Wouldn't have been an issue if they gave us real account wide essences. Or better yet, just let us buy all of them for the new echos regardless of having them already unlocked. This expansion is already over. What's the harm at this point?
It is pretty sad that this had to be explained, the way the system is currently makes sense when each essence is its own entity. When getting each of these essences on a multi-role class you still had to farm for each essence separately, if you never farmed for it then you shouldn't be able to get a shortcut to said essence.
I feel like this has to be a bug, because this is what was stated in the original post announcing the feature
Glad I got them on all my druid now
can you go from rank 1 to rank 3 with the alt using this system (assume all other requirements are met - monk main)
Is it possible to grind all essences on a single class?
At least the Mechagon essences were unlocked for all specs; that's nice. I do have a dps main and tank/healer alts, but they don't need ALL the essences. Just a few to get them through the last leg of this expansion.
You know what's the best thing? There's some people commenting about how you should only get those role specific essences because you deserve them, because you worked hard for them as a tank or a healer. Well hey! What if, some guy enjoys his balance druid and only his balance druid; doesn't like bear tank or healing or even feral for that matter. So does all the essence content for his dps, BUT.... because he's druid he has immediate access to those rank 3 essences for tank and healer. He didn't work for tank or healer essences, he just kept being balance druid, but still has access to rank 3 essences for tank and healer. Does that mean I want that balance druid to lose access to those essences? Of course not. But if he can get those essence by virtue in being a hybrid class, even though he only played a dps role, then why shouldn't that be the case as well for dps classes? Don't you love this stupidly designed game? AREN'T YOU HAVING FUN?
Sadly, this was expected since it would be a faster way to obtain the rank3 BG and Eternal Palace essences if you did not have them. I thought it would be a nice way for people playing casually or returning to the game recently to get essences, but with these rules its purely "I don't wanna do this grind again" system.