Legion Remix should have been another power farming, stat-stacking game mode like MoP Remix. Instead, Blizzard designed it from day one to slow you down, gate content, and limit how strong you can get, and the community noticed!
After weeks of PTR testing and backlash, the community finally convinced Blizzard to make changes to Legion Remix. Let’s break down how they planned the fun out of this mode, before it even launched.
MoP Lemix Let You Break the Rules. Legion Remix Reinforces Them.
In MoP Remix, Blizzard turned your char into a god and let you farm, fly and flex your way through content on your terms! Legion Remix testing felt more like a mini-season of retail, complete with timegates and nerfed progression.
The differences aren’t just design choices, they’re a deliberate shift in philosophy.
Timegating: The First Fun-Killer
MoP Remix dropped with all zones and raids, and vendors unlocked from day one. Legion Remix, however, has multiple phases, as Blizzard doesn’t want you to feel “overwhelmed.” This also means you can’t buy everything from Bronze vendors until a specific phase has started. Well, this isn’t exactly what the community was expecting.
Bronze Farming: More Grind, Less Rewards
In MoP Remix, you needed around 800,000 Bronze to buy every reward. In Legion Remix? You will need around 4.6 million. Even though Bronze is purely used for cosmetics and not gear upgrading, this is a steep increase, meaning you will need to farm longer for the items you’d like.
Slower Leveling on Purpose
MoP Remix allowed for creative XP methods like the “mailbox strategy” that allowed you to hit max level with your alt in under 2 hours. Legion Remix removed this entirely. Now, XP comes from one-time quest rewards, a stacking 1% XP buff from daily missions that stack up to 400%, and overall, the progression is slow. With the latest PTR iteration of Legion Remix, players reached max level with their characters in around 7 hours.
You’re Not Supposed to Break the Game This Time
To make things even worse, stat stacking has been capped, effectively removing the crazy scaling possible in MoP Remix.
You can find a list of all the changes between MoP Remix and Legion Remix here, written up by Mantid9.
But Hope Isn’t Dead… Yet!
After players voiced concerns during PTR testing, Blizzard promised changes. They said Legion Remix would be “faster and more fun” and that feedback was being taken seriously. We’re now in the final PTR week before launch on October 7, and players are watching closely to see what changes will Blizzard make to the game mode!
