wow Expanded Dungeon Search Available for Chromie Time

[Stan 5,240]

After choosing an expansion for leveling in Chromie Time, you will be locked to that expansion's dungeons first, but after a certain amount of time passes, the search will expand to dungeons from other expansions.

Chromie Time locks you to dungeons depending on the expansion you've picked, so you won't be able to queue up for dungeons from other expansions unless some time passes and the game asks you if you'd like to expand your search to dungeons from other expansions.

This is new to me, and cool from r/wow

[Dejo93 1,023]

How come no one mentioned dungeon leveling for tanks and healers? I imagine that it would be quite fast. Plus if you pick expansion with dungeon quests inside

[Borgoff33 101]

55 minutes ago, Dejo93 said:

How come no one mentioned dungeon leveling for tanks and healers? I imagine that it would be quite fast. Plus if you pick expansion with dungeon quests inside

not as fast as you would think i still have 8-10min queue times as a tank (could be because im lvling in legion)

[Dejo93 1,023]

1 hour ago, Borgoff33 said:

not as fast as you would think i still have 8-10min queue times as a tank (could be because im lvling in legion)

I mean for something like Cata and TBC

[Ogerscherge 43]

Why don't they just allow for us to queue for all expansions by default? Is it really necessary to first wait a few minutes for players that will (depending on your chosen expansion) possibly never come, before you go to join a group that would've probably prefered you to be there a few minutes early as well? It seems like such a needlessly malicious game mechanic.

Well, still better than what we got before, I guess, so maybe we'll get there next expansion. ?‍♂️

[SidonisAntares 290]

3 hours ago, Ogerscherge said:

Why don't they just allow for us to queue for all expansions by default? Is it really necessary to first wait a few minutes for players that will (depending on your chosen expansion) possibly never come, before you go to join a group that would've probably prefered you to be there a few minutes early as well? It seems like such a needlessly malicious game mechanic.

Well, still better than what we got before, I guess, so maybe we'll get there next expansion. ?‍♂️

Probably because it would require them retooling all of the "Icy/Shattered/Tranquil/Otherworldly/Scorched" Satchel of Helpful Goods.

Also, not that this is a fix, but if you're partied with someone in a different expansion timewalking, you gain access to their dungeons and vice versa. So you could just party with a friend, choose different expansions, and then queue in whichever expansion has a better queue time.

[Ogerscherge 43]

1 hour ago, SidonisAntares said:

Probably because it would require them retooling all of the "Icy/Shattered/Tranquil/Otherworldly/Scorched" Satchel of Helpful Goods.

Also, not that this is a fix, but if you're partied with someone in a different expansion timewalking, you gain access to their dungeons and vice versa. So you could just party with a friend, choose different expansions, and then queue in whichever expansion has a better queue time.

You really consider this minor inconvenience to them the most probable reason? They could just rename it to "Satchel of Helpful Goods" without an adjective infront of it and it could contain loot fitting the completed dungeon. No, I am certain there is something else. Is there an official statement on the topic? I am sure this question comes up often.

That's a very inelegant solution for something that should be much simpler. And I just noticed that my original point was wrong. It arguably got worse this expansion actually, as you can only queue for dungeons of a single zone, whereas in BfA and prior it was usually more than that. 

[SidonisAntares 290]

15 hours ago, Ogerscherge said:

You really consider this minor inconvenience to them the most probable reason? They could just rename it to "Satchel of Helpful Goods" without an adjective infront of it and it could contain loot fitting the completed dungeon. No, I am certain there is something else. Is there an official statement on the topic? I am sure this question comes up often.

That's a very inelegant solution for something that should be much simpler. And I just noticed that my original point was wrong. It arguably got worse this expansion actually, as you can only queue for dungeons of a single zone, whereas in BfA and prior it was usually more than that. 

I'm considering the fact that there are already multiple iterations of the satchel for each content expansion, with separate drops that some people collect for transmog purposes. For example, pre-squish there was a 15-30 bag, and a 30-60 bag for Classic content.

[Ogerscherge 43]

8 hours ago, SidonisAntares said:

I'm considering the fact that there are already multiple iterations of the satchel for each content expansion, with separate drops that some people collect for transmog purposes. For example, pre-squish there was a 15-30 bag, and a 30-60 bag for Classic content.

Transmogs in satchels? Are you sure? How do max level characters farm those?

But regardless, even if that minor sounding thing was as complicated as you make it out to be, so what? Just give the player the satchel that belongs to the expansion the completed dungeon was part of. You queue for a random dungeon and get Ahn'kahet? Here is your Frozen Satchel. You really need a Frozen Satchel? Don't queue random, but for WotLK. 

You said it yourself. With the level squish they had to rework that whole concept anyway, so what is your point? If anything, if what you seem to assume is the reason, then it is even more difficult now to hunt specific satchels, as there is no longer a quick and reliable way to queue for a dungeon that is not part of your chosen add-on.

Edited October 17, 2020 by Ogerscherge