Ashran Conquest Requirement to Be Removed, PvP Gear to Be Moved to Vendors

by Magistrate - 9 years ago     show comments

Ashran will see two major changes to its reward structure in coming hotfixes that will reduce dependency on the large-group battlefield for PvP gearing. The changes include the removal of the 200 conquest points specifically from Ashran to reach weekly conquest caps, as well as the migration of conquest gear previously only won through Ashran to conquest vendors, according to a recent post by Lore.

Previously, players had to earn the last 200 points of their weekly conquest allowance by completing quests in Ashran, essentially forcing players to engage in a PvP environment that they might not want to participate in. Additionally, many pieces of high-end PvP gear could only be obtained through Ashran strongboxes on a weekly lockout, which could itself be gear with the perfect stats for your specialization or something completely off the wall.

While both of these mechanics increased participation in Ashran out of necessity, they were the root of no small amount of grief. Particularly, classes and specs which required certain stats, such as Versatility, could go for weeks without a competitive upgrade due to the RNG nature of the zone’s strongbox reward system.

The only remaining items which can only be obtained through Ashran are the Accolade trinkets featuring randomized stats.

Lore closed thanking players for their feedback, iterating that the teams behind these systems have “learned a lot of very valuable lessons.”

Thanks again for all of your feedback. We’ve been discussing it heavily, and are going to make a few more changes.

First, we’re going to make the remaining non-set armor pieces available on the Conquest vendors. They’ll still be available through the Champion’s Strongboxes, but if you’d rather not leave earning them up to random chance, you’ll be able to purchase them for Conquest points instead. With this change, the only items that will only be available through the Champion’s Strongboxes are the random-stat Accolade trinkets (which cannot be put on the vendors due to some technical hurdles). We’re aiming to make this change with this upcoming weekly reset.

Note that, as a result of this change taking place, we no longer plan to make the Champion’s Strongboxes purchasable with Conquest points for players who have earned the Wild Conquest achievement. Since nearly all of the items in the Strongboxes will be directly purchasable with Conquest points themselves, we feel that this would just add unnecessary frustration or confusion if players were to spend their Conquest on a Strongbox instead of just buying the item they wanted.

The other change we’ll be making is to remove the Ashran-only 200 Conquest point bonus to the weekly Conquest cap. The total cap (1700 plus any additional bonuses from rating) will remain the same as it is currently, you just won’t have to go to Ashran to earn all of it. We’re hoping to push this change live with this week’s reset, but it requires a lot more programming and testing to make sure it’s functioning properly, so it may not go live until the following week.

Again, thanks for all the heartfelt feedback on this issue. We’ve definitely learned a lot of very valuable lessons, and are looking forward to seeing how the rest of Warlords Season 2 progresses!

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