Summary
During its recent update,World of Warcraftquietly removed Learning to Share and So Much Sharing, two achievements associated with the Warband Bank inThe War Within. This meansWorld of Warcraftcompletionists will no longer need to feel compelled to spend over 3,000,000 gold in order to get all the achievements from the new expansion.
The Pre-Expansion Update forThe War Withinbegan on July 23, but several of its features didn’t come online until a week later. On July 30,World of Warcraftfinally fixed the Warband Bank, squashed other bugs that rippled out from the previous update, and began the Radiant Echoes Pre-Patch world event.
However,World of Warcraftalso made another change in this recent hotfix. Though the Warbands feature was fully added to the game, Learning to Share and So Much Sharing – two achievements associated withthe Warband Bank inWorld of Warcraft– were removed. Originally, the former was awarded with the purchase of their first Warband Bank tab, while the latter required one to buy all five tabs. The achievements have since been removed from the game, removing any incentive from buying every tab outside the extra storage space.
Removed World of Warcraft Warband Bank Achievements
The first tab of the Warband Bank only costs 1,000 gold, so earning Learning to Share was not particularly challenging. That said, each subsequent tab dramatically increases in cost, with the final tab costing 2,500,000 gold – for a grand total of 3,126,000 gold to buy every tab. With no extra titles, mounts, or other rewards granted for completing So Much Sharing beyond having access to the tabs, this achievement was as egregious as theSupport Your Local Artisans achievement fromWoW’s Love Is In The Air event, which originally required players to burn 70,000 gold to get, though it was reduced to 50,000.
1
1,000
2
25,000
3
100,000
4
500,000
5
2,500,000
Total
3,126,000
Needless to say, fans are near-universally happy to see this particular change. While the first achievement would have been a nice and easy bonus, few players have the extra gold to buy all five tabs. Completionists can rest easy knowing they will not have to empty their wallets buying their Warband Bank tabs in order toearn every achievement in the newWorld of Warcraftexpansion.
There is an achievement players can earn that will help their Warband Bank, however. Reaching max level with five characters of different classes will earn the Quintessential Quintet achievement, which reduces the cooldown of the Warband Bank Distance Inhibitor – a spell unlocked from ashort questline added in theWorld of Warcraft: The War WithinPre-Patch– by one hour, letting them access the storage area for 10 minutes every hour instead.
World of Warcraft: The War Within
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