Delves: “exploration, discovery, and solving mysteries in open-world settings.”
Yes please, lovely idea. BUT! As is the nature of exploration and discovery, what’s gonna be the fun in it once all has been discovered? The loot, only? Couple tmogs?
Eh, in my eyes, loot’s only worth as much as it’ll be needed to finish the delves, and at some point you’ll have enough of that loot too. And enough tmog you’ll grow out of quickly. I know i do.
Now imagine this: what if, instead of Delves becoming a stale loot/vault pinata, you turn them into something much more meaningful, an RPG element for an adventurer in the WORLD of Warcraft: delves could be a way to progress your max lvl character by letting you outfit your player home in that open world you decided to focus to engage with and live in.
So, how about a Renown faction related to these Delves, or even different Renown Factions in the World offering you a home in their respective part of the world which you can outfit with the artifacts and other things you discover in the delves?
And infact, much of the world could have treasures and quests/items that reward items to customize your home with. With increasing renown, you could add even more flair and all. Like a mount stable with your fav mounts, etc.
It is probably way too late to even suggest this idea, but by the lord, if in the future something like this was possible, it would be a huge deal for a player like me who doesn’t care about loot and power anymore (everything can be bought with money on the table so i don’t care about it, it’s no meaningful progression any longer for me), but rather just wanna have a fun (challenging!) adventure, with a cozy, self- customized camp to return to afterwards that i can work towards making even better.