Hey All!
In its current state ilvl upgrading and having it cap at certain gates feels horrid. Heres a current example:
Start of TWW you run that mythic 0 and low and behold you got the Ara Kara Sacbrood! Congratulations! What a sweet BIS trinket! At the time it felt great and powerful. Fast forward as the season continues and that Veteran track item becomes obsolete, forcing you to farm Ara kara now for the same item but on Champion track. Maybe you get it again, maybe you get lucky and your vault has it. The downside is, you’ll need to farm it again for Heroic and then for mythic. repeat this process over and over again for any other BIS item you may not have gotten super duper lucky on and got it in vault on myth track.
Why is this how the gearing system works? Its terrible, it feels bad and it does nothing positive for the end game loop. So whats a fix?
The fix I believe that would work:
I actually think the system is already in place that makes this fix something obtainable and not a pipe dream. When an item is currently max upgraded on its current track, lets say Veteran (8/8). The player can use the same method we use to upgrade crafted gear. You take your nifty little enchanted crest and do a crafting order and the crafter can upgrade the track of the item for you given you met all the crafting reagents needed ( maybe sparks and additional crests) and then boom your veteran piece is now champion and you can start upgrading it again until you hit the next cap.
Why would this solution work?
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This still allows for players to grind and go through the current end game loop. You get your crests, you hunt for BIS items and you upgrade them. What it removes is the annoyance of having to farm for the same exact item that was BIS over and over again, and allows you just to naturally play the game and push keys or do whatever your heart desires that will help you achieve your goals.
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When you get a BIS item it should feel fantastic and stay that way, not be gated.
All of this is of course my own opinion and I would love to hear your thoughts and opinions on this matter. I think one thing is pretty clear though the current system does not feel good. I know personally I still havent gotten my BIS trinket on hero track or higher on multiple toons and probably wont. This happened to me in Dragon flight as well. We shouldn’t be forced to have to regrind the same item on different tracks or pray to the RNG vault jesus that we will get lucky enough to get that higher tracked exact item.