My Legion warrior would kick the crap out of my shadowlands one. I honestly don’t think I could beat it if they just tuned up the difficulty of the mobs. The two Legendary items I needed, plus how the talent tree has changed “for the worst”, really makes me think there is no way I could do it now.
But lets be honest, when people think mage tower, they are thinking artifact appearances. So when they announced it people were not praying “I sure hope it is rejected armor transmog for rewards.” No need to open the tower again for different rewards, it is actually a troll to do it that way.