Summary
- World of Warcraft devs are aware of Valorstones’ unpopularity and are looking to make possible adjustments.
- Developers plan to increase Valorstone drops in raids and are open to further adjustments based on community feedback.
World of Warcraft is aware of how unpopular Valorstones are and is keeping an eye on them for the future. While World of Warcraft is more focused on crests at the moment, Valorstones are on the radar – and the developers are hoping adjustments in Patch 11.1 may help put them in a better place.
Undermine(d), Patch 11.1 for World of Warcraft: The War Within, releases on February 25, with Season 2 starting a week later on March 4. The update brings new challenges and gear for fans to collect, bringing characters to even greater power levels.
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However, there is one aspect of the gearing process that players aren’t a fan of – and World of Warcraft is aware of this fact. During an interview with But Why Tho?, World of Warcraft associate game director Morgan Day and associate encounter designer Katrina Yepiz discussed Valorstones, the currency used for gear upgrades at max level. “Valorstones are something that we know as a hot topic in the audience right now,” Day explained. “But a lot of our focus, especially for mythic plus, has been on crests, because we know that often that becomes a limiting factor.” That said, Day also admitted Valorstones needed some attention as well.
WoW Valorstones are Not in the ‘Healthiest Place’
Day went on to explain that Valorstones are in a “weird space where they matter so much early on in a season,” but that players eventually reach “a saturation point” where “crests are your limiting factors” – leaving no place for characters to spend their Valorstones. Each character can only carry 2000 Valorstones at any given time, and the currency cannot be transferred to other World of Warcraft characters within an account Warband, which can easily frustrate players by making them lose out on Valorstones while at the cap. “We really recognize that that’s not the healthiest place for them to be,” Day admitted.
Valorstones are something that we know as a hot topic in the audience right now.
Luckily, it seems World of Warcraft is already making some changes to Valorstones in Patch 11.1. Day confirmed that raids will drop “quite a bit more” Valorstones than before, though it remains to be seen exactly how much, or if other World of Warcraft content like Mythic+ will benefit from these increases. Day concluded by saying, “We definitely hear the community feedback and understand the problem space there,” so hopefully, World of Warcraft will be able to implement further adjustments to Valorstones in the future if this increase is not enough.
Needless to say, fans are happy to hear World of Warcraft is keeping an eye on Valorstones. An overwhelming majority of players have disliked the currency since it was added in Dragonflight, with most of these fans agreeing that the Valorstone cap should be removed – or that they should be taken out of the game entirely. While there is no evidence Blizzard would take such a drastic approach with the World of Warcraft upgrade currency, players can take solace in the fact that the troubled system is being monitored.
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