The Mage Tower is Broken, and now not in Remix

In the guardian druid MT challenge the 1st boss has 2m health. All the different times I have tried it all of my abilities have done between 600-1200 damage. So to kill him I will only need to hit him 800-1600 times. Just the first boss, there are 2 according to all the guides I have read. It really doesn’t matter though because when the adds come out I can’t kill them either so they kill me instantly and scenario over. You guys can be proud of your exclusive rewards all you want, but if they can’t even put in a recolor for those of us unable to do the challenge then that’s the only reason I was going to do the remix. I already have all the other Legeon rewards.

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it was never going to be in Remix, that was foolish to expect right from the start.

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Not even a recolor? Why not? Let me guess, you are one of the elite class with the skin so you can’t bothered with the bourgeoisie? I have reported this bug numerous times, and only gotten responses like “We don’t give game hints” and “Check your computers performance”.

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Proving Grounds was in remix. I expected that the current one would be not disabled simply because Blizzard doesn’t care to remove the NPC.

Thing is, that’s what a ‘challenge’ is about. If a swimmer goes to the Olympics and doesn’t get either 1st, 2nd or 3rd, they don’t get a green medal or a purple medal, they just get the honour of representing their country, doing their best and being there.

Something challenging should always be special imo. I know I couldn’t do that fight and I’m fine with that. There are plenty of other things in the game I can do and some even test my abilities. I’d prefer that sometimes things just stay unique based on ability. I’m sure others will disagree and that’s fine, that’s their right to do. :sunglasses:

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It was never going to be in Remix because CMs weren’t in Remix. Expecting anything different was pointless.

I want MT originals to be obtainable, if they could ever be tuned to not be a complete pushover. They aren’t broken btw. First enemy has 200khp, not 2mil.

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What if one of the swimmers has a 20 lb weight attached to his leg though? If I have to hit the boss with an ability 1200 times (just the first boss) even if I do everything perfectly I can’t complete the scenario in the time limit.

I just did this challenge last week. Your stats aren’t optimized. Look up fluffy guides on youtube and follow his most recent guardian guide. Will cost 20k-ish to get the recommended gear/gems/enchants. You can burn the boss down very quickly.

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You are doing something wrong.

Just went in there and killed inquisitor, got 2nd boss to 15% with only enough tries to remember the mechanics. Average hit on Raze was 2.6k vs the boss 200khp.

If you’re getting one-shot then you’re definitely doing mechanics wrong, specifically the ground puddle.

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so, thats an “You” issue, isnt it ?

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I’m not into numbers personally and I have no idea about how the fight works (other than knowing my skill level just isn’t high enough). You aren’t being treated any differently than anyone else who tries it. If you can’t complete it, that’s frustrating I know but others can which I assume means it is completable.

Out of curiosity, have your researched the best methods for preparing to do it? Things like:

  • talent setup
  • stat priority on gear
  • recommended enchants and gems
  • consumables
  • Phase and extra tips

And there are some good guides, like this recent video which suggests a method involving stacking Versatility. Obviously I dont know if it works but it looks interesting.

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This is why they’re not going to be in Remix. No way to balance them with the staggering stat gains that we get during Remix. May as well just put the in the mog vendor like everything else.

No. Because Remix is an OP mode, to get as much crazy wacky power as you can and roflstomp things as easily and quickly as possible.

:roll_eyes: No, we’re just not so out of touch with reality that we don’t comprehend when Blizzard says three times “No CM appearances will return” and doens’t put the CM appearances or recolors in the last Remix.

It’s called “logic.” Try it some time.

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MT challenge isn’t broken.

Just tried it.

I’m not even standing in the ground puddle. All of your abilities except your basic attack can reach from the edge. That was according to 2 of the youtube guides I looked at, so yes, I have researched it.

he has 200k hp, not 2 million which is a huge difference.

And pretty sure for the one attack that kills you, you’re supposed to use a defensive.

I didn’t finish getting the mount until tww pre patch so as of then at least it was doable even without optimizing old gear, etc. I did the bear one in DF and used the seed pod from EN though.

As far as the artifact skins go they were not a challenge in Legion. By 7.3 it was a total pushover so I don’t see a reason not to bring them back recolored. The only MT rewards that were always a real skill check are the current transmog sets and the mount.

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Feels about the same difficulty as during Antorus, maybe slightly less of a pushover. Not a complete joke, but certainly easier than the SL re-release.

All you need is a few items. People are doing this with the 1 button rotation and longer GCD.

Update, I did it as guardian, after way too many tries. Kept getting knocked off the platform.

And dying to Annihilate.