Hi,
I will start by saying this, 60 tokens for a̶ the first tier 2 remastered set is absolutely outrageous. Based on wowhead you can get 13 tokens ONE TIME Reward, 17 tokens from Weekly Khaz Algar Activities and 18 tokens from Weekly Anniversary Activities. This equals to 48 tokens first week and then 35 tokens per week for the following weeks. T̶h̶i̶s̶ m̶e̶a̶n̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ y̶o̶u̶ c̶a̶n̶ g̶e̶t̶ 2̶ s̶e̶t̶s̶ p̶e̶r̶ m̶o̶n̶t̶h̶ g̶i̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ y̶o̶u̶ d̶o̶ a̶l̶l̶ P̶V̶E̶ a̶n̶d̶ P̶V̶P̶ w̶e̶e̶k̶l̶i̶e̶s̶ (̶I̶ c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ 1̶8̶)̶.
Weeklies that reward tokens:
Celebrate Good Fun/ Timely Gate Crashers - lagfest world bosses that do not have a auto-LFG implemented, you have to search for groups and wait to get invited or to create your own.
Soldier of Time - Alterac Valley, but it is so laggy that you can’t call it a MMORPG, it is a Turned Based RPG. The 500 honor was painful to get to complete the quest and I waited in queue like 30 minutes.
Chromie’s Codex - queue so long (DPS) that I didn’t get to try it
Disturbance Detected: Blackrock Depths - queue so long (DPS) that I didn’t get to try it
(I queued all 3 weeklies in parallel, the BG popped first after 30 minutes, then queued for the other 2 weeklies and after 20 minutes I alt-f4’ed, I don’t have time to wait 50 minutes to get to actually play the game).
The Khaz Algar Weeklies are just a waste of time if you are already geared and some of them are so annoying that I don’t even do them, well too bad 17 tokens come from those, including a Queen Ansurek Kill that is also about 20 minutes of waiting in queue for LFR.
This is Blizzard’s attempt to bring back players to subscribe for a couple of months through FOMO manipulation. They said that the rewards will be back but when exactly and in what form of twisted grind or time gate you will be able to get them? They absolutely learned nothing from the Remix event which was still a grind but at least you could get all rewards if you kept playing.
I would be ok, not happy, to be able to get 2 T2 sets per week at least starting from week 1 i̶n̶s̶t̶e̶a̶d̶ o̶f̶ 1̶ e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ 2̶ w̶e̶e̶k̶s̶.
It would be better if the players can choose what activities to do, e.g the weeklies reward more tokens but you are limited to a number per week (same as season cap which increases). Not everyone likes to PVE, not everyone likes to PVP, not everyone likes to complete world quests, etc. There should be a choice.
Thank you.
EDIT (thank you Gorrak for the token discount reminder):
What I said above is not entirely true. If you do absolutely all weeklies, it would take 2 weeks to get the first set, 1 week for the second and then you can get 2 per week if you complete the “ungated tokens” too. ( It is amazing to me that they shamelessly named them “ungated tokens” in the post or having weeklies called “Timely Gate Crashers”, it is not funny to pay a subscription and then to wait 1 week to progress).
Event Link:
After the first set purchase at 60 Bronze Celebration Tokens you’ll earn the achievement Upgraded Apparel and the second set purchase will lower to a cost of 40 tokens. Purchasing a second set will earn the achievement Classy Dresser which lowers the cost of additional sets to 20 tokens.
After players collect their first 100 tokens, their Warband will unlock ungated tokens which will drop from the following activities:
Blackrock Depths Raid Dungeon Raid Bosses World Bosses Classic Timewalking Queues Codex of Chromie Queues Korrak's Revenge Daily Quests
Regardless, timegating the first 2-3 weeks does only to frustrate the community. Until you farm 100 tokens you still don’t have a choice in which weeklies to complete, you have to complete them all. After 100 there still seems to be little to choose from.