wow Zereth Mortis Skip in Patch 9.2: The Good and the Bad

[Stan 5,020]

A Zereth Mortis skip is available for alts who do not wish to complete the first 3 chapters of the 9.2 story, but it comes at a price.

If you complete the first 3 chapters of the Zereth Mortis story on your main, you can talk to Tal-Inara in Oribos on alts to skip to Chapter 4 with your alt and have Pocopoc unlocked.

However, this shortcut comes at a cost. You will lose almost 2,000 reputation with The Enlightened if you decide to go with the skip on your alt. The Enlightened reputation in 9.2 offers some significant rewards, so you may find yourself farming additional rep on your alt for anything that isn't account-wide, like the 9.2 conduit upgrade item that requires Revered (Decanter of Untapped Potential) or the permanent Augment Rune (Eternal Augment Rune).

If you activate the skip, your alt will have completed the first 3 chapters of the Zereth Mortis story and have Pocopop unlocked.

[Calysia 220]

I don't understand why people like to skip. I get that it's all stuff one has done before but isn't that exactly what alts face...redoing content? What's the difference in repeating quests/storylines and repeating opening scenarios or...in this case...chapters?

[VictorVakaras 80]

Make rep account-wide, problem solved. Having to grind rep a bunch of times isn't fun.

[Gortan 37]

6 hours ago, Calysia said:

I don't understand why people like to skip. I get that it's all stuff one has done before but isn't that exactly what alts face...redoing content? What's the difference in repeating quests/storylines and repeating opening scenarios or...in this case...chapters?

You could make the same argument with m+, pvp or raids. It's just redoing content on alts. But when you scratch beneath the surface you'll see that the type of content matters for deeming it repeatable or not.

Take m+ for example. It's challenging. You never know 100% if you're gonna time a key or not. Things you do and the decisions you make can make or break your key making it engaging and repeatable content.

Quests are interesting as well but only on the first playthrough because they're new and you haven't seen that part of the story yet (if you're into that kinda thing). But unlike m+, even on the first playthrough of a quest you know how it's gonna end. You know you're gonna complete it first try. There's nothing to keep you on your toes and really pay attention to what you're doing which makes it kind of a chore and a waste of time for alts. This is why I like skips.

I should say this is all subjective but I hope it somewhat answers your question.

[Teufel 331]

6 hours ago, VictorVakaras said:

Make rep account-wide, problem solved. Having to grind rep a bunch of times isn't fun.

As of now, you get nothing essential out if it for alts, so ...why?

[OscarIv 0]

I didn't realize that by using the skip I will have already the three first chapters completed, and lose 2k of reputation.. I'm so mad. As  crafter, losing 2k of reputation means 2/3 more days before unlocking the recipes you get when you're honored. Blizzard could have make it more clear in their description... 

[Caldwyn 0]

On 2/18/2022 at 2:20 AM, Gortan said:

You could make the same argument with m+, pvp or raids. It's just redoing content on alts. But when you scratch beneath the surface you'll see that the type of content matters for deeming it repeatable or not.

Take m+ for example. It's challenging. You never know 100% if you're gonna time a key or not. Things you do and the decisions you make can make or break your key making it engaging and repeatable content.

Quests are interesting as well but only on the first playthrough because they're new and you haven't seen that part of the story yet (if you're into that kinda thing). But unlike m+, even on the first playthrough of a quest you know how it's gonna end. You know you're gonna complete it first try. There's nothing to keep you on your toes and really pay attention to what you're doing which makes it kind of a chore and a waste of time for alts. This is why I like skips.

I should say this is all subjective but I hope it somewhat answers your question.

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I don't think it is the same for raids, pvp or dungeons. Those are not done solely for getting through content but repeatedly for many types of farming. Regular players don't do those only for the achievement - which is generally account-wide anyway on all the alts. Raiding/Dungeon crawling have literally never been in the same theme as playing through the storyline. They have nothing to do with each other.

Edited June 5, 2022 by Caldwyn
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[skjellerup93 0]

On 2/18/2022 at 1:29 AM, Calysia said:

I don't understand why people like to skip. I get that it's all stuff one has done before but isn't that exactly what alts face...redoing content? What's the difference in repeating quests/storylines and repeating opening scenarios or...in this case...chapters?

NO that is excatly what no one likes to do, repedetive content. - Don't give blizzard more bad ideas, the entire phase up until chapter 6 should be skipable, the story is not fun, it's not exciting, it is in all honesty GARBAGE

[Zhurgh 0]

On 2/18/2022 at 6:15 AM, Teufel said:

As of now, you get nothing essential out if it for alts, so ...why?

They literarily said why in the article. It costs you more time to get items that are gated behind rep if you want those rewards for your alts. Either make rep account wide or make the rep rewards so. Lots of other MMORPGs make it much easier to have alts. I love alts because it changes up the grind a bit. But if rep was account wide then if I got bored farming it on one toon, I could switch to another. Why blizz doesnt realize this would promote ppl to play more content rather than less is beyond me.