Maybe it’s just me, but I find it inappropriate that items like Fyr’alath, the Dream Render, the legendary ax from the new raid, is unobtainable until some sponsored guild that is seemingly paid-to-play, beats the final boss of the new raid.
I don’t know them, I don’t necessarily care about the race. But I also don’t like to be denied access to something because Blizzard is locking a coveted item behind the success of .0000001% of the players (not an accurate number but I’m sure it’s close).
Most of us don’t have the circumstances to play like that. Many of us don’t want to. But we all pay one of the few subscriptions available. Do they pay more, hence the better treatment?
They already get world first bragging rights. Give them the thing that starts the ax as a one time only, 100% drop chance. But for those of us who are equally enjoying the game, give us the drop chance we should have.
What if none of them can beat Fyrrak until major nerfs; do the rest of us have to wait?
I pay the sub fee for 1) entertainment, 2) customer service, 3) hotfixes, 4) more content, and more. I don’t pay the fee to wait for other players, who (might) pay the same fee, to accomplish something that I can’t do.
I don’t recall seeing any agreement or disclaimer that says “certain aspects of the game are locked behind the success of the world’s top players”. I don’t want anything free, I want my drop chance just like every player should have.
We are not going for CE, but we may get it. It’s not part of the plan. We got normal done easy, and outside of the holiday interruption, we will have more prog on heroic, getting AotC with some mythic prog in good time.
The new legendary is likely going to be similar to the previous one. The minimum requirement to start it, unless it’s a drop, is to kill Fyrrak. We’ve done that. Many of us have by now. The world first requirement needs to go. They already get whatever they get. The rest of us aren’t affected by that, or we shouldn’t be.
I was into the race until I realized that I have 0% chance at the new ax until they win. So instead of cheering them on, I’m like “hurry up already. No sleep for you!”
Remember that annoying Highmountain quest where you help the elderly Tauren grandmother from her home to her family while the whole town is under attack? That’s what this feels like. The ax is in the destination. We beat Fyrrak but turn around and we ran too far ahead of grandma. So while we can get to the end, we have 0% progression towards the ax because grandma (whichever top build) is still on the rope bridge not avoiding the giant birds attacking her.
No disrespect to any guild or any player. The boss is hard sure. But we shouldn’t have to wait for them to meet their goal first before we can even start to go towards ours.
Maybe I don’t want to wait for to tell me the steps of getting the ax. Maybe I want to loot it and figure it out as I go? Why do the rest of us have to wait for to tell us how to do things?
If I repeated myself, I apologize. I’m autistic and tend to do that when making sure my point is clear. No shade against anyone, it’s just ridiculous that the majority of the player base depends on the success of . I had to waste gold/mats on a weapon I’ve no intention in keeping. I know my BiS for this expansion. I’m saving up for that.
Happy TG if you celebrate.
