wow There's No Soul Ash Catch-Up in Shadowlands

[Stan 5,240]

If you wonder whether there is a catch-up system for Soul Ash in Shadowlands, the answer is no.

You must farm Soul Ash each week on every single character. Otherwise, you will fall behind because there is no catch-up system for the currency needed to craft Legendary items in Shadowlands.

The weekly reset will occur in a few hours in the US region (tomorrow in the EU region), so if you still haven't finished your weekly goals, keep in mind that you can currently get:

• 610 Soul Ash for clearing Layer 3 of both Torghast wings.
• 200 Soul Ash from the Explore Torghast quest.
• 100+ Soul Ash from Covenant Adventures, although not everyone will complete the mission, as it requires high-level Adventurers.

If you gathered 810 Soul Ash this week, you should be able to craft your first Legendary item after the weekly reset.

[Starseed 113]

mhh we got a catchup for renown but why not for soulash so if i dont want to play over the hollidays i get behind on it

[Gortan 38]

That's kind of a bummer. I haven't even finished the main storyline yet ?

[Badadada 184]

2 hours ago, N3ilo said:

mhh we got a catchup for renown but why not for soulash so if i dont want to play over the hollidays i get behind on it

The catchup will be in the increasing ilvl of the gear you receive from activities beside Torghast. For now doing all 3 layers may be challenging for a casual in ilvl 150-160 items, but in 9.1 and 9.2 they will be more likely to collect the Soul Ash required for a legendary in 2 reset.

[Arcnail 3]

Already the first nail on the coffin for me and Shadowlands. I know it's only once I week you need to do this but still, there's no reason to force people to have to do it every week, for every toon for this 'alt friendly' expansion. What harm is there in having a catch up mechanism?

[Harvey 60]

IMHO, there's actually no need for catchup mechanism.
Assuming nothing changes, players would be able to get craft a legendary every two resets, so the limiting factors would be getting the legendary memory and the number of legendary gears players can wear.
Consider this: 
I level my alt ten weeks from now. By then, my main character would already have 5/6 legendaries but I can still only wear ONE. Without soul ash catchup, my alt would only be able to craft 1 legendary in 2 weeks. On the other hand, if there is a catchup, my alt would have enough soul ash for 5/6 legendaries but still only wear ONE. AND that is assuming my alt is lucky enough to acquire the legendary memories.
Further food for thought: Given the way Blizz works, IF there is a catchup mechanism, they might implement it as some sort of forced FARMING or additional reward in the new emissaries... (shudders)
Again, just my humble opinion. ?