A call for improvement in World of Warcraft simply never ends. Players want account-wide essences. Since these are missing, they prefer not to play at all.
Since the release of Patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara, there has been a major point of criticism regarding Battle for Azeroth. The essences for the Heart of Azeroth make up a large part of character strength, but are difficult to unlock.
For many players, this is a huge hurdle that keeps them from playing their alt characters at all. The desire for “account-wide essences” has been a major concern for players for months.
What is the problem? Essences for the Heart of Azeroth are an essential part of character strength in the current World of Warcraft. They not only provide strong passive bonuses but also additional active abilities. While Rank 1 of an essence can usually be unlocked in a few hours, higher ranks often require significant effort that can take days or even weeks.
Especially with the reputation factions or PvP, this is difficult when players do not enjoy these types of content at all.
This is what players have to say about it: In the recent post on the WoW subreddit, many players voice their opinions and share their perspectives. We want to reproduce some of their comments here. They represent many voices as they have received numerous upvotes.
For example, Roentgen1666 writes:
I love WoW. I love raiding. I have little time to play. I love playing alt characters. But I can’t, because the things that should be account-wide are not. Instead of playing more because I enjoy my twinks, I play less because I’m bored with my “main” and definitely do not want to invest all the hours to repeat all the things I’ve already done just to make a second character playable. These grinds do not increase playtime, Blizz, they lower it. (…)
This is responded by yuriaoflondor:
Yep. Today I decided that I want to try a priest in raids. I had leveled him to max level at the launch of BfA, but that was it. Then I realized that I first have to unlock my [legendary] cloak, grind the daily quests to level up my cloak, then do the horrific visions, find a new weapon, and grind for essences, and ONLY THEN would I be able to have fun in raids. That’s just too much.
What is Blizzard doing? Despite all the criticism, Blizzard has not released any plans to unlock essences account-wide. However, they have indeed reduced the grind for some essences. Just a few nights ago, the reputation requirements for the latest essences in Uldum and the Vale of Eternal Blossoms were lowered from Exalted to Revered.
Would you play more with account-wide essences? Or is it fine that each character has to unlock them individually?
Ihr wollt mehr zum Spiel? Tolle Specials, heiße News und interessante Infos zu World of Warcraft findet ihr auch auf unserer WoW-Seite auf Facebook.
