Let’s talk about the Aqueous Reliquary

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Blizzard,

Let’s talk about the Aqueous Reliquary, the item that required to form an essence drop from the new Eternal Palace raid.

I play a tank and run mythic+ dungeons with a close group of friends. We have no claim to be the greatest, but we try to push ourselves as high as we can. Stepping into the role of tank has been a relatively new thing for me (for the longest time I have almost exclusively played a healer) and I have been enjoying it immensely. However, I recently stepped away from raid healing due to burnout and I don’t feel comfortable (or confident) enough to tank for pug raid groups in higher difficulties.

The essence that drops from raid provides a potent damage reduction cooldown on a one minute timer and is thus one of my best in slot. I was willing to run raid finder in order to earn it, however, I leaned that the drop rate of the Aqueous Reliquary is one per wing off the last boss.

Let’s have look at the timeline (assuming the item is a guaranteed drop):

Week 1 (July 16 – wing one release) – 1 essence can be earned

Week 2 (July 23) – 1 essence can be earned

Week 3 (July 30 – wing two release) – 2 essences can be earned

Week 4 (August 6) – 2 essences can be earned

Week 5 (August 13 – wing three release) – 3 essences can be earned

That is 5 weeks, more than one entire month to earn just rank 1

Now let’s take a look at the other ranks:

Rank 2 requires 18 Reliquaries – at 3 per week, that’s an additional 6 weeks.

Rank 3 requires 27 Reliquaries – at 3 per week, that’s an additional 9 weeks

The total number of weeks to earn all three ranks therefore is 20 weeks, or approximately 5 months.

I understand that part of the purpose of the essences is to try to encourage people to participate in content that they may be uncomfortable with or have not tried before. That’s fine, however, there is nothing reasonable about this timeline. More than one month for rank 1 is absurd, especially given how quickly other rank ones can be earned.

I’m not posting this to debate the merits of raid finder or its appropriate awards. I’m just here to say…this feels terrible. I know this won’t get a response, but I’m very upset. Five whole months. This is so discouraging and makes me question whether it’s worth participating in the content at all.

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Devil’s Adv here:

There response to your thread is going to be: If you’re just doing LFR, you don’t NEED that cooldown anyway. You’re really farming it just to say “I got it!” And since it’s not required, having it take a long time doesn’t matter.

The higher difficulties, to varying degrees, actually do require such a defensive bonus, and so you can earn it faster.

I’m not saying this to be a jerk. But there is at least some logic behind it and I would like to hear your counter to it.

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Or you could do normal and get it in less than 2 weeks?

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If something you want drops in a raid, you’re going to have to raid for it.

There is an in-game method already provided for you to speed up the process of obtaining those essences, and your unwillingness to take advantage of it really isn’t on the devs’ shoulders.

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I don’t think that is true at all. It being in LFR is most likely to get geared raiding tanks to do LFR to farm for it quicker and thus boosting the LFR experience for the non-raiders.

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At this moment, I think LFR is harder than Normal.

You can breeze through all of normal, minus Azshara, in less than an hour with a competent group. If you want your essence you gotta work for it. Be brave and pug.

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There is no need for a geared tank to do LFR. Killing a boss in a higher difficulty drops an amount that covers the lower difficulties.

As to the OP, your actual best in slot Essence for M+ comes from grinding PvP. They want people to have to do things other than what they normally do. They are rewarding players who take part in all aspects of the game.

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My advice: just heal a few norm runs.

It is my experience that healers get invited quickly and are not as scrutinized as dps or tanks. And you can heal yourself if you screw up.

Dont tank norm if it is daunting. Heal it and farm that way.

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