Who would have thought that frogs would dominate the headlines surrounding Remix: Mists of Pandaria from World of Warcraft? We are unraveling the drama for you and telling you how the community reacted to Blizzard’s measures.
What is WoW Remix? Currently, in World of Warcraft, the nostalgia event Remix: Mists of Pandaria is taking place, sending all Azeroth heroes on a nostalgic experience point hunt to Pandaria. As part of the trip, participants can create a level 10 character, level it to 70, and find items that can be upgraded and improved with gems.
What’s the deal with the frog farmers? Some players discovered methods to farm bronze exceptionally efficiently. This resource is needed for upgrading equipment, but also for unlocking mounts, transmog templates, and toys.
One of the methods relies on the hyperspawn of frogs on the Timeless Isle. The amphibians appeared there so quickly after another frog died that one could kill an extreme number of frogs in a short time and thus obtain a correspondingly large amount of loot.
What was the problem?
- Some players were able to earn so much bronze (and the also important “Lesser Charms”) this way that they transformed into quasi-demigods with their upgraded gear, even being able to solo raid bosses.
- Blizzard responded with a hotfix to make frog farming less efficient.
- Numerous players complained because the extreme frog farmers were already very powerful and they themselves had missed the opportunity to ascend to demigod status.
- Blizzard responded again and is trying to turn back time: The upgradeable capes of the extreme frog farmers were nerfed to a level that normally engaged players could have reached. Additionally, all characters will have the opportunity to earn a total of 40,000 bronze through three new quests.
And how is the community reacting to this solution? Very few players seem satisfied under the official post by community manager Kaivax. Some complain that Blizzard is going exactly the wrong way.
- Seínaru writes: “Why can’t you just reduce the costs for upgrades by 90 percent and then double the rewards for everyone who isn’t labeled as a frog farmer? You make it in an overly convoluted and chaotic manner that ultimately doesn’t contribute to improving the key problem areas […].”
- Mailborn would have also preferred a different form of compensation: “The prices are still too high. I will literally use up this 40k bronze gift in five minutes.”
- Dreknight points out another problem: “This sounds great on paper, but the reality is that the cape is quite irrelevant. […] Rolling back the cape has only a very minor effect when the stats on the cape are only half that of a maximized chest piece.”
In other words: The frog farmers are still overwhelmingly strong after the hotfix. Non-frog farmers continue to feel disadvantaged.
How do you rate the situation? Would you have hoped for a different solution from Blizzard? Simply allowing god mode for everyone during the limited-time event? Let us know in the comments! By the way, some are excited: WoW Remix is a stroke of genius and the best thing Blizzard could have done
