Patch 9.2.5 PTR Development Patch Notes for April 18th - Legendary Base Item Crafting Catch-Up

Live Posted 2022/04/18 at 6:00 PM by Squishei

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PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER

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Death Knight
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Warlock

Affliction
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PROFESSIONS

Increased the experience points earned when crafting Specialized Armor and Jewelry for creating Runecarving items by 400%.
Developers’ note: In order to allow more players to engage with the crafting system late in the expansion, as well as finish their legendary leveling for a reasonable cost, we are increasing the XP gained by rank so it only takes three crafts per rank to reach the next rank.

Comment by minka25Too late.Comment by KellydaManAbout fricking time.Comment by SyrlinWow, time to start leveling my professions instead of wasting more gold at the AH! Many alts to gear out.Comment by JusttictacSHADOW PRIEST BUFFS PLEASEComment by MissinoCan I get my 700k back from ranking up one item then in the last week?

Good change but feels horrible for those sinking gold recently.Comment by AesiriaCan I get my 700k back from ranking up one item then in the last week?

Good change but feels horrible for those sinking gold recently.Comment by S0UNDW4VE964Way too late..... Most have already wasted hundreds of thousands of gold and/or countless hours of farming to level their legendary crafting. Either let us recoup the cost of all that crafting; either by refunding mats from crafted pieces, or giving them some other kind of recoupable value, or just leave well enough alone... This is just yet another gut punch by the devs to their players... Thanks Blizz...Comment by NoharaOof, glad I didn’t spend over a million gold to level up ranks on my JC, was about to do that this week.

Way too late..... Most have already wasted hundreds of thousands of gold and/or countless hours of farming to level their legendary crafting. Either let us recoup the cost of all that crafting; either by refunding mats from crafted pieces, or giving them some other kind of recoupable value, or just leave well enough alone... This is just yet another gut punch by the devs to their players... Thanks Blizz...Comment by AedionMorrisGlad this is being done in the last patch, again. Instead of being done in 9.2 itself when we needed it.Comment by deathlavitzThis is the time to buy you're rank 1-3's for WQ alts. When this change comes out, unity / other slots are going to be so cheap its like given away cheap.Comment by HelperssonOK, credit where credit is due, the Legendary Crafting change is a good one.

Criticism where criticism is due: it's waaaay too late.

When Blizz is this slow to react, only making the game kinda sorta how it should be in the very last patch, it makes you think that they do it on purpose in order to keep up those holy 'hours played' metrics of theirs.

If they don't stop that behaviour in 10.0, I really think a lot of players who are giving them one final chance will say Bye Bye for good. They have to start learning to respect our time more, e.g. making mandatory grinds something you do once on your main.Comment by randrisWith the new build I am not able to get to the of BFA version of Tirisfal Glades. I tried on two characters and, regardless of what option you pick from Zidormi, you only see the old version of the zone before the BfA intro scenario. Maybe it's just broken or something but it's worth mentioning.Comment by RexhanCommunity 9.2: give us solutions, legendaries are too expensive!

Blizz 9.2.5: Catchup

Still community 9.2: Too late. We dont want it.

-Grind by yourself the legendary and you will see its easier than you think. Nobody tells u to have 291 day 1. You dont even need it for m+ 20. Catchup was alr expected, dont blame blizz if you rushed like pigs in the first day to complain later. Prevision helps.Comment by CerylaiWay too late..... Most have already wasted hundreds of thousands of gold and/or countless hours of farming to level their legendary crafting. Either let us recoup the cost of all that crafting; either by refunding mats from crafted pieces, or giving them some other kind of recoupable value, or just leave well enough alone... This is just yet another gut punch by the devs to their players... Thanks Blizz...Comment by CerylaiWith the new build I am not able to get to the of BFA version of Tirisfal Glades. I tried on two characters and, regardless of what option you pick from Zidormi, you only see the old version of the zone before the BfA intro scenario. Maybe it's just broken or something but it's worth mentioning.Comment by VederiaWhen will this go into effect?Comment by ChuchundrikGood change IMO. Helps getting all those rarely played alts up to speed.

But I got to say - Blizzard is really working hard to drill into us players that we should just skip the whole expansion and come for its last patch when it's actually getting good.

And, obligatory, 9.2.5 when?Comment by AurathionCommunity 9.2: give us solutions, legendaries are too expensive!

Blizz 9.2.5: Catchup

Still community 9.2: Too late. We dont want it.
Comment by dokeefe19869.2.5, when no one will care and only usable for a very short while until blizzard kills them in 10.0Comment by DranightIncreased the experience points earned when crafting Specialized Armor and Jewelry for creating Runecarving items by 400%.