Loot Specialization Is Pointless

Jawah-emerald-dream · January 19, 2019, 1:03am

I don’t understand the point of Loot Specialization, when I am still given items that my spec would never use. Just now, I opened up my 7th Legion Cache, with Protection set as my Loot Specialization, yet I was given 7th Legionnaire’s Spellhammer. An item with Intellect, no Strength, and minimal weapon damage, yet the game insists that it is a Protection item.

Yayayayayaya-area-52 · January 19, 2019, 1:04am

They don’t either lately, apparently.

anon69820925 · January 19, 2019, 2:44am

I had a 2H hammer as a reward on my Shaman the other day. Doesn’t even matter which spec I am. Is this Classic already?

Any warriors get dagger drops? Curious how often it comes up that someone can get a weapon they can physically use, but has zero viability in any spec.

Zuegalak-kilrogg · January 19, 2019, 2:47am

It’s that way by design apparently (since Legion). There is no utility in it for the players. I have to assume it’s to prevent us from quickly getting the items we want and forcing us to roll the dice over and over. Gross isn’t it?

Blazen-area-52 · January 19, 2019, 2:50am

What's Changing (and Not!) in Season 2

We’ve heard this feedback a lot, and we agree. In Season 2, emissary caches and similar rewards like Assault wrapper quests will award loot based on your spec (or loot spec, if chosen) instead of your class.

Standard world quests will continue to provide rewards based on class rather than spec, for two reasons:

You can see the exact reward up-front, and choose whether or not to do the content if the reward doesn’t interest you. This also can offer a way to shore up weak off-spec slots without worrying that you might miss out on a major upgrade.

If world quest rewards were spec-based, it might seem like the right behavior to cycle through your specs when evaluating potential rewards for every world quest, especially early in a tier, which seems like pretty annoying gameplay.

But neither of those reasons applies to something like emissaries or Assaults, where you don’t see what the reward will be until the end. And as you say, it can be frustrating if it’s for a spec you have no intention of playing, or it can simply feel like a bug. So we’re changing it.

Some of it will get better in season 2

Antekryst-sargeras · January 19, 2019, 2:54am

Well that’s a relief. Though it made sense for the WQs since if you change your loot spec, and even log off, the rewards don’t change. Noticed that back in Legion. Though it is frustrating for emissaries and assaults…