Has anyone seen when the Season 1 Aspects’ Token of Merit and Storm-Charged Manipulator will turn grey or be removed? In 9.2.5 this didn’t happen until Season 4 began, one week after the patch release. I assume Blizzard will do the same thing in Dragonflight, but couldn’t find any blue posts confirming. I need to socket one more Season 1 item and would like to know whether the Season 1 tokens will be available in two more Great Vaults or just one.
Yes, from now on when a new season occurs, the tokens of merit will turn grey and become useless. You can vendor them for gold once that happens. But it will occur every season going forward.
A thing to note; if you added a socket to a crafted item using the Tokens, the socket will be removed if you upgrade the crafted piece to the new Season 2 item level brackets.
For example, if you crafted a 418 head piece and then added a socket to it but you want to now upgrade it to 447 using the Season 2 items, that socket will be removed when upgrading.
Edit: Season 2 officially starts May 9th. So the Great Vault has 3 more chances for Season 1 loot.
So you have seen an announcement from Blizzard that these items will not turn grey with the release of 10.1 (May 2nd), but rather when Season 2 begins (May 9th)?
Edit: I see you clarified with an edit. Would like to see a blue post confirmation if you have read that somewhere.
Not really sure you find a blue post about this. This was a change made in shadowlands. Kind of old news at this point.
If you want to play it safe, then assume your last chance for a socket will be on May 2nd. The vault being opened on May 9th will still have the season 1 loot table which the tokens of merit count as seasonal loot. The new loot pool, dungeon pool, and new tokens of merit will start on May 9th.
Not really sure what else to say other than this is how it has worked every season since they introduced the tokens. Good luck, tho.
Thanks, if I don’t see a blue post then I’ll probably just play it safe and take the socket in the next vault. There are only 1 or 2 pieces of gear that could make it a difficult decision for me.