There’s nothing more I enjoy doing in WOW than blasting some dungeons with my friends. Dungeons in WOW have kept me playing over the years, and the Mythic+ system has allowed me to enjoy the game without having to raid on a schedule like I used to in the past.
But, with that said, I cannot stand the current Mythic+ affixes. There are weeks that I don’t play because the affixes are so egregious. This season (SEASON 3 DRAGONFLIGHT) is the first season that I haven’t played certain weeks because I simply don’t find them fun. It’s sad that the developers have tried to make non-impactful affixes, but they are the most impactful affixes that I’ve ever had to play with.
Affixes in Mythic+ are not fun! I’ll repeat that. AFFIXES IN MYTHIC+ ARE NOT FUN!
Do you know what is fun for me? Just playing the dungeons and allowing the level of the dungeon to dictate how difficult it is. But this week is tyrannical; it requires you to stack; and it’s storming or entangling, which are not hard affixes but just add stupidity to boss design. There are much worse affixes, like Incorporeal and Afflicted, that are again simply not enjoyable to play.
I’ve talked with my brother and said that if they don’t redesign or do a massive overhaul with these affixes, I’m not playing The War Within. I think we play affixes now from week to week, and it’s never about the dungeons anymore. It’s about what crappy affixes we have to deal with this week.
How do you feel about affixes? I’ve had enough. I’m done with these affixes ruining mythic+. It’s timing for a change.
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They aren’t fun, I’m tired of people saying they make it “Evergreen” or “Fresh”.
Add more past dungeons that come in on rotation throughout the season. The content scales.
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I agree, I’d like to see an affix-less season, or even a week, just to see how people feel about it. If the Mythic+ population is at its highest in an affix-less week, then that would be telling.
Other than that, lower the affixes per week to one, or use a seasonal affix that is actually fun to play. We never want a Thundering to ever happen again. Feedback was not heard even after months of beta testing. That must never happen again!
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so you put in a hyper push week then go AHAHA I TOLD YOU!!!. that makes no sense of course it would be the most popular week because it would be the easiest week. i personally enjoy affixes and it gives m+ some actual flavor.
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I don’t mind affixes. I just want them to be more balanced for certain ones. For example the flower petals in EB shouldn’t cause bolstering or bursting. Same with the dogs in WM.
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“bUt It’S a ChAlLeNgE” - no it’s unfun in its current design.
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I just wish they remove Bolstering and Sanguine, then I’m good. Bolstering, especially when paired with Fortified, gets out of hand pretty quick.
On another hand, I do miss the good seasonal affixes like Encrypted and Shrouded.
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if he leaves, I’m buying a token to offset his departure.
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Makes me chuckle when people defending them often claim it’s a skill issue and yet they’re the ones with often times fairly mediocre m+ scores…
Probably from their point of view, they are challenging, I guess.
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MOAR OUTPUT and doing mechanics are different skillsets.
Ok, this is the hill you have choosen to die on.
I think they should bring some back and have a bigger pool of affixes. Add new ones. Its not always supposed to be fun, it is supposed to be a challenge. Too hard for you? Lower your key level. Too easy, raise it. Its not rocket science.
Blizz need not cave to these types of moaning, game is already too easy in spots so its fair to make this hard.
Good luck with your future gaming adventures
This is the kind of mentality I don’t get. And I find it a little irritating that it’s apparently become normalised.
Fun and challenging are not two mutually exclusive things. A game that’s competently designed, does both. Affixes for the most part, don’t even achieve either.
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If its not fun for you, stop doing m+
To say all affixes are not fun or engaging or challenging is just not true. If removed, you kill the game mode. Infinite scaling is simply not enough of a pull.
Nah, there’s no way. 
Most people definitely aren’t queuing up to enjoy doing affixes.
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Personally, out of literally thousands and thousands of pugs I’ve done over the years, the amount of cursing the affix combos has far outweighed any praise I can recall hearing.
That said, I don’t believe removing them is the answer- but I do believe the entire M+ system needs an overhaul and rework. Just because something is a great idea doesn’t mean it could not be improved upon and updated.
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unchanging dungeons means that people will quit far sooner.
If they added rewards for 20-25-30 I honestly think that all of these complaints would go away. People just need a reason to progress through the friction of affixes that isn’t just IO or some title that no one will notice above your head. Cosmetic skins, weapon illusions. Anything and people will feel rewarded pushing against affixes they don’t even necessarily “enjoy”.
Right now the system is like if mythic raid gave no loot or rewards or the same as heroic. People would hateeeeee the added difficulty of mythic, all the complaints would triple over night… because there’s no rewards. Same same but different. Give people a reason to do higher keys and people will stop complaining so much about affixes.
I pug M+ and even though I love the difficulty, at this point in the season I struggle to really log in and push. I’m almost 3400, playing off meta class, won’t get title and dont necessarily want to try to find a group to push for title. I’ll prob finish the 3400 just cause its a better number to look at but I find it hard to find a reason to keep going sometimes. They just need to find a better carrot, the stick is okay.
Agreed, which is why I’m not voting for them to be unchanging.
M+ is fun. …without the affixes. What a stupid retort.
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