So is 8.2 now an even bigger grind fest and the most alt unfriendly patch ever?

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Seeing those essences and how mandatory they are and how to get them i see 8.2 turning into an even bigger grind fest. My wife is a die hard pve player and her bis essence is only obtainable via pvp which just annoys her beyond belief.

Also… i guess those essences are character specific? So if i want to be competetive with my alt locks i have to do all this stuff again on them? I mean, after they turned 120 and i got some basic gear i never ever entered an m+ with them ever again. And now i have to do an endless quest chain and farm 50k honor via bgs (which i haven’t done in 5 years because) or farm some 2h dungeon hoping noone dies?

Or did i get something wrong?

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So I am being forced into PvP as a PVE player to get the best essences well done Blizz :clap:slow claps :-1:.

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Basically. My wife has to do bgs AND win them to get her bis essence and i have to do pve (operation mechagon) for my bis one. And it’s not only this. To get the higher ranks you have to farm stuff, combine it and then farm stuff again and what not.

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Simple solution, dont get that essence then.
If your’e not cutting edge, you dont really need your bis

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Essences are like gear,so it makes sense they are character specific,not sure what your point is here.

This is ludacris in this whole thing,and is the worst decision Blizzard could ever do.It didnt work well in mop and wount help out now.Forcing people who pvp to do pve and vice versa.

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Takes about 2 hours, at least it did for us to get rank 1… only need to farm 15k honor for rank 2… we were 1/3 of the way just from getting rank 1… the hardship you and your wife have to endure…

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So take her out for dinner

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Hardship is because as you didn’t understand as you are a PvP player we wouldn’t wanna force you to do PVE to complete your thing so you shouldnt advocate PvP to us PVE players by doing that it’s kind of a douche move.

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Yeees, im a pvp player with 2100 RIO and CE… i see… for your information, i dont normally pvp, just wanted the essence…
In the future, maybe get your facts straight… :slight_smile: your comment just makes you look like a clown.

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Just so I am clear on one of your points OP, you want to be competitive on a character you haven’t touched since it dinged 120 without having to play that character. Is that correct?

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Nonono, he wants bis items from content he does and enjoys, which is pretty much nothing…
And if he cant have that, theres a problen in the game

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RİSE OF MORE GRİNDS

mechagon looks like disneyland…

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How? xD
If anything it feels like a fallout game or madmax movie.

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Disneyland after WW3. :smirk:

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Yep definitely sticking to my priest this patch. Last 2 i could raid with my mage and dk but now looks it wont be possible!

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oh poor pve players, how terrible it must be? you have to do pvp to get something you want? welcome to the club!

Signed: all players who prefer pvp

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Nope. Incorrect. I played only arena on them, they both have 400-405 ilvl.

If you have read the post properly you would know that my wife is the pve player who has to pvp and i am the pvp player who has to pve (not that i don’t pve on my main lock but i don’t on my pvp alts). But hey, you couldn’t be a sarcastic internet superhero if you read stuff thoroughly, right? :man_shrugging:

I never minded grind that much. But this patch just added too much of it. HoA level cap is now 70 and i haven’t even got to 50 on my main (49 but still) and then the mandatory essences with their own grind for ranks… sorry, but this is just too much.

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This might come as a surprise to someone like you… you dont need to do it all in week one, and you dont need to get every essence… shocker, i know.

Neck levels is gonna be trivial in 2 months with all the knowledge catch up, and if youre not in a world first race or going for some crazy gladiator ranks, you dont really need your bis essences.

And, all the essences are gonna be rebalanced in around 3 weeks… just before mythic opens so we dont even know whats gonna be bis yet. So this whole post is so pointless it beggers belief

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and guess what will happen once you get them in 1-2 months

you dont have to rhink hard…

blizzard will just rebalance them ^^

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There were times when pvp players could do only pvp and had their ground of fun and joy and GEAR.
The times are gone. Do your PvE or get lost😠