Ok not what I expected. My first guess would have been artifacts come from locked crates. Maybe I'm just reading this wrong but heres what I'm getting out of this post:

1. Plat enterance for the new map. This will exclude probably 90% of players. Some who buy plat might not even find this worth the investment (25 plat) so maybe only 5% of players will enter this new map.

2. From what I understand, we must solo this map (at least it makes it sound like this). The problem with this is that it will exclude a vast majority of people who are "undergeared" or unable to solo maps. If mobs and boss are difficult (they usually are based on passed expansions), only the op, overgeared people will be able to complete.

So is this basically for the top 1% of players? Again sorry if I'm misreading this. Hopefully there will be ways for the average, normal geared player to play this content.