Only 4 typed armor slots have heirlooms, plus cloak, neck, rings and trinks.
Only 7 slots have an exp bonus on them. There is absolutely zero point upgrading the others. The game hurls gear at you for the other slots.
So you only have to buy upgrades for the 4 typed slots x 4 armor types, plus the 3 other exp slots (cloak and 2 rings) for each stat type - 4x4 + 3x3 = 25 upgrade tokens = 375k - and you are good for every alt you will ever play. If you have 20+ alts, the price for each one isnât very high at all.
Add to that the fact that three of the slots are Azerite pieces this expansion, you could really skimp on those too if gold is tight. You can certainly make the case that a 280 piece with no +exp% will help you some part as much as a 225 piece with the bonus which is what a level 111 heirloom will be. And you get 1 Azerite piece before you do anything in BfA and the other two in the first zone.
So you could get away with as few as 13 upgrades = 195k to cover all future alts.
I agree I wonât exactly enjoy paying it. But it isnât as bad as people seem to be making out.
Not nearly as fast as Legion whose invasions gave a lot more exp than the Bfa ones do. That being said, leveling slowly via invasions is a good way to max out 7th Legion/Honorbound rep, negating the need to grind it out at L120.
Not sure why anyone would buy them. 1-90 is the slowest. 90 to 120 flies by. I usually finish a zone and a half in WoD, Legion, and BFA before I max the level. It takes a day or two of 3 or 4 hours at most. Not sure why you would buy Heirlooms for 110 to 120.
I leveled a bunch of alts through Legion without the need for heirlooms. I probably wonât buy these either. Incursions + xp potions are doing wonders for the BFA experience.
Still, if the devs are trying to make gold more âvaluableâ by giving it more purchasing power (and thus making it worth a playerâs while to buy WoW tokens with real money) then this really isnât the way to go.
there were a lot of ways to generate gold in WOD and Legion, but there are none in BFA that donât involve trading with someone that already has it.
Gold continues to go up in value and become more expensive, IMO it is already at a point where the value can only go up, they should stop pushing token sales.
It would appear that blizz are basically saying they donât want you to use heirlooms. I might just buy the ring and leg upgrades for my alts, and forget the rest. Donât forget that head, shoulder and chest are azerite slots, so you would be giving away power and health for exp gain.
Much better just to keep going the way I have been so far with alts - Slow leveling via invasions, ensuring 7th Legion/Honorbound rep is maxed by L120.
The inflation has been taken out of the economy yet gold sinks havenât been taken out. Blizzard sells gold for real money. Yet you defend this crap EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Youâre one hell of a white knight. Iâm sure Blizzard is so proud of you!
What Iâm actually rather proud of myself for, is being the kind of person that doesnât moan about how much money other people have.
600k to fully update a set of gear for cloth, leather, mail, plate for all my alts. Maybe a little more if I wanna dust off the ele shaman.
600k is a piddle in the pond, bruh. If it isnât for you, then you donât deserve to be decked out in heirlooms. Upgrade what you can as you go, and chill on the entitlement.
Maybe if we can reframe Heirloom upgrades as a âcatch-upâ mechanic in the developersâ minds then theyâll start dropping from warfronts. /s
The costs are what they are. Gold sinks increase. Iâm more annoyed that the developers deliberately split the most recent set of heirlooms into Alliance/Horde versions so that youâll need to upgrade them twice if you plan to use them on both sides. Thatâs just contemptuous.
The price for 110-120 heirlooms is ridiculous. Youâll defend any decision made by Blizzard. I bet if there was a pay to win option youâd defend that too.