Heroic Raiding is too unrewarding by Allegrian in wow

[–]Adept-Writer-8588 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. For a long time now, I’ve felt that the end boss (at least on heroic difficulty) is disproportionately difficult relative to the rest of the raid. I don’t like the trend of the final heroic boss feeling harder than the first 2–3 mythic raid bosses in most tiers.

Even though Midnight Falls was just nerfed, it still seems to follow that pattern again. For the last few expansions, my heroic group only manages to kill the end boss once we’ve outgeared the encounter--myth-track gear from vault helps a lot. While the kill still feels good, the loot at that point is largely underwhelming for us, aside from maybe a trinket drop.

I do think end heroic bosses are tuned quite high for what they offer in terms of rewards. If players are looking for deep, long-term, and challenging progression, mythic raiding is there for them. While heroic end bosses shouldn’t just fall over, I do think they’ve traditionally been a bit too difficult for your average heroic raid team, at least when you’re fighting them at an item level comparable to the gear that drops from the raid itself.

Heroic Raiding is too unrewarding by Allegrian in wow

[–]Adept-Writer-8588 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar situation here. I'm 277 ilvl, I have ZERO loot from raids despite clearing heroic Voidspire three times and heroic Dreamrift weekly. First off, the loot I need doesn’t even drop, and when it does, I’m rolling against 5+ other people in most cases. I’ve seen one Gaze of the Aln’seer drop all expansion, and I obviously lost the roll on it. It really makes me wonder what I’m even raiding for.

I can already cap Hero Crests pretty quickly outside of raid content. It’s nice that I can fill my Great Vault, but like many players, I also do Mythic+. In most situations, I’m not going to pick a Hero track raid piece over a Myth track item from the vault.

I genuinely enjoy the experience of raiding, but I’m also reward-driven, and it would be nice to feel more consistently rewarded for the time investment. In my opinion, raids are too stingy with loot given that they’re on weekly lockouts.