World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is a great expansion so far, but if there's one thing it's unlucky about, it's the way end-game equipment is rationed: while PvP players are swimming in a sea of loot, Shadowlands' super-tough players taking on the new Mythic+ dungeons and new raids seem hungry for good equipment.

But Blizzard has heard your quiet groans, and according to game director Ion Hazzikostas, the team is hard at work on some major changes. Some will be offered in the big WoW update 9.1 later this year, and some in a smaller 9.0.5 patch to be released in March. 9.0.5, which will be released in March, will bring back an old currency called Valor Points, which will be used to upgrade equipment in Dungeoneer and to It will allow players to take on more difficult battles, even if the contents of the treasure chest at the end are not what they expected to find. But Hadjikostas says there is still much more to be done.

"When we tried to create a loot system for 'Shadowlands,' we knew we were kind of stripping 'World of Warcraft' loot down to its basic foundation," he said. We got rid of years of layered systems built on top of the loot, such as Warforging, Titanforging, and Corruption." But we knew we needed to start fresh. We are looking at how these systems have evolved and will pay close attention to responding to feedback to keep them moving forward I think we are really happy with how the PVP gearing has turned out and we've had great We're hearing feedback. We really need to improve on the raid and dungeon gearing in terms of long-tailing through raid tiers and pushing higher keys with friends, etc.

Hazzikostas explains that the team felt the situation was dire enough for Mythic+ dungeon runners that they decided to release a 9.0.5 patch and add Valor Points to WoW again. However, raiders will have to wait until Chains of Domination launches later this year for a proper fix, and Hazzikostas hopes it will be worth the wait.

"Special and exciting rewards for raid riders who enter the Sanctum of Domination [the new raid in 9.1], such as unique armor pieces, which will allow them to tweak the power of Domination itself in their There are some exciting plans in the works," Hazzikostas explains. There will be more to say about this system once [Public Test Realm] is released." We understand that sometimes it feels overshadowed by dungeon runners and PvP-oriented players. We want to offer these three endgame group gearing paths that are equally viable and the envy of the other two. And outdoor world players, we hear you. We know you are out there. We want to make sure that you have goals that you continue to work towards to make your character stronger.

WoW's next big patch, Chains of Domination, has no release date yet, but it will be big and include pirate dragons; patch 9.0.5, which will add Valor points and some minor balance changes, will come in March; patch 9.0.6, which will add a new game, will be released in March.