

Instead of a single +15 dungeon, players will have to complete every Battle dungeon at +15.

Next Prev 6 min read 10:37:00 0 Related products. There are no other special requirements at the moment. While it’s true players can get the +15 achievement in Battle, we’ve learned it will more difficult. get 50+ item level and go to the entrance to the Mage Tower in the Broken Isles. This wouldn’t require a simple rebalancing - you’d have to redesign the whole fight. The first phase of the current tank challenge has the players fighting Inquisitor Variss. All of his attacks deal magic damage. In Battle, tanks will be more vulnerable to magic damage since most of their active mitigation abilities give them armor rather than damage reduction. Some would trivialize the challenge, but others would make it harder. In Battle, and every subsequent expansion, classes will get their abilities changed. It would not surprise me if the targeted item level was lower than what many players are using today to beat the Mage Tower.īut item levels can’t compensate for changes to class mechanics. One solution would be to use a Herald of the Titans type system where the challenge had to be completed with a certain item level. Ornyx talks about the effort to keep the Mage Tower balanced and up-to-date. While I’ll look on my Mage Tower appearances with pride, it isn’t much of a badge of honor if no one recognizes it. I could group with a Warlock tomorrow who had his Mage Tower appearance and I’d be clueless. If you don’t play the class or keep up with external sites like Blizzard Watch, you might not even know what the challenge appearances look like. And when I do use it, few players recognize it for it is.Įven today, at the end of Legion, I don’t get many comments on my Mage Tower appearance. Mists was two expansions ago, and the most use I’ve gotten out of the Legendary cloak since is a couple of transmogs. Is time-limited content really a badge of honor? Some of these rare items are more rare than others… but does their rarity make them feel special? But right now now I could go to Molten Core to try to get the Bindings of the Windseeker or Sunwell for Thori’dal or Black Temple for the Warglaives of Azzinoth. I got my Rhok’delar the night before the Cataclysm prepatch, and today it’s out of players’ reach. While it’s true that time-limited content isn’t anything new, it’s something that’s changed over time. Second, it provided a powerful motivator and tangible goal for my playtime as Warlords of Draenor approached. One, I resubscribed to WoW much sooner than I otherwise would have. When I learned of the Legendary cloak and its time-limited nature, it spurred me to two actions. After a short break during Throne of Thunder, I returned to World of Warcraft late in Mists. It’s revealing that Ornyx brings up the Legendary cloak from Mists of Pandaria. But do the rewards live up to the challenge of getting them? Challenging content and its rewards These rewards act as souvenirs and signposts from expansion to expansion.
