Legion legacy loot

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So it’s my understanding that Legacy Loot mode worked for any raids that were 10 character levels below current content and that apparently this has been arbitrarily changed to 11 levels or more.

It has also been mentioned (although I can’t find a blue post on this) that “legacy” has also been arbitrarily defined as “two” expansions prior to current content. Though from my understanding of software language, “legacy” refers to any software that has been superseded by a newer version.

Legion is a previous expansion; AKA not current content. What is the rationale for this? What imagined niche group of players are going to be negatively affected by Legacy Loot mode being enabled for Legion content?

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As far as I can tell, they changed from 10 to 11 levels below you because reasons.

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I feel like legacy set bonus’s should work, but only on that specific level, as in, leve 100 tier gear set bonus’s work for level 100s, not 101s.

Its kinda silly to let all of those interesting sets go to waste

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There was no such thing as “Legacy Loot Rules” prior to 7.3.5. It has always been more than 10 levels. 120-110 is not more than 10 levels.

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Okay but that still doesn’t answer my question. What is the rationale? Why “More than 10” and not “10 or more”? Legion is legacy content.

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It says in the post… They feel the content if trivial is you are more than 10 levels higher than its intended target.

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its not silly…its sad.

I try to work out balance of power every so often. It be nice if we got some nice loot from this. Not to get rich…just to get it. You have to be thankful for even the crappiest green drop.

I remember an emerald dream solo run where I left only a few hundred gold. I could have made more in no where near the time on 2 gold WQ’s in BFA. Sigh…

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When they originally announced it, they said it was going to be 10 levels. Of course, I don’t know if they intended it to be 11+ levels from the start and Ornyx just mistyped or if they changed their minds at some point.

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So then “trivial” has been arbitrarily defined. I can waltz through Normal Nighthold solo on my warlock without a scratch. How is that not trivial?

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The only people who can give you a definitive answer is Blizzard. Since they are notorious closed mouthed about such things I don’t suggest you get your hopes too far up.

I wish you luck though!

:cookie:

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Its just more fail from blizz. Forced personal loot all the time should have never happened.

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Because casually you can’t defeat most of the raids from heroic to mythic solo in Legion. tomb and antorus specifically.

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I’ve had great luck getting Bracers of Eternal Eyerolling, the Drape of Oh Come On, and the Necklace of This Is Some Kind of Sick Joke to drop or pop from bonus rolls.

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Everything is arbitrary depending on the perspective.

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It sure makes transmog runs more of a headache. I don’t even get loot on more than half the time. Just gold. Ugh

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why don’t you run with a raid group for the higher difficulties

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That won’t change the drop rate.

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it helps though , someone gets something and they might trade it or roll it off.

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People do transmog runs because they are looking for specific pieces of loot that drop in a raid. Doing a different difficulty won’t give them that piece, because the piece they are looking for won’t drop.

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Legion raid bosses are supposed to drop at least two pieces of loot if you’re level 120. However, that system has never worked and there’s no indication that it’s bugged or if they changed their minds about it.

Jump to 13:08 if the video doesn’t start there.