WoW News: Weekly Raid Quests?

We’ve known for some time now Blizzard will be upgrading the daily heroic dungeon quests and all the raids to drop Emblems of Triumph instead of Conquest.

Well, now they’ve gone a step further…

In a bid not to let the older raid content go to waste when they open up the Icecrown Citadel, Blizzard are also bringing in weekly raid quests.

Of course, things are always subject to change but at the moment it looks like the raid quest rewards will be 5 Emblems of Frost and 5 Emblems of Triumph.

If you don’t believe me here’s a snapshot courtesy of World of Raids…

To complete the quest it looks like you can do either the 10-man or 25-man raid.

I’m all for this! I must admit I’m struggling to get motivated to run any raids at the moment with the exception of Crusader’s Coliseum – I’m still after that Death’s Choice trinket everyone wants in ToC-25 and of course I’m looking to pick up what upgrades I can with the heroic stuff.

What about the daily dungeon quests?

Meh! To be perfectly honest I don’t bother with them now. I’m sick of them! Of course I’ll have a go if we’re gearing up some guildies or perhaps a quick run through The Violet Hold.

With the new weekly raid quests I’ll certainly be doing these if it means getting my grubby little hands on some of those new shiny Emblems of Frost.

So there you go… Good news for those of you newer to the game (or alts) and in need of gearing up and good news for all.

What do YOU think?

WoW News: Emblems of Conquest to be replaced by Emblems of Triumph in Patch 3.3?

On WoW.com this week I was dissapointed when I read Blizzard are planning on making Emblems of Triumph the new Emblems of Conquest.

Meh! Meh! MEH! I suppose it was only to be expected.

Here’s the quote from Bornakk:

“The current plan is to make Emblems of Triumph the “base” of emblems so everything that drops Emblems of Conquest would be changed to Triumph and then the new raid content would drop the new highest emblem along with things like the heroic daily and such.”

Why is this Emblem of Triumph Farm-Fest different?

My problem with this is with EoC there is only a couple of Rogue Tier-8 items and a few accessories up for grabs. People still have to work on their gear if they really want to progress. With Emblems of Triumph you can get the FULL Tier 9 armor set.

Emblem of Conquest Rogue Gear 

• Conqueror’s Terrorblade Helmet
• Conqueror’s Terrorblade Breastplate
• Broach of the Wailing Night
• Belt of the Twilight Assassin
• Leggings of Wavering Shadow
• Gloves of the Blind Stalker

Compare the number slots you can fill up from Emblems of Conquest (6) with Emblems of Triumph (8). Not to mention with Emblems of Triumph you can get a COMPLETE armor set with BOTH set bonuses:

Emblems of Triumph Rogue Gear

• Conqueror’s Garona’s Battlegear
• Mask of Lethal Intent
• Duskstalker Pauldrons
• Dexterous Brightstone Ring
• Mark of Supremacy
• Crimson Star

This will be welcome news for those who are still gearing up (or perhaps even levelling). Of course there are still lots of items you can’t get from Emblems of Triumph which you will need to work on before the next raid instance (i.e. Weapons, Boots, Wrist, Cloak, Neck, etc) so they’re not giving you everything.

What is the point for the rest of us working hard to gear up at the moment?

Well you’ll be getting the good stuff (iLevel 245 and 258) which means you’ll be fully geared and ready to enter the new Icecrown Citadel raid as soon as patch 3.3 hits rather than having to grind Emblems.

Thank f*** for that!

Blizzard has opened up end-game content so more people get the full “World of Warcraft experience”. This is a good thing and no-one can argue with that.

BUT…

Rewards should be EARNED. Great gear comes from working at it; knowing your class/role, looking up and learning tactics, downing the bosses and clearing raids. NOT from over-geared players farming Heroic Dungeons every day. What kind of achievement is that?

What do YOU think?