I think its's rather a fix then a nerf, i think the quests never ment to count in the achievement. I just dont know why they waited so long to do this.
Well sod getting that essence then.
Didn't get it, don't plan to get it, those essences are interchangeable and the DPS differences between most of them are laughingly small, so don't feel bad if you didn't get this, slap some other essence in the heart and raise your middle fingers :D
BotE is the prime case of the most overrated essence. It's never the Major of choice for any spec, be it AoE or single target, and it's Minor even for the best specs for Crit and Haste is close to or on par with Ancient Flame(and Focusing Iris will always beat it out as a minor for that use). The very suggestion that it is mandatory for any spec is ridiculous.Not to mention I doubt Blizzard ever actually intended those quests to work towards the Achievment, considering I also doubt the Wintergrap one if turned in in a BfA zone auto completes the zone achievement for honor.
This just became one of my best essences so I've been working on it the past week. I don't see any rational reason for these nerfs, especially this late in the game.
So Blizzard have said to anyone who hasn't got it that you'll now be a severe disadventage to everyone else and have given a massive disincentive to PVP?Honestly Blizzard devs what the heck is happening over there? Have any of you played a video game before? This is a terrible change and does the opposite of what we know you want to do. Please god I hope this blizzcon is just the nail of the BFA coffin so we can start again.
Blizzard is delusional.
so after killing ALTERS with this completely dumb and unrewarding essence system, instead of making it easier in patch 8.2.5, they make it harder. again, Blizzard devs are drunk monkeys in a cage for sure. cant picture anything different.
Ah when I was thinking of trying to get this essence, Blizz talked some sense into me about not doing BG's, thank you Blizz.I feel like the only way this change could be seen positively is if that cute aussie lass that does the fake government adds about how the Aussie government %^&*s the people did it. Honest Government Ads?
I agree fully, I’ve been doing more pvp recently than I have since late vanilla and because I don’t exploit the system I’m still at around 32500. The requirement is just absurd.And frankly I’m getting a little bored of my monk, but the thought of grinding these on an alt of so off putting.But hey why would blizzard do anything when the community is stupid enough to play an ancient game requiring no development
If I had known this change was coming, I would have started this grind earlier. While it feels like a (very late) fix to something that was originally not intended, it seems a little strange to do the fix now. There has been plenty of time to get the essence both in a "legitimate" way and using the quests/mercenary system, so there is no real advantage for the group making use of these unintended bonuses, and at this point its mostly people playing catch-up after a break or alts getting essences that are affected. The honor system in general seems very steep in BfA, and while I know people with 400+ honor levels, it feels very punishing to people who enjoy PvP as a side-activity. This is compounded by the fact that since i got to rank 25 in legion, I'm now at honor level 140 but my next new reward isn't until Honor level 300, a massive 160 levels without anything new.
Those quests was once per character and not weekly, and the only quests you were able to do in mercenary mode was av quests.
They should reduce honor required for BG essences by 50% and also make ALL essences account wide (acquired once available for all characters).
winning the epic bg quest mostly gives 150 conquest same as slain leaders in each epic bg so i don't see the change there's way to get it but need to do stuff nothing else welcome to farming boit, when blizzard makes you farm stuff you wish you play something different :) happy hunting