A new hotfix for World of Warcraft lowers the requirement for top Azerite gear. We reveal what is changing now.
Just yesterday, we reported that in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth there are now Azerite gear with item levels 355 and 370 available when completing emissary quests. Blizzard is already changing the requirements and making the items more accessible.
What happened? Blizzard spoke about upcoming changes to the newly introduced system. A hotfix aims to fix bugged rewards in the form of Azerite items (chest, shoulder, and helm) from emissary quests and lower the requirements.
Why was the hotfix necessary? The existing system had two issues. The first issue was a bug that caused players to see rewards for item levels 355 or 340, even though they had an average item level of 370+. This error will be fixed with the hotfix.
The second issue was that the requirements for the player’s item level were too high. These will now be slightly relaxed, though Blizzard did not provide specific numbers. In any case, players should now see emissary quests more frequently (and earlier) that yield Azerite items with item levels 355 or 370.
Players, by the way, also have an idea of how they would improve the Azerite system.
Common practice at Blizzard: Blizzard emphasizes that it is their common approach to first have “high requirements” and then lower them if the balancing is off. The opposite would be more difficult.
In America, the hotfix has already gone live in the past hours. For us, it will happen during the day, but at the latest will be in the coming night.
What do you think of the changes? Is it good to lower the necessary item level a bit? Or is it just “too easy again” in WoW?
