura of awesomeness affecting nearby players? A unique weapon enchantment? A unique armor skin? Character name appearing in a different color? A slightly faster mount?

[renet]

Do you need a reward beyond an achievement that shows you're better than the average player and are able to doing things via skill and commitment that a large portion of the player base will never get close to?

The problem this constant reward for achieving things it devalues the actual reward.
I remember in the very early days of WOW people were just thankful to be given a place in a raid and even more grateful if a blue dropped that they were allowed to have the fact you got to say you had cleared XXX raid or instance was a reward in itself

I remember how my wife's reputation as a healer was good enough that the moment she logged on the invites and whispers would start with people asking her to heal runs for them or to heal in a raid or BG have heals will travel was kind of her moto
now to me a good standing within an online community due to your ability ingame should along with the achievements serve as a enough of a reward

Perhaps removing the achievement for certain things once its no longer relevant or have been trivialised by gearing up during the life of an expansion you know kind of like you don't get the tshirt if you weren't there at the time

So for an example if you were player from legion and went back to do wrath raids all that dropped from mobs and bosses is silver and cloth no loot no achievements no titles and no mounts
the only people that have gear , titles , mounts or achievements from those raids or instances earned them when it was hard and current content and by current content I mean two content patches during the life of the expansion after that titles , mounts and achievements are gone and with the release of the next expansion the raid gear is gone as well

something like that i would fully support as its timeless tribute to those that could get things done at the time

rocking it out with your king slayer title tells everyone you're such a bad ass you killed the king when it was hard not faced rolled him at level 200


But i'm a simple man so what do I know people like their shiny trinkets cosmetic changes

[Nutrition]

I'll never quite understand the obsession people have with restricting access to rewards after content becomes irrelevant.
You have guaranteed mount drops, unique transmogs and titles while the content is relevant. Why do you care if others go back and cheese it after you've moved on to new content with new rewards?

I'm glad I got CM armor for my shaman and weapons from WoD because I like the look of them, not because others can't access it anymore.

I don't think they need to be removed.. it's more of I find that most rewards have been oversaturated. It doesn't need to be something limited just something that breaks the mold.

[Deleted]

I agree, perhaps some really unique armor set. To be honest MoP challenge mode sets and weapons were something I would love to see in the future. These sets are something special, nobody can really obtain them.

Titles... Well ''Bloodthirsty'' and ''Insane'' are still my favorite titles. For future I would love to see something familiar, maybe not that much time consuming more like based of performance.

[ArmatisUlv]

Then what does? Its either armour which noone cares about especially since tmog, Titles? Pft its all about that animal in between your legs and you ask about prestige how many in this game can afford that brontosaurus mount which has a auctioneer on its back and costs 5 mil?

You cant buy a carry for that amount of gold and if you buy tokens then iam sure it would cost thousands!!

About 500$ actually...

[Accendor]

It used to have them in the past in the forms of hard to obtain mounts and titles but it feels like those rewards have been oversaturated to the point where they feel almost meaningless. The mage tower and other unlockable weapon skins in legion seem a step in the right direction but I don't know how well they will stand out once we return to weapon drops.

Does anyone else think wow needs some kind of reward for difficult parts of the game that isn't simply recolored and eventually given out freely to everyone? Some kind of thropy prize in the same vein as pvp elite skins?

Sorry this is kind of ranty it's a tricky subject to sum up.

Yeah I also think there needs to be something new. Mounts and Titles are nothing special anymore and also Transmog is obsolete.

I think the next thing should be completely new spell and attack animations.

[hulkgor]

It used to have them in the past in the forms of hard to obtain mounts and titles but it feels like those rewards have been oversaturated to the point where they feel almost meaningless. The mage tower and other unlockable weapon skins in legion seem a step in the right direction but I don't know how well they will stand out once we return to weapon drops.

Does anyone else think wow needs some kind of reward for difficult parts of the game that isn't simply recolored and eventually given out freely to everyone? Some kind of thropy prize in the same vein as pvp elite skins?

Sorry this is kind of ranty it's a tricky subject to sum up.

Realm Firsts?

Challenge mode rewards?

Mage Tower exclusive appearances?

2\5 million gold mounts?

Warcraftlogs\wowprogress\raider.io rankings in several categories? Raiding, M+, etc?

Gladiator rewards?

Yea, what are you on about exactly?

[Mirishka]

It used to have them in the past in the forms of hard to obtain mounts and titles but it feels like those rewards have been oversaturated to the point where they feel almost meaningless. The mage tower and other unlockable weapon skins in legion seem a step in the right direction but I don't know how well they will stand out once we return to weapon drops.

Does anyone else think wow needs some kind of reward for difficult parts of the game that isn't simply recolored and eventually given out freely to everyone? Some kind of thropy prize in the same vein as pvp elite skins?

Sorry this is kind of ranty it's a tricky subject to sum up.

Challenge tower weapons aren't freely given out to everyone.

Top tier PvP sets and Gladiator mounts aren't given out to everyone.

MOP challenge armor wasn't given out to everyone.

WoD Challenge weapons weren't given out to everyone.

Brawler's Guild rewards aren't given out to everyone.

Point being: there are plenty of 'prestigious' things in the game and have been for a long time.

[yjmark]

Is this post because of the recolor mounts for the rep/mount achievements? Because there are plenty of mounts that are very hard to get already.

[Mirishka]

Yeah I also think there needs to be something new. Mounts and Titles are nothing special anymore and also Transmog is obsolete.

According to who? You? Transmog continues to be a huge part of the game and that will never change.

[Corroc]

Its always funny when people say transmog dont matter or mounts dont matter. Personally I didn't do 36 mage tower challenges for fun. I'm not doing mythic raiding anymore but damm that argus mount looks sweet.