The new reward chest from WoW: Shadowlands is going to be quite cool. You can unlock up to 9 options in World of Warcraft and choose from them.
With the upcoming expansion Shadowlands, the reward system of World of Warcraft is going to change significantly. Especially the frustrating reward chest at the end of the week will be revised and receive some really cool new features. A first concept of the new chest has now surfaced and sparked discussions.
What has been the problem so far? Currently, players in World of Warcraft receive a reward chest at the beginning of a new week. This contains a random piece of equipment. The item level of the reward can be influenced, for example, by harder dungeons, but not the armor type. If you’re unlucky, you can get the same item for the same slot multiple times in a row while other slots are still filled with poor items. This caused a lot of frustration during Battle for Azeroth and was also one of our 3 most annoying things that you won’t have to experience in Shadowlands anymore.
More options for everyone
This is how it will be in Shadowlands: There will once again be a weekly reward chest in Shadowlands. This chest will also grant only a single item, but players can choose from a range of items – at least if they meet the necessary requirements.
Each week, 9 activities can be completed. When you complete a task, there is an additional item to choose from in the following week. Currently, there are the following 9 options in the beta:
- Raids:
- Defeat 3 raid bosses.
- Defeat 7 raid bosses.
- Defeat 10 raid bosses.
- Mythic Dungeons:
- Complete one mythic dungeon.
- Complete 5 mythic dungeons.
- Complete 15 mythic dungeons.
- PvP:
- Earn 100 conquest points.
- Earn 150 conquest points.
- Earn 250 conquest points.
For each completed task, you will be presented with an additional item to choose from at the beginning of the next week. However, you can only select one from this list.
The offered items vary in their item level, depending on your performance and type:
- Raids: The difficulty of the raid (LFR, Normal, Heroic, Mythic) determines the item level.
- Mythic Dungeons: The item level is based on the highest keystones you’ve completed this week.
- PvP: The reward is based on your highest rating achieved in rated PvP.
Shadowlands reduces randomness in the chest
What do the players think? A large portion of the players seems to be quite satisfied with the chest in the WoW subreddit. Being able to unlock more options is, in the opinion of many, a good way to take a bit of RNG out of the chest and create incentives to play more content.
However, there is also a point of criticism. Some believe that players might feel compelled to play all content to unlock all 9 options. Therefore, some see the unlocks as too harsh and wish for changes. However, this is being actively bombarded with memes, such as this image that reduces the requirements to a silly minimum:
I fixed the new weekly chest idea for you guys since it was too much work from r/wow
Please keep in mind that the figures and values are currently based on beta numbers, which may change before the release of Shadowlands.
Cortyn says: Honestly, I am quite excited about the new concept. I like the idea that everyone gets an item at the end of the week and that the selection of these items can be improved through various content. This means that the RNG component is not completely eliminated but can be mitigated by having larger options. A pretty good system that will probably make me run a few more dungeons per week.
But what do you think?
