Here we go...
That sounds very much like a bug and something that will be hotfixed soon.
This is really bad and spit into the face of those who mains pure DPS.Blizzard, really? Hotfix it now to work same way as Nazjatar/Mechagon rep essences.Those stupid restrictions defeat whole purpose of this new account wide essences system...
The point of this currency is to allow to do ANY grind you want on alts, not the exact same you did on your main. This system of requiring the EXACT essence, instead of the source, clearly defeats that purpose and punishes people who didn't main Druid, Monk or Paladin for no reason.
Hopefully they will change this to work like like the ones from rep.
Good thing I main Paladin. I don't need to wait for blizz to get their heads out from where the sun don't shine to start picking up the essences on alts.
Surely they're going to fix this? That just seems wrong.
I main monk, I have every single tank/dps/heal essences to R3 ou R4.I'm fine with this news :D
Glad i played DPS DH, then Tank Warrior and now i stuck on Heal Druid and blizz $%^& in my face :)
Guess I'm the only one who this makes sense to but ok
Remember when blizzard allowed us to buy token for all kind of weapon skins from WoD CM vendor once you've done them at-least on one character? This is gonna happen with essence as well. Mechagon and Nazjatar ones have this policy already.
Hope this is a bug, it really favours monk/paladin and druids with all roles avaliable
Bad system is bad.
This is a design problem, hopefully they fix it. Also costs for the catchup essences should be cut by 80%, 100 currency should be the price. Otherwise this entire system will be primarily useful for switching mains not alts.