Half of what you suggested is “how to kill mythic + 101.” lol
Especially that second and third suggestion. That is just awful.
I kind of think your view of m+ is a bit skewed too. I know a lot of people that can clear heroic but can’t time a 15 to save their lives (and vice versa.) It’s obviously a familiarity thing but let’s not pretend that normal/heroic raiding is very difficult. It’s all trivial content–normal/heroic and m+ 15s.
I’d be okay with getting less loot drops but that’s where it ends with agreeing with you. The great vault isn’t even an issue because it is very slow to gear solely through it–which I have done on non-raiding characters. It takes months… while the raid toons are geared in weeks.
It doesn’t drop the best gear until you don’t need gear anymore.
/sigh
They should just remove the extra ilvls from the last bosses; it doesn’t actually help progression raiding, and just confuses people who don’t understand how raiding works.
If you PvE, your choices are raid or m+. there’s nothing else. whether there should be “more” is up for discussion. But right now all we have is m+ and raiding. there has to be something to do that’s enjoyable between raid nights, and that’s m+ for A LOT of people.
I remember at the start of shadowlands or one if it’s seasons, they nerfed loot drop rates. And I thought some raiders thought it was fair. (Tali video if I recall).
Why people care about nerfing gear from other game modes I do not know. I still miss getting solo gear stuff like in BFA. It doesnt mean I want other game modes to suffer.
I think you’re the one misunderstanding how raiding works. That high ilvl gear isn’t meant to help you prog through your first shriekwing kill, but it’s a reward you’re working towards getting the best loot in the game. Which will then help you clear the raid a lot easier.
But considering you think normal raid is tuned around gear that is higher ilvl than what it drops there, i can see why you think that.
Obviously. It would be silly if the jailer had the same loot as the previous bosses combined. That shriekwing loot is still making your next shriek kill easier.
Well they deleted solo gearing. At least raiding still exists lol.
5 mans are good for me because its less people to deal with. Raids are nice when eberyone shows up… on time and knows what they are doing.
I prefer the solo route, 5 mans are an ok middle ground for the accesibility. Less people, more impact in a 5 man setting, less drama, no other tank to deal with when tanking. No voice chat needed, but it helps a ton.
Again, loot that is capped for several weeks/months at the start of the season. If you need 3 item levels higher than normal raid loot to prog mythic, i got some news for you.