emblem reward vendors

I understood that Blizzard had plans to revamp the emblem system for the patch to help people get better gear to bridge any gap between now and when the patch comes out and people start raiding the Coliseum. I thought that the introduction of the Emblem of Triumph, currency to get tier 9 quality gear, was the extent of this change. I know that aside from doing the raid version of the Coliseum, doing the dungeon dailies would also reward Emblems of Triumph.

To my surprise, I found out (something tells me this is old news and I only just found out) that patch 3.2 will mark the end of Emblems of Heroism and Valor dropping from dungeons. There will only be Conquest and Triumph! According the patch notes, every dungeon that currently drops Heroism and Valor will drop Conquest! This means by doing heroics and Naxxramas, players will be able to get Conquest emblems – something that’s a godsend for people who haven’t done Ulduar much. In the new system, if you need Emblems of Heroism or Valor you can just trade in a Conquest one.

Blizzard has really done a nice job to help the more casual players gear up. This move was something I thought would be a bit over the line for them especially considering how hard players raiding Ulduar have worked to gear themselves up. But as an undergeared player myself, you don’t see me complaining.

Post from: WOW Obsessed

emblem reward vendors

It’s nice to be able to advance in the progression of raid content but one of the things making it hard for some people is the current emblem system. It wasn’t very evident before Ulduar came out, but as we advance in the content for this expansion, more and more people are going to be left behind in terms of gear especially since heroics still only give just emblems of heroism.

How do you find a balance between making the content available to more people and making the content available to only those people who put the work in on their gear? The answer seems to lie in CM Zarhym’s statement in the forums:

We have some new things in store for the badge system to help with the current end game progression curve that exists (as you noted: Heroics > Naxx > Ulduar > 3.2 > Icecrown ). We’re looking to put together this information for you and will provide it as soon as it’s ready to go. source

What changes/additions to the badge/emblem system could he be talking about? I doubt they’ll outright offer radically better gear for just emblems of heroism since that would make things revert back to how things were like in TBC where you could get Black Temple quality gear by running heroics. Maybe a version of of that would work wherein additional pieces of gear could be added to each tier of emblem rewards that cost more but are slightly better. This would be really nice especially since each tier of emblem rewards have an assigned set of slot pieces, for example only the emblem of valor reward vendor sells a cloak.

Whatever the changes/additions to the current emblem system is, I still hope it won’t be taken as a way of short cutting your way to way better gear than you deserve.

Post from: WOW Obsessed

valor quartermaster

Currently the only items I noticed added to the emblem of valor quartermaster are the relic items that were in Naxx. Examples: Sigil of Awareness, Idol of Awakening, Libram of Resurgence, Totem of Hex, etc. While it is technically “old” gear, the emblems of valor that drop in Ulduar10 will give you access to items that are of the appropriate level to help progress in that dungeon. source

This change will give you that dynamic that the current emblem system already uses where you can buy a specific tiered piece for a set number of emblems. Have those tiered shoulders never dropped for you in Naxx 25, then buy it for 60 emblems of valor. It’s going to be the same thing for the relic slot items. This is going to be good news for those players who never really got a taste of Naxx 25 but will be looking to do some Ulduar 10 when the patch comes out. Since Ulduar 10 bosses will be dropping Emblems of Valor, it will be a great way to gear up and progress and these relic items will be part of the selection for upgrades you can get.

Post from: WOW Obsessed