wow Conduit Upgrade Items Will Be Specialization-Specific Starting With Next Reset

[Staff 1,372]

Starting with next week’s reset, Blizzard is making Conduit upgrade items specialization-specific, instead of class-specific.

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Hello everyone

You bring up a valid point about the conduit upgrade items not being specialization specific. It can be frustrating when you get a conduit for a spec that you may never use.

To address this, we’re working on a change that will go live with next week’s restarts that will allow Soultwining Crescent and Death-Bound Shard to grant conduits based on your current specialization instead of by class. In order to receive the conduits of the spec of your preference, you will need to switch your specialization fully, changing Loot Specialization won’t work.

In addition to this change, we’re increasing the drop rate of Death-Bound Shard when completing Adamant Vaults in Torghast, Tower of the Damned.

Thank you for your feedback!

[Grumar 185]

Timewalking xp warrants a midweek update, but this nah, just save them in your bag for few days for literally no reason other than some weird power flex by devs.

[SidonisAntares 288]

4 hours ago, Grumar said:

Timewalking xp warrants a midweek update, but this nah, just save them in your bag for few days for literally no reason other than some weird power flex by devs.

Adding functionality to an item that previously didn't exist is not the same as modifying the current value it provides. Also, much like seasonal gear, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work on ones you obtain before reset. Not to stop you from hoarding them, but because of how object creation works.

Edited August 14, 2021 by SidonisAntares

[Baharok 234]

Nice change, allready got some conduits for my spec, but also alot i dont need on 252, this will help to finalize the missing ones. Thank you for the highlight! 🙂

Edited August 14, 2021 by Baharok

[Ragingwolf 286]

It is a welcome reprieve but this should of been implemented at the start of SL; would of saved a lot of players time via grinding Conduits the first time around.

[Razortotem 32]

23 hours ago, Grumar said:

Timewalking xp warrants a midweek update, but this nah, just save them in your bag for few days for literally no reason other than some weird power flex by devs.

"Power flex by devs"..... "power flex... by devs"...

yea they're! flexing buddy! flexing because youre bothered by something that doesnt exist. Theres no reason for this to be added mid-week. Demanding instant gratification much? 

[DonnyPump 0]

1 hour ago, Razortotem said:

"Power flex by devs"..... "power flex... by devs"...

yea they're! flexing buddy! flexing because youre bothered by something that doesnt exist. Theres no reason for this to be added mid-week. Demanding instant gratification much? 

The fact that you defend Blizz in this case is the exact reason we get the game quality that we do.... this is a PREMIUM sub'd game.... Zero reason they needed to "nerf" timewalking XP in the first place... and to do it midweek is ridiculous....  This conduit problem has been an issue since 9.1 and doesn't warrant a quick hot patch? Hold them accountable!

[Lunestro 23]

On 8/13/2021 at 2:17 PM, Grumar said:

Timewalking xp warrants a midweek update, but this nah, just save them in your bag for few days for literally no reason other than some weird power flex by devs.

I suspect the haste used to "fix" the Timewalking concern was partly because the event is only a weeklong, but also because the effects of what they were trying to fix were a lot more impactful in the short term.  With the change they are waiting for for reset, while certainly welcome, the impact is more of a convenience than anything else - it's not being used to "fix something wrong or unintended" but more to change a prior, intended design to function in a way that is preferred.

[Danthalas 15]

Damn, this is welcome news.  I don't play Blood spec, except when I solo Torghast, and I don't do Unholy at all. So it's really frustrating having the majority of my conduit upgrades go to stuff I don't ever use, before I get one that's useful (and thus, waste a purchase, since I've yet to get a conduit upgrade drop from raiding in SoD).  At least now, I know my purchases will be targeted and I won't be wasting research currency.