The goal of many players in World of Warcraft is to continuously improve. However, once a certain degree of strength is reached, it becomes increasingly difficult. The new Great Vault from Shadowlands addresses exactly this problem.
What is the feature? The Great Vault is one of the new features in the Shadowlands expansion. It replaces the weekly chests that you received in Battle for Azeroth for completing Mythic Keystone dungeons.
Instead of rewarding you with a random item, you receive a selection of up to nine items from dungeons, raids, or PvP – depending on which activities you have completed.
Additionally, the Vault always provides an overview of how many and which items you can receive. A visit to the Vault in Oribos or a look at your Mythic Keystone dungeon overview shows which activities you still need to complete to get more or even better items.
How does it work? Each week you can choose from up to nine items offered by the Great Vault. You can control which loot you receive.
By killing bosses in a raid, you receive loot at the corresponding level from the raid. For dungeons, you get dungeon loot, and for PvP, you receive PvP gear.
The more activities you do, the larger the selection becomes, and the higher the difficulty level, the higher the item level. In our special on MeinMMO, we explain how the Great Vault works.
Easier to Improve Missing Gear
This is the problem the Vault solves: For those who work hard on their character, it’s relatively quick to obtain good gear. The problem here is then replacing missing pieces that are not yet optimal.
If all your gear is top-notch, but only your shoulders and belt have a low item level, it can drag down performance and be frustrating, especially when you do not draw better items from raids and dungeons despite grinding.
Moreover, there is less loot in Shadowlands than before, making it even harder to improve through dungeons, and there are no more bonus rolls.
Additionally, there are the new legendary items that you will not replace with random items. Nevertheless, it is now easier to improve a bit due to the Vault compared to before.
How does it do better? The selection in the Vault often contains at least one upgrade for one of your gear slots, even if it’s just a minor one. This is a significant improvement over older systems.
In Battle for Azeroth, the item from the weekly chest was completely random, and many players complained back then that they did not receive any improvements. Despite high item levels, the items offered little better stats.
With the selection in the Vault, this problem occurs significantly less often. You would have to be quite unlucky to get the same slot for all nine options or to find no improvements at all.
Also, just a glance at the Vault or the dungeon finder is enough to see if you might only be missing one or two activities for more or better options. While this still requires effort, but “timesinking” in WoW is more important than you might think.
