World of Warcraft Legion Remix has received a lot of criticism even before its release. Now we know the planned changes. But is it enough?
For many players, it was clear after the first visit to the test server: World of Warcraft Legion Remix will be a flop. Almost everything is different from Mists of Pandaria Remix. Everyone feels weaker, everything is more expensive, and you can’t become absurdly strong like in the first remix.
The feedback was so overwhelmingly negative that Blizzard stated at the end of the test server: We will make changes. Now we know the changes – but are they really enough?
After Legion Remix, it continues with Midnight:
What were the problems with Legion Remix? The criticism of Legion Remix was loud and clear: There is too little power gain, leveling takes too long, and everything simply feels like a significantly weaker version than MoP Remix. Additionally, many are dissatisfied that Legion Remix goes through multiple phases, meaning you only gain access to all the rewards you might want after several weeks.
What is Blizzard changing? Blizzard has released a long list of changes that aim to get WoW Legion Remix on the right track. Some of the most important changes:
- There are now several XP bonuses on the way to level 80, making leveling faster than in retail.
- The final point in the artifact weapon no longer has diminishing returns, but the strength increases linearly.
- Dungeons and raids are significantly easier: All enemies have at least 40% less health and deal at least 50% less damage.
There are also major revisions to the “heroic world difficulty.” Here, defeating enemies grants you six times the normal XP and many more rewards in the form of bronze.
You can view the complete list of changes in the official WoW forum.
The biggest point of criticism remains: The phases
What is Blizzard not addressing? Even though many changes sound good, there is still a lot of feedback in the community that hasn’t been addressed or where the changes are minimal. Especially the plan to split Legion Remix into several phases, which bring different raids and associated rewards, is harshly criticized. For instance, if you look in the WoW subreddit, these points of criticism are still being raised:
- “I played the shit out of MoP Remix (270k threads on my main and 10k threads on a level 20 trial account). Blizzard doesn’t understand why MoP Remix was so much fun and it’s sad to see.” – iwillnotpost8008
- “Why is there timegating in an already limited event, other than to keep subscription numbers high? Sorry, but an event that only exists to boost statistics instead of delivering a quality game is simply not attractive.” – Wisterjah
- “They still don’t get it. You literally just need to bring Pandaria Remix into Legion. 1 to 1. That’s all we want.” – CharcuterieBoard
- “This is a classic ‘You think you want it, but you don’t’ mentality that is currently speaking from some stubborn heads. I’ll see you in the last 4 weeks of the event when they have ‘fixed’ everything.” – Wolfstigma
In summary, while Blizzard has made some good changes, many people still feel that the developers are steering this remix event in a direction that the community does not actually want. It’s a shame considering what a huge success Mists of Pandaria Remix was.
But also elsewhere, WoW is currently changing quite a bit – for example, the story of the Jailers
, which is simply being rewritten.
