i got 5 weeks worth left of catalyzing my sets into tier. and the 5th week is the launch of 10.1 will we still be able to catalyst them?
Not sure, but there was a post about gear upgrades, check it here.
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they are doing away with the catalyst?
I certainly hope not. I also have 5 more weeks to go to re-convert items which I had to re-acquire because they made a change to the upgrade system which was not retroactive. If they keep me from finishing my set by one week, when I haven’t missed any weeks of using the catalyst since it came out, my current high level of irritation will become seething rage.
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No, they are not. That article is specifically about upgrades, not the tier for the Catalyst.
The Catalyst will still exist, but instead of a weekly quest to earn charges, you just passively earn one each week.
So let’s talk about what’s changing in Dragonflight Season 2:
First, we’re reverting the Weekly Quest system to get Catalyst Charges in favor of how it worked in Shadowlands Season 3. For those unaware, this is very simple - every week, all characters on your account will get a charge, no action required. We wanted to experiment with making the acquisition of Charges require some more effort & investment on the player’s part in lieu of having a Currency Cost (9.2 had Cosmic Flux, which handled this previously) - but in so doing we ended up taking a step backwards on one of the founding goals of the Catalyst system itself: mid- or late-season catch-up for new or returning players.
Whereas 9.2’s system would greet fresh 60s with many Catalyst Charges ready to craft an entire Class Set for a hefty Cosmic Flux fee, level 70 players in Dragonflight Season 1 quickly found that if they were late to the party - that was it. It would always take 6 weeks to reach the Charge cap, and if you failed to turn in the quest for any reason, you couldn’t gain another. It’s not a total loss - this entirely-new truly account-wide quest is something we’ll be able to use in the future, but not allowing catch-up was a mistake we’re going to correct. The quick hits of how Dragonflight Season 2 will work are thus:
Upon the Catalyst opening, all players will receive a Charge for every one of their characters. These function the same as they always have - if your Main spends a few to convert items early in the season, it doesn’t impact your alt (or any alt characters you may make in the future).
unlike in Shadowlands Season 3, there will be no cost associated beyond the Charge spent. No Cosmic Flux, no Dragon Isles Supplies, no Apexis Crystals - if you’ve done the work of obtaining a convertible item, that’s enough for us.
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