Hint: if you read something and it causes you to scream, "How could anyone be so stupid?" or "How could this possibly be true?" consider the possibility that they're not stupid and it's not true, and that you never learned how to read.
Why do I feel like Maw will be like the Island Expeditions type of 'sandboxy' thing but worse in every way since you can't mount, you are mostly solo and it gets progressively more annoying. And it will be ''farm everyday'' type of deal like how people did the islands for Azerite power farming.I know it is suppose to be this ''death zone!'' where you should feel empty and despair...but that does not work for the gameplay. Maybe it will get updated with patches but if Blizzard plans on making the Maw an end-game zone, it needs more from the start and not just ''Oh it will be a whole rewamp when the Maw Raid comes 3 patches later!''
Nice finally something more to do at max level outside of raids and m+
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I don't think its RNG at all, I really like this system, you will slowly level your collection of conduits. I don't see this like island expeditions either, more like daily BG where you get a good reward for the daily but beyond that no sense in spamming it. The reason we all learned to hate islands was that there was no end, you could grind 24/7 and never need to stop if you wanted. You can only be in the Maw for so long each day before the Jailor comes and kicks your butt out with a big burly fist. I am sorry many of you are so bitter but this is a grinding game, most of the content is grinding. Not everyone actually hates the grind, and enjoys the satisfaction of the reward at the end of the grind.
I would like to remind anyone screaming at the screen right now that this is not the only way to upgrade conduit . there is still , you know , the usual method of doing the content for upgrade . this is just an extra .stop complaining about everything .
Oh look at that Stygia is being used to earned power at max level content, brb going to rub someone's nose in it.
At the current state of the Maw, that sounds like some boring content. I really hope they have it planned to enhance the experience in it before the expansion come out.
VERY, poorly written article. Should have mentioned that THIS IS not the only source of upgrading your conduits, nor its a grind rather its a soft catch-up mechanics.
Horrible. The maw is an awful zone
I don't know why people are so mad about upgrading one of your lowest conduits by spending Stygia.This is clearly just a back-up system, to be used only if you don't want or can't get the upgrades the way you are supposed to. For example, if one of the conduits will be upgraded by PvP, you can ignore PvP and farm Stygia instead. It works the other way round too: if you don't raid and will not be able to get conduit upgrades this way just get down to Maw and kill other players getting share of their Stygia.Conduits were announced to be available from many sources, same goes from upgrades. And they still claim it will be achieved, so assuming it's true then the item we see here is just one of OPTIONS you have. There is nothing mandatory about this, it's just even more player choice we are getting. Please guys, stop whining all the time before checking facts, think a little before you post...
can we share coundiuts on alts or not?
I'd expect that if you are missing a conduit, using the items teaches you a conduit and only upgrades one if you know them all.Also Ven'ari rep takes a fair bit to level.
People whine no matter what Blizzard does. I like the Maw. Its more of a challenge than wow has been in YEARS. Players constantly whine they want stuff for nothing and then complain when they've maxed out their game play in like a week or even a month. Even now, I see people whining about Echoes of Nyalotha, yet people who regularly play and do the things have plenty. Can you buy 9 bis corruptions farming for a week? No but it wasn't ever intended that way. The Stygia grind is not even that bad. You end up with quite a bit of it just playing the game. Its an MMORPG. MMORPG's are grindy. I dont think a lot of the complainers about Beta even have Beta. People are crying about stuff all over the internet that is not even close to how it is on beta. Its like reading comprehension in some groups is at an all time low. Conduits drop from different difficulties. Gear can still proc sockets. Not sure why the whining other than its news and therefore something that can be cried about. If you are just a role player you don't need mythic quality upgrades. The only people who REALLY need the highest conduits are mythic raiders going for CE or high end M+/PVP players. The rest will get by with a normal or heroic variant. Or Blizz could put everything on a vendor for gold and people can buy tokens, buy whatever they want from the game and then cry that the game is boring.