Plunderstorm Hotfixes - Increased Plunder from All Sources, Plunder Rewards for Winning

Posted 2024/03/20 at 8:35 PM by Anshlun

Greetings fellow plunderers!

It’s been a great experience seeing the community having fun, posting about your wins, creating lists of the best builds, and taking to the forums with thoughtful feedback. We’ve been reading and listening very closely to a lot of feedback since we launched Plunderstorm, and the number one issue we’ve heard about is the Renown you earn.

We see that you care deeply about preserving the experience like we do, but you also feel that earning rewards should happen more quickly. And we agree.

With hotfixes that we’ve just made live to all regions, we’ve increased the amount of plunder that you’ll earn in a match of Plunderstorm, and the increases are nearly across the board:

Plunder dropped by other players significantly increased.*
Plunder from non-player enemies increased by 50%.
Plunder from golden chests doubled.
Top placement in a match now rewards 500 Plunder (was 100).

*Please note: when you die, you do not lose any of your own plunder. With this change, you’re now worth more plunder to others, depending on how much you’ve collected during the match.

We think the rewards available from Plunderstorm are super cool and our team couldn’t be more excited to see players flying around on the Polly Roger mount in Classic or running around with Captain Pepe by their side in Dragonflight.

We hope that this helps everyone get a bit further during their play and encourages everyone to have more piratey fun.

Please keep that feedback coming! We really appreciate it.

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Comment by BrunopolarStep in the right direction!Comment by DeVeteranGonna give it 1 more week before I touch the mode, they will surely reduce the grind / buff the plunder again next week also, after getting feedback during the week-end.

They just need to cut the 2500 plunder for 1 rank to 1500 plunder, that's it.

Can't wait to start playing next week <3Comment by MyqinW change. Plunderstorm is fun but for a LTM, the rewards flow in too slowlyComment by zulefGreat change, means its better to play as intended rather than the quest meme spamComment by GuyKopskiBetter than nothing but it's still way too little.

This isn't a game mode most players are gonna want to stick 50 hours into.Comment by GhaghzullNot good enough.Comment by tw1ZTERwhere are the fire tornadoes nerfs lmaoComment by AthenamonicaNo, the number one issue with Plunderstorm is the fact that encourages predatory tactics against players that are just there to collect plunder from chests and non-player enemies. This event should never have been PvP only.Comment by TOMRUSToo little, too late, just like with everything from Blizzard lately... Why not buff rep gains tenfold like you are asked to, Blizzard?

They also made it significantly worse for PvE players by promoting griefing even more thanks to "more plunder for killing players" nonsense.

Also it seems like this hotfix is a fake. I'm still getting the same amount as I did before.Comment by falafoolNo, the number one issue with Plunderstorm is the fact that encourages predatory tactics against players that are just there to collect plunder from chests and non-player enemies. This event should never have been PvP only.Comment by dkcmGood. That means I can get through this mess faster and go do something else.Comment by OneminutemonkeyI appreciate the changes, but I'm sad that it only incentivizes other players to seek me down and murder me even harder. I mean, -maybe- they'll let me live at lower level so I can pick up plunder and be worth more? That would be cool.Comment by ArchioudosIt's a neat event, not my thing, but would have loved if there was another eyepatch apparel that was just a tmog piece.Comment by KoaraGood. Now nerf the 1m Plunder achievement.Comment by NyresOh great so now people have even more incentive to grief other players just trying to grind renown on PVE things. PVE mode or bust for Plunderstorm. Seriously what does blizzard not get about PVE players not liking PVP. We don't want to be content for other people.Comment by warlocktankit could be really fun but the grind is real. but that's just how games are these days. so it's w/eComment by RavenousdeadBetter than nothing but it's still way too little.

This isn't a game mode most players are gonna want to stick 50 hours into.Comment by castorjayGood. Now nerf the 1m Plunder achievement.Comment by vhaelenPlease just remove plunderstormComment by youreggplantgodBetter than nothing but it's still way too little.

This isn't a game mode most players are gonna want to stick 50 hours into.

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