Mists is the worst dungeon in the history of World of Warcraft

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The sigil mechanic, where you have to pick the correct symbol in order to progress ( as well as guess the right boss) is the absolute worst dungeon mechanic ever designed. The sigils are random and make no sense. For people who may have not run it let me give you an example. In the “mistcaller” section of the dungeon (the 2nd boss) you need to pick between 4 sigils that pop up on a pillar after you clear mobs. Only the “most different” sigil is the correct path through the mists. And the “most correct” sigil makes no sense.

For example. Let me ask you a question. Which of these answers is the most correct. The question is: What is equal to the number “2”.

  1. 2 divided by 1

  2. 4/2 multiplied by 1

  3. .25 multiplied by 8

  4. 8 divided by 4

Ok quiz is over. Which of these answers is the most differnet. Joke’s on you! They’re all the correct answer and none of them are different in any discernable way save for how they are solved!

This example is Mists dungeon in this expansion. Worst mechanic ever.

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If you are having trouble with sigils I don’t know what to say. There is absolutely nothing difficult to figure out about them. There are 3 things to look for, the thing doesn’t have that in common is it.

If x have rings, and 1 does not: That is it.
If x are filled and, and 1 is not: That is it.
If x are flowers and 1 is not: That is it.

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The maze isn’t that hard, but if you really want to do it fast just get a mod that will tell you which path once you put in the info of which ones you get in each room.

I do it while the rest of the group is killing mobs and have it solved before everything is dead every time.

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You literally have to look for the unique one.

Your example is a false equivalency.

More like: What’s the odd one out?

2+2
3+1
4+0
3+2

You need to look at the circle around them, the fact they’re a leaf or a flower, and if they’re hollow or filled in.

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OP im sort of feeling you. I remember someone posted on reddit to try and explain it. It was a lovely post, we got to the final question. I got it wrong. The correct answer was something like ‘three of them are filled and one isnt’ whilst i reasoned that 3 of them had pink in them and one was green. Ever since then i decided i would let someone else make the choice.

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The Oculus says hi.

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“Hmm, I think I’ll level my lowbie up in wrath.”

queues for wrath dungeons

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The dungeon is just boring, like all the SL dungeons.

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Just because you fail to understand or don’t try to understand something doesn’t mean it is bad.

It’s just spot the difference with 3 criteria, are they coloured or just outlines? Is there ring or not? Is it a flower or a leaf.
That’s it.

If you see multiple with the same criteria you eliminate it. It’s actually a really unique and interesting mechanic.

If all of that is too hard get a weak aura. There are literally addons that do the work for you.

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Yup, Blizzard added a bribe bag to try and force people to run the place and nobody wanted a bar of it, you’d zone in and everyone would just leave the group lol

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Gods forbid you actually have to think. The horror.

Also, you have never been to Oculus.

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Not gonna lie, when I get in range of Occulus I start queueing specific.

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On a more serious note, OP, there might be an add-on that can help with those puzzles. I know some people struggle with those, kinda like the puzzles in Nazjatar. They’re definitely not for everyone.

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Sometimes the sigils all seem to have something in common so I’m not sure what the solution is in those cases.

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The puzzle isn’t that bad.

The interface with the trunks is gawd awful.

They need to at least trigger from further away so you’re camera isn’t bumping off the things.

Or they could stay lit up a lot longer

Or they could just stay lit up.

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Isn’t there a add on that helps you cheat it?

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I’d be surprised if there wasn’t one.

Edited:

Quick google search
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/maze-helper-mists-of-tirna-scithe

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It’s not the best, but Operation: Mechagon is still my least favorite of all time.

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Thats where players like me come in. I run up to one of the trunks and stand there like ralph wiggum; someone else can figure it out.
“Im helping!”

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Mad because bad.

Mists is an amazing dungeon.