Everyone in WoW likes legendary items. But to avoid getting the wrong one, many players do just one thing: farm Nether Shards. Is this unfair?
With “The Tomb of Sargeras”, Patch 7.2 for World of Warcraft, things have been turned upside down on the Broken Isles. Especially newcomers and latecomers can now quickly reach a solid item level by spending time on the Broken Coast. Here you can find two vendors who sell so-called “Gear Tokens” that create a useful item for your specialization with a single click.
However, the items can do more than just drop a nice epic. Those who are particularly lucky can even receive a legendary item from their token! The best part: If you want a specific legendary item, you just keep buying the corresponding token. So, if a Shadow Priest wants the legendary bracers, they keep buying the token for the bracers until the desired legendaries finally drop.
But this system led to a problem: What about the “Bad Luck Protection” that ensures the likelihood of legendaries keeps increasing?
Gear Tokens do not affect Bad Luck Protection
Many players were hesitant to play other content for fear that the next instance boss would drop a legendary item – but the wrong one, not the one being sought with the gear token.
This led to many players only farming Nether Shards until they got their legendary – out of fear of getting the wrong legendary. Players are still doing this today.
However, there is good news now. As Travis Day, a Senior Producer at Blizzard, stated in an interview, there is no reason to worry:
“The equipment tokens and the ‘Bad Luck Protection’ for legendary items are separate and do not affect each other.”
So, if you’re still “only farming Nether Shards to avoid messing things up” – you can stop and have fun with the game again. Really.
By the way: Flying on the Broken Isles is now much easier to unlock!
