instead of players earning new gear to replace old gear from bfa, what if we got new spirit gear in shadowlands?
While in bfa, our physical bodies would still have our old gear, but in shadowlands, since we are dead, all shadowlands gear is a pure manifestation of the players will. No gear loot drops.
Instead, shadowlands gear is gotten exclusively through achievements, which are the closest thing to a players will that we could get. Killing bosses in dungeons gives an achievement. The higher the mythic level boss you kill, the better the achievement. Of course, just stumbling into a zone also gives some achievements. This would tie shadowlands ilvl directly to skill of the players involved. It would lead to completionist achievement hunting, and it would be amazing.
We’re special snowflakes in the cosmic reality, murder-hobos who have repeatedly defeated gods, demi-gods, and even a legion of demons. We alone have so much plot armor we can travel to the afterlife without surrendering our own lives.
If you keep making old gear obsolete, players aren’t going to enjoy working towards getting the new gear. Like, really? I already got a legendary cape, from the SAME GUY. Make gear irrelevant to gameplay (like it should be) and let people play WoW because it’s fun!
