Possibly related, but Malicia (wpvp upgrade vendor) doesnt actually offer me the option to buy upgrades with Trophies of Strife that you get from the Sparks of Life weekly quest.
One of my guildies upgraded all of his bloody token gear the day of the patch even though he only had 10 Trophies of Strife and of course it did not use any of his currency. As of today, he still has all the free upgrades in most all of his spots. I sure hope Blizzard is aware of this because it really gives the players that exploited it quite the advantage if they don’t fix it. They need to reset some of the gear people obtained for “free”
I also cannot upgrade any bloody token gear with trophy of strife.
I haven’t been able to upgrade my storm sigil from Rethelshi since the patch day still. I can get the quest plus the 4 drops but unless they changed who you purchase gear from, he no longer gives you an option to upgrade, look at what he has to offer.
Trophies of Strife are still bugged.