wow 9.2 Tier Sets Will Come From All Activites: PvP, Mythic+ and Raids

[Staff 1,489]

 

This is a detail that may have been missed, as it was mentioned in the official patch preview, but Blizzard announced that the new 9.2 tier sets will actually be obtainable from ALL 3 major activities in the game, not only raids. But the PvP and Mythic+ versions will have a different way of receiving them.

Tier Sets (Source)

Harness the power of the First Ones by collecting distinctive class armor sets via raids, PvP, or Mythic+ dungeons. Each set comes with powerful 2- and 4-piece set bonuses that complement your unique abilities.

 Mythic+ and PvP will have the Progenitor tier set items available via the Great Vault initially, and later on in the patch via a new system called the Forge of Creation, where you will be upgrading existing items into tier set ones, as explained by Morgan Day in an interview with GameBraves:

Are the class tier sets available through raids? Are they similar to tier sets from the past? Will there be any new functionality to them? Morgan Day: Tier sets have been something we wanted to revisit since like, 2 Blizzcons ago or so, and the community has also been asking for it. Artistically, we’ve taken a lot of the awesome aesthetics from the zone, creatures, and ecology of Zereth Mortis, and combine it with the class fantasy. Just having that armour is evocative of your class, and we’re excited to get them back into your hands. Tier sets will be available through the raids, dropping like normal armour, but we did want to make sure it will be available to players who aren’t raiders. If you’re into PVP or Mythic+, you can get them from the Great Vault, but not from the chest at the end of a dungeon, or a Conquest vendor. However, we’ve made some major changes. Some time after Eternity’s End releases, you’ll unlock a “Forge of Creation” system, and earn a new currency. This currency, along with an item from PVP or dungeons, can be transformed into a tier set piece. This is supposed to work like a bad luck protection, or again, for people wanting to make new characters or as a catch-up method if you’ve started late. We normally might have patched this in much later in the game, but we wanted to introduce these systems earlier to give players a clearer roadmap. We’re looking forward to getting feedback from players on the system, since it’s a much different way to get the tier sets this time round. The set bonuses themselves will be similar to the ones in the past, featuring fun and unique benefits for a certain playstyle, with the bonuses swapping if you decide to change. We tried to explore a little, to get rotations become more fresh and unique.

[Dejo93 1,023]

I actually like this. It gives people more choice and doesn't force them to do something they don't want to

[BobTheHuman 72]

14 minutes ago, Staff said:

Artistically, we’ve taken a lot of the awesome aesthetics from the zone, creatures, and ecology of Zereth Mortis

Alright, but it's a major fail. Visually this is the epitome of bland and boring. 

[Whisla 76]

This is a really good idea. Like dam this is the kind of QoL system I want to see Blizz doing more of. Great job ill take the W

[elmurufdd 45]

and the ugliest and most low effort  tier sets goes to....*open envelope *  shadowslands tiers sets are the winner 

[Calorat 78]

54 minutes ago, Dejo93 said:

I actually like this. It gives people more choice and doesn't force them to do something they don't want to

it's still only 3 options to get them instead of one, and still excludes a majority of the playerbase

[Teufel 331]

8 minutes ago, Calorat said:

it's still only 3 options to get them instead of one, and still excludes a majority of the playerbase

And who is this 'majority' you're talking about who doesn't raid, doesn't run keys, and doesn't PvP? 

Because last time I checked you don't need tier sets for daily quests or pet battles.

[Baharok 234]

I really like this. I dont know how often i suggested the part with "please bring possibilitys for M+ players to get the stuff as well and in similar armorskin". I just hope it is possible to upgrade the stuff from high m+ to Mythic Raid Level as well, even if it would mean you need to do minimum +18 for that. And of course i would like to have the mythic tier effects on them as well like "smoke" or "shiny extra light".

My guild wont do mythic raid any time (we are still clearing heroic every week) and this is my content apart from raiding, where i have the feeling of playing "high tier" above 20 keys. Also i won't leave my guild, since we are basically friends after this long time playing together, all the years and so on and the friendship is more worth it over "raiding success on mythic".

So M+ is definitely a core content in actual times, more than ever in my opinion. So i welcome all this changes and new ideas.

Edited November 12, 2021 by Baharok

[Belpherus 1]

3 hours ago, elmurufdd said:

and the ugliest and most low effort  tier sets goes to....*open envelope *  shadowslands tiers sets are the winner 

Someone forgot about Hellfire Citadel. 

[Lac 4]

20 minutes ago, Belpherus said:

Someone forgot about Hellfire Citadel. 

Those were better than THESE...

[elmurufdd 45]

45 minutes ago, Belpherus said:

Someone forgot about Hellfire Citadel. 

those were better than these and atleast they were themed this looks like SL quest gear and they all look the same . guess they fired alll the art dept and just said hey copy and paste the preist set onto each class 

[Perak 25]

I dont understand why some ppl cry like kids (guess they are) how they look, when you can transmog them...the most important thing is that tier sets are BACK...one of the most iconic thing in MMO....and now we can get them in different ways...be it Raid, PvP or M+ (and Forge of Creation in later date) , which is prety nice if you ask me.

Their look is now on bottom of my priority list right now.

Edited November 12, 2021 by Perak

[Teufel 331]

9 hours ago, Belpherus said:

Someone forgot about Hellfire Citadel. 

Liked the Warlock one though.

[BobTheHuman 72]

3 hours ago, Perak said:

I dont understand why some ppl cry like kids (guess they are) how they look, when you can transmog them...the most important thing is that tier sets are BACK...one of the most iconic thing in MMO....and now we can get them in different ways...be it Raid, PvP or M+ (and Forge of Creation in later date) , which is prety nice if you ask me.

Their look is now on bottom of my priority list right now.

Yes, tier sets are back and that's good, but good things can still be critisized. Transmog doesn't excuse uninspired, half-a$$ed work like scrolling through all the existing sets, stop at Hunter T16 and saying ''More of that will do''