Emissary, wrong loot rewarded

[Fenlara-thrall]

The horde weapon emissary today did not give me an item for the loot spec I had selected, holy. It gave me a 2h I have no use for.

I definitely had holy spec selected. I tried making a ticket but it sent me to the received item for wrong specialization. Which says your emissary reward is supposed to reward for the loot spec you selected.

Please fix this if you can. Thanks

[Tolna-veknilash]

No one on the forums can help with this, given the fact the blues here are unable to switch loot from a drop, quest or reward. The GMs are hands off this kind of thing unless someone one in a raid wish to trade their won loot to someone else.

[Vrakthris]

@Fenlara-thrall

The horde weapon emissary today did not give me an item for the loot spec I had selected, holy. It gave me a 2h I have no use for.

I’m sorry, Fenlara, but the Bonehex Warmaul is listed as a Holy Weapon for Paladins. While you may prefer a different type of weapon, it is for your spec.

Bonehex Warmaul

[Eilis-kelthuzad]

Did something change with this Vrak?

In the past, the weapon emissary has always ignored your loot spec and could give you any weapon that your class could use.

Just curious, cause if it does actually follow your loot spec now I might start doing them more for my off-specs

[Zungar-silver-hand (Zungar)]

Emissary chests changed to this close to the start of bfa. World quest rewards themselves do not change.

[Vrakthris]

I believe that’s been that way for a bit, Eilis.

Watcher/Game Director Ion Hazzikostas made this post back in January. I’m not sure when the change went in, but likely shortly after this.

@Watcher

We’ve heard this feedback a lot, and we agree. In Season 2, emissary caches and similar rewards like Assault wrapper quests will award loot based on your spec (or loot spec, if chosen) instead of your class.

Standard world quests will continue to provide rewards based on class rather than spec, for two reasons:

1. You can see the exact reward up-front, and choose whether or not to do the content if the reward doesn’t interest you. This also can offer a way to shore up weak off-spec slots without worrying that you might miss out on a major upgrade.
2. If world quest rewards were spec-based, it might seem like the right behavior to cycle through your specs when evaluating potential rewards for every world quest, especially early in a tier, which seems like pretty annoying gameplay.

But neither of those reasons applies to something like emissaries or Assaults, where you don’t see what the reward will be until the end. And as you say, it can be frustrating if it’s for a spec you have no intention of playing, or it can simply feel like a bug. So we’re changing it.

Edit: Blog indicates it went live on January 22nd, so that is probably when the change happened too.

[Eilis-kelthuzad]

Thanks, Vrak and Zungar.

It’s been a while since I’ve done a weapon emissary and the last time I was doing them I had still never gotten one for my loot spec.

Good news for my undergeared offspecs