This is part a Suggestion, but when I heard of the system I always thought it would be a system that would be like a rep but for each zone and as you do outdoor events you would get exp/rep to each area that would then give rewards like it does.
Right now its just a painful checklist of tasks that you have to do which blizzard said would not be the case at the start. I feel Renowned still can be fixed, and make into a system that people might enjoy, though I’m unsure if people would like the idea as we all have different things we like!
But if it were to be a system based on getting rep for doing out door events like what’s in the world, plus legion events, Hell Tides & Whispers, it would give an extra layer to those rewards, while also not making it a boring check box.
U could still have side quests give some Renowned but the real farming would be what is stated above. And as far as Altars of Lilith go, I wish they would be put into split into 4 buckets and 1 of the 4 would respawn each day that gave a small lump of Exp, Renowned & a small buff for ground & Exp movement out in the world for 1 hour.
I know insane ideas to many but it was how I always thought the systems would be. Look forward to the mocking in the comments haha
I’m not sure how that would be any different then doing the checklist we have now. Aside from gathering the Lilith Altars which are a huge chunk of renown in the beginning, you’re free to choose what other activities you want to do to gain more renown, whether it be dungeons, side quests, exploration, or strongholds.
At least with the current method I can choose what I want to do instead of wait for a Legion or Hell tide event while running god knows how many Whispers. Granted this won’t be a problem come Season 2 anyway, thank god. We never have to worry about renown again, so I hate to say it, but everything said here is rather moot at this point.
Because doing Helltides, events, legion events and Whispers is stuff they want u to do already out in the world, and giving anther reason to do those would be good, side quests would be an extra choice on that as well.
At this point they might as well delete the whole system as it serves no point now other then UI clutter.
“Lilith Altars which are a huge chunk of renown” But there not though each 1 gives 10, there a one time thing, which really just leaves no reason to go out in the world again, blizzard wanted to push this idea of going out in the world then just removed the reason with 1 time things.
" so I hate to say it, but everything said here is rather moot at this point." Then u failed to see the point then, because if there just going to do this then its a Bend-Aid fix and they might as well delete the whole system.
I mean even normal out door events give little to no reward, which makes no sense seeing as again Blizzard pushed the whole outdoor world idea. Might as well delete the outdoor world and just go back to never ending dungeon grinding which is just D3 all over again.
Agree completely, most players have already completed it, and it really only applies to new players with the start of Season 2. The system itself won’t be changed, and completing it one time was more then enough. I’m all for getting rid of the system, glad we can agree.
Yeah it’d be nice if you maxed out renown for an area that it gave you something if it currently does not. Maybe additional renown tiers beyond the standard tiers that reward cosmetics, titles, and a potential new awesome looking mount with barding.
Perhaps also at max renown you get discounts for all vendors and repairs in that zone. Perhaps also at max renown you can gain a follower that will help you out in the world and maybe even in dungeons (does some damage, helps heal, cc a bit, and picks up dropped materials or whatever like a pet)?
I wasn’t being snarky, I was agreeing with you, I do feel the system should be abolished, it has served its purpose, no one currently likes it, and the majority of the player base has already completed it. I mean sure you can change it for future players, but those will be the minority of the player base at this moment. At which point I feel they would get rid of the system completely before reworking it.
Honestly did not mean to be snarky if it came off that way, I genuinely agree with you.