Account wide essences!

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Starting a new thread on this, since the old one is actually inactive.

I would really like to see account wide essences as do more people i have spoken to lately.

Shadowlands is coming up and turning out to be the most alt-friendly expansion ever with better leveling systems and the covenants.

BFA on the other hand:
Leveling / HoA stuff is something i can easily deal with.

The things i really struggle with is actually swapping classes because i lack the essences i might need to play a certain specc (yes it can be done without but it introduces some handicaps) for M+ / raiding / pvp and other content all together.

I would really like to see that essence upgrades are actually account wide with just 1 exception:
You have to make sure you unlock rank 1 on your character. Yes this means you still have to do some work but i am okay with that.

The current system of regrinding reputation / honor / and even Eternal Palace clears is downright annoying and really badly designed.

I dont want to spend a massive amount of time on alts to unlock the same essences i already unlocked on my main character or any other character.

This makes swapping to alts for me not a nice thing to do and even downright annoys me.

I know there are a lot of people out there that think the same, so please consider changing this feature in 8.3.

Also because after 8.3, Shadowlands is basically the next major content (except pre-patch) coming up, rendering the HoA / Essences obsolete.

Please consider above request or make another system for it, because currently it isnt working out to be very friendly towards alts or increasing the enjoyment of the game.

Suggestion for another system: Introduce a currency gained from multiple sources like the Legion Legendary currency and implement that with 8.3 to make Essences obtainable through other means of content.

Thanks in advance.

A disgruntled essence farmer.

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We should spam the forums with these threads, maybe then they will listen😜
Give us account wide essences!

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https://twitter.com/ACCTWIDEESSENCE

A twitter account to follow and retweet (it aint mine, kudos to the guy making it tho!)

About the idea:

Unlocking rank 1 with an alt might also not be ideal (raid / pvp / rep related ones) so maybe make them all account wide anyway.

I have no obvious answer how it should be done, i just do think it should be done.

Maybe just making it all account wide is enough and you only need to have your HoA at lvl 65 or higher to be able to use max ranks etc.

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Wouldn’t making essences account wide demean any effort put in by people to levelling their essences on their alts? :thinking:

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Those people don’t matter. We do.

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Well, i am also working on essences on multiple characters so i will lose progress on some of those aswell.

I am fine with losing said progress if it gives me an easier time.

Even most essences already are getting easier to obtain in 8.3:

  • required reputation lowered (Mechagon / Nazjatar)
  • achievement or follower xp needed lowered (Nazjatar)
  • cost lowered (Mechagon)

So that might also make people annoyed who bought it for the ‘‘full’’ price at this very moment.

I just think making them account wide creates a more viable system to make people even enjoy alts.

There is also a ton of BoA gear coming with the new invasions but who is gonna spend / send it on alts if they then log to said alt and realise:
ow, i have to farm X essences again from 0 to rank 3. Back to my main or log off completely because they are done with their main for the week.

It just isnt a friendly system in any way.

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You know what, after staring the stupid “you have new essence slot available” pop up blocking chunk of my action bar for few days on my alt until i managed to get second essence (from Nazjatar) for it, i am all for it. Or at least give us like dummy essences to put on those slots doing nothing but blocking that pop up coming up. I know there is addons to block them but i don’t want to block all pop ups just because this one stupid pop up.

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Oh this sentiment I agree with :thumbsup:

Am totally in favour of a open approach to keep people invested.

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Essences should be account wide.

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Totally agreed with idea account wide essences.
World of warcraft is the game we love, we enjoy, we playing with our friends and family and the game we want to keep playing. To try out 8.3 and Shadowlands and beyond! But the current unhealthy state makes it way too hard, too much grind. We barely able to maintain main. Playing different class is like playing different game. Give us this ability to switch to alt. To enjoy the all different play styles and game plays. To enjoy our beloved World of Warcraft ! @WatcherDev save the rest of BFA from grind-hell !

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Wouldn’t releasing a new patch with higher item level gear demean any effort by people who raided mythic to get the best gear? (I know tf and benthic sim demean it already but you get the idea)

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Spits in full rank 3 essences on all 12 of my chars

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I would settle for faction wide at this point.

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We need a new tactic!

Account wide high elven essences which are sold by PvP vendors who are all just a revered allied races :smirk::+1:t5:

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Yes it will and its one of the reasons why game suck. If you really think people enyoj their gear being completly reseted each patch than you are delusional. Same for essences.

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No, not all essences should be account wide, but having them already unlocked on main characters should reduce the need to get them on alts there i will agree, stop wanting everything for free on alts

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Lazy babies crying for more welfare which is not a surprise cause they’ve been destroying the game for the last 10+ years. Blizzard made everything too easy and meaningless which is why the game is on its death bed.

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There is nothing lazy about having to grind essences on 1 char. We ask for the availability of essences on new chars, not for free welfare gear.

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Having all rank 1 essences account wide would give a helpful leg-up when starting to gear an alt. Since most rank 2 essences involve a continuation of the requirements for rank 1, you’d still need to re-earn the essences in a sense but at least you wouldn’t be starting from scratch every time, on every character. And for many casual alts, rank 1 would do just fine anyway. That could be a compromise between “giving welfare essences” and losing the will to live grinding over and over again.