The way I think this should have been implemented is that MOTHER stocks all essences from Rank 1 to 3 therefore allowing you to buy the essences with Echos instead of farming old content.
The cost for each rank would be something like this:
150 Echos for Rank 1
300 Echos for Rank 2 - Must have Rank 1
500 Echos for Ranks 3 - Must have Rank 2
With having lowers ranks, you have at least the ability to start building up essences on your neck.
I’m not receiving any more echoes from emissary. I did tortollan few days ago, got 50 echoes per alt. Did voldunai / order of embers today on some alts, no echoes. Did you just break the system?
Just to add to this, I think making the minimum Rank 3 was actually kind of a good idea… it encouraged me to do a bit of extra play on my main to unlock essences for all my characters, even where I didn’t care so much about it on my main.
Basically, now that essences are a collectible instead of just a power thing, I’m compelled to actually collect them!
And everything you’ve done in WoW will be gone when the game eventually shuts down. And everything you’ve done in life will be gone in 5 billion years when the Sun engulfs the Earth.