Bad Luck Protection vs Deterministic Gearing

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@Sputty-kargath

Deterministic Gearing. If you want to give us some iteration on dinars, that’s fine. Due to precedents already set, however, these need to operate like dinars functioned in the past, i.e., a single-track item that can be upgraded all the way to mythic ilvl.

If you want Dinars as they were in DF Season 4, then we’ll be getting none as there is no season-4 planned for TWW. Careful what you ask for.

This is mid-season, not end-of-season, for TWW so despite using the term “Dinars” they knew all along that they were not going to give the kind of “free Mythics that will be replaced shortly when the new expansion launches” kind of rewards, especially when they’re on a compressed schedule that will be skipping that S4 “lull” period (we’re going from TWW S3 right into Midnight).

Read carefully the explanation below… if it doesn’t make sense to you, then I think you just want Mythic Raid gear without putting in Mythic Raid effort. It is NOT S4, there will be no S4, we were never getting Dinars… Cartel Chips are BLP not a post-season give-away.

@Kaivax

In Shadowlands and Dragonflight Season 4, there was a very compressed season timetable that rotated through multiple raids, making it extremely unlikely for any player to get a particular raid drop. We introduced the Dinar system as a primary means of acquiring specific chase items that would otherwise be unobtainable for most players. Those seasons also weren’t about progression, but rather “farm from the start,” letting players re-experience familiar content from earlier in the expansion with updated rewards. And of course, they came at the very end of their respective expansion, with a full power reset just on the horizon, and little need to worry about the long-term implications of giving players access to gear with a power level several tiers above their normal rewards.

The middle of The War Within Season 2, however, presents a very different situation. Puzzling Cartel Chips were designed primarily as bad luck protection, allowing players who’ve been chasing specific raid items without success to have a guaranteed path to earning them. They also provide a path for players who have only done the Normal version of the raid to get a few guaranteed Hero items, without undermining a core motivation for the challenge and coordination required in Mythic raid progression. We also need to be mindful of how we will transition into the next season. Giving players who don’t normally engage in high-end content access to Item Level 680+ trinkets would essentially obsolete those slots for Season 3.