It is hard enough to require coordination, time, patience, voice chat, and at least one person pretending they read the strategy.
But reward-wise?
It has often felt like Mythic+ walked into the room, took the good loot, slapped Heroic raiding on the shoulder, and said, “Nice transmog run, buddy.”
That may finally change in Midnight Season 2.
Raid Vault Rewards Are Getting Buffed
According to Wowhead’s breakdown of the Patch 12.1 gearing changes, raid rewards from the Great Vault are getting a serious boost in Season 2.
From LFR through Heroic, raid Vault rewards will give loot one upgrade track higher than the boss drops themselves.
That means a Heroic raid Vault reward can give Myth 1/6 loot.
That is the kind of sentence that makes Heroic raiders sit up a little straighter.
Mythic raid Vault rewards are also being improved, with Mythic Vault loot going to Myth 6/6. Very Rare items and loot from the final two bosses can go even higher.
In simple terms: Blizzard is trying to make raiding feel less like the slow lane of gearing.
Heroic Needed This
Heroic raiding has always occupied an awkward middle ground.
It is not casual sightseeing, despite what some Mythic raiders may claim while polishing their logs in the mirror.
Heroic still demands mechanics, damage checks, healing checks, attendance, roster management, and the ancient guild art of asking “who can dispel?” only to be met with total silence.
But when Mythic+ offers flexible group sizes, repeatable rewards, and strong Vault options, Heroic raid can feel inefficient.
You might spend an entire evening progressing a boss, kill it, get nothing, and then watch someone time a dungeon and walk away with better weekly value.
That does not exactly inspire raid morale.
Bonus Rolls Are Cheaper Too
The other important change is bonus rolls.
In Season 2, raid bonus rolls will cost 1 coin instead of 2.
That is not just a small economy tweak. It makes targeting raid bosses feel more reasonable, especially for players hunting trinkets, weapons, tier, or those cursed Very Rare items that apparently enjoy watching people suffer.
Bonus rolls also remain tied into the Vault system, giving players another way to chase specific loot instead of relying entirely on boss drops and weekly disappointment.
Cheaper rolls mean raid kills feel more worth doing.
That is healthy.
This Could Pull Players Back Into Raids
The big question is whether these changes are enough to make Heroic raid feel properly rewarding again.
For many players, Heroic is the real endgame.
Not because they cannot do Mythic, but because Mythic raiding demands a very specific lifestyle: fixed rosters, strict attendance, bench drama, progression pressure, and enough scheduling pain to qualify as a second job with dragons.
Heroic is where a lot of guilds live.
It is social, challenging, flexible enough, and still satisfying when tuned well.
If the rewards finally match that commitment better, Heroic raiding could feel like a real gearing path instead of a scenic detour on the way to Mythic+.
Mythic+ Still Has the Convenience Advantage
Let’s not pretend Mythic+ is suddenly in danger.
Dungeons still have the convenience advantage. You need five players, not a raid roster. You can run them repeatedly. You can target score, keys, crests, and Vault slots on your own schedule.
That flexibility is powerful.
Raiding will never fully compete with that unless Blizzard makes raid bosses respawn every 20 minutes and lets your guild pug a tank from a vending machine.
But it does not need to beat Mythic+.
It just needs to stop feeling punished for existing.
Season 2 Might Finally Respect the Raid Night
The Season 2 changes look like Blizzard acknowledging a simple truth:
Raid nights matter.
Players who organize groups, learn bosses, wipe, improve, and come back next week should feel like that time is respected by the reward structure.
Heroic raiding should not feel like a nostalgia activity with worse loot math.
It should be a legitimate endgame path.
These Great Vault upgrades and cheaper bonus rolls may not fix every gearing complaint, because this is WoW and gearing complaints are basically a renewable resource.
But they are a strong step.
Heroic raiding might not become the king of efficiency overnight.
But in Midnight Season 2, it may finally stop feeling like Mythic+’s poor cousin standing outside the loot party with a paper plate.
For more Midnight Season 2 coverage, follow the latest updates on Master of Warcraft’s Midnight section.
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