As the title states. Back when I first created a DK in Wrath, I’ve always enjoyed upgrading weapons. When Legion came out and we had Order Halls, going back n forth to the Runeforge to upgrade weapons via Death Gate was a bit tedious and still is. For now nine (9) expansions (up to TWW), DK’s need to use the Death Gate to return to Ebon Hold to Runeforge newly obtained weapons and this isn’t just a few times thing, this is basically a almost every weapon upgrade thing. You get a new weapon upgrade, Death Gate, Runeforge upgraded wep, wait 60s until you can use Death Gate again, resume playing, get another upgrade (5% or 10% upgrade and +5-10 ilvls) and then repeat the process. Exhausting cause for a “free” weapon enchantment.
However, WHY do we still need to go back to Legion Order Hall to use the Runeforge when the Ebon Blade has been following us around since then up to The War Within? It would be ideal to have a Runeforge in Dorogal this way it’s a “one stop shop” within the expansion instead of using the Death Gate and besides, there’s ways to get back to Dorogal from each of the zones by using fast travel points.
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You mean for 8 expansions going on 9?
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I agree with you in principle, but I don’t think Runeforges in major cities feels right, somehow. A Runeforge toy might be a good solution, as you said.
Ideal world, though, what I’d like to see is for Acherus to be more fun or more useful in some way. It would be cool if they could do something so that casting Death Gate felt like a fun opportunity to hang with other dk’s, instead of just a double-load screen chore. It was kinda fine way back when we needed to go back for DK trainers anyway, but now it definitely feels like a pointless zone.
A DK Acherus auction house would be amazing, but that’ll never happen lol. I can’t really think of something in Acherus that I would be excited to visit or check often without it immediately becoming another mandatory chore.
…So, rambling aside, maybe a toy.
EDIT: Wouldn’t a Runeforge in Dornogal be worse/not used? I’d rather Death Gate for two minutes than head back to Dorn
omg…you’re right. SMH…that’s on me. I was just thinking of Legion and beyond. I’ll fix it. Thanks.
True, I see that point w/ having a Runeforge in Dornogal could be inconvenient as well now that I’ve thought about it. But a Runeforge “Toy” for “on the go” Runeforging would be ideal for M+ or Raid.
For instance, you’ve just looted a nice wep upgrade which the Runeforge toy would come in handy with a quick way to apply the Runecarving and then still keep up with the M+ or Raid. I mean, the Runeforge is not really “make or break” but waiting for a DK to leave the Raid, port to Ebon Hold, Runecarve, wait for the 1 min CD, port back and get settled back into the raid is time consuming while the Toy can be just deployed for ALL DK’s to use right there!! It’s a win/win.
I don’t want to go back to a major city when I can just port using my Death Gate and runeforge. Then, I can port back to wherever I was when I’m done.
DG is on a low CD. I’ve got no complaints.
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That is a valid point, the cooldown. Well, in any case, the Runeforge “Toy” would still be a good addition.
I mean, a toy would be nice, but I fear that blizz would put it on a day CD
yeah this is a monkey paw ask so be careful what you wish for
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Blizzard have toyed with this idea before. You used to be able to runeforge in maldraxxus and possibly elsewhere if memory serves. At the end of the day though it’s 2 short cool-downs and a short hop to get something for free that other classes pay thousands for. Incidentally for anyone reading this who was unaware if you just use deathgate again while in acherus it’s just takes you right back to where you were standing before. No hearthstone involved.
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Why would you change it to a major city? You use Death Gate, Runeforge your weapon, then use Death Gate again inside Acherus and it takes you back to where you were before you used Death Gate the first time. Its 2 minutes tops to runeforge a weapon as it is.
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How often are people actually swapping out their weapons to need to go back to Acherus so much? The only time you really swap out weapons a bunch is during leveling and the only runeforge required is razorice for DW.
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