This is a greatly contested topic among the player base, so I am expecting some backlash… but the removal of mage tower appearances imo was a bad one. As someone who was too young back in legion to actually have enough skill, even with overgearing, I missed out on the appearances, and have come to regret not pushing for it.
My proposal is that the appearance be readded, but to make it fair to those who completed the challenge in legion, attach the rewards to the achievement for completing every challenge with every spec, a tower overwhelming I think is the name. And if people who already have some appearances are insane enougb to do it as well, they are given either new colours, or something like a unique mount, title, or armour set colour.
I get that those who only use the appearances because they are rare exist, but the mage tower is back already, there is an achieve for completing everything every way with no reward, and this feels like a way to give those who missed out a chance to achieve it while honouring those who completed it back in legion.
Blizz has been pretty adamant about many things that they’ve later changed their mind on. It was only a year ago Ion said Mythic+ Portals would stay character bound and with warbands they no longer will be.
Same thing happened with Shadowlands and us not being able to change Covenant.
Blizz saying they’re going in one direction is not a reason to stop criticizing that decision and it’s silly to try and end the conversation with it.
They should definitely add the weapon model appearances to the mage tower, but make them new colors. They’ve already done this with the fel werebear. People who got their original mage tower appearances get to keep the colors the filthy latecomers will never get and also get new colors too, and newcomers get the old model but not the old colors.
Let’s not. Time sensitive means time sensitive. It sucks you didn’t get it done but just because someone didn’t complete something doesn’t mean a deadline suddenly stops existing.
Not gonna lie I am glad they got removed and as with other lmited time things such as Challenge mode Sets/Weapons along with the 3 mounts associated with them in MoP or Legendary Cloak/Ring etc. Granted it 100% sucks for new or returning players I can understand that fully.But deminishing them by allowing them to be re earned (I never earned any of these except the Cloak/Ring Was too busy making gold and playing alts etc for the rest I mentioned)Puts them in the category of meaningless for those who did earn these back when they were available.Again sucks for those who really want them now but cannot do so.
Any of these sort of challenges etc being reintroduced is highly unlikely.Just like Blizzard not making Dragon Soul actually completeable for 99%+ pf the playerbase.Not saying its impossible but I put it on par with trying to do some Mage tower fights etc and my rogue who is on the dagger chain has been literally idle since getting to the second or 3rd last part since I and many others cant manage to do spine of deathwing.
Getting back on track I and many other would most likely not mind any of the afformentioned criteria being brought back only those who did so and it is those players who Blizzard are siding with.
You never know they might do it but you are best waiting for Legion Cassic or MoP classic to do these again.
I feel like Blizzard should find a way to re implement ways to earn Mage Tower transmogs as well as other unobtainable things like old mythic timer weapons and armors. This can either be adding a level neutral feature so they are still hard as balls, and/or giving people who did any of the stuff previously some other kind of reward like a title tied to a feat of strength (the ‘Legend of Pandaria’ title tied to the MoP cloak is a good example of this).
I have a number of old unobtainable things as somebody who has been playing the game since Vanilla and I honestly feel bad that other people can’t get some of these things. It really doesn’t take away from my own sense of achievement if other people can get them.
No, it’s not. The entire point of these rewards was overcoming their respective challenges in that state/time frame. The design decision couldn’t be any less arbitrary.
Players need to get over not having everything. There are hundreds of weapon models to choose from - you’ll be fine without these ones.
Kinda hard to “get over this stuff” when they flash it in your collections tab and now even the barber shop for druids.
“Ah hey you see this werebear? You like this werebear? You want this werebear? Well you can’t HAVE this werebear, sod you and have a good day.”
Now I’m not saying hand this stuff out like candy on Halloween but I AM saying these things should be obtainable again, and not just the mage tower stuff but all the fomo stuff.
I will never understand why people put so much importance in a near 20 year old video game thats on its last legs.
lets be honest, when was the last time you saw anyone with the black battle tank, corrupted ashbringer, aetish, or other removed from play type stuff, hell I rarely see any of the mage tower weapons? or the elite pvp gears throughtout wows history.
People put to much importance on achievments in video games and its cringe, and im like a mega nerd.
Plus with the advent of classic and how it shows no end in site, most of this stuff has been devalued anyways because if you jump into classic youll see like 30 guys with corrupted ashbringer.
No, it’s not. The entire point of these rewards was overcoming their respective challenges in that state/time frame. The design decision couldn’t be any less arbitrary.
Mage tower by the end of Antorus was not a challenge.
Plenty of WOW’s achievements and rewards for much harder content (at the time) still exist.
You can have a Feat of Strength achievement if you want to feel special.
