Why must we do arenas in order to obtain one of the best minor essences for pve? 
I’m one of those players now a days I don’t pvp anymore.
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Because Ion said so.
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same reason you gotta pve to get the best pvp gear essences trinkets azerite and corruptions.
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Not all class use versatility. So its only for some of them. And getting 1400 rating isn’t hard. Capping conquest bar isn’t hard.
Waiting 5-15weeks that is hard.
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I just haven’t bothered for rank 3. PvP is pure cancer that I refuse to partake in.
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I can’t be bothered with pvping anymore, it stresses me out to much. Can’t enjoy it like I used too.
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I don’t think you even lose rating below 1400, so you can just queue until you get there without worrying about losses. Even at a 99.9% loss rate you eventually will hit the mark.
Edit: The reason 1400 is the goal is because it makes you get the essence in 5 weeks rather than 15 weeks. At 1600, it becomes 3 week instead of 5 weeks… but you can lose rating on the road to 1600, so if you’re super against PvP it’s fine to settle for 1400.
I forced myself and currently still forcing myself because that essence is BiS for a bunch of specs.
it’s obviously another stubborn decision by the dev’s but I’m not suprised this expansion needs to be over already, players can handle so many bad decisions in a row…
You only have to do rated PvP up to the point where your rating is high enough to get the upgrade items. After that, all you have to do is cap the conquest bar every week…you don’t even have to participate in rated PvP at that point.
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regardless this is the issue here
5 weeks… 5 bloody weeks, why not lessen the damn thing to 2-3 already? 2 would be best.
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Or just give true account wide essences already. The essence system was to help balance out the class chaos that azerite armor failed to deliver and in some cases are key to making a spec feel playable.
Whereas the corruption effects are just extra default afk dps gains and are now available for purchase. Makes sense 
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Because Blizz wants you to do everything for the sake of perfecting your character. Just like I had to grind out 30k honor for Blood of the Enemy.
Just use the next best PVE essence. The dps difference isn’t that much.
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Me too!
The absolute hatred pve carebears have towards pvp is down right hilarious
Many people don’t find arenas to be fun so it makes perfect sense to force people to do arenas for a ‘good’ essence.
Remember, it’s not always about fun. Devs have goals to meet. Gotta make those time played and MAU targets.
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Why I gotta farm AV to exalted in classic because they put a BiS through Naxx melee PvE ring in there?
Because losing control of your character is not fun. Ever.
Omg I’m stunned. This is truly the end of the world.
The thought of people absolutely furious they’re CC’d is beyond funny
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We should get used to it. I think this type of philosophy: reward players who participate in everything over players who only do one form of content…is going to be in every aspect of Shadowlands.