For characters that haven’t collected any of the renown rewards (crests, valorstones, etc.) - will they be available to collect in season 3 with the S3 crests? So currently its Undermine crests (weathered, carved, runed, gilded) - are those going to change to Ethereal crests from the renown rewards?
You know it! That is 101 Blizzard… keep changing currencies in every patch!
So then is it safe to say that if I’m on an alt, and it being the end of the season, its better to hold off on collecting those renown reward crests since they’ll update to ethereal crests in S3?
even if you collected the items for season 2, you will get a little amount of some entry crests for season 3
had that happen when it changed from season 1 to 2
but yeah for chars that didnt collect the stuffs, itll be new season
Renowns from S1 give S1 crests (which are unusable)
Renowns from S2 give S2 crests (which will become unusable in S3)
Don’t bother holding onto them, S2 gear won’t be upgradable in S3 so any held crests is just wasted ilvl because the rewards do not change from season to season, they release a new renown that has new rewards but the old ones stay the same and their gear/crest rewards become obsolete the moment a new season starts.
They actually updated the one-time renown rewards from the S1 factions to give Undermine crests when S2 launched.
That being said, it hardly matters since IIRC those quests give you the bottom tier crests (good for Adventurer, Veteran, maybe low-level Champion gear), which the game already floods you with for doing most content.
Oh? So they did. The big rewards (the enchanted crests used for crafted gear) still remained season-locked giving Harbinger.
But yeah, the crest cap usually ends up having the low-tier crests capped out just by playing a little bit.
This is only true for enchanted crests. The crests, valorstones, and keys in the currency pane have been updating each season.
They also typically don’t count against crest caps.